A Rare Flowering Plant Could Help Save The Southwest's Last Free-Flowing River
The Arizona eryngo has been listed as endangered, giving environmentalists a "new new ability" to protect the plant and the wetlands it depends on.
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The Arizona eryngo has been listed as endangered, giving environmentalists a "new new ability" to protect the plant and the wetlands it depends on.
Center for Biological Diversity: Water Overuse, Livestock, Invasive Species, Climate Change Threaten Arizona Eryngo
TUCSON, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity and Maricopa Audubon Society initiated new legal proceedings against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management today to stop cattle in four grazing allotments from further damaging streams and riparian areas of the Agua Fria National Monument in central Arizona.
The groups have urged the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Forest Service to exclude cattle from areas critical for many species.
The San Pedro River is one of the last free-flowing rivers in the Southwest.It’s home to a number of endangered species, but it faces threats from groundwater pumping from Fort Huachuca and surrounding areas.Conservationists sued the agencies to force them to come up with an environmental plan that will protect the river.Last week, a federal judge rejected a plan by the U.S.