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Posted Jan 28, 2021, 4:51 pm
Victoria Prieskop
/Courthouse News
After a years-long battle to protect the designation of stretches of the southwest as a protected habitat for the jaguar, a federal judge has ruled that the New Mexico land should no longer be protected for the largest New World cat.... Read more»
Posted Jul 21, 2020, 5:48 pm
Jalpan Nanavati
/Cronkite News
Conservationists expressed anger over the Supreme Court’s decision not to hear an appeal to stop construction of the border wall. But they’re moving ahead while monitoring construction as it chews through land marked by towering saguaros and habitat of the endangered jaguar.... Read more»
Posted Jun 30, 2020, 1:22 pm
Kayla Goggin
/Courthouse News Service
The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to hear a challenge by environmentalists over rule waivers issued by the Trump administration to speed up the construction of the wall along the border with Mexico.... Read more»
Posted May 12, 2020, 1:21 pm
Alexandra Jones
/Courthouse News Service
Three environmental groups challenging the border wall between the United States and Mexico argued Tuesday in a federal complaint that the plan will completely kill off a population of jaguar.... Read more»
Posted Jan 8, 2020, 11:06 am
Kara Harris
/Cronkite News
The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service said this week that it plans to take the Kanab ambersnail off the list of endangered species because the tiny snail is neither endangered – nor its own species.... Read more»
Posted Sep 25, 2019, 4:18 pm
Kailey Broussard
/Cronkite News
In the debate over the future of the Endangered Species Act, Rep. Paul Gosar, D-Prescott, says that all parties “deserve a say and seat at the table.” But on Tuesday, at least, the parties were not at the same table.... Read more»
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Posted Feb 27, 2018, 3:16 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
In a 101-page decision, a judge who was derided by Trump because of his Mexican heritage ruled that Homeland Security could waive environmental laws and continue construction of barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Posted Jul 24, 2017, 1:38 pm
Ben Moffat
/Cronkite News
Democrats and Republicans agreed last week that everybody wants to prevent extinction of endangered species – but they differ sharply on how to do that. That was the main issue as the House Natural Resources Committee took up five bills, what Rep. Raul Grijalva called a “weird menu” of measures that would modify the Endangered Species Act in ways he called a “waste of time.”... Read more»
Posted May 12, 2017, 1:17 pm
Garrison Murphy
/Cronkite News
As the bidding war for the construction of President Donald Trump’s wall comes to a close, many environmental activists remain concerned over the potential impact it will have on wildlife and ecology on the border.... Read more»
Posted Dec 20, 2016, 9:04 am
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Environmental groups are criticizing the details of a proposed jaguar recovery plan released Monday by the Fish and Wildlife Service, arguing the plan is too weak to protect the species from extinction. Two wild male jaguars recently spotted in Southern Arizona are the only known jaguars in the country.... Read more»
Posted Jul 10, 2015, 12:37 pm
Jamie Cochran
/Cronkite News
Where supporters say the Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2015 will reduce wildfires, critics say the bill guts environmental regulations and promotes high-risk logging.... Read more»
Posted Feb 17, 2015, 11:43 am
Mackenzie Concepcion
/Cronkite News
From the 1970s until 1998, not a single Mexican gray wolf roamed the Southwest. Now there are more 100 of them in Arizona and New Mexico, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Friday.... Read more»
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Updated Feb 11, 2015, 4:01 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
The wolf shot and killed by a hunter in Utah in late December was the same animal who had been spotted near the Grand Canyon — the first wolf seen in that part of Northern Arizona in 70 years. Federal officials announced the results of genetic testing Wednesday.... Read more»
Updated Dec 29, 2014, 9:40 pm
Maria Coxon-Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
A hunter in Utah shot and killed a wolf in Utah on Sunday, and has said he mistook the animal for a coyote. The canine may be the female wolf recently spotted near the Grand Canyon — the first wolf seen in that part of Northern Arizona in 70 years.... Read more»
Posted Dec 3, 2014, 10:29 am
Stephen Hamway
/Cronkite News Service
Two environmental groups — Defenders of Wildlife and the Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity — filed a lawsuit Tuesday aimed at forcing the federal government to protect Arizona’s diminishing cactus ferruginous pygmy owl population under the Endangered Species Act.... Read more»
Updated Nov 25, 2014, 4:52 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
A pair of tourists from Virginia captured the female wolf roaming the North Rim last month — with their video camera. A cross-country road trip found the two with a rare sighting: a wolf trotting alongside their car as they left the Grand Canyon. Officials confirmed that the animal is that same wolf spotted by others in the area.... Read more»