Cactus theft has been a problem in Arizona and around the Southwest for years, but some scientists and land managers believe the problem is getting worse. And, as the market for cacti is evolving, so are the methods poachers use and the types of cacti they’re targeting.

Sybil Francis, president and CEO of the Center for the Future of Arizona, spoke with The Show about "progress meters," as she calls them, and what that knowledge can do for the state.

Experts say Arizona will have to cut water use drastically. Nearly 70 percent of all water used in the state goes to agriculture. Gov. Doug Ducey says he sees no reason for farmers to give up growing cotton in the desert.

After winter storms recently dumped record snow and rain on the Salt and Verde River watersheds, the Salt River Project is releasing water from reservoirs to make room for future runoff.

There's a maintenance backlog at Grand Canyon National Park that persists, even as the state celebrates the park’s centennial anniversary. But a far larger challenge looms in the park’s future — climate change.

This week, the Grand Canyon celebrated its centennial as a U.S. national park. But in that time, the park has developed a backlog of maintenance projects that need to get done.

Farmers will have to wait for federal money to replace lost water for their crops after lawmakers blocked a plan to drill new wells.

For over two decades, the U.S. exported as much as forty percent of its recyclables to China every year. But in January 2018, China placed major restrictions on the types of plastic it would accept. Now, some towns and cities are sending recyclables to incinerators and landfills along with the rest of our country’s waste.

There are still white-capped mountains in the Phoenix area after last week’s winter storm dropped rain, hail and snow in the metro Phoenix area, and record snowfall in Flagstaff. Has all that precipitation helped Arizona’s drought conditions?