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Aerial view of the border wall at the Tinajas Altas Mountains near Yuma, AZ.

Biden halted border wall construction. Now what?

Feb 5, 2021 Environmental and human rights advocates hope to steer the administration toward a new vision at the border.
Members of Apache Stronghold, its legal team, and witness' in the case pose before the hearing for the preliminary injunction in Apache Stronghold v. United States of America Feb. 3, 2020.

Federal court hears case for preliminary injunction at Oak Flat

Feb 4, 2021 The judge said he will decide if he's going to temporarily stop progress on the mine by Feb. 12.
The Bureau of Land Management used prescribed burns across many of its properties for habitat improvement and to reduce the risk of severe wildfires.

BLM plans prescribed burn in San Pedro conservation area

Feb 4, 2021 The agency is planning to conduct a prescribed burn in the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area sometime this month.
Indigenous-led protesters walk along a construction line in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Sept. 2020.

Border wall scars: 'It feels like if someone got a knife and dragged it across my heart.'

Feb 4, 2021 Tribal leaders and Borderlands communities reflect on their fruitless struggle to stop the wall.
Border wall construction at Guadalupe Canyon in southeastern Arizona.

After months of border wall construction, a look at the damage done

Feb 3, 2021 As President Biden takes the helm, conservation groups take stock of the border wall’s environmental impacts.
Screenshot of Wendsler Nosie Sr., founder of Apache Stronghold, in a call-to-action video published the week the Jan. 15 U.S. Forest Service environmental impact statement was due to be published.

San Carlos Tribal members run to advocate for Oak Flat

Feb 2, 2021 The group is running from the religious site to Phoenix before a court hearing discussing the area's future.
Joseph R Biden, Jr

A look at border, environmental changes likely under new administration

Jan 29, 2021 President Biden’s executive orders and action on various issues could bring changes to Arizona.
Deer dancer statue outside of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe's administration building.

Pascua Yaqui Tribe secures federal grant for water pipeline

Jan 28, 2021 The nonpotable water project would free up 50 acre-feet of drinking water for the tribe each year.
Oak Flat, east of Superior, Arizona. A company proposes to build one of the world's largest underground copper mines at this location.

Lauren Redniss on "Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West".

Jan 27, 2021 Also on Arizona Spotlight: The hidden history of Tucson's Barnum Hill; living with dementia during the pandemic; and a short story read by Aurelie Sheehan.
The Bighorn Fire burns in the Santa Catalina Mountains on June 16, 2020.

Arizona's 2020 wildfire season among worst in past decade

Jan 27, 2021 2,520 wildfires burned across the state, 82% human caused
The view of the snowcapped Santa Catalina Mountains at Campbell Avenue and Skyline Drive in Tucson Jan. 25, 2020.

Winter storm could be 'most significant' of the season

Jan 25, 2021 Summerhaven sees 14 inches of snow, while an average two-tenths of rain fell on the Tucson Metro area Monday.
Composed of images taken by the Galileo spacecraft in 1995 and 1998, this reprocessed image of the icy Jovian moon Europa shows cracks, ridges, “microchaos,” and more. We now believe that Europa, like several other moons in the solar system, is an ocean world. Due to heat caused by Jupiter’s gravitational push-and-pull, there is liquid salt water beneath the ice, water that may contain life.

"Beyond Earth's Edge: The Poetry of Spaceflight".

Jan 22, 2021 Also on Arizona Spotlight: "DUSTWUN", a film about life, death and trust on the U.S. / Mexico Border.
Oak Flat, east of Superior, Arizona. A company proposes to build one of the world's largest underground copper mines at this location.

Controversial Oak Flat mine moves closer to reality

Jan 22, 2021 Oak Flat, sacred to the Apache and other tribes, sits over a huge reserve of copper.
The proposed site of the Rosemont Copper Mine.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers weighs its authority over Rosemont Mine

Jan 21, 2021 The corps said it would consult with local tribes before making the decision, then it rescinded the invite.
The Colorado River Basin continues to be sapped dry by increasing temperatures and diminished precipitation.

Upper Colorado River drought plan triggered for first time

Jan 21, 2021 A recent federal forecast showed one of the river’s biggest reservoirs -- Lake Powell in Utah -- dropping below a critical threshold.
Rain clouds near Tubac, July 2019.

Forecasters: Rain, snow on tap for drought-weary Southwest

Jan 20, 2021 Drought stricken region badly needs the moisture

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