Congress created the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area in 1988 to protect a scenic area of southern Arizona.But a new study by the Center for Biological Diversity says the river still needs protection.The study says that livestock have damaged 39 of 42 miles of the San Pedro River.Conservationists have sued the Bureau of Land Management numerous times over the
Center for Biological Diversity: TUCSON, Ariz. A new survey shows cow grazing has significantly damaged almost all of nearly 42 river miles surveyed in the San Pedro Riparian Conservation Area, putting the area’s remarkable ecosystem and endangered species at risk.