http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/tag/forest+service forest+service news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2013 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042213_bear_safety/wildlife-experts-making-campsites-safer-after-2012-bear-attacks/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042213_bear_safety/wildlife-experts-making-campsites-safer-after-2012-bear-attacks/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com After the Payson area saw three black bear attacks last year, officials are rolling out a Bear Aware campaign. It includes bear-proof storage containers and tips for keeping bears from visiting campsites. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041813_fire_seasons/new-average-official-say-wildfire-seasons-arent-what-they-used-az/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041813_fire_seasons/new-average-official-say-wildfire-seasons-arent-what-they-used-az/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com As the 35-acre Fisher Point fire burned in a canyon just a few miles south of his office, Coconino National Forest fire information officer Dick Fleishman said he anticipates an average fire season. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041513_forests_offroading/az-bill-puts-brakes-off-roading-enforcement-national-forests/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041513_forests_offroading/az-bill-puts-brakes-off-roading-enforcement-national-forests/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Under a state law that took effect in 2009, an Arizona Game and Fish Department officer enforcing hunting laws on federal land is supposed to stop someone from riding an off-highway vehicle in an area closed to OHV use. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041513_forest_fires/bill-aims-stem-wildfires-by-boosting-ranching-logging-federal-land/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041513_forest_fires/bill-aims-stem-wildfires-by-boosting-ranching-logging-federal-land/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Proponents of a bill to let ranchers and loggers operate more freely on federal land said last week that changes are needed to give the U.S. Forest Service help clearing forests before wildfires can break out. But critics said the public and private partnerships envisioned in the bill could open the door to environmentally harmful use of the land. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032913_az_snail/feds-reject-request-declare-southeast-az-snail-endangered/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032913_az_snail/feds-reject-request-declare-southeast-az-snail-endangered/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rejected a petition Thursday to list an Arizona snail as endangered, saying the Rosemont talussnail was actually the same species as a much more common snail. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032213_land_swap_bill/tempers-flare-hearing-over-new-resolution-copper-land-swap-bill/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032213_land_swap_bill/tempers-flare-hearing-over-new-resolution-copper-land-swap-bill/#When: 14:31:000 TucsonSentinel.com Updated: A four-hour congressional hearing grew testy Thursday as House members considered a bill to swap thousands of acres of private and federal land to make way for a massive copper mine in Southeast Arizona. 2013-03-27T14:31:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022313_lemmon_burn/controlled-burn-monday-mt-lemmon/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022313_lemmon_burn/controlled-burn-monday-mt-lemmon/#When: 09:45:000 TucsonSentinel.com Updated: Don’t be alarmed if you see smoke coming from Mt. Lemmon on Monday. The Santa Catalina Ranger District has scheduled a controlled wood pile burning near two campsites that day. 2013-02-25T09:45:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011113_carr_canyon_snow/snow-closes-carr-canyon-coronado-forest/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011113_carr_canyon_snow/snow-closes-carr-canyon-coronado-forest/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Forest Service officials have closed Carr Canyon Road in the Huachuca Mountains because of snow and ice. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090812_lead_ammo/enviros-sue-ban-lead-ammo-they-say-threatens-condors/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090812_lead_ammo/enviros-sue-ban-lead-ammo-they-say-threatens-condors/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Conservation groups filed a suit against the Forest Service on Wednesday, seeking a ban on lead ammunition in the Kaibab National Forest, where they say spent ammo is the leading cause of death for endangered condors. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/072112_forest_apache/apache-county-forest-program-cited-as-cure-growing-wildfires/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/072112_forest_apache/apache-county-forest-program-cited-as-cure-growing-wildfires/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Apache County’s forest-stewardship agreement with the U.S. Forest Service was held up at a congressional hearing Friday as a model for other governments trying to tame the growing problem of wildfires. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071612_fire_restrictions_lifted/feds-lift-forest-park-fire-restrictions/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071612_fire_restrictions_lifted/feds-lift-forest-park-fire-restrictions/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Following monsoon rains, campfires are allowed again in the Coronado National Forest and Saguaro National Park. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/062412_conservation_jobs/the-jobs-case-conservation/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/062412_conservation_jobs/the-jobs-case-conservation/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Most Americans know our public lands as the places we go to get away from it all and enjoy ourselves in the outdoors. Conservation, however, also has enormous economic value, supporting a specific economy in recreation, restoration, and renewable energy development, all of which support numerous jobs. