Mauro Trejo. (Photo by Carrie White) Seventh generation Arizonan Mauro Trejo spoke at a meeting of the Patagonia Museum board on Saturday about the history of the Santa Cruz River. A lifeline for the Tucson Basin for millennia and an integral part of Southern Arizona’s flourishing history, the Santa Cruz River has faced a multitude of […]
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Town, county progressing on Early Action projects related to CPBA
As the deadline for community input on the Community Protections and Benefits Agreement (CPBA) approaches on Aug. 31, the signatories have continued making progress on the 16 items that were funded through the Early Actions Community Investment Funding Agreement that was signed in early March.
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Observations from the border: Lochiel protest camp expands as tree-sit continues
What began as a sparse, symbolic protest to save historic cottonwood trees from the destructive machinery of border-wall construction has blossomed into something much grander. A growing camp of activists have transformed the movement from symbolic to tangible – with a demarcated stopping point protecting the last remaining “grandmother” cottonwood in the path of machinery, and a show of binational solidarity with a corresponding tree-sit south of the border.
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Border wall update: Lochiel tree sit becomes binational
The San Rafael border wall protest that began three weeks ago has done binational with a tree-sitter on the Mexican side joining tree-sitters north of the border.
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It’s prime time for documenting firefly sightings
It’s been a banner year for the firefly population locally, and locals can assist with conservation efforts by participating in the FireflyAtlas.org Citizen Science Project.
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A love of place that no wall can keep out
Cross-border conservation collaborations between U.S. and Mexican communities remain unbroken.
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Pollinator garden habitat restoration project underway
A five-acre parcel of land in Patagonia near Harshaw Creek is being restored with native plants to benefit pollinators, birds and, eventually, residents and visitors.
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A new section of the billion-dollar border wall in Arizona is bent out of shape
At least four panels of the wall in the San Rafael Valley were mysteriously damaged months before a controversy-plagued contractor even finished construction.