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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

National Public Lands day collects data, promotes advocacy

National Public Lands day collects data, promotes advocacy

ACrandall-Correll November 7, 2018

  Tall grasses dance in waves as the wind whispers through the canyon of Coronado National Memorial,  gently greeting every being on its way to the open valley below. The serenity...

Cones encircle a hole on the side of the San Jose de Tumacacori church. The hole is a result of heavy rainstorms in February, where water got under the structure's plaster layer and got to the adobe underneath. (Photo by Ava Garcia/Arizona Sonora News Service)

UA team studies environmental impacts on cultural resources in the West

Ava Garcia April 17, 2018

There’s a hole in a 218-year-old building in Tumacácori National Historical Park. It’s the result of rain affecting the historic building’s adobe structure. It’s what can happen when environmental...

New weapon in war against climate change: Surprise! It's a camera

New weapon in war against climate change: Surprise! It’s a camera

Isaac Andrews October 11, 2017

Last June, a jaguar named “Sombra” wandered in front of an isolated wildlife camera in the Chiricahua Mountains. Detecting motion, the camera began recording an infrared video. Sombra stopped in...

Francesca Claverie, the nursery manager at Borderlands Restoration, holds... All photos by Emily Huddleston

Restoration organizations band together for native plants

Emily Huddleston April 14, 2016

Francesca Claverie adores Heuchera, a hot pink and coral-red wildflower that calls to hummingbirds. She clings to Ratibida columnifera, a reddish-brown and yellow wildflower that grows in sunny, open...

A view of the border fence cutting across the landscape from the Coronado National Memorial

How state, national parks near border became safe for visitors again

Nicholas Cada March 31, 2016

Caution: “Smuggling and illegal immigration may be encountered in this area.” Visitors to state and national parks, monuments and memorials in Southern Arizona have undoubtedly seen these signs...

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