Environment

Grand Canyon
A federal appeals court has ruled against environmental groups and an Arizona tribe in their bid to keep a uranium mine south of the Grand Canyon from operating.
Feb. 23, 2022
Grand canyon interior
A new survey conducted by Colorado College has found strong support in the Rocky Mountain region for conservation efforts. Three-fourths of voters would support conserving 30% of America’s lands within the next decade.
Feb. 22, 2022
Cactus ferruginous pygmy owl
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list a tiny desert owl as a threatened species.
Feb. 18, 2022
dry cracked ground
New data show the current megadrought the western U.S. is experiencing is the worst it’s been in 1,200 years. But for some in the water resources sphere, this news comes as no surprise. What does that mean for Arizona’s future?
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Feb. 16, 2022
Santa Cruz River
More than two years ago, Tucson brought flowing water back to a dry portion of the Santa Cruz riverbed, and the ecosystem has made a fast recovery.
Feb. 14, 2022
Colorado River
The megadrought bedeviling the American West got even drier last year and is becoming the deepest dry spell in more than 1,200 years.
Feb. 14, 2022
Tempe trail derailment
A 2020 cargo train derailment on the bridge crossing Tempe Town Lake caused a portion of it to be demolished. The railroad company operating the line will now reimburse Tempe for damages.
Feb. 12, 2022
authorities patrol area to protect vaquita porpoise
The United States filed the first environmental complaint under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, calling for a consultation with Mexico over protections for a critically endangered porpoise in the Upper Gulf of California.
Feb. 11, 2022
Kayenta Coal Mine
The federal infrastructure law funds mine reclamation projects in 22 states, but the Navajo Nation is the only tribe set to receive direct funding.
Feb. 10, 2022
Audubon Society crews
The Tucson Audubon Society will remove salt cedar trees in the Santa Cruz River for wildfire prevention.
Feb. 9, 2022
Bureau of Land Management sign
Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland recently named four board members to lead the Foundation for America’s Public Lands, including ASU faculty member Stacy Leeds.
Feb. 9, 2022
Border wall
The state brought the suit last April, arguing the Biden administration did not consider the environmental effects of various policies.
Feb. 8, 2022
desert tortoise
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says after conducting a scientific review, it will not list the Sonoran desert tortoise under the Endangered Species Act.
Feb. 8, 2022
Interstate 11 map
A proposed freeway from Nogales to Kingman is still in the planning stages, and was not included in last year’s bipartisan infrastructure bill. But conservationists worry that funding could help move the project forward.
Feb. 7, 2022
Aspens change color in Flagstaff
A non-native insect is threatening aspen trees in northern Arizona. The insect is called an oystershell scale, and it’s about the size of a grain of rice.
More Arizona science news
Feb. 6, 2022
A group of Sonoran filmmakers and biologists are creating the first known documentary about the state’s caves, and the life inside them.
Feb. 4, 2022
Navajo President Jonathan Nez
The Navajo Nation lost tens of millions of dollars in revenue when Salt River Project closed the coal-fired Navajo Generating Station near Page in 2019. The tribe is now looking for new income streams to make up for that loss.
Jan. 26, 2022
coyote
A conservation nonprofit in southern Arizona has posted cameras to track wildlife near the border. They also expected to see a high numbers of migrants, but the cameras showed a different kind of human traffic.
Jan. 24, 2022
Biciclando grant
Leaders in Hermosillo, the capital of neighboring Sonora, Mexico, are celebrating a $1 million grant that will go toward an innovative recycling program.
Jan. 19, 2022
Sonoran Solar
Mexico is set to break ground on a massive solar energy plant in the state of Sonora next month. Officials say the first phase of the project will be up and running before the end of the year.
Jan. 19, 2022

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