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062312_az_lawyer_snowbowl/court-orders-lawyer-pay-arizona-snowbowls-court-related-fees/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062312_az_lawyer_snowbowl/court-orders-lawyer-pay-arizona-snowbowls-court-related-fees/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A federal appeals court said Thursday that a Tempe-based attorney should be held personally responsible for costs that Arizona Snowbowl incurred to defend itself against “bad faith” suits the lawyer brought against the resort. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061412_drones_border/report-drones-not-used-effectively-us-borders/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061412_drones_border/report-drones-not-used-effectively-us-borders/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A new internal audit from the Department of Homeland Security has raised concerns about the utility of those drones, focusing on their high costs and how they have been managed. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061312_az_apache_forest/forest-service-apache-county-team-thin-forests-tame-fires/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061312_az_apache_forest/forest-service-apache-county-team-thin-forests-tame-fires/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The U.S. Forest Service and Apache County have launched a first-of-its-kind management plan to thin more than 90,000 acres of forest in hopes of preventing catastrophic fires like last year’s record Wallow Fire. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061212_az_tombstone_owl/officials-owl-doesnt-matter-tombstone-water-feud/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061212_az_tombstone_owl/officials-owl-doesnt-matter-tombstone-water-feud/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The U.S. Forest Service and the Goldwater Institute have finally agreed on something: The Mexican spotted owl does not matter when it comes to the latest twist in the Tombstone water war. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060812_az_tombstone_water/tombstone-water-war-takes-break-shovel-brigade/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060812_az_tombstone_water/tombstone-water-war-takes-break-shovel-brigade/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The U.S. Forest Service has issued special permits for the city of Tombstone to fix sections of its water line system, which was heavily damaged in last year’s wildfires. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060612_az_tombstone_water/supreme-court-rejects-tombstone-water-repair-request/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060612_az_tombstone_water/supreme-court-rejects-tombstone-water-repair-request/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Tombstone’s request for an emergency injunction that would have let the town take heavy equipment on federal lands to fix water pipelines damaged in last year’s wildfires. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060512_fire_restrictions/fires-restricted-coronado-natl-forest/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060512_fire_restrictions/fires-restricted-coronado-natl-forest/#When: 10:42:000 TucsonSentinel.com Updated: An increased danger of wildfires has prompted Coronado National Forest officials to restrict campfires and other sources of flames, a spokeswoman said. The restrictions are effective immediately. 2012-06-05T10:42:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_fire_restrictions/fire-danger-leads-coronado-natl-forest-restrictions/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_fire_restrictions/fire-danger-leads-coronado-natl-forest-restrictions/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Increased wildfire risks have caused Coronado National Forest officials to implement restrictions on campfires and smoking. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051412_wildfires_investigations/officials-unable-id-causes-monument-horseshoe-2-fires/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051412_wildfires_investigations/officials-unable-id-causes-monument-horseshoe-2-fires/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Fire officials have ended investigations into the sources of last summer’s Horseshoe 2 and Monument fires that burned more than 250,000 acres in Southeastern Arizona with no clear determination of how they began. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_az_state_fedds/phx-businessman-az-should-tell-feds-go-away/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_az_state_fedds/phx-businessman-az-should-tell-feds-go-away/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com There are at least two measures currently being considered in Arizona that would let the state tell the federal government to buzz off. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/043012_az_buffelgrass/az-officials-battle-invasive-buffelgrass/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/043012_az_buffelgrass/az-officials-battle-invasive-buffelgrass/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Limited in resources and funding, Arizona officials to try to stop one of the state’s oldest and largest environmental threats: buffelgrass. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041112_az_brewer_wildfires/brewer-signs-plan-arm-az-against-wildfires/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041112_az_brewer_wildfires/brewer-signs-plan-arm-az-against-wildfires/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Gov. Jan Brewer signed the State Forester’s Preparedness Plan assigning firefighting resources to areas at high-risk for wildfires. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032212_land_hunger_op/legislature-has-bad-case-land-fever/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032212_land_hunger_op/legislature-has-bad-case-land-fever/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Gifford Pinchot, the first chief of the U.S. Forest Service, once said, “There is no hunger like land hunger.” This may help explain why some legislators are again salivating over large tracts of Arizona’s topography. