Rincon Group / Our Blogs / "Blog on Conservation". . .
- Southern Arizona is home to not only an abundantly diverse set of species,
- -- but also a diverse set of ecosystems.
- The Sonoran Desert lowlands give way to Sky Island pine forests,
- -- and each year a completely unique monsoon season replenishes the landscape.
- Multiple issues threaten the wildlife and resources of this region,
- -- and the Rincon Group is dedicated to facing them
- -- to preserve this truly one-of-a-kind region.
- Website FightForOakFlat.com (with 60-sec Video = "Fight For Oak Flat" )
recent "blog posts"...
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Decision to Halt Rosemont Mine in Arizona
May 12, 2022
TUCSON, Ariz.— A federal appeals court today upheld the invalidation of the U.S. Forest Service’s approval of a controversial open-pit copper mine in southern Arizona’s Santa Rita Mountains ... is another blow to Toronto-based Hudbay Minerals’ plans...
[laws] HR-763 = "Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2019".. [more]
September 28, 2020
from Wikipedia = HR-763 "Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2019" ~ proposes a fee on carbon at the point of extraction ~ The fees are recycled to citizens in monthly dividends. ~ It is principally based on Citizens' Climate Lobby's "...
[mining] Excerpt "Mine to do exploratory drilling on western slope of Santa Ritas".. [more]
September 25, 2020
Green Valley Ariz.— "Hudbay Minerals, owner of Rosemont Mine, is planning to do exploration drilling on the western slope of the Santa Rita Mountains starting Oct. 1. ~~ There are two main drilling locations; one is near the ridge line 11 miles east...
[laws] Politico: "Ginsburg left a long environmental legacy".. [more]
September 19, 2020
from Politico = "Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg [...] helped establish critical Supreme Court precedent that empowered EPA to address the greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change. -- The landmark ruling she joined in 2007 that affirmed EPA’s...
[lawsuit] Sierra Club's Big Canyon "Motion to Intervene" on Permit for Dam on the Little Colorado.. [more]
August 3, 2020
"This proceeding involves the third pumped storage project that Pumped Hydro has recently proposed in the vicinity of the lower Little Colorado River. -- All three projects would be located near one another on the Navajo Nation, just miles outside...
[laws] "Trump's NEPA Rollback".. [more]
July 18, 2020
"This week, Donald Trump announced one of the biggest rollbacks of established environmental law in a generation, declaring in a speech in Atlanta that his administration was moving forward with a fundamental overhaul of the 50-year-old National...
[conservation] "How bad are buffelgrass fires?" [more]
July 12, 2020
Saguaro National Park and the University of Arizona performed several buffelgrass test burns in Avra Valley, Arizona. These test burns taught ecologists about buffelgrass fire behavior to help them develop models predicting how buffelgrass would...
conservation] "BLM's nefarious, brutal plan for wild horses" [more]
June 27, 2020
Opinion] Wild horses are federally protected animals. The 1971 Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act established their ranges as dedicated habitat to be “managed principally ” for their welfare. Flouting this law, the BLM has removed wild equids...
[water] June 29 Talk = "The Southwest's Current Drought Conditions" [more]
June 26, 2020
(Register in advance for the free event.) Monday, June 29 -- from 11 a.m., -- The UA Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center and the USDA Southwest Climate Hub will host a panel discussion on current drought conditions in the Southwest, and...
[water] An amazing "StoryMap" for the Colorado River Basin [more]
June 26, 2020
An amazing "StoryMap" for the Colorado River Basin -- for communicating data and trends on the state of land and water integration.. .. [CLICK TITLE ABOVE -- FOR MORE]