san pedro river
Posted May 13, 2022, 3:19 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Rep. Raúl Grijalva asked the Justice Department to investigate a former Trump administration Cabinet member, saying he engaged in a quid-pro-quo relationship with a real estate developer, seeking campaign funds in exchange for a water permit needed for a massive housing project outside of Benson, Ariz.
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Posted Apr 22, 2022, 6:08 am
Alexia Stanbridge
/Cronkite News
Two Arizona rivers landed on an annual list of the top 10 “most endangered” rivers in the U.S. this week, including the San Pedro River in southern Arizona and the drought-ravaged Colorado in the No. 1 spot. ... 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 Jul 3, 2020, 10:50 am
Madison Staten
/Cronkite News
The San Pedro rivers is the subject of lawsuits filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, the Sierra Club and other conservation groups. Cronkite News looks at the health of the San Pedro, one of the few undammed rivers in the Southwest.... Read more»
Posted Mar 15, 2020, 8:54 pm
B. Poole
/TucsonSentinel.com
A U.S. Army base nestled at the foot of a southern Arizona mountain range is threatening a sensitive desert waterway sometimes called America’s most endangered river, two environmental groups said in a federal lawsuit Friday. ... Read more»
Posted Sep 16, 2019, 1:26 pm
Kailey Broussard
/Cronkite News
The EPA has narrowed the which watersheds are covered by the Clean Water Act. Environmentalists say that means trouble as business lauds the change.... Read more»
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Posted Sep 5, 2019, 10:37 am
Joseph Morgan
/Special to TucsonSentinel.com
Joseph Morgan: "As a candidate for House of Representatives in Congressional District 2, I rejoiced to see the recent announcement of Tucson-based Diamond Ventures Phase I development of their Rocking K Master-Planned Community in the foothills of the Rincons."... Read more»
Posted Jul 17, 2017, 3:47 pm
Blake Morlock
/TucsonSentinel.com
Arizona's watersheds don't look like the water courses of other states, but that doesn't mean they deserve any less protection. Ours may in fact need more, albeit different, safeguarding — streams don't have to be year-round flowing rivers to be vital to the state's environment and economy.... Read more»
Posted Sep 20, 2016, 2:05 pm
Rebekah Zemansky & Garret Schwartz/TucsonSentinel.com
They've clashed in the past over conflicting goals - border security and protecting the environment - but representatives of the Sierra Club and Customs and Border Protection recently made their first joint public presentation about working together. Security goals and environmental preservation can go hand in hand, they said.... Read more»
Posted Apr 16, 2016, 4:28 pm
Blake Morlock
/TucsonSentinel.com
Let's talk water rights and water entitlement. Few cases better illustrate how the Legislature has looked out for the "little guy" over the last quarter-century. Water security is key to the future of Sierra Vista — not to mention Ft. Huachuca — but Tribute's developers see it as a just bump on their road to fortune.... Read more»
Posted Jun 18, 2013, 9:48 am
Xi Chen
/Cronkite News Service
Environmental groups are expressing concerns about the preferred route for the SunZia Southwest Transmission Project, a proposed power line that would run from New Mexico to Southeastern Arizona.... Read more»
Posted Sep 16, 2012, 9:05 am
Marcella Corona
/TucsonSentinel.com
A public meeting Tuesday will preview the replacement of the San Pedro River bridge between Bisbee/Tombstone and Sierra Vista. Construction is set to begin Oct. 1, and last through March 2014.... Read more»
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Posted May 30, 2012, 8:36 am
Samantha Bare
/Cronkite News Service
Federal officials have unveiled draft plans for a proposed $1.5 billion power line linking central New Mexico with southeast Arizona across at least 460 miles of federal, state, local and privately owned lands.... Read more»
Posted Apr 26, 2012, 1:54 pm
Buckmaster Show
Today on Buckmaster - We talk with TUSD's Mark Stegeman. Then, Sierra Vista Herald reporter Bill Hess on the latest San Pedro River water dispute.... Read more»
Posted Jun 16, 2011, 7:15 am
Juan Forrer
/TucsonSentinel.com
On Saturday, volunteers will walk lengths of the San Pedro River as part of an annual survey of the river, recording the distances on the streambed where water is present. ... Read more»
Posted Oct 29, 2010, 6:42 am
Grant Martin
/Cronkite News Service
Federal authorities plan to designate nearly 800 miles of critical habitat for two threatened fish species in the Southwest, and change the status of the fish – the spikedace and loach minnow – from "threatened" to "endangered."... Read more»