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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

A view of the San Pedro River, near the San Pedro House, in Cochise County, Ariz. The San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area provides a crucial habitat for over 300 species of birds. Nick Smallwood / Arizona Sonora News

New bill highlights conflict between development, water supply in San Pedro

Ava Garcia March 30, 2018

Sheltered in the shade of cottonwood trees flows the 150-mile-long San Pedro River, the last dam-free river in the American Southwest.  Yet, just a few miles away from the river’s edge lies...

photo by Jordan Glenn

Killing the San Pedro

Victoria Teplitz May 4, 2016

  A colossal proposed housing development in Benson, Arizona, threatens to deplete the San Pedro River and the local water supply within five years of completion.       *Click the Image...

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