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[water] UArizona wins 2nd place in "Campus Rainworks Challenge" [more]
May 9, 2020
UArizona was awarded 2nd place in the Master Plan Category for its “Against the Grain” project. The university's project involved enhancing flood protection through bioretention facilities with native plants and trees and using stormwater runoff as...
[water] Sierra Club Joins Lawsuit to Save San Pedro River [more]
March 30, 2020
"The lawsuit against the U.S. Army and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services challenges the agency’s 2014 decision authorizing groundwater pumping connected to the San Pedro River to serve military operations at Fort Huachuca through 2024. The amended...
[mining] Judge Overturns Wildlife Agency’s Approval of Rosemont Mine near Tucson... [more]
February 10, 2020
TUCSON, Ariz.— A federal judge today overturned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s approval of a controversial open-pit copper mine in southern Arizona’s Santa Rita Mountains because of threats to jaguars and other endangered species. U.S....
[mining] Judge won't reconsider his ruling stopping the Rosemont Mine... [more]
October 25, 2019
TUCSON, Ariz.— A federal judge has declined to reconsider his July ruling that barred construction of the Rosemont open-pit copper mine. U.S. District Judge James Soto turned back a request from Hudbay Minerals to vacate or amend his July 31...
[mining] Federal Judge Halts Construction of Rosemont Mine near Tucson... [more]
August 19, 2019
TUCSON, Ariz.— A federal judge today overturned the U.S. Forest Service’s approval of a controversial open-pit copper mine in southern Arizona’s Santa Rita Mountains, citing the agency’s “inherently flawed analysis from the inception of the proposed...
[lawsuit] Ex-fed: "Trump administration pressured reversal of Arizona housing project"... [more]
April 27, 2019
"A now-retired federal official said he bowed to political pressure from a higher-up in the Trump administration when he reversed a key decision he had made on a 28,000-home Benson development near the San Pedro River. “I got rolled,” said Steve...
[mining] Lawsuit Filed to Protect Arizona’s Waters, Wildlife From Proposed Rosemont Mine... [more]
March 27, 2019
TUCSON, Ariz.— Together, four conservation groups filed a lawsuit in federal district court today to overturn a key permit for the controversial proposed Rosemont Copper Mine in southern Arizona. The lawsuit challenges the U.S. Army Corps of...
[water] Lawsuit against massive "The Villages at Vigneto" (28,000 New Houses, near Benson, Arizona)... [more]
February 1, 2019
"...filed a lawsuit today challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ approval of a permit that allows a huge master-planned development project near Benson, Ariz., to proceed. The Villages at Vigneto would transform 12,167 acres of largely...
[Water] AZ Computer Model for Tucson Ground Water... [more]
December 1, 2013
Report #24 (Apr 2013) - 256-page update of the "Tucson Ground Water" Computer Model and Simulations. from "ADWR" = "Arizona Dept of Water Resources"... [click Title above -- for more]