In the two years since the Grand Canyon approved a plan to reduce the number of potentially destructive bison roaming in the national park, the herd has only grown in size.

So far in 2019, there have been 32 confirmed heat deaths in Maricopa County. The county is investigating another 134 deaths as heat-related — surpassing last year’s total of 128. The County’s Heat Relief Regional Network is a system of cooling centers, hydration stations, and emergency heat shelters to protect people exposed to the heat — but there's a critical need they're failing to address.

The Arizona Game and Fish Department is helping wildlife statewide by maintaining 3,000 water catchment basins for elk, deer, bighorn sheep and many other species. However, some may be harder to maintain than others.

The Museum Fire fight is expected to cost more than $12 million, including efforts to protect against flooding in the fire’s wake.

The city of Phoenix Water Services Department has received a grant for a new water conservation program. The $100,000 will be used to pilot a technology to reduce lawn water usage by 40 to 45 percent.

The U.S. Forest Service is offering up one of the largest Requests for Proposals in the history of the agency in an attempt to make real progress on the Four Forest Restoration Initiative.

Conservation organizations are urging a members of international trade convention to impose sanctions on Mexico until it fully protects an endangered porpoise in the Sea of Cortez during its meeting in Geneva this week and next.

Just a few months after completing the drought contingency plan for the Colorado River, water managers in the southwest will have to implement it starting in 2020.

To help the declining population of monarch butterflies, the Arizona Game and Fish Department is seeking volunteers to help plant milkweed this fall.