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GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK― Conservationists Back Havasupai Tribe’s Opposition to Grand Canyon Uranium Mine ― Arizona Regulators OK’d Mine Permit Despite Risk to Canyon’s Water ― Conservation groups joined the Havasupai Tribe today to denounce the...

Friendship Park -- Borderlands Ongoing Remediation Projects -- Border Barrier Environmental Planning -- Before and After: Documenting the Borderlands -- Transboundary Conservation -- Court Halts Rosemont Mine -- Borderlands Monthly Meeting ...

SILVER CITY, N.M.— New Federal Management Rule Still Falls Short on Genetic Diversity by Rejecting Science-Based Reforms -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed today that it will eliminate its current population cap of 325 Mexican gray...

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...

For Immediate Release -- Mine Threatens to Deplete, Pollute Groundwater, Springs -- GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality approved an aquifer protection permit late Thursday for a uranium mine near Grand...

Late yesterday, the Arizona District Court in Phoenix approved a legal agreement requiring the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to re-examine its decision to allow target shooting in 90% of Sonoran Desert National Monument, a quiet oasis of saguaro...

(12 page PDF) = CLIMATE CHANGE: TRANSPORTATION ~ BEYOND FOSSIL FUELS -- Go EV! Cut Emissions -- What Climate Crisis Mitigation Measures Are Promised by Your Local Authority? -- Focus on Valley Metro -- Focus on City of Mesa -- Focus on Tucson = "...

Phoenix, Arizona – ...The wild population of Mexican gray wolves has seen a small increase ...to a minimum of 196 wolves. However, this slight increase [...reveals] high mortality (including illegal killing), low pup survival, and a deepening...

Border Wall in the Mexican News -- Healing the Border Disorder -- Native people speak out about the current border issues -- Upcoming Events -- Ride with us! -- Lens on The Border ...

Thirty-four organizations in New Mexico and Arizona submitted comments to the Air Force on Friday expressing their serious concerns with its proposal to authorize low-level fighter jet maneuvers as low as 100 feet above ground level (AGL) and...