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Fire restrictions start Wednesday in most forests
Most of Arizona's national forests will impose fire restrictions for the Memorial Day weekend as the state enters the long, dry period before …
Fluoride vote splits cohesive Portland liberals
PORTLAND, Ore. - While soaking up the rays in what's been an unusually sunny season, Portlanders have broken away from their polite chatter ab…
Saguaro National Park has plans to expand, and willing sellers may make it happen
The latest of several bills to expand Saguaro National Park has a new ally who supporters say should increase its chances of passage - the Tuc…
Wild turkey flock released to roam on Mount Lemmon
A group of wild turkeys is now roaming Mount Lemmon after being captured at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.
Saguaro National Park fires volunteer over graffiti report
A Saguaro National Park East volunteer was fired from his job as a mounted trail patrol for contacting the news media about vandals painting g…
Horses' hooves, erosion turn trails into trenches
Horses' hooves, storm runoff and natural erosion have cut trenches up to 2 feet deep in some trails at Saguaro National Park East.
Conflicting CAP stance on 2 projects
Central Arizona Project officials and board members are giving conflicting accounts of how they will decide which applicant they will allow to…
Big cities' CO2 output getting new scrutiny
LOS ANGELES - Every time Los Angeles exhales, odd-looking gadgets anchored in the mountains above the city trace the invisible puffs of carbon…
Will Tucson choose pipeline to take water to Rosemont Mine or Sahuarita pecan groves?
A long-running dispute over two proposed Central Arizona Project pipelines to Green Valley comes to a head Tuesday.
University of Arizona professor, pathology center giants of shrimp disease diagnosis
Despite its desert landscape and lack of an ocean, Tucson is home to one of the world's leading experts in shrimp pathology - University of Ar…
Water conservation prize to Tucson
Tucson has finished at the top of a national competition designed to motivate people to conserve water, Mayor Jonathan Rothschild announced Tuesday.
Tucsonan pens guide to mountain trees of Southern Arizona
Many of us head for mountain forests as summer heat comes on - and a new book by a Tucson author could enrich your experience in the cool, gre…
Catch StarNet live blog of talk by author, critic of border wall
Star environmental reporter Tony Davis will live-blog a presentation Monday night on a book criticizing the border wall and a discussion on th…
Pima County air quality rated "unhealthy"
For the third time in a month, Pima County's air crossed the line Friday into the unhealthy realm because of windblown dust.
Study: Temperatures keep going up
The Southwest's average daily temperatures in 2001 to 2010 were the region's highest for any decade since 1900, says a new report coordinated …
Report: Warming threatens Southwest's power grid
The Southwest's power grid could become more vulnerable to climate change over the coming decades, says a new report led by University of Ariz…
San Pedro due bird recognition
A national conservation area east of Sierra Vista will be rededicated Saturday as a "globally important bird area."
May 03, 2013 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Keeling graph update: Levels of greenhouse gases rising fast
LOS ANGELES - The ratio of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere is flirting with 400 parts per million, a level last seen about 2.5 million to…
Record dust levels of April 8-9 came from California
Once again, Southern California has blazed a trail for Arizona - this time, a dusty trail.
It's a tad early, but saguaros already are flowering locally
The first brilliant white blooms of saguaro cacti - the state flower of Arizona - are bursting out in Sabino Canyon and other sites around Tucson.
April 29, 2013 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
EPA lowers gas leak effect, climate harm from fracking
PITTSBURGH - The Environmental Protection Agency has dramatically lowered its estimate of how much of a potent heat-trapping gas leaks during …
Ozone a concern for local air quality
Pima County's air quality gets an "A" for particle pollution but a "C" for ozone, the American Lung Association says in a new report.
US draft rule ends protections for gray wolves in Lower 48
BILLINGS, Mont. - Federal wildlife officials have drafted plans to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, a move that co…
Water is hands-on issue
As children watched water flow through a plastic model of Tucson's watershed or pumped dyed water into a water-cycle simulation, the Project W…
April 22, 2013 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Vandals target cleaned-up Redington area
Rogue shooters have shot up a "Shooting Prohibited" sign on Redington Pass, and vandals smashed another sign to the ground - just weeks after …
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