Desert Environmental News, May 5, 2025

The road suffered heavy damage following a severe flash flood in August 2023. Temporary fixes allowed it to reopen after a few months but left it vulnerable to wear and tear and further flooding.

The Department of the Interior issued its approval for Dateline Resources to continue its illegal development of the Colosseum rare earths project.

If you are interested in Utah’s wildlife and how species are managed, several positions will soon be opening on all five regional advisory councils that share public feedback with the

After 25 years, Diné-led nonprofit Tó Nizhóní Ání (TNA) has expanded from a small operation with activists working out of their homes in Black Mesa on the Navajo Reservation

Arizona's San Rafael Valley and other critical wildlife corridors in the borderlands are targeted by the Trump Administration for new wall construction.

President Donald Trump issued a March executive order to increase American mineral production to protect national security.

A $22 million project to tear down and rebuild the Chisos Mountains Lodge at Big Bend National Park was originally slated to begin in May but has been delayed multiple times this year.

The location is known for its high view over the hoodoos in the canyon below.

Carmen ValDez was coming back from a camping trip on Sunday when she saw it. "I saw the Saltair covered in dust and a nice, big dust storm," she said.

Former IBWC Commissioner Maria-Elena Giner, a border native who led significant water infrastructure projects, was ousted last week by President Donald Trump amid ongoing U.S.-Mexico water disputes.

Along the Rio Grande in far West Texas, the residents of cash-strapped communities scramble for essential resources amid shrinking public support.

The Chisos Basin will shut down in August as crews rebuild the Chisos Mountain Lodge and make other repairs and upgrades, officials say.

An Arizona bill revises the definition of “cruel neglect,” setting clearer standards for providing food, water and shelter to animals.

Local leaders and nonprofits held a press conference to discuss how green energy grant freezes are impacting Tucson and Southern Arizona

The Anza Borrego Desert State Park paleontology program was established to discover, collect, record, and protect the fossil resources within the park.

Local leaders and nonprofits held a press conference to discuss how green energy grant freezes are impacting Tucson and Southern Arizona.

St. George officials opt to save premier dinosaur quarry by building an electric power substation elsewhere.

Rare earth minerals in the California desert have caught the attention of Trump officials.

The U.S. House of Representatives took the initial step on Tuesday to revoke a National Park Service rule that put restrictions on motorized vehicles in sections of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

Language that would have added a $1 fee to new tire purchases to fund state wildlife crossings removed; bill now focuses on transportation.

Data show pumping by Fort Huachuca — along with homeowners and businesses dependent on it — is jeopardizing the San Pedro River, environmentalists say.

A Wyoming sheriff's deputy spotted a grizzly bear near Lake Viva Naughton, about 15 miles from the Utah border, in April of 2024, and that bear was not relocated.

No one was reported injured after a fire started inside Gila National Forest Sunday.

The petition asks the Environment Department to apply the state’s liquid waste regulations rather than the ground and surface water protections, which could upend previous legal precedent.

In 1938, Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter conducted a harrowing 43-day trip down the Colorado River in an effort to map the Grand Canyon's flora.

People living next door to the Albuquerque botanic gardens might hear howling wolves in their neighborhood come winter.

More people are attempting a grueling route to Riverside County’s highest point.

The loss of the Great Salt Lake would be an environmental disaster with health and economic effects far beyond Utah’s borders. The state is taking action, but critics say it’s not doing enough.

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public input on a proposed project regarding the management and improvement of dispersed camping along the state Route 9 corridor west of Zion