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Tag: invasive species

Posted inEditor's Picks, Sustainability

Chub snub? Advocates question plan to protect threatened Colorado River fish

by Steve Crane Feb 20, 2024Feb 20, 2024

Federal water managers proposed a new plan to protect native fish species in the Grand Canyon, but conservation groups say it does not go far enough. The native species at issue is the humpback chub, which is found nowhere on earth besides the Colorado River and its tributaries. Decades after it was declared an endangered […]

Posted inEditor's Picks, Sustainability

Phoenix official: River restoration projects bring ‘wide-ranging’ benefits

by Steve Crane Jun 7, 2023Jun 7, 2023
Apple snail owners who no longer wanted the animal dumped the snails into the Salt River, causing the population to grow immensely within the last 12 years, according to Jeff Sorensen, invertebrate wildlife program manager for Arizona Game and Fish. Photo taken on Feb. 24, 2023. (Photo by Izabella Hernandez/Cronkite News)
Posted inEditor's Picks, Sustainability

Arizona Game and Fish asks volunteers to help eradicate invasive apple snails

by Adnan Alam Mar 22, 2023Mar 23, 2023
A Phoenix Zoo employee holds a garter snake.
Posted inEditor's Picks, Sustainability

Threatened narrow-headed garter snake gets help from the Phoenix Zoo

by Adnan Alam Feb 6, 2023Feb 6, 2023
Posted inEditor's Picks, Sustainability

Buffelgrass: The scourge of the Sonoran Desert is here to stay

by Adnan Alam Apr 15, 2022Apr 15, 2022
Posted inEditor's Picks, New Long Form, Sustainability

Wildfire restoration efforts bring back native plants and wildlife

by Adnan Alam Feb 3, 2022Feb 3, 2022
Posted inEditor's Picks, Sustainability

Lucky sucker: Endangered fish’s status improving; critics not so sure

by Steve Crane Jul 12, 2021Jul 12, 2021
Posted inSustainability

Man vs. mussel: Buckeye mayor testifies on threat from invasive species

by Steve Crane Mar 4, 2020
Posted inEditor's Picks, Sustainability

Buffelgrass Blues: Campaign kicks off in Phoenix parks to combat an invasive species

by Adnan Alam May 29, 2019Jun 3, 2019
Posted inSustainability

Beetles vs. birds: What happens when fighting nature with nature backfires?

by Adnan Alam Jan 8, 2019Feb 14, 2019
Posted inSustainability

Non-native tamarisk are demonized across the West, but are they really the enemy?

by Adnan Alam Jul 30, 2018Jul 30, 2018
researcher
Posted inEditor's Picks, Sustainability

Losing Lake Powell’s quagga mussel invasion battle, but trying to win the war

by Adnan Alam Oct 19, 2017Oct 20, 2017

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