Federal Judge OKs Uranium Mining Next to Grand Canyon National Park
April 8, 2015
PHOENIX, Ariz.— U.S. District Court Judge David Campbell denied a request to halt new uranium mining at the Canyon uranium mine, located only six miles from Grand Canyon National Park’s South Rim. The Havasupai Tribe and a coalition of conservation...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Mexican wolf population increase
February 13, 2015
Today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced that the wild Mexican wolf population has increased to 109 from 83 wolves counted at the end of 2013. While conservationists cheer this good news, they point out that the agency projected...
Regional Forester of the USDA Forest Service upheld objections
February 5, 2015
February 05, 2015, PHOENIX, Arizona – The Regional Forester of the USDA Forest Service upheld objections filed by conservation groups regarding a plan by the Tonto National Forest to allow hundreds of helicopter landings in five Wilderness areas on...
A coalition of Arizona community groups and businesses
February 5, 2015
February 05, 2015, TUCSON, Arizona – A coalition of Arizona community groups and businesses today called on Tucson Electric Power (TEP) to divest from the out-of-state San Juan Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, and instead to commit to...
Grand Canyon Watershed Coalition praised Arizona congressional leaders
January 30, 2015
January 30, 2015, PHOENIX, Arizona – The Grand Canyon Watershed Coalition today praised actions by Arizona congressional leaders calling for permanent protection of the area north and south of Grand Canyon. In a letter to President Obama,...
150 people from 25 different legislative districts met with state legislators
January 22, 2015
January 22, 2015, PHOENIX, Arizona – On this day, at the Arizona State Capitol, more than 150 people from 25 different legislative districts met with their state legislators to encourage the support of environmental protection and conservation...
Conservation groups filed a formal objection
December 15, 2014
December 15, 2014, PHOENIX, Arizona – Today conservation groups filed a formal objection to a plan by the Tonto National Forest to allow hundreds of helicopter landings in five Wilderness areas on the Tonto National Forest, ostensibly to “manage”...
Havasupai Tribe and conservation groups will fight appeals
November 26, 2014
November 26, 2014, GRAND CANYON, Arizona – The Havasupai Tribe and conservation groups will fight appeals filed yesterday by two mining lobbying groups challenging a ruling by Arizona U.S. District Court Judge David G. Campbell that upheld a ban on...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released rule governing endangered Mexican gray wolf
November 25, 2014
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) released revisions to the federal rule governing endangered Mexican gray wolf reintroduction, which would obstruct the imperiled subspecies’ recovery. The Service’s Final Environmental Impact Statement (...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed Northern Rockies gray wolf
November 21, 2014
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has confirmed that a female northern Rockies gray wolf is roaming the North Kaibab National Forest near the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. This pioneer traveled hundreds of miles to northern Arizona, an area that...