Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection

One opportunity remains to link the Tortolita and Tucson Mountains…..

The AZ State Land Department is currently exploring annexation into the Town of Oro Valley of the proposed Arroyo Grande Development. The Coalition is concerned with Arroyo Grande because of its biological significance as a wildlife linkage between the Catalina and Tortolita Mountains….

The huge Mission Peaks project proposed for west of Sahuarita got a giant thumbs-down from the Pima County Planning and Zoning Commission…

For those concerned with the proposed annexation and subsequent development of an expanse of Arizona State Trust Land north of Oro Valley, a new campaign offers a ray of hope….

Protecting animal crossings presents a challenge in proposed Arroyo Grande annexation….

Planners consider animal movements in road plans Oracle Road could get wildlife underpass…

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.