Brian Moorhead, an environmental scientist with SRP, said it’s cheaper and easier to use fish than humans when it comes to removing those plants.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shane Leistikow drove through the night, bringing a truckload of live fish to a canal in the heart of the Valley at dawn. Slippery ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One thing that might surprise people who don't live here is that there is running water all around in metro Phoenix. The Salt ...

PHOENIX — The Salt River Project recently kicked off its biannual maintenance on sections of the canal system, which begins with draining water and rounding up fish. Crews started the monthlong ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Salt River Project (SRP) is turning to its smallest, but mightiest employees to help keep canals across the Valley clear. On Friday morning, crews with SRP stocked the canals with ...

PHOENIX — Don’t be surprised if the canals look a little dry when you’re driving around the Valley. The Salt River Project will start working on its annual canal dry-up, maintenance and construction ...

Cleaning the canals: SRP uses fish to clear vegetation Across Arizona crews at SRP are stocking thousands of fish into Valley canals. The electric company says the white amur fish help control weeds ...

New photos capture the chaotic aftermath on a Yuma freeway on Monday morning, where rescuers scrambled to free a driver after a semi hauling lettuce flipped onto its side. Dr. Maryam Miab, a ...

Salt River Project herds fish in order to drain canals in Arizona each year during fall and winter. Here's what that looks like.