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A pair of bobcats behind a home in central Tucson.

The Center for Biological Diversity petitions Mexican environmental ministry to protect bobcats

The species faces numerous threats.
Saguaro National Park

Federal Funding Helps Restore Southwest Wetlands

$481,000 will go towards combating invasive species of bullfrogs.
Vana Dee Lewis wearing one of her #WORTHY shirts.

Vana Dee Lewis wants you to know you are "#WORTHY."

Also on Arizona Spotlight: From Odyssey Storytelling, Ana Montanez shares a story about discovering inner strength, and Gabriel Dozal on his book "The Border Simulator."
Old Main on the campus of the University of Arizona.

EPA awards UA $96,000

The funding comes from the Environmental Education Grants Program.
Lake Mead and the rest of the Colorado River system are shrinking rapidly. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has called for new conservation measures, asking states to conserve a tremendously large amount of water, and giving them a 60-day timeline to formulate a plan for those reductions.

Western states will not lose as much Colorado River water in 2024, despite long-term challenges

Bountiful snowfall and rain last winter pulled much of the region out of drought this spring and raised water levels at key reservoirs.
This August 2022 photo provided by the National Park Service shows a double rainbow from the ranger station porch at Indian Garden, which is now called Havasupai Gardens, in Grand Canyon National Park. The Indian Garden name assigned to a popular Grand Canyon campground has been changed out of respect for a Native American tribe that was displaced by the national park. The Havasupai Tribe and Grand Canyon National Park announced Monday, Nov. 21, that Indian Garden will be renamed Havasupai Gardens.

Department of the Interior announces $44 million towards conservation projects

The funding is part of the Investing in America agenda
Lightning flashes over the Tucson mountains as seen from Windy Point in the Santa Catalina mountains.

The Buzz: Lightning and Southern Arizona

As the monsoon hits our area, we look at why lightning is such a big part of those storms.
Apache Trout

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes delisting Arizona state fish

The Apache Trout has been federally protected for five decades.
President Biden signed an Executive Order designating a new Grand Canyon National Monument. August 8, 2023

Biden creates new national monument near Grand Canyon

Tribes in Arizona have been pushing the president to use his authority under the Antiquities Act of 1906 to create the new national monument.
A farm in Central Arizona.

Center for Biological Diversity and others call on Congress to take federal action against the climate-driven heat emergency

Organizations want to ban utility shut-offs amid extreme heat.
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality approved a permit to allow A.A. Sydcol to handle and store hazardous waste in Yuma County. The proposed space is shown here. The county also must approve a special use permit.

‘We’re not the place’: Yuma County residents fight hazardous waste permit

Many Yuma residents want to stop the county from approving the proposal, saying they’re worried about toxic chemicals potentially contaminating their air, land and water.

The extreme heat wave that blasted the Southwest is abating with late arriving monsoon rains

Forecasters expect that by Monday at the latest, people in metro Phoenix will begin seeing high temperatures under 110 degrees.
Old Main on the campus of the University of Arizona.

New UA environmental justice center slated to receive $10 million from EPA, DOE

The technical assistance center looks to serve as an environmental justice hub.
Looking through the rusted-steel border wall into Mexico, at the San Pedro River bed.

DHS agrees to stop border wall construction, fund environmental remediation projects

A settlement agreement estimates $1.62 billion in funding and nearly $430 million returned to DOD projects.
Stacks of hay bales sit beside an irrigation canal in Imperial Valley on June 20, 2023. Critics have called for reductions to the amount of alfalfa grown with Colorado River water. The particularly thirsty crop is mostly used for cattle feed.

Freeing up Colorado River water from California farms will take more than just money, just ask the farmers

The Imperial Valley is the largest Colorado River water user.
South 32 Hermosa Project in the Patagonia Mountains. The mine development project earned a FAST-41 federal designation which streamlines its permitting process.

Environmental groups seek court order to stop two exploratory mining projects

The groups filed a lawsuit against the USFS in June.

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