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Fort Huachuca, Arizona.

Conservation groups challenge U.S. Army, USFWS over harm to San Pedro River

Dec 4, 2019 Conservationists say Fort Huachuca covered up an internal report on its groundwater pumping effects.
U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva speaks the the Pima County Democratic Party election night event, Nov. 6, 2018.

Rep. Grijalva attends UN climate change summit

Dec 2, 2019 A dozen House Democrats are in Madrid for an international climate change meeting this week.
Oak Flat, east of Superior, Arizona. A company proposes to build one of the world's largest underground copper mines at this location.

Former San Carlos Apache Tribe chair walking to traditional lands to protest copper mine

Nov 26, 2019 Wendsler Nosie Sr. is going to live near Oak Flat east of Phoenix to oppose the construction of the Resolution Copper Mine.
The Arizona flag waves in the wind on a flagpole in Willcox.

Poll finds division and common ground in what Arizonans care about

Nov 25, 2019 State residents placed issues like water and education among their highest priorities.
Biosphere 2's iconc glass-walled rainforest, left, has been closed while scientists conduct a four-month drought study.

Biosphere 2 drought study continues

Nov 22, 2019 The water was shut off to the rainforest biome for a multiweek measurement of dry conditions.
A canal carries Colorado River water to farmland near Poston, Arizona, owned and operated by the Colorado River Indian Tribes, a key player in Arizona's Drought Contingency Plan.

Historically left out, Colorado River tribes call for more sway in Western water talks

Nov 22, 2019 With the drought plan done, some tribal leaders say their water rights can’t be ignored any longer.
A Sonoran Desert bee (genus Melissodes) identified by The Tucson Bee Collaborative, photographed by Bruce D. Taubert.

How to ID a Bee.

Nov 20, 2019 Also on Arizona Spotlight: A closer look at how Tucson neighborhoods voted in the last local election; The 89-90 Trip: Day Three begins in Panguitch, Utah; and "Tilly the Trickster" at the Live Theatre Workshop.
Central Arizona Project water flows in a canal near Marana.

East side development renews concerns about water and growth

Nov 20, 2019 Members of the City Council say it's time for the state to pitch in with CAP water.
The flight line at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.

Study: Arizona military base will be hardest hit by climate change

Nov 14, 2019 Bases in the state could see an increasing number of dangerously hot days, the study says.
An irrigation canal carries Colorado River water to crop fields in central Arizona.

New analysis spells out serious legal risk to Colorado River water users

Nov 14, 2019 As climate change continues to sap the river’s water, some users face serious legal risks to their supplies.
Dierdra McDowell performing as Eartha Kitt in her one-woman show, "Down to Eartha">

Getting "Down to Eartha".

Nov 13, 2019 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Hear a "StoryCorps: One Small Step" conversation from Kansas City; "The 89-90 Trip" heads to Flagstaff; and learning to read the secrets of the trees.
The proposed site of the Rosemont Copper Mine.

How the Center for Biological Diversity grew in its fight against the 'status quo'

Nov 12, 2019 The Tucson-based conservation group has become one of the most influential in the country.
Ecologist Michael Bogan holds a common green darner dragonfly emerging from its larval stage on the Santa Cruz River.

Revived stretch of Santa Cruz River provides oasis for wildlife

Nov 7, 2019 Dragonflies, toads and birds are just some of the wildlife showing up since the project started releasing treated wastewater in June.
The Thomas Fire, Ventura, California, December 2017. Rising temperatures, drought and wind conditions linked to climate change are contributing to larger, more hazardous fires that cost more to fight.

Global scientist coalition delivers climate warning

Nov 6, 2019 An article predicts "untold human suffering" unless deep and lasting shifts are made.
The Grand Canyon is one site where industry critics want to restrict mining in Arizona.

House passes bill banning future Grand Canyon uranium mining

Oct 30, 2019 The bill would block mining on 1 million acres near the Grand Canyon.
The newly described Rio Concepcion topminnow is found in the Rio Concepcion in northern Mexico. The minnow is related to the Gila topminnow.

Scientists recognize new fish in northern Mexico

Oct 30, 2019 The Rio Concepcion topminnow is related to the Gila topminnow.

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