Before the Trump Administration changed the definition of Waters of the United States (WOTUS) in 2020 to exclude temporary (intermittent...

All of Arizona’s waterbodies, other than the Colorado and Santa Cruz Rivers and a stretch of the Gila River, will lose their federal...

Trump’s border wall, if completed, will bisect North America from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. The wall may slow down (but...

FRIENDS OF THE SONORAN DESERT (FSD) is the only national non-governmental organization to regularly participate in quarterly meetings...

Excessive groundwater pumping is depleting rivers and streams across the U.S. In the arid southwest, it is particularly important that...

"Operation Faithful Patriot." Have you heard of it? On the eve of the mid-term elections, our president has authorized the deployment of...

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is the “Magna Carta” of environmental legislation in the U.S. NEPA does two important...

We have now written 48 blogs—one for each of the federal laws waived to expedite construction of an impenetrable wall on our southern...

In 1999, the U.S. Congress passed the Mt. Otay Wilderness Act (MOWA), which designated 18,500 acres around Mt. Otay in Southern...

Every year, federal laws are passed that authorize the annual budget of federal agencies. The annual National Defense Authorization Act...