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On the Prowl
- Smithsonian magazine - November 2007 - Rare jaguar sightings have sparked a debate about how to ensure the cats' survival in the American West.
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Tumacacori wilderness sought: Grijalva's bill would protect Highlands area
- Tucson Citizen - 8/5/2007 - The debate over a proposed Tumacacori Highlands wilderness area swings into high gear now that U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva has introduced a bill to protect 83,400 acres of national forest from Tubac south to the Mexican border.
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Our Opinion: Congress should enact Tumacacori Highlands bill
- Arizona Daily Star - 8/4/2007 -Godspeed to legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva this week to protect and preserve about 84,000 pristine acres in the Tumacacori Highlands.
This swath of southern Arizona is extraordinary.
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Group presses for critical habitat in U.S. for jaguars
- Sierra Vista Herald - 8/6/2007 - The elusive jaguar could disappear forever in the U.S. wilderness unless critical habitat is designated for the large cats, according to the Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity.
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Hotter, Drier Climate Moves Up Sky Islands' Slopes
- Weekend Edition Saturday - 7/21/2007 -If you look at a topographic map of North America, you'll see two huge spines in the West: the Rocky Mountains which stretch from Canada to the desert in the Southwest, and the Sierre Madre of Mexico.
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Richardson calls for moratorium on wolf killing
- Associated Press – 07/07/07 -ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Gov. Bill Richardson is calling for the suspension of a policy that requires federal wildlife officials to trap or shoot to death any endangered Mexican gray wolf that kills three head of livestock in a year. The governor's request for a moratorium comes a day after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shot and killed a female wolf that had been released April 25 in Catron County.
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News Analysis: Augusta says it’s moving forward
- Green Valley News- 07/14/2007 -Jamie Sturgess, the face of the oft-vilified Canadian mining concern Augusta Resource Corp., asserted last week that his company’s commitment to building a potentially very lucrative open-pit mine in the Santa Rita Mountains has not waned, despite the inhospitality of the county supervisors, residents near and far, and the clamorous environmental community.
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Guest Opinion: San Pedro recovery doesn't stand a chance
- Tucson, Arizona - 07/9/2007 -A recent article described the formation of an advisory group to recommend measures to keep the San Pedro River flowing. The creation of this group is the latest in a series of ineffective steps to preserve the flows of the San Pedro in the Sierra Vista subbasin.
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Buscan proteger la Sierra Tumacacori
- La Estrella de Tucson -- Apoya Grijalva una propuesta legislativa - Por casi 30 años, David Courtland, sus hijos y amigos, han realizado sus caminatas y excursiones familiares en la Sie-rra Tumacacori.
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Rosemont Rising
- The Tucson Weekly - 3/8/2007 - Can this mine fight turn a national tide? In February, Grijalva held a congressional hearing in Tucson to consider the Rosemont mine proposal. But he also tapped that pulpit to pitch a far broader agenda, which includes prohibition of new mining on public land in Pima County.
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The wilderness is next to godliness
- The Arizona Republic - 12/19/2006 - As pastor of a congregation in Tempe, I am naturally interested in the spiritual lives of our church members. I sometimes ask, "When have you felt closest to God?" They don't say: "During your sermons." For many, the most intense experience of the holy has been on a mountaintop, or by a stream, or next to the ocean.
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