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  • Tribal leaders go to school

    The newly established Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management and Policy will give tribal leaders practical, specialized instruction in the real-world challenges faced by tribes today.

    by Mark Muro, May 21, 2001

  • Silence of the clams

    Scientists counting clams on the Colorado River Delta say the region has lost 95 percent of its biological richness since Hoover Dam was built in the 1930s.

    by Mark Muro, Feb 12, 2001

  • Old West guns down growth initiatives

    The writer offers a post-mortem on the defeat of anti-sprawl initiatives in Arizona and Colorado.

    by Mark Muro, Nov 20, 2000

  • Crash kills a conservation deal

    A conservation easement planned to preserve the Bob Sharp ranch in Arizona's San Rafael Valley from development falls through when the ranch family decides to put their land up for sale.

    by Mark Muro, Aug 17, 1998

  • Tribe seeks its key peak

    Arizona's Tohono O'odham Indians are pushing for the repatriation of a sacred mountain - Baboquivari Peak - although climbers who want continued access and some environmentalists who worry about tribal overgrazing are questioning the idea.

    by Mark Muro, Jun 22, 1998

  • Exotic predators swallow the Southwest's native frogs

    The Southwest's native frogs are falling prey to non-native bullfrogs and predatory fishes, whose rapid spread is encouraged by man-made habitat changes.

    by Mark Muro, May 25, 1998

  • A conservation first for Arizona

    The San Rafael Ranch in southern Arizona will be preserved through a conservation easement funded by State Heritage Fund money.

    by Mark Muro, Mar 02, 1998

  • 'Un-logging' the national forests? It might just happen

    Environmental organizations are petitioning the Secretary of Agriculture to allow groups to buy federal timber and leave it standing rather than logging it.

    by Mark Muro, Mar 03, 1997

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