Sheltered in the shade of cottonwood trees flows the 150-mile-long San Pedro River, the last dam-free river in the American Southwest. Yet, just a few miles away from the river’s edge lies another hub of life: Benson. The small city, with a population just over 5,000, is trying to build economic opportunities for residents. Proposed development…
The desert’s warm sun barely rises over the mountains of Cochise County, and the brisk air rejuvenates eager birders on this mid-January day. Nine birders prepare themselves for the day’s adventure — binoculars, scopes and identifying bird books. Belinda Brodie, one of the nine, carries a tattered notebook ready to write down each species she…
El potente río San Pedro al sureste de Arizona y al norte de México ha sobrevivido sequias, inundaciones, incendios y guerras, más sin embargo ¿podrá la propuesta dela Administración de Trump para construir un muro en la frontera entre los EE.UU. y México, crear una amenaza para uno de los últimos ríos sin barreras en…
The mighty San Pedro River in Southeastern Arizona and Northern Mexico has survived droughts, floods, fires and wars, but will the Trump administration’s proposal to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border threaten one of the last undammed rivers in the United States? The river flows north out of Mexico and across the border into the…
CASCABEL — A proposed residential community would mean big business for Benson but the people living north along the San Pedro River in Cascabelwant none of it. The Villages at Vigneto, sited just south of Benson, would potentially boost the population of the small town of 5,000 people to over 70,000 in the space of…
