Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection

The Coalition is honored to be a beneficiary of this event. This race features 8-mile and 5k courses looping through a cactus forest in the foothills of the scenic Rincon Mountains at Saguaro National Park East. Click here for more information and to register to run! Lots of prizes and awards for participants, plus a great way to experience Saguaro National Park!

Pima County is looking for information to improve its model of potentially suitable habitat for the Sonoran desert tortoise. Of particular interest are observations of live or dead tortoises in the foothills of the Tortolita and Santa Rita Mountains. Observations will be used to refine the assumptions of the habitat model. 

A monthly update from the Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection

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A motion hearing is set for our member group’s, Save the Scenic Santa Ritas, Freedom of Information Act case this coming Monday, June 27th at 10am. The hearing will be open to the public (limited seating). If you plan to attend please email lisa@scenicsantaritas.org. The hearing is expected to run about two hours at the Evo A. DeConcini U.S. Courthouse (Suite 1500, 405 West Congress St.)

On Wednesday, June 15th, the Oro Valley Town Council will consider action to rescind its opposition to Rosemont Mine. The Town Council meeting willl be held at 6:00pm at 11000 N La Canada Drive. See the full council agenda or read the Center for Biological Diversity’s latest press release about the Rosemont Mine and its potential negative impacts.

Your comments and suggestions are still needed about the Oracle Road project. Voice your support for the SR77 Wildlife Crossing Structures by filling out a short comment form. Read more to find out how.

We need your help to protect local input on big power line projects like the interstate SunZia Southwest Transmission Project!  SunZia has hired a powerful lobbying firm to ram through SB 1517, which would threaten Arizonans’ power to be heard in local hearings on interstate power projects that would pass through our communities.  If this bill passes, by the time you learn of a major interstate transmission project coming through your community, it may be too late.  We can’t let this happen.

Help restore our desert rivers! Tucson residents are needed to install water conservation measures, track water savings on their water bill, and donate the savings to benefit local river environments. Subsidies are being offered. Apply before January 7th!