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032112_lemmon_burn/controlled-burn-wednesday-mt-lemmon/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032112_lemmon_burn/controlled-burn-wednesday-mt-lemmon/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A controlled burn of thinned trees is taking place on Mt. Lemmon on Wednesday, a Forest Service spokeswoman said. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030912_arizona_trail/forest-service-seeks-ideas-arizona-trail-upkeep/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030912_arizona_trail/forest-service-seeks-ideas-arizona-trail-upkeep/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The U.S. Forest Service is seeking input on creating a maintenance plan for the Arizona Trail in workshops Monday through Thursday. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022812_wildfire_outlook/tough-wildfire-season-likely-after-dry-winter/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022812_wildfire_outlook/tough-wildfire-season-likely-after-dry-winter/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com In the dry highlands of Arizona, it’s shaping up to be another tough wildfire season. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022012_az_tonto_offroad/off-roading-could-allowed-tonto-national-forest/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022012_az_tonto_offroad/off-roading-could-allowed-tonto-national-forest/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Rather than continuing to discourage off-road vehicle riders from leaving sanctioned roads, the U.S. Forest Service has proposed opening hundreds of miles of “user-generated” paths to recreational users. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021012_az_wildfires_bills/bill-use-conservation-fund-fire-damaged-forests-draws-ire/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021012_az_wildfires_bills/bill-use-conservation-fund-fire-damaged-forests-draws-ire/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The Arizona State Parks Board and an environmental group are objecting to a state lawmaker’s plan that would tap a voter–approved fund intended for land conservation to help fund the restoration of forests devastated by wildfires. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012712_az_forests/feds-unveil-national-forest-planning-rules/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012712_az_forests/feds-unveil-national-forest-planning-rules/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The U.S. Forest Service unveiled new planning rules Thursday that it said will emphasize the protection of forest and watersheds while maintaining and creating forest-industry jobs. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012612_az_fires_forests/lawmaker-face-fires-control-forests-should-local/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012612_az_fires_forests/lawmaker-face-fires-control-forests-should-local/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Facing devastating wildfires and inaction by the federal government, Arizona should declare its sovereignty and take control of its national forests, a state lawmaker contends. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011912_rosemont_comments/feds-extend-rosemont-mine-comment-period/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011912_rosemont_comments/feds-extend-rosemont-mine-comment-period/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The Forest Service said it will continue to accept comments about the proposed Rosemont copper mine until the end of January, after the agency’s online systems briefly failed to accept public input. The comment period had been set to expire Wednesday, 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102711_apache_forest/apache-county-well-thin-natl-forest-land-send-bill-feds/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102711_apache_forest/apache-county-well-thin-natl-forest-land-send-bill-feds/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Citing wildfires and floods that have devastated portions of Apache County, leaders there say they plan to thin national forests themselves and bill the federal government. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102511_feds_property/feds-target-arizona-properties-surplus-sell-off/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102511_feds_property/feds-target-arizona-properties-surplus-sell-off/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com As if Arizona didn’t have enough surplus property, the federal government said it wants to add more. The Obama administration last week announced 2,311 federal properties – including 94 in Arizona – that it has deemed “excess,” or not worth their value. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100411_borderpatrol_actt/border-task-force-seizes-pot-nets-1-felony-warrant/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100411_borderpatrol_actt/border-task-force-seizes-pot-nets-1-felony-warrant/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A multi-agency operation near Patagonia and Sonoita to combat drug and human smuggling yielded 297 pounds of marijuana, one arrest on a felony warrant and 71 vehicles stopped, U.S. Customs and Border protection said Tuesday. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082611_fires_forest_thinning/study-intense-forest-thinning-best-way-ease-wildfires/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082611_fires_forest_thinning/study-intense-forest-thinning-best-way-ease-wildfires/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The U.S. Forest Service said in a report this month that “intense thinning treatments” can ease future wildfires, by removing trees between 6 and 18 inches in diameter to allow for additional space between trees. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082511_brewer_fire/brewer-hails-wallow-fire-recovery/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082511_brewer_fire/brewer-hails-wallow-fire-recovery/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Gov. Jan Brewer was on hand when Big Lake General Store and its surroundings reopened Wednesday, proclaiming that the area burned by the largest recorded wildfire in Arizona history is ready for visitors. