The rocky, remote landscapes of the Southwest have long served astronomers as a metaphor for the surfaces of other planets.
Items by Anne Minard
Critics say the Yavapai Ranch Land Exchange in Arizona is
a sweetheart deal between developer Fred Ruskin and the Forest
Service
The bison herd that wandered into Grand Canyon National
Park is largely made up of bison-cow half-breeds, but the state of
Arizona and the park are still undecided about what to do with the
destructive but valuable animals
A herd of bison has wandered into the northern part of
Arizona’s Grand Canyon National Park, and managers are trying
to figure out whether bison have a "natural" history in the
area
Small desert springs in the Grand Canyon area are
indispensable oases for many plants and animals, but they may be
endangered by development many miles away as the groundwater is
depleted.
Volunteers at Arizona's Fossil Creek tackled the problem
of invasive crawfish by rounding them up and leaving them on the
ground to die, when they proved too small to eat.
Conservationists say it's time for another flood of the
Colorado River through Glen Canyon Dam to restore beaches and
habitat downstream in Grand Canyon National Park.
Mountain lion advocates protest the Arizona Game and Fish
Department's decision to kill two lions that had followed hikers
and threatened dogs on the edge of Flagstaff.
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