Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection

The Oro Valley Town Council last week voted 6-1 to initiate a general plan amendment process to accommodate a proposed devel-opment on nearby state trust land. The move paves the way for the town’s potential annexation of the planned 14-square-mile Arroyo Grande….

A future housing development in Marana has come under fire from conservationists and neighbors, who say the town council approved plans last month with little regard for the environment and neighboring homes.

Carolyn Campbell was a driving force in the plan’s 1998 adoption, and she continues to spend more hours every week than she cares to count sitting through meetings, pushing the county to meet its own standards and urging developers to do the right thing…..

The endangered Pima pineapple cactus (inset) is a prolific part of life in a 4,000-acre area where American Nevada wants to build 15,000 homes. Greeting all current and future homeowners are the monolithic mining tailings that are visible from Interstate 19 and line Helmet Peak Road.

Since 2002, Marana has worked on a plan to protect habitats for endangered species while allowing developers to avoid liability for any harm that comes to the animals as a result of development….