PEER in Arizona

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Following are PEER news releases, white papers, surveys and other activities for Arizona:


News Releases for Arizona
October 6, 2009  ARIZONA COUGAR SHOOTING PLAN MISGUIDED — Need For and Effects of Wiping Out Desert-Adapted Cougars Not Understood
September 30, 2009  THE LAST INDIAN TRADER RUINED BY PARK SERVICE INCOMPETENCE — Lawsuit Filed to Unearth Suppressed IG Report into Agency Misconduct
September 15, 2009  BIGHORNS SHUN DESERT WATER TANKS — Controversial Artificial Impoundments Failing Their Purpose
August 3, 2009  FOREST SERVICE ORV PLAN NEAR GRAND CANYON HALTED — ORV Access for Hunter Removals of Carcasses Dealt Setback with Ruling
June 15, 2009  GRAND CANYON THREATENED BY OFF-ROAD VEHICLE PLAN — Groups Protest ORV Penetration into Habitat and Across Archaeological Sites
April 23, 2009  KOFA COUGARS GET VERY SHORT STAY OF EXECUTION — Arizona Game Agency to Shoot GPS-Collared Mountain Lions on National Refuge
January 28, 2009  GRAND CANYON FLOW FIGHT BURSTS INTO THE OPEN — Early Test for Interior Secretary Salazar Pledges of Ethics and Scientific Integrity
December 31, 2008  DRILLING AND MINING IN STORE FOR TWO ICONIC SOUTHWEST PARKS — Falling Commodity Prices Brings Brief Reprieve for Petrified Forest and Aztec Ruins
June 11, 2008  INTERIOR STIFLES GRAND CANYON PARK CALL FOR MORE RIVER SURGES — Colorado River to Be Managed for Maximum Power Generation Not Wildlife Benefit
May 20, 2008  FIGHT TO RE-CLASSIFY PYGMY OWL AS ENDANGERED — Conservationists Take First Step to Re-establish Protections for the Pygmy Owl
May 13, 2008  OFF-ROADERS BOOTED FROM ARIZONA MONUMENT DUE TO ABUSES — Section of Sonoran Desert National Monument Off-Limits to ORVs for Two-Years
April 29, 2008  ARIZONA GAME AGENCY SCAPEGOATS COUGARS FOR BIGHORN TRAVAILS — Agency Engages in “Biological McCarthyism” by Targeting Puma as Bighorn Gain
April 21, 2008  ARIZONA’S KOFA REFUGE COUGARS GET ONE-YEAR REPRIEVE — Government Halts “Lethal Removal” of Refuge Puma after PEER Intervention
April 2, 2008  WILDERNESS WATER WAR IN ARIZONA REFUGE OVER BIGHORNS — Former Long-Time Kofa Wildlife Refuge Biologist Says His Agency Is All Wet
March 3, 2008  INTERIOR DEPARTMENT STAGES GRAND CANYON GREEN WASH — Exclusive Footage Offered to NBC “Today” Show to Profile High Flow Experiment
February 27, 2008  ONE-TIME FLUSH OF GRAND CANYON SPARKS HIGH-LEVEL FRACAS — Park Service Environmental Objections Quashed to Cement 5-Year Power Deal
December 5, 2007  OFF-ROAD ABUSE TEARING UP NATIONAL MONUMENT IN ARIZONA — Sonoran Desert National Monument Overwhelmed by Off-Road Traffic and Impacts
July 11, 2007  OFF-ROADING BECOMING MONSTROUS LAW ENFORCEMENT HEADACHE — Off-Road Crime Outstripping All Other Violations Combined on Public Lands
June 28, 2007  RANGERS CALL OFF-ROAD VEHICLES BIGGEST THREAT TO PUBLIC LANDS — “Rangers for Responsible Recreation” Launched to Combat “Wreck-reation”
June 4, 2007  ARMY LOOKING AT BIG EXPANSION OF ARIZONA TRAINING GROUNDS — Half Million Acres of Public Land May Be Put Off-Limits
January 16, 2007  EVOLVING GRAND CANYON POSITION LEAVES UNANSWERED QUESTIONS — National Park Service Now Distancing Itself from Creationist Book It Approved
December 28, 2006  HOW OLD IS THE GRAND CANYON? PARK SERVICE WON’T SAY — Orders to Cater to Creationists Makes National Park Agnostic on Geology
December 20, 2006  AGENCY RESISTANCE THREATENS TO WIPE OUT DESERT FISH — State Push for Nonnative Game Fish Undercuts Federal Recovery Plans
April 10, 2006  MOUNTAIN LION ERADICATION WITHOUT PRIOR STUDY RAPPED — Park Service at Lake Mead Accedes to “Shoot First” Intervention of Arizona
February 21, 2005  REFUGE MANAGER CHARGED FOR SAVING THREATENED FROGS — First Case of Refuge Manager Facing Criminal Charges for Wildlife Offense
October 29, 2003  GILA NATIVE FISH SINKING FAST — Recovery Plans Not Being Implemented
April 9, 2001  WHISTLEBLOWER SETTLEMENT AT LUKE AFB — Environmental Issues Still Being Litigated
March 15, 2001  UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT — Arizona Historic Officer Defaces Historic Site
October 20, 2000  INTERIOR TO OPEN PARK TO NATIVE AMERICAN HUNTING — Babbitt Orders Post-Election Special Rule for Arizona Park
May 16, 2000  AIR FORCE DRIVING PRONGHORN TO EXTINCTION — Former Supervising AF Biologist Gives Critical Testimony
March 16, 2000  HUSH MONEY OFFERED TO STATE PARKS WORKER — $10,000 to Keep Silent in Secret Agreement
March 13, 2000  STATE PARKS EMPLOYEE FIRED FOR WRITING NEWSPAPER ARTICLE — First Amendment Challenge Mounted;
January 20, 2000  AIR FORCE WHISTLEBLOWER FILES SUIT — Fired After Raising Problems at Goldwater Range

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