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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Biologist Don Swann peers toward Tucson from Saguaro National Park -- North. © Kaite Fletcher, 2018

Climate change and the national park’s saguaro cactuses

Kaitlyn Fletcher December 5, 2018

Tall and resilient, the saguaros of the Sonoran Desert are finding it more difficult to reach maturity as higher temperatures exacerbate drought and leave a trail of young cactus carcasses. A hotter,...

Havasu Canyon stuns with crystalline falls

Havasu Canyon stuns with crystalline falls

Michelle Jaquette December 5, 2018

While growing up in Arizona, I’d heard about the otherworldly blue waters that run through Havasu Canyon and dreamed of trekking to the oasis. During my last semester of college, I teamed up with...

Tohono O’odham members and other southern tribe members hang a flag at the U.S.-Mexico border. Photo by Alejandaro Higuera.

For Native Americans, racism hits home

Sarah Covey November 15, 2017

  After over 500 years of broken treaties and forceful domination from European settlers and the U.S. government, Native Americans in Arizona today still face racism in the most intimate part...

Cactus at Finger Rock trail (Photo by: Zach Armenta/ Arizona Sonora News

Scrambling through Arizona’s toughest trails

Zach Armenta March 31, 2016

To truly test how good a hiker you are, take these tough trails and see how long you last. Arizona may be one big desert but it has no shortage of hiking trails for people to enjoy. Here is a list...

Members of Grand Canyon National Park's Emergency Services branch practice rope rescues during a technical rescue training at the South Rim of the park in Arizona. Grand Canyon performs more search and rescues than any other national park in Arizona. (National Park Service photograph/Courtesy of Grand Canyon National Park)

Rescue rangers ramp up for summer in national parks

APosegate June 9, 2015
National park rangers in Arizona are preparing for the annual summer surge of slips, trips, falls and rescues.
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