On Thursday, officials from local and federal agencies gathered at the Historic Canoa Ranch in Green Valley to sign a Memo of Understanding (MOU) establishing the Santa Cruz River National Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership.
This collaboration marks the first of its kind in Arizona that could lead to the creation of the state’s first urban national wildlife refuge.
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Fish and Wildlife Service estimates the butterfly’s Western and Eastern populations have declined by as much as 95% since the 1980s. -
A squirrel population nearly decimated after a 2017 fire seems to be surging back to life. -
Phoenix wants the community to help come up with ways to combat air pollution as part of the latest “Innovate PHX” hackathon. -
A lawsuit filed by environmental groups against federal land management agencies this week calls for more stringent protections for a historic trail that spans five U.S. states — including Arizona. -
In the mid-1990s, scientists Debra Ayres and Fred Ryan began gathering tumbleweed samples in Arizona and in California’s Central Valley. Ayres joined The Show to talk about how when they started testing the samples, they realized they weren’t just looking at Russian thistle.
