Press/News Releases

Prescott, AZ – Today, [our] Water Sentinels released their urgent report, "2024 Flow Data for Upper Verde River" -- revealing unprecedented flow reductions -- and calling for immediate conservation actions -- for this lifeline, now endangered

SBCC and Sierra Club appealed the district court ruling -- in "General Land Office of Texas v. Biden" -- prohibiting the federal government from using congressional appropriations (to remediate and mitigate damage caused by border wall construction)

“Mexican gray wolves belong in the Grand Canyon region –- scientists and conservationists agree. Wolves are critical to ensuring healthy ecosystems,” said Sandy Bahr. “The Flagstaff community has welcomed these wolves -- AZGFD should let them be!”

Flagstaff, Ariz.— Arizona students proposed a new name for Mexican gray wolf F2979, calling her “Hope.” She was captured and collared by the AGFD earlier this month. The agency intends to use her to locate any packmates and return them to recovery...

... to use her authority to close the Pinyon Plain uranium mine that threatens the waters of Grand Canyon and the Havasupai Tribe -- This comes after the groups, scientists, and many others sent a letter to the governor in January, outlining the...

Conservation organizations today asked the U.S. FWS to release captive-born Mexican gray wolf pairs together with their pups into AZ and NM -- Releases of wolf families that survive and breed would diversify the wild population’s depleted gene pool.

BLM to close almost 500,000 acres (98.9%) of Sonoran Desert National Monument to recreational shooting -- once allowed everywhere amidst the saguaro cacti, native desert life, ancient petroglyphs, and rich cultural history an hour from Phoenix