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The Sierra Club Palo Verde Group Sticker Design Contest
March 16, 2023
The Palo Verde Group (Phoenix area) of the Sierra Club Grand Canyon Chapter is inviting high school student artists from across Arizona to showcase their talents by submitting a design for stickers that will be distributed to attendees at our events...
News Release: Glen Canyon Dam Operations Must Safeguard Grand Canyon’s Humpback Chub
March 10, 2023
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation must manage Colorado River flows to prevent non-native smallmouth bass populations from establishing, thereby jeopardizing threatened humpback chub in the Grand Canyon, conservationists warned in formal comments...
News Release from Grijalva: Save Oak Flat From Foreign Mining Act
March 6, 2023
Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) announced...the "Save Oak Flat From Foreign Mining Act" to permanently protect...from foreign mining operations...destroy tribal cultural and religious heritage sites...sacred to...tribal nations in Arizona...for millennia...
Arizona's Water Crises: What Can You Do?
January 25, 2023
...Support legislation to restrict groundwater pumping -- Support legislation to promote "water for nature" -- Advocate for effective water policies --
Vote for and lobby legislators who promise stronger, effective water policies...
SPRNCA = 35yrs of Innovative Conservation on the San Pedro River (Herald/Review)
January 1, 2023
...In 1988, the [SPRNCA] was established as the nation’s first national riparian conservation site -- a largest unfragmented landscapes in AZ -- a best example of a desert riparian ecosystem in the USA -- USPP is made up of 20 member agencies...
Uranium Mine Gears Up Near Grand Canyon National Park
December 7, 2022
Senate must pass Grand Canyon mining ban before 117th Congress ends
New Lawsuit for EPA to Protect Queen Creek from Mining
August 9, 2022
SUPERIOR, Ariz.— Lawsuit...Seeking EPA Pollution Limits for Arizona Creek Threatened by Copper Mine -- Conservation groups filed NOI to sue the EPA today in response to the ADEQ’s decades-long failure to limit pollution in Queen Creek -- Resolution...
Our 2022 Overview of Arizona Legislature
August 4, 2022
Our "2022 Environmental Report Card for the Arizona Legislature and Governor" (21 pages) -- The 2022 Legislative Session was again long and unproductive, regarding the major environmental issues facing our state -- The attacks on democracy...
Sierra Club Releases "2022 Environmental Report Card" for AZ Legislature
August 3, 2022
Phoenix, AZ -- Sierra Club released its "2022 Environmental Report Card for the Arizona Legislature and Governor" (21 pages) -- The 2022 Legislative Session was again long and unproductive, regarding the major environmental issues facing our state...
Sierra Club publica su Tarjeta de Evaluación Ambiental 2022 para la Legislatura de Arizona
August 3, 2022
Phoenix, AZ – El día de hoy, Sierra Club publicó su Tarjeta de Evaluación Ambiental 2022 para la Legislatura y el Gobernador de Arizona. La sesión legislativa de 2022 fue nuevamente larga e improductiva con respecto a los principales problemas...