BLM to Reconsider Target Shooting in Sonoran Desert National Monument
April 22, 2022
Late yesterday, the Arizona District Court in Phoenix approved a legal agreement requiring the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to re-examine its decision to allow target shooting in 90% of Sonoran Desert National Monument, a quiet oasis of saguaro...
"Canyon Echo" Spring 2022 Newsletter
April 4, 2022
(12 page PDF) = CLIMATE CHANGE: TRANSPORTATION ~ BEYOND FOSSIL FUELS -- Go EV! Cut Emissions -- What Climate Crisis Mitigation Measures Are Promised by Your Local Authority? -- Focus on Valley Metro -- Focus on City of Mesa -- Focus on Tucson = "...
5% More Mexican Gray Wolves Yet Still on Brink of Extinction
March 30, 2022
Phoenix, Arizona – ...The wild population of Mexican gray wolves has seen a small increase ...to a minimum of 196 wolves. However, this slight increase [...reveals] high mortality (including illegal killing), low pup survival, and a deepening...
News from the Border - March 2022
March 16, 2022
Border Wall in the Mexican News -- Healing the Border Disorder -- Native people speak out about the current border issues -- Upcoming Events -- Ride with us! -- Lens on The Border ...
Conservationists Oppose USAF Proposal for Low-level and Supersonic Airspaces
March 8, 2022
Thirty-four organizations in New Mexico and Arizona submitted comments to the Air Force on Friday expressing their serious concerns with its proposal to authorize low-level fighter jet maneuvers as low as 100 feet above ground level (AGL) and...
Climate Advocates March 4th for Climate -- Climate Can't Wait
March 4, 2022
(Phoenix, AZ) Today, climate advocates marched from Senator Kyrsten Sinema’s office to Senator Mark Kelly’s office and delivered a letter to each senator highlighting information in a recent report by scientists at the National Oceanic and...
News from the Border - Feb 2022
February 19, 2022
Border Voices -- Restoration of this once pristine wilderness area -- Powerful documentary “Undeterred” documents resistance to Border Militarization -- Transboundary Wildlife Conservation -- Volunteer Upcoming Events -- Sacred Territories Webinar...
video: Our Sacred Territories webinar with the Comcaac Nation
February 4, 2022
video: Alberto Mellado is leader in the biocultural conservation of the Comcaac territory. Based in Punta Chueca Sonora "Socaaix" his work is based on promote and defend the natural and cultural resources of his community.
Comments to USFWS on Rules for Wild Mexican Wolves
January 27, 2022
To USFWS (Wash DC): "On behalf of the Rio Grande and Grand Canyon Chapters of the Sierra Club, please accept these comments on the draft revisions to the 2015 ESA Section 10(j) rule for the wild population of Mexican Wolves. The following changes...
ACC Kills Energy Rules and Defeats Clean Energy
January 26, 2022
Today, following nearly four years of workshops, public meetings, and thousands of supportive comments, including the support of both small and large businesses, the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) voted down an energy rules package along party...