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Former wild-roaming horses, burros coming up for adoption

Former wild-roaming horses, burros coming up for adoption

Nearly three dozen horses and burros that have been roaming wild on the range will be offered for adoption this month in Sonoita.

May 13, 2013 12:00 am Comments

Proposition 120 would give AZ 'control' of US lands

PHOENIX - Arizona really can force the federal government to surrender title to close 73 million acres of land in the state, the chief proponent of the ballot proposition insists.

September 25, 2012 12:00 am Comments

Target shooting OK’d on BLM land in southern Ariz.

Recreational target shooting on 1.4 million acres in south-central Arizona is allowed under a final plan by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

September 21, 2012 10:27 am Comments

Decision favors 5,900 home Sierra Vista project

State water officials ruled late Monday that they lack authority to stop a big Sierra Vista housing development in the name of protecting the neighboring San Pedro River from the project's groundwater pumping.

July 24, 2012 12:00 am Comments

Groups protest plan for Tucson's Sonoran Desert monument

Conservation groups are questioning a proposal to allow recreational target shooting throughout Tucson’s Sonoran Desert National Monument.

July 17, 2012 1:05 pm Comments

Bowie man in BLM shooting asks to be own lawyer

A Cochise County judge is considering whether a man who allegedly shot at two Bureau of Land Management agents in 2010 should be allowed to represent himself at trial.

June 14, 2012 10:46 am

New fire restrictions for Coronado National Forest

Officials have expanded fire restrictions throughout Coronado National Forest due to an increased fire danger in the area. 

June 05, 2012 12:05 pm Comments
530-mi. power-line plan stirring up rural passions

530-mi. power-line plan stirring up rural passions

The proposed SunZia Southwest Transmission Project would use lattice steel towers similar in height to these near Spearville, Kan., at nearly 130 feet tall and 90 feet wide, to support the 500Kv lines across Southern Arizona and New Mexico. They would be spaced approximately 1,400 feet apart.

May 30, 2012 12:00 am Comments
530-mi. power-line plan stirring up rural passions

530-mi. power-line plan stirring up rural passions

A proposed power-line system to deliver renewable energy across the Southwest could disturb habitat for sensitive species, harm more than 300 cultural sites, damage scenic views and increase fire risk while it's being built, a new federal environmental report says.

May 30, 2012 12:00 am Comments
Water issue boils anew in Sierra Vista

Water issue boils anew in Sierra Vista

In the name of keeping the San Pedro River alive, the federal government is trying to stop Arizona from certifying that a planned Sierra Vista development has enough water for 100 years.

April 16, 2012 12:00 am Comments

BLM children's book: Tortoise journeys across Arizona

The Bureau of Land Management has produced a children's book about a tortoise that takes a 100-year journey across Arizona.

February 22, 2012 7:18 am Comments

Vandals of archaeological site near Tucson fined

Five young adults convicted of defacing a prehistoric American Indian site outside of Tucson have been fined more than $43,000 and sentenced to five years of probation, the Bureau of Land Management says that.

October 24, 2011 6:03 pm Comments

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