Recent Articles from Grace Mack, Cronkite News
Controversial Arizona bill would allow factories to treat their own water
A bill to let Nestlé treat wastewater at its proposed Glendale plant and pump that water into the aquifer, earning water storage credits to draw on in the future, is raising fears that it will pit businesses against other water users.
Annual count shows Mexican wolf population reaches record numbers
Recovery of wolves in the wild accelerated at an astonishing rate in 2022, with the population growing from 196 to at least 241 wolves, with 105 counted in Arizona and 136 counted in New Mexico.
Mexican wolf program making strides after 25 years
On a frigid morning in late January, biologists set out in a helicopter to begin the annual Mexican wolf population count with hopes of finding at least one more wolf than last year. Their painstaking work helps identify the number of wolves in Arizona and New Mexico and is vital to the Mexican Wolf Recovery Program that began 25 years ago when the animals were nearly extinct.