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Mining Company Told to Stop Illegal Dumping in Arizona’s Santa Rita Mountains
TUCSON, Ariz.— Conservation groups filed a formal notice today of their intent to sue an international mining company to protect critical desert streams and washes in southern Arizona’s Santa Rita ...
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Volunteers restore Walker Basin Trail
A hiking trail on the eastern side of the Santa Rita Mountains has been restored by volunteers in a six-year effort.
Environmental groups, pecan farm challenge pollution permit for copper mine near Tucson
They argue that the state’s permit fails to require advanced controls and engineering to contain mine wastes, which they say ...
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Viva El Jefe! Arizona’s Famous Jaguar Lives, But What’s His Future?
The Santa Rita Mountains are now ground zero for the proposed Rosemont Copper Mine. El Jefe has already lost part of his former home range through significant habitat destruction in the northern Santa ...