Updates Archives
Friday, May 2, 2008
Group seeks to preserve 570,000 acres -- Arroyo Grande part of state lands eyed for protection
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....
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Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Seeking safe passage home
Protecting animal crossings presents a challenge in proposed Arroyo Grande annexation....
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Monday, April 7, 2008
Widlife Corridor
Planners consider animal movements in road plans Oracle Road could get wildlife underpass...
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
OV Council starts general-plan process
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....
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Furor erupts over Marana housing plan
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.
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Friday, October 26, 2007
A Driving Force for the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan
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.....
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007
A Sahuarita-area development could bring 15,000 high-density homes to the desert
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.
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Friday, July 13, 2007
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....
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Monday, March 19, 2007
Pygmy Owl Petition Filed
Petition Filed to Protect Pygmy Owl Again As Endangered Species. Protection Sought for Sonoran Desert Population in Arizona and Mexico....
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Tuesday, October 10, 2006
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.
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Friday, September 1, 2006
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.
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Monday, August 7, 2006
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!
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Friday, July 7, 2006
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 -
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Friday, June 2, 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.
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Thursday, June 1, 2006
River Revival
Some 90 percent of Arizona's riparian areas have been lost--but the county has plans for a comeback
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Sunday, May 21, 2006
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...
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006
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...
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Monday, May 15, 2006
Owl's delisting today opens builders' horizons
Today is D-Day for the pygmy owl, more than nine years after it was listed as endangered by the federal government......
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Monday, May 15, 2006
Tiny owl will stay delisted at least until hearing in June
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- A judge has declined environmentalists' requests to put a temporary hold on the federal government's decision to remove the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl from the endangered-species list...
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Saturday, May 13, 2006
Groups file suit to stop pygmy owl's delisting
The Center for Biological Diversity and Defenders of Wildlife filed a lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service ....
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Saturday, April 29, 2006
The cactus ferruginous pygmy owl is on the verge of losing its status as an endangered species.
The removal from the endangered species list is scheduled to take place May 15, unless the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision is overruled in court.
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Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Enviros ready to sue over pygmy owl action
Arizona Daily Star Tucson, A coalition of environmental groups says it will sue the federal government to restore the pygmy owl's endangered status unless the government decides within a week to do that on its own.
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Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Groups Challenge Decision to Drop Protection for Few Remaining Pygmy-owls
Tucson, AZ –Defenders of Wildlife, the Center for Biological Diversity, and the Arizona Audubon Council, representing all eight Audubon chapters in the state, today filed an official notice of intent to sue the US Fish and Wildlife Service over its decision to remove the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl...
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Thursday, April 20, 2006
Pygmy owl's delisting has little effect on Marana
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week announced its intentions to remove the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl from the federal Endangered Species Act. The owl no longer will have protection under that act, effective May 15. It will still have protection under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which prohibits killing the owls and possessing their feathers or eggs....
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Friday, April 14, 2006
Pygmy owl may lose endangered label
The federal government plans to remove the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl from the endangered species list next month, but one local conservation group has vowed to fight the move.
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Thursday, April 13, 2006
U.S. to announce delisting of pygmy owl from endangered species list
The federal government will announce this afternoon that it is taking the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl off the endangered species list...
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Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Corridor Controversy
Marana housing development raises concerns over I-10 wildlife corridor, conservation
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Monday, March 20, 2006
Molly's Desert Journal
Read Molly's Desert Journal focusing on the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan.
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Wednesday, March 15, 2006
County trades land to protect rare cactus
The county approved a land swap yesterday that it says will help protect the endangered Pima pineapple cactus.
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Saturday, January 28, 2006
Draft III of the MSCP Released!!!
Pima County has released the third draft the the Mutli-Species Conservation Plan. Stay tuned for possible future actions! Go to the county website to download the document.
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Thursday, January 26, 2006
National Media Coverage Links
The Coalition and the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan have acheived national media coverage throughout the process. Below are liks to the coverage.
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Thursday, January 5, 2006
Local Media Coverage Links
Read about the Coalition and the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan from articles in local newspapers.
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Thursday, July 14, 2005
Ruling: Army Corps acted correctly on endangered owl
The Army Corps of Engineers correctly declined an endangered species consultation over the impact of two planned developments on a small Arizona owl, an appellate court ruled Tuesday.
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Thursday, July 7, 2005
Kimble: Protecting open spaces attracts businesses
Tucson Citizen Editorial
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Saturday, June 25, 2005
Pima wins eco-acclaim
Pima County is recognized in "Nature-Friendly Communities" as one of 19 places in the country that actively works to protect local landscapes, natural resources and wildlife.
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Monday, June 13, 2005
Riparian rules could stiffen
Riparian rules could stiffen along perennial or intermittent streams...
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Thursday, June 9, 2005
Pygmy Paper
A hushed endangered-species report puts the feds on the hot seat
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Wednesday, April 13, 2005
County plans $18.5M Altar Valley buy
Pima County plans to close in mid-May on the $18.5 million purchase of about 9,500 acres of Altar Valley ranch land it will save as open space.
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Monday, April 4, 2005
Living with the Desert
Can we learn to love this landscape without killing it? Here's how one Arizona community found a way.
Read the entire story published in Time Magazine.
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