Jun 12, 2026 | Look West Newsletter
Nearly 320,000 acres of public land in northwest Arizona have been nominated for oil and gas leasing since January 2025, despite geologists saying the region has little to no known oil or gas reserves. The nominations came from Zonaco, LLC, a shell company traced by... 
May 1, 2026 | Look West Newsletter
The Trump administration has bulldozed a rare archaeological site in the Arizona desert, according to reporting from the Washington Post. The destruction took place within Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, where crews ran heavy machinery over a 1,000-year-old... 
Apr 28, 2026 | The Landscape Podcast
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSSIn the first installment of a two-part series on the borderlands, Aaron and Lilly are joined by Laiken Jordahl, National Public Lands Advocate at the Center for Biological... 
Apr 8, 2026 | Look West Newsletter
A new report shows that it would cost Arizona over $800 million a year to take over the management of federal public lands in the state. The bulk of the management costs go toward fighting wildfires and managing fire risk across Arizona’s 11 million acres of national... 
Aug 21, 2025 | Look West Newsletter
A U.S. appeals court temporarily blocked the transfer of U.S. Forest Service land in Arizona to international companies that plan to build the proposed Resolution Copper Mine on an area sacred to the San Carlos Apache people and other Tribes. The transfer was...