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Forest Service Update
Chiricahua Regional Council Statement The Chiricahua Regional Council expresses profound concern over recent federal staffing reductions threatening our vital trail maintenance partnerships. Nationwide 3,400 workers have been abruptly fired. This represents 10% of US Forest Service personnel and the disturbing part is that the firings are disproportionately affecting Recreation staff. A troubling feature of the current…
Peloncillo FireScape Project
The USFS recently announced a Scoping notice for the Peloncillo FireScape Project. (See below.) More detailed information is available on the project website and in this letter from Doug Ruppel. This project presents both opportunities and concerns for intact habitats, and we will continue to monitor progress on it. The scoping comments period has now…
Peloncillo Firescape Comments Due Fri., March 15
The 30-day window to comment on the Forest Service’s draft environmental assessment for their proposed Peloncillo Firescape Project closes March 15. The Chiricahua Regional Council (CRC) recognizes the need for public land managers to address the threats posed by wildland fire. In our age of climate change, this has grown in importance. Although the CRC…
CBP Webinar on Tucson Border Barrier Remediation Feedback
The message below was sent out with regard to the CBP’s border remediation plan. We will attend and will report back on what we learn. Please join the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for an informative webinar on how public feedback will be incorporated into the first border barrier remediation contracts for U.S. Border…
Major Threat to Guadalupe Canyon
Border wall construction has begun in Guadalupe Canyon. The contractor has already begun to blast and bulldoze the canyon and adjacent uplands. We do still have a slim hope of halting construction there. For orientation, this very rugged, remote canyon rises in the Peloncillo Mountains of New Mexico and cuts across the southeastern corner of Arizona, before meandering south…
20 – Globally Important Bird Area (2008)
(This is a part of a series of gleanings from the history of CRC’s 30 years of work; additional posts available here.) In 2008, the Chiricahua Mountains were formally recognized as a Globally Important Bird Area by the National Audubon Society, in large measure thanks to the efforts of CRC Board Member Helen Snyder.