150 people from 25 different legislative districts met with state legislators
January 22, 2015
January 22, 2015, PHOENIX, Arizona – On this day, at the Arizona State Capitol, more than 150 people from 25 different legislative districts met with their state legislators to encourage the support of environmental protection and conservation...
Conservation groups filed a formal objection
December 15, 2014
December 15, 2014, PHOENIX, Arizona – Today conservation groups filed a formal objection to a plan by the Tonto National Forest to allow hundreds of helicopter landings in five Wilderness areas on the Tonto National Forest, ostensibly to “manage”...
Havasupai Tribe and conservation groups will fight appeals
November 26, 2014
November 26, 2014, GRAND CANYON, Arizona – The Havasupai Tribe and conservation groups will fight appeals filed yesterday by two mining lobbying groups challenging a ruling by Arizona U.S. District Court Judge David G. Campbell that upheld a ban on...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released rule governing endangered Mexican gray wolf
November 25, 2014
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) released revisions to the federal rule governing endangered Mexican gray wolf reintroduction, which would obstruct the imperiled subspecies’ recovery. The Service’s Final Environmental Impact Statement (...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed Northern Rockies gray wolf
November 21, 2014
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has confirmed that a female northern Rockies gray wolf is roaming the North Kaibab National Forest near the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. This pioneer traveled hundreds of miles to northern Arizona, an area that...
Arizona’s Havasupai Tribe and a coalition of conservation groups
September 30, 2014
Arizona’s Havasupai Tribe and a coalition of conservation groups are praising Judge David Campbell’s decision today to uphold the U.S. Department of the Interior’s 20-year ban on new uranium mining claims across one million acres of public lands...
Conservation and archaeological groups joined thousands
September 17, 2014
September 17, 2014, PHOENIX - Conservation and archaeological groups joined thousands of other Arizonans this week in submitting formal comments asking the Forest Service to revise its proposed travel-management plan for off-road vehicles in the...
Conservation groups sent a letter
July 31, 2014
Conservation groups sent a letter this week urging federal regulators to suspend operations at a uranium mine near the Grand Canyon, where millions of gallons of uranium-laced groundwater threaten people and wildlife. Records from the U.S....
Open letter to Governor Jan Brewer
June 18, 2014
June 18, 2014, PHOENIX - Today, Sierra Club delivered an open letter to Governor Jan Brewer asking her to demonstrate a strong commitment to solar energy by ending the tax on leased rooftop solar systems. Click here to read more. (46 KB pdf)
Arizona House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee hearing
June 10, 2014
June 10, 2014, PHOENIX - Today, prior to an Arizona House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new carbon protections on power plants, clean air and clean energy advocates...