Death Valley Ultramarathon Run is Fundraiser for Coalition!
June 22, 2006
Long time Coalition supporter Bruce Gungle is once again sacrificing body and mind to raise funds for the Coalition. And you can join him! From July 24-26, Bruce will be competing in "the world’s toughest foot race," the Badwater 135 Ultramarathon…
TIME EXPIRED— Protect Arizona’s Roadless Areas…
June 20, 2006
…they are our last wild treasures. Act now (August 31) and you can help Governor Napolitano protect these special places for all of us…
Judge weighs hold on delisting of owl
June 2, 2006
A federal judge is considering whether to place a hold on removal of thepygmy owl from the endangered species list.
River Revival
June 1, 2006
Some 90 percent of Arizona’s riparian areas have been lost–but the county has plans for a comeback
My opinion Jim Kiser : Fund BLM to preserve our history
May 21, 2006
…The BLM manages 261 million acres, but only about one in every 16 acres has been surveyed for "cultural resources," a phrase that refers to evidence of mostly prehistoric human inhabitation…
Hearing date set for effort to halt species ‘delisting’
May 16, 2006
PHOENIX — The pygmy owl will stay "delisted" at least until June 2, a federal judge decided Monday. U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton declined environmentalists’ requests to put a temporary hold on the federal government’s mid-April decision to remove the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl from the endangered-species list…
Owl’s delisting today opens builders’ horizons
May 15, 2006
Today is D-Day for the pygmy owl, more than nine years after it was listed as endangered by the federal government……
Tiny owl will stay delisted at least until hearing in June
May 15, 2006
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A judge has declined environmentalists’ requests to put a temporary hold on the federal government’s decision to remove the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl from the endangered-species list…
Groups file suit to stop pygmy owl’s delisting
May 13, 2006
The Center for Biological Diversity and Defenders of Wildlife filed a lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service ….
NEW LONG SLEEVE T’S
May 3, 2006
We have new long sleeve t-shirts in stock. The new shirts are navy blue with the Coalition Saguaro logo with Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection in white. On the back there is white lettering that reads, "Un Amigo del Desierto es un Amigo Mio" (A Friends of the Desert is a Friend of Mine). Go to out merchadise section to place your order today! http://www.sonorandesert.org/coalition-gifts
The cactus ferruginous pygmy owl is on the verge of losing its status as an endangered species.
April 29, 2006
The removal from the endangered species list is scheduled to take place May 15, unless the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision is overruled in court.
Enviros ready to sue over pygmy owl action
April 26, 2006
Arizona Daily Star Tucson, A coalition of environmental groups says it will sue the federal government to restore the pygmy owl’s endangered status unless the government decides within a week to do that on its own.
Groups Challenge Decision to Drop Protection for Few Remaining Pygmy-owls
April 25, 2006
Tucson, AZ –Defenders of Wildlife, the Center for Biological Diversity, and the Arizona Audubon Council, representing all eight Audubon chapters in the state, today filed an official notice of intent to sue the US Fish and Wildlife Service over its decision to remove the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl…
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April 21, 2006
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Pygmy owl’s delisting has little effect on Marana
April 20, 2006
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week announced its intentions to remove the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl from the federal Endangered Species Act. The owl no longer will have protection under that act, effective May 15. It will still have protection under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which prohibits killing the owls and possessing their feathers or eggs….
Pygmy owl may lose endangered label
April 14, 2006
The federal government plans to remove the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl from the endangered species list next month, but one local conservation group has vowed to fight the move.
U.S. to announce delisting of pygmy owl from endangered species list
April 13, 2006
The federal government will announce this afternoon that it is taking the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl off the endangered species list…
Corridor Controversy
April 12, 2006
Marana housing development raises concerns over I-10 wildlife corridor, conservation