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/080411_forestry_wallow_fire/forest-service-wallow-fire-recovery-work-underway/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/080411_forestry_wallow_fire/forest-service-wallow-fire-recovery-work-underway/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The U.S. Forest Service told a Senate panel Wednesday that work has already begun on recovery of forestland burned by the Wallow Fire, ahead of a bill that would require that action. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/072511_fires_workshops/workshops-give-wildfire-victims-aid-info/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/072511_fires_workshops/workshops-give-wildfire-victims-aid-info/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Victims of recent wildfires will have the opportunity to learn more about potential financial and restoration assistance Wednesday in Sierra Vista and on Thursday in Eager. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/070611_monument_fire/authorities-ask-info-monument-fire-start/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/070611_monument_fire/authorities-ask-info-monument-fire-start/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Anyone with knowledge about the start of the Monument Fire south of Sierra Vista should contact the Coronado National Forest, authorities said. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061511_resolution_landswap/opponents-vow-fight-mining-land-swap/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061511_resolution_landswap/opponents-vow-fight-mining-land-swap/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Government, tribal and environmental witnesses told a congressional committee Tuesday a controversial land-swap bill needs a lot of work before they will drop their resistance to it. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061511_congress_wildfires/senate-grills-officials-wildfires/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061511_congress_wildfires/senate-grills-officials-wildfires/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com On the day the Wallow fire became the largest wildfire in Arizona history, federal land management officials told a Senate committee Tuesday that their agencies are “prepared adequately” for the summer’s firefighting season. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061311_monument_fire/updated-monument-fire-burning-south-sierra-vista/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061311_monument_fire/updated-monument-fire-burning-south-sierra-vista/#When: 15:21:000 TucsonSentinel.com Updated: A wildfire near the border south of Sierra Vista charred 3,000 acres over the past day and prompted evacuations Sunday. 2011-06-13T15:21:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060711_arizona_wildfires/sabino-mt-lemmon-closed-by-fire-risk/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060711_arizona_wildfires/sabino-mt-lemmon-closed-by-fire-risk/#When: 12:42:000 TucsonSentinel.com Updated: Sabino Canyon, Mount Lemmon and the Coronado National Forest will be closed due to extreme fire risks in Southern Arizona. The Wallow Fire, burning in Eastern Arizona, is now the second-largest in state history at more than 311,000 acres. 2011-06-07T12:42:25-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052711_bp_interagency_arrests/95-arrested-multi-agency-operation-along-border/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052711_bp_interagency_arrests/95-arrested-multi-agency-operation-along-border/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A multi-agency task force led by the Border Patrol netted 95 arrests and the seizure of more than 680 pounds of marijuana and cocaine, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042111_forest_grijalva/grijalva-forest-plan-should-focus-more-than-trees/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042111_forest_grijalva/grijalva-forest-plan-should-focus-more-than-trees/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com In the Southwest, we are keenly aware that our livelihoods depend on how we take care of the fragile environment around us. That’s why I’m concerned with recently proposed federal regulations that guide how the U.S. Forest Service will manage some 11 million acres of national forest lands in Arizona. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010311_resolution_copper/copper-mine-seeks-support-by-wielding-checkbook/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010311_resolution_copper/copper-mine-seeks-support-by-wielding-checkbook/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com For Superior’s mayor, it only makes sense to support a plan to mine a huge copper deposit deep below the national forest just east of town. Resolution Copper Mining LLC says the mine would employ hundreds. He has another reason to support the mine despite concerns raised by Native Americans, conservation groups and some residents: the company promises millions of dollars over the life of the mine provided the Town Council formally back the project. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102410_fish_barrier/small-tonto-forest-fish-barrier-could-have-large-impact-ecology/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102410_fish_barrier/small-tonto-forest-fish-barrier-could-have-large-impact-ecology/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Non-native aquatic species such as crayfish, mosquitofish and bullfrogs may threaten the ecological balance in the Tonto National Forest, leading the Salt River Project to construct a barrier on Lime Creek to prevent them from traveling farther upstream. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100710_superior_mine/many-superior-see-towns-future-copper-mine-proposal/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100710_superior_mine/many-superior-see-towns-future-copper-mine-proposal/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Today, with deteriorating, boarded-up buildings lining Main Street and few people living in Superior, some residents hope that a discovery in the mountains just east of town will turn things around. Resolution Copper Co. wants to mine a copper deposit that’s more than a mile below a patch of the Tonto National Forest. 2013-05-23T22:42:02+00:00