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A view from Coconino Overlook at the north rim of the Grand Canyon.

Grand Canyon gets $27.5 million federal grant for greener shuttle buses

Jul 6, 2023 The replacement project includes 30 new buses — 20 that run on compressed natural gas and 10 electric buses.
AZ Project WET program coordinator, Josh Ruddick instructs educators like JoAnna McCormick, how to conduct percolator tests or, testing water absorption rates as part of the hands-on activities of Southwest Urban Corridor Integrated Field Laboratory's summer teacher workshop. Teachers from throughout the greater Tucson area have gathered for this two-day workshop, to participate in hands-on activities and develop climate-change centric curriculum.

UA workshop deepens local educators' knowledge of the impact of climate change in Arizona

Jun 30, 2023 Relevant data will be used to develop relevant curriculum for students
The stretch of the Verde River that goes through Clarkdale ends near the Tuzigoot Road Bridge.

The Buzz takes a trip down the Verde River

Jun 30, 2023 We're revisiting this episode after it and another The Buzz episode were honored by PMJA
Snow falls on the Colorado River near New Castle, Colorado, on January 11, 2023. Months of snow and rain soaked a region in the grips of drought and helped replenish reservoirs along the Colorado River.

Months of wet weather erase drought across the Southwest

Jun 28, 2023 Only 28% of the region is experiencing drought.
Water levels in Lake Powell, seen here in May 2021, are dipping dangerously low. The federal government has proposed an unprecedented plan to cut back on water supplies for Arizona, Nevada and California. The measure aims to keep water levels high enough to generate hydropower at the Glen Canyon Dam.

Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation in Colorado River water rights case

Jun 22, 2023 Colorado had argued that siding with the Navajo Nation would undermine existing agreements and disrupt the management of the river.

Bear that fatally attacked man at Arizona campsite didn't have rabies

Jun 21, 2023 The bear acted in what appeared to be an unprovoked predatory attack, Game and Fish officials said.
A view of the Colorado River near the Silver Bridge on the Bright Angel Trail in Grand Canyon National Park. From November 2022.

Tucson releases draft water plan

Jun 21, 2023 The city is now asking for the public to provide feedback on the draft plan.

Environmental groups file lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service

Jun 20, 2023 The agency authorized two mineral exploration projects in the Patagonia Mountains.
Forest Service vehicles in Tucson with smoke from the Ventana Fire in the background. June 20, 2023

Fire near Ventana Canyon

Jun 20, 2023 The fire started in the Catalina Mountains in the early morning hours of Tuesday.
Arizona State Capitol Executive Tower

Governor signs law ending Arizona water dispute involving upscale Phoenix suburb of Scottsdale

Jun 19, 2023 The bill obliges Scottsdale to provide Rio Verde Foothills with access to its water.
Dense trees grow in a forest in northeastern Arizona.

Man dies in bear attack at Arizona campsite

Jun 16, 2023 The Tucson man was attacked in Yavapai County.

Why water well goes dry

Jun 15, 2023 Pima County is helping with a solution.
Low water levels at Wahweap Bay at Lake Powell along the Upper Colorado River Basin are shown, on June 9, 2021, at the Utah and Arizona border at Wahweap, Ariz.

Feds announce start of public process to reshape key rules on Colorado River water use by 2027

Jun 15, 2023 The U.S. Interior Department said it will publish in the Federal Register on Friday a call for replacing guidelines that expire in 2026.
This June 7, 2023, photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a female Mexican gray wolf before she is released back into the wilds of Apache National Forest in eastern Arizona. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said the wolf had been found wandering in New Mexico outside a zone created for the recovery of her subspecies.

Female Mexican gray wolf released into wild in Arizona in move to help wolf's recovery

Jun 14, 2023 The wolf was headed north into the southern Rocky Mountains of New Mexico in January when the wildlife service captured her outside the recovery area.
Monsoon rainshower

Monsoon madness forecast game returns

Jun 12, 2023 Online prognosticators invited to guess rainfall totals in Tucson and other regional cities.
Fresh snow blankets the Catalina Mountains. From February 2021.

Ponderosa Pine at risk due to megadrought

Jun 9, 2023 New research shows that the species is facing higher mortality rates due to the drought.

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