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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

A Great Horned Owl sits on top of a tree at the Sweetwater Preserve, in Tucson, Ariz. Great Horned Owls are one of the many bird species that can be spotted in Southeast Arizona. (Nick Smallwood / Arizona Sonora News)

Booming industry takes flight along San Pedro River

Katie Caldwell February 14, 2018

The desert’s warm sun barely rises over the mountains of Cochise County, and the brisk air rejuvenates eager birders on this mid-January day. Nine birders prepare themselves for the day’s adventure...

Dutch Nagle, task president for the Friends of the San Pedro River, stands at a pond near the San Pedro. The river runs north from its headwaters in northern Mexico to its confluence with the Gila River near Winkelman, Arizona.

Humans threaten health of San Pedro River

Mark Armao October 23, 2014

Water swirls and gurgles at the foot of a towering cottonwood, its reflective leaves shimmering in the wind. The thirsty trees line the banks of the San Pedro River, which flows undammed from its headwaters...

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