Updates
Marana seeks public input on habitat conservation
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….
Pygmy Owl Petition Filed
Petition Filed to Protect Pygmy Owl Again As Endangered Species. Protection Sought for Sonoran Desert Population in Arizona and Mexico….
Friends of Ironwood Forest
The Coalition and Sierra Club are organizing a Friends of Ironwood Forest National Monument to help protect this southwest treasure. Read more on how to get involved.
County releases 4th Draft of the MSCP
Pima County has released the forth draft the Mutli-Species Conservation Plan. This document, which is a part of the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan, will further define how we will accomplish conservation in Pima County for the next 50 years. Stay tuned for further action. You can view the entire county plan at http://www.pima.gov/sdcp/ or a 5 page PDF Introduction HERE.
Team Coonhound completes the Badwater 135 mile footrace!
Coalition supporter, Bruce Gungle, finished a 135 mile footrace through Death Valley as a fundraiser for the Coalition. Read Bruce’s summary of the race, view pictures, and more here!
A lesson to learn
A lesson to learn: The disappearance of bighorns from Pusch Ridge holds lessons for those trying to protect the region’s last native herd By Ty Bowers, tbowers@ExplorerNews.com July 5, 2006 –
Judge weighs hold on delisting of owl
A federal judge is considering whether to place a hold on removal of thepygmy owl from the endangered species list.
River Revival
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
…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’
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…