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Oak Flat, east of Superior, Arizona. A company proposes to build one of the world's largest underground copper mines at this location.

New poll shows strong opposition to the proposed copper mine at Oak Flat

Sep 23, 2021 According to the new poll, about 3 out of 4 Arizonans do not support the proposed Resolution Copper at the Apache religious site.

Lake Mead outside Las Vegas, Nevada, serves as the Colorado River's largest reservoir and a key water source for Arizona, California, Nevada and Mexico.

Projections on drought-hit Colorado River grow more dire

Sep 23, 2021 The U.S. government has released projections that indicate an even more troubling outlook for a river that serves 40 million people in the American West.

Baby getting a bath in a Navajo Water Project installed utility sink.

Nalgene, the reusable water bottle company, helps fund clean water project in Navajo Nation

Sep 21, 2021 About 30% of people living on the Navajo Nation don't have running water. The Navajo Water Project is trying to change that.

The so-called bathtub ring in Lake Mead.

Water agencies resolve Colorado River dispute

Sep 20, 2021 Dispute in California once threatened to derail a multi-state agreement to protect the Colorado River.

Timber Sale Administrator John Magura, Williams Ranger District, inspects invasive Mistletoe.

Forest Service plan to extend forest maintenance program is put on hold

Sep 19, 2021 Lawmakers demanded the agency reverse course, saying the decision is “particularly dangerous” at a time when “wildfire seasons gets longer each year.”

Drought persists in Southwest despite summer rains

Sep 17, 2021 Forecasters predict hotter than normal temperatures and lower than normal snow and rain through the end of the year.

The vaquita is a critically endangered porpoise that lives in the northern part of the Sea of Cortez. It is considered the smallest and most endangered cetacean in the world.

USMCA commission asks Mexico to respond to alleged lack of protection for endangered porpoise

Sep 15, 2021 Officials in Mexico have 60 days to respond to a petition alleging the country is failing to enforce environmental laws meant to protect the vaquita marina porpoise.

The proposed site of the Rosemont Copper Mine.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife rejects Rosemont Copper petition to shrink critical jaguar habitat

Sep 3, 2021 Canadian mining company Hudbay Minerals sought to deem a portion of the Santa Rita range no longer essential for jaguars.

Waters from monsoon storms filled the Rillito River. July 2021.

Judge strikes down Trump-era water regulation that limited protections

Sep 1, 2021 Two local tribes were part of the effort to restore broader definitions of protected waterways in the Clean Water Act.

Tucson uses recharge techniques to get water back into its underground aquifers.

Award recognizes Tucson Water's sustainability

Sep 1, 2021 Twenty years ago, Tucson was the largest American city entirely reliant on groundwater.

A Border Patrol vehicle drives along a section of fence at the Organ Pipe National Monument, west of Lukeville, Arizona, on Friday, Nov. 2, 2018.

Federal judge says Customs and Border Protection broke environmental law

Aug 24, 2021 Lawsuit accused the agency of failing to assess how ramped up border enforcement would impact the borderlands and endangered species that live there.