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Support builds for Santa Cruz River refuge from Mexico to Marana

September 29, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original Post: Listen to the story ➡️ A view of the Santa Cruz River looking north during an EcoFlight aerial tour in Tucson on Sept. 24. Mamta Popat, Arizona Daily Star Like water rolling downhill, momentum is building behind a proposed national wildlife refuge on the Santa Cruz River through Southern Arizona.The most recent show ...
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Broad swath of public lands in heart of Colorado could gain stricter protections under new bill

September 27, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Gunnison Outdoor Resources Protection Act would affect more than a third of the 1.7 million acres of federal land in Gunnison County Original post ➡️ EcoFlight pilot Pilot Bruce Gordon flies over the Thompson Creek roadless wilderness area with the Raggeds Wilderness area in the distance as he heads out to do aerial surveys of ...
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An Aerial View of Proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary

September 27, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ Eyes in the Sky Look Down on Soon-to-Be Sanctuary from Santa Barbara to Cambria On the clear afternoon of Tuesday, September 17, I squeezed into a small aircraft at the Central Coast Jet Center. As we took off, I watched through the window as the world turned into sliding frames of land, ...
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Groups push to classify Santa Cruz River as urban national refuge

September 27, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ Mike Quigley, the state director for The Wilderness Society, discusses the proposal for a Urban National Wildlife Refuge in Pima and Santa Cruz counties during a flyover of the Santa Cruz River. Photo by Daisy Zavala Magaña EcoFlight, a non-profit educating about the environment through flight excursions, offers a small group a ...
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Groups push to classify Santa Cruz River as urban national refuge

September 26, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original post ➡️ EcoFlight, a non-profit educating about the environment through flight excursions, offers a small group a flyover of the Santa Cruz River. Photo by Daisy Zavala Magaña Pilot Bruce Gordon steered a small Cessna plane over a portion of the 200-mile Santa Cruz River on Tuesday morning, offering glimpses of the riparian corridor ...
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EcoFlight Views: Fall 2024

September 26, 2024 Newsletter No Comments
View EcoFlight’s Fall 2024 Newsletter Use the link above for the online version with a better viewing experience.
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This proposed mine near Boise would extract our wealth and endanger our environment | Opinion

September 25, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ The area where Idaho Copper wants to begin a copper mine exploration project. The mine would be located near Idaho City and Grimes Creek. Idaho Copper seeks to gain approval from the U.S. Forest Service through a CuMo Mine Exploration Project. EcoFlight On Sept. 19, the Forest Service published a draft decision, ...
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How Colorado Cowboys and Conservationists Joined Forces to Stop Drilling

September 18, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ The members of a self-described ragtag group had little in common, but their campaign could serve as model for future environmental efforts. The Bush administration started issuing oil and gas leases in the Thompson Divide area in the early 2000s in an effort to expand production on public lands. The drilling leases ...
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Havasupai Tribe continues to oppose controversial uranium mine as Energy Fuels assures safety

September 17, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original post ➡️ PHOENIX – Carletta Tilousi was a young girl when she first heard about possible uranium mining near her home of Supai. Deep within the canyons near the Grand Canyon’s South Rim, this is where the Havasupai people reside.From the day they were contacted about it, the Havasupai were resistant to uranium mining ...
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CuMo exploration project could become an Idaho mine. Environmental groups are worried.

September 13, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ Potential site may have minerals key to climate change fight. Environmental groups worry exploration could have unforeseen consequences.  The CuMo Exploration Project aims to search for minerals that could lead to a mine years later in mountains outside Boise. (Kyle Pfannenstiel/Idaho Capital Sun) For now, the CuMo Exploration Project is just that: ...
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