The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s approval of exploratory drilling for a copper mine near Arizona’s San Pedro River. The center claims the activity threatens Mexican spotted owls.
Earlier this year the Center for Biological Diversity filed an intent to sue the Bureau of Land Management and Fish and Wildlife Service over the Copper Creek Exploration Project.
The Center says the feds are violating the Endangered Species Act, claiming the feds knew the spotted owls were in the project area and still approved the land for drilling.
Furthermore the suit says the project will need to withdraw unprecedented amounts of groundwater from the area.
The complaint also says the Bureau failed to consult with the San Carlos Apache Tribe, as required under the National Historic Preservation Act.
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The wolves nearly went extinct before they were reintroduced to Arizona and New Mexico in 1998. Now, there are roughly 300 Mexican gray wolves in the region. -
Sonora’s cattle ranchers’ union says the border will reopen to live cattle after a “technical problem” is resolved. -
The Mexican state south of Arizona is seeing a growing number of cases of the New World screwworm parasite as the border reopens for live cattle imports to the United States. -
The nearly 700 head of live cattle crossed through an opening in the border wall Monday for the first time in more than a year.
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The Arizona-Sonora border is set to reopen to cattle starting in Douglas on Monday. USDA says protocols in place will protect U.S. livestock from the flesh-eating parasite.
