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Stinknet
Monument officials announced Wednesday that the picnic area will be closed from March 28 through April 30 due to the density of an invasive and noxious winter weed called stinknet that can grow more than 2 feet tall.
Mar. 27, 2024
An aerial view of Flagstaff, Arizona
Coconino County has approved nearly $8 million for forest restoration projects on the west side of the San Francisco Peaks in Flagstaff and on a mountain overlooking the city of Williams.
Mar. 27, 2024
Mayor Kate Gallego plants a tree
As the weather begins to warm up, the city of Phoenix is kicking off a new program to plant more shade trees around schools.
Mar. 26, 2024
The Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry along with Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen and House Speaker Ben Toma asked an appeals court to declare the EPA action unlawful.
Mar. 25, 2024
Joshua trees
The Show's Saguaro Land series showed a lot of love to Arizona's Sonoran Desert. But the state is home to three others, and Angelica Elliott with the Desert Botanical Garden told us more about them.
Mar. 21, 2024
Saguaro cactus.
The Show's Amy Silverman reflects on the Saguaro Land series, and the plight of the iconic Sonoran Desert cactus that is its namesake.
Mar. 21, 2024
A protester holds onto a protect Ha'Kamwe' flag at Wesley Bolin Plaza.
A group of runners and walkers from the Hualapai Tribe finished trekking more than 200 miles over six days from western Arizona to the Valley on Tuesday.
Mar. 20, 2024
Lake Mead
The National Park Service and Federal Aviation Administration announced Tuesday that the voluntary agreement would guide the two agencies in the management of commercial air tours over the recreation area that spans about 1.5 million acres.
Mar. 19, 2024
Michael Kotutwa Johnson standing inside his field at Second Mesa in September.
Michael Kotutwa Johnson is conducting new agricultural research at the University of Arizona to find solutions and combat cenvironmental trends, affecting even some of the most resilient Hopi dry farmers due to climate change.
Mar. 19, 2024
Grand Canyon
Climate-change effects at the Grand Canyon include drier soil, reduced snowpack, lower flows in the Colorado River, more wildfires, and challenges for native trees, birds, butterflies and fish, the report says.
Mar. 18, 2024
ZenniHome founder Bob Worsley and Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren pose with employees inside a modular home following the $50 million contract announcement.
This partnership between the Navajo Nation and Mesa-based company is meant to kickstart mass-scale manufacturing to meet a severe housing demand on the reservation and help Page bounce back following the shutdown of the Navajo Generating Station.
Mar. 14, 2024
Andrew Morales (right) is showing a visitor fossils inside the Moenkopi Wash along U.S. Highway 160.
The Moenkopi Wash near Tuba City is home to dozens of tracks, from the Dilophosaurus to the T-Rex. And a ragtag group of Navajo guides greet tourists right off the roadside, directly across from a green-painted “turn here” sign.
Mar. 12, 2024
Black bear looking through border wall
A photo of a black bear on the border wall near Naco, Arizona, in from 2018. However, a video from conservation group Sky Island Alliance shows a black bear trying in vain to get through the wall in October 2023.
Mar. 11, 2024
Extreme heat orange sun sunset
Earlier this month, the Arizona Department of Health Services announced Eugene Livar as the first statewide chief heat officer. In the new role, he plans to coordinate with others to address the upcoming heat season.
Mar. 10, 2024
Tucson Water Director John Kmiec
PFAS are a group of widely-used, human-made chemicals linked to health issues like cancer and thyroid disease. The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to release a long-awaited set of drinking water standards for the chemicals this year. But contamination has already been found in thousands of communities around the country like Tucson.
Mar. 6, 2024
A scenic overview of the Colorado River from the Navajo Bridge near Jacob Lake.
Twelve public meetings, coordinated by the Navajo Nation Water Rights Commission and Navajo Department of Justice’s Water Rights Unit, are slated all around the reservation through next Wednesday.
Mar. 6, 2024
abandoned mine warning sign
Kelly introduced the Legacy Mine Clean up Act with Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming. The lawmakers say if passed, it would establish an office within the EPA that would work with state and tribal partners, implement best practices and set up a priority list to accelerate mine site cleanup.
Mar. 5, 2024
A female Mexican gray wolf in Saguaro National Park
Arizona Game and Fish has released its count for 2023, showing a 6% increase over 2022. There are now at least 257 Mexican wolves distributed across Arizona and New Mexico.
Mar. 5, 2024
San Francisco Peaks
Officials in northern Arizona will treat more than 12,000 acres of forest on the San Francisco Peaks to try to stave off destructive fires near Flagstaff.
Mar. 4, 2024
A southewestern willow flycatcher.
A U.S. District Court upheld protections for the Southwestern willow flycatcher bird after the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association sought to remove the animal from the endangered species list.
Mar. 2, 2024

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