An open letter from teachers, residents to LD 6 Reps

When I first met Sheriff Jim Driscoll as Deputy Jim Driscoll, he seemed so fresh-faced and rawboned I had no idea he’d already been on the Coconino County Sheriff’s Department for 15 years. Read moreCoconino Voices: A half-century lawman: Coconino County Sheriff Jim Driscoll

This week's EarthTalk article from Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss. Read moreEarthTalk: Instrument makers adopting eco-friendly practices

Be proud to be Indigenous every day. Read moreCelebrations for Indigenous Peoples Day start this weekend in Flagstaff

This week's EarthTalk article from Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss. Read moreEarthTalk: Native American tribes play big role in going green

Interstate 40 is not an arbitrary boundary for Mexican wolf recovery, it is a generous extension northward and based on the best historical, ecological, and genetic scientific information avai… Read moreArizona Voices: Science guides geography of Mexican wolf recovery

This week's EarthTalk article from Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss. Read moreEarthTalk: Take steps to keep pets safe during heat waves

Last week marked the third bill that my team and I have successfully gotten across the finish line and passed in the House of Representatives. Read moreCoconino Voices: Principled and effective representation for rural Arizona

Our nation’s commitment to protect its most vulnerable wild resources is one of our greatest strengths. Every day across America, remarkable recoveries link collaborative efforts to conservati… Read moreArizona Voices: Helping vulnerable species survive and thrive in a changing world

Today, September 21, 2024, is the International Day of Peace. It began with the United Nations General Assembly in 1981 and continues to be recognized annually. Read moreCoconino Voices: Reflecting on the International Day of Peace

From our nation’s beginning, we have had an ethic to provide our children and beyond with both a healthy economy and an environment that would enable them to prosper. In his farewell address l… Read moreSpotlight on Climate: What's our greatest responsibility to future generations?

Conservation of the Mexican wolf, a unique subspecies of gray wolf, is a qualified success. Recall that by the 1970s organized killing of Mexican wolves had eliminated them from the United Sta… Read moreArizona Voices: Indefensible political boundary hinders Mexican wolf recovery. Let them expand to all suitable habitat

This week's EarthTalk article from Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss. Read moreEarthTalk: Nature-based solutions to climate chang developing

This week's EarthTalk article from Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss. Read moreEarthTalk: Wildfire predictability and mitigation efforts take center stage

Like many of my friends and neighbors in Flagstaff, I was excited to learn about the Kendrick Peak pack of Mexican gray wolves living just west of town in the Kendrick Mountain Wilderness. It … Read moreCoconino Voices: Mexican gray wolves have an economic and ecological role to play in our region

This week's EarthTalk article from Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss. Read moreEarthTalk: Vance as VP could have negative impacts on climate legislation

Recently I was on a mountain top in the West, looking over a vast expanse of our nation’s public lands. A young couple was nearby, and I offered to take their photo. Suddenly, the young man we… Read moreCoconino Voices: A vision for conserving public lands we can all agree on

This week's EarthTalk article from Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss. Read moreEarthTalk: Cities battling urban heat island effect

Climate change affects everything, and now we are beginning to see its reach. Last week Antarctica was setting records with an extended heatwave 50 degrees warmer than normal. On Aug. 7, Fort … Read moreSpotlight on Climate: Around the world in 80 ways

In 1882, Chicago businessman Edward Ayer saw an opportunity in the Arizona Territory. A new rail line was under construction west of Albuquerque. Soon it would reach the ponderosa pine forest … Read moreCoconino Voices: Let's commemorate the forgotten sawmill town of Milton

A year ago, on Aug. 8, 2023, I was honored to be invited to the ceremony in which President Biden designated Arizona's newest national monument: the Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni – Ancestral Foot… Read moreCoconino Voices: Uranium mining's threat as we pass one year of Canyon monument

This week's EarthTalk article from Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss. Read moreEarthTalk: International plastic regulations gaining momentum

This week's EarthTalk article from Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss. Read moreEarthTalk: Efforts being made to purge world of plastic foam

In Flagstaff and across the Southwest we know the Colorado River’s importance, and we are concerned to see its flow diminish and to see the growing bathtub rings around its shrinking reservoir… Read moreSpotlight on Climate: Is climate change killing the Colorado River?

This week's EarthTalk article from Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss. Read moreEarthTalk: How are satellites helping solve our environmental problems?

Flagstaff is a city with a vibrant and diverse range of businesses and industries, ranging from advanced manufacturing and healthcare to retail and tourism. From my vantage point as the Presid… Read moreCoconino Voices: Senate should reject McFerran's NLRB renomination

While families around Arizona celebrated our nation’s founding this month with rodeos, barbecues, parades and parties, we gratefully remember the brave men and women who sacrificed so much to … Read moreCoconino Voices: Serving those who served our nation

This week's EarthTalk article from Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss. Read moreEarthTalk: Banks play a disproportionately large role in the increase in greenhouse gas emissions