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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.
A dust storm approaches Phoenix on Aug. 21, 2017.

Monsoon dangers include dust storms in rural Arizona

Jun 12, 2023 Experts advise motorists to avoid trouble on roads and highways during sudden storms.
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.
John Farley, director of fire test operations at the Naval Research Laboratory, tests the effectiveness of aqueous film-forming foam by spraying it on a gasoline fire. The test took place at the laboratory in Chesapeake Beach, Md. Oct. 25, 2019.

ADEQ, fire departments dispose over 6,000 gallons of firefoam containing PFAS

Jun 9, 2023 The collaboration comes from the AFFF Take Back and Replace pilot-program
Federal officials have installed 500 border lights in the San Bernardino Valley and Wildlife Refuge, according to the Center for Biological Diversity study, though the lights are not currently operational.

Officials looking into turning on border lights

Jun 9, 2023 Customs and Border Protection says it’s looking at turning on lights on the border wall and installing more, just days after an environmental group releases a study and urges officials to remove the lights due to the effects they could have on wildlife.
Creative collective Kidz At Play combines the talents of 11 artists looking to use their passions to create change in the world.

Kidz At Play is not a rap group.

Jun 8, 2023 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant on the podcast "Going Wild"; and a conversation with Tom Carlson, 90-year-old co-founder and president of the Naco Wellness Initiative.
Federal officials have installed 500 border lights in the San Bernardino Valley and Wildlife Refuge, according to the Center for Biological Diversity study, though the lights are not currently operational.

New report counts 1,800 stadium lights near threatened species' habitat

Jun 6, 2023 The Center for Biological Diversity counted lights across 60 miles of protected lands on the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona. While currently not operational, if turned on, they could affect more than a dozen endangered and threatened species in the region.
Established in 1924, the Chiricahua National Monument is up for redesignation to national park status. The monument could become Arizona's fourth national park.

The Buzz: Efforts to make Chiricahua National Monument a national park

Jun 2, 2023 Will the Wonderland of Rocks could become Arizona’s Fourth National Park?

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