Wolf-Killing Rancher Loses Bid to Keep Public Land Grazing Permit
March 26, 2021
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Craig Thiessen, the rancher responsible for the brutal death of young Mexican wolf ‘Mia Tuk,’ lost his case this week against the Gila National Forest in which he contended that the Forest Service couldn’t revoke his grazing...
Watershed Alliance Asks Court To Halt Massive San Pedro Development
December 22, 2020
Tucson, AZ — A coalition of groups dedicated to protecting the San Pedro River watershed filed their opening brief challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ failure to analyze the significant, adverse effects of a massive 12,167 acre master-...
Twenty Organizations Applaud Arizona Corporation Commission Vote to Establish Carbon-Free Electricity Standard
November 13, 2020
Phoenix, Ariz. (November 13th, 2020) – Twenty organizations applauded a vote today by Arizona Corporation Commissioners requiring utilities to be 100% carbon-free by 2050 and meet benchmarks along the way. The bipartisan decision also established a...
Conservation Groups Welcome House Passage of Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act
July 21, 2020
The House today passed the Grand Canyon Centennial Protect Act as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act makes permanent a ban on new uranium mining on about 1 million acres of public land...
Flagstaff City Council takes three actions to address Climate Crisis
June 27, 2020
The Flagstaff community has wholeheartedly supported - and pushed for - the declaration of a climate emergency and elevation of the goals of the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) to carbon neutrality by 2030 ever since the global climate...
Scientists Urge New Approach to Southwestern Wolf Conservation Through Court-ordered Rewrite of Management Rules
October 16, 2019
SILVER CITY, N.M.— Leading scientists and wolf conservationists today urged the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to adopt an entirely new approach to Mexican gray wolf management in a letter to the agency.
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Industry Challenge to Grand Canyon Uranium Mining Ban
October 1, 2018
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to hear the mining industry’s challenge to the 20-year ban on new uranium mining near the Grand Canyon.
Federal Judge OKs Uranium Mining Next to Grand Canyon National Park
April 8, 2015
PHOENIX, Ariz.— U.S. District Court Judge David Campbell denied a request to halt new uranium mining at the Canyon uranium mine, located only six miles from Grand Canyon National Park’s South Rim. The Havasupai Tribe and a coalition of conservation...