At the meeting of the Santa Cruz County Advisory Panel on the South32 Hermosa Project, held February 16 in Patagonia, Hermosa Project President Pat Risner addressed some of the concerns […]
March 2022
Posted inLocal News
Nature Conservancy Preserve Reopens
The Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve has reopened after having been closed for almost two years due to COVID19.
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Elgin Wineries Win Awards
Several local vintners brought home prizes from this years’s prestigious San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition. Kent Callaghan of Callaghan Vineyards won seven awards.
Posted inSchool News
Local School Program Expanding
Patagonia Elementary teachers are developing a second module of a popular homegrown STEM and creativity program with the Mat Bevel Company and University of Arizona.
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AZ Trail’s First Mile — Open or Closed?
This Border monument marks the beginning of the AZ Trail. Only about 30 feet of the trail were affected by Border Wall construction during the Trump administration. Photo courtesy Arizona […]
Posted inOpinion
Why I Support PARA
Having a well-organized, well-financed and educated local advocacy group pays huge dividends.
Posted inOpinion
Vote Paranoid, Sustain Democracy!
There’s nothing you can’t lie about, and, if you do it with enough panache, you’ll be a magnet/hero to most clueless nincompoops.
Posted inOpinion
Why S32’s Dewatering Permit Is Under Appeal
In early January 2022, two appeals, one by PARA and one by Chris Werkhoven, of Sonoita, were heard by the Office of Administrative Hearings concerning a Significant Amendment to an […]
Posted inOpinion
Keep an Eye on the Peacocks
We had many adventures in Lochiel. We wrecked motorcycles, built rafts that sunk in old cow ponds, ate pomegranates the size of softballs and tied old spring mattresses to giant oak trees. We were wild and unsupervised and so damn lucky.