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…

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….

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.

The federal government will announce this afternoon that it is taking the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl off the endangered species list…

Marana housing development raises concerns over I-10 wildlife corridor, conservation

Read Molly’s Desert Journal focusing on the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan. 

The county approved a land swap yesterday that it says will help protect the endangered Pima pineapple cactus.

The Coalition and the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan have acheived national media coverage throughout the process.  Below are liks to the coverage.

Read about the Coalition and the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan from articles in local newspapers.