Environment

Community leaders and federal officials have joined forces to safeguard one of America’s most endangered rivers.

Grand Canyon National Park has announced that 100 buffalo from the North Rim have been captured and relocated to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, with the help of an inter-tribal group.

Smoke is blowing into the state from Southern California wildfires. The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has been monitoring the situation and says there is some good news.

The nonprofit Apache Stronghold has submitted its writ certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court in a bid to overturn a lower court’s ruling over Oak Flat earlier Wednesday.

When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this summer in a case that struck down the so-called Chevron Deference, many observers wondered about the impact on environmental regulations. But the environment isn’t the only area which could see some significant changes as a result of this ruling.

The U.S. Air Force is taking public comment on a proposal to allow for low-altitude training in several areas of Arizona. That could lead to training flights below 500 feet of altitude if approved.

Two fires are burning in the Payson Ranger District of the Tonto National Forest.

Alexa Lopezlira, Roadside Resources and Special Projects biologist for the Arizona Department of Transportation, is working with monarch conservationists and joined The Show to talk about her work this time of year.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland came to Bass Pro Shops in Mesa to delist the Apache trout as a federally protected species on Wednesday. This announcement marks the culmination of a five-decade struggle for the White Mountain Apache Tribe that treasures the Southwest fish.

The Apache trout was removed from the federal endangered species Wednesday. It's the first trout and sportsfish to be taken off the list in U.S. history and, according to some, it’s a symbol of hope.