Legal agreement: Land managers will reconsider allowing target shooting in 90% of monument, providing opportunity to protect desert life, cultural resources.
The Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection and other groups filed a complaint this week against the Federal Highway Administration in relation to Interstate 11.
Center for Biological Diversity: TUCSON, Ariz. Conservation groups sued the Federal Highway Administration today to challenge its approval of Interstate 11, a proposed north-south highway in Arizona that would destroy pristine Sonoran Desert, harm threatened desert tortoises and other wildlife, and worsen air pollution.
Karen Kelleher's appointment is part of the Interior Department's efforts to beef up BLM staffing after the Trump administration moved agency headquarters.
WASHINGTON – The Sonoran desert tortoise has been denied endangered species status for a second time after a 14-year battle waged by advocates to protect.