Tucson Audubon Position Letters and Comments
Tucson Audubon is engaged in a continuing dialog with citizens, community leaders and politicians concerning many of the conservation issues affecting southeast Arizona and beyond.
- Scoping Comments for the Resolution Copper Mine DEIS (July 18, 2016)
- Resolution Copper Mine EIS Scoping Comments sign on letter (July 16, 2016)
- Scoping Comments on the Interstate 11 Tier 1 Environmental Impact Statement, Nogales to Wickenburg (July 8, 2016)
- Comments on Villages at Vigneto Final Community Master Plan from Karen Fogas, at City of Benson meeting (June 18, 2016)
- Comments on Villages at Vigneto Final Community Master Plan from Matt Clark, at City of Benson meeting (June 5, 2016)
- TAS Letter re: Delisting Petition for the Southwest Willow Flycatcher (May 16, 2016)
- Scientific resources letter to Army Corps of Engineers regarding Villages at Vigneto (Feb, 26, 2016)
- Letter to Mr. Wendsler Nosie, Sr., in support of Oak Flat (February 24, 2016)
- Sign on letter to Arizona senators regarding SB1268 and SB1400 (Feb. 18, 2016)
- A Conservation Vision for Arizona’s Water Future (Jan. 22, 2016)
- TAS Letter to City of Benson and Cochise County Regarding Villages at Vigneto Community Master Plan (Jan. 29, 2016)
- TAS Letter to the Arizona Line Siting Committee Opposing Approval of a CEC for SunZia Transmission Line (Oct. 19, 2015)
- TAS and HAS Letter to Benson Planning and Zoning Commission regarding Vigneto (Nov. 25, 2015)
- Letter to Congress regarding modernizing the 1872 Mining Law (Sept. 8, 2015)
- Audubon Arizona / Tucson Audubon letter to AZGF Commission regarding Southline Transmission Project (Sept. 2, 2015)
- Letter regarding National Defense Authorization Act for 2016 (NDAA, June 8, 2015)
- Letter regarding S. 750, the “Arizona Borderlands Protection and Preservation Act” (May 5, 2015)
- TAS letter to US Army Corp Re: Villages at Vigneto Proposed Development and Whetstone Ranch 404 permit (May 19, 2015)
- Tucson Audubon Comments regarding Proposed Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo Critical Habitat Designation (March 13, 2015)
- Letter regarding H.R. 399, THE “SECURE OUR BORDERS FIRST ACT OF 2015 (January 27, 2015)
- Tucson Audubon letter to Pima County Board of Supervisors about the Community Cats Program (July 25, 2014)
- Comments on Southline Transmission Draft Environmental Impact Statement (July 10, 2014) Tucson Audubon, TAS and partners
- Tucson Audubon statement on feeding sugar to hummingbirds (August 1, 2013)
- Hummingbirds Thrive on Your Sugar Water. . . Keep It Up! By Paul Green Special to the Arizona Daily Star (August 7, 2013)
- SunZia Protest Letter from Tucson Audubon, et al (July 12, 2013)
- Tucson Audubon Comments Regarding the Proposed Andrada Quarry Expansion (June 2013)
- Letter regarding Saguaro National Park Boundary Expansion and Study Act of 2013 (April 5, 2013)
- Tucson Audubon comments on Proposed SunZia Southwest Transmission Line Project DEIS (Aug 22, 2012)
- Letter to Jesse Juen, BLM New Mexico Director regarding SunZia DEIS public review meetings (Aug 1, 2012)
- Rosemont Mine – Tucson Audubon FINAL comments (Jan 29, 2012)
- Letter to Governor Jan Brewer regarding proposed sweep of Heritage and Wildlife Conservation Funds (Feb 9, 2010)
- Letter to Mayor and City Council regarding City/County Water and Wastewater Study Phase II Report (Feb 8, 2010)
- Letter to Gabrielle Giffords, Deanna Archuleta, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, DOI, Dr. Charles Van Riper, USGS Scientist, SDRS Recommendations after attending a video conference meeting with Rep. Giffords, regarding the new $40M DOI funding announced for monitoring and mitigation studies for border infrastructure and activities along the Arizona/Mexico border. (Dec. 8, 2009)
- Letter to David Brooks From Tucson Audubon to David Brooks, Senior Counsel to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources regarding Tucson Audubon’s opposition to S409 Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act 2009. (June 15, 2009)
- Letter to Hon Gabrielle Giffords concerning HR 2509 the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2009, introduced to the House on May 20, 2009. We urged our representative not to become a co-sponsor of the Bill. (May 21, 2009)
- Comments on draft of the Water Infrastructure, Supply and Planning Study Phase One Report: CHAPTER 3: SUSTAINABLE WATER FUTURE (Feb 18, 2009)
- Letter to the Army Corps of Engineers on Border Patrol Checkpoint on I-19 (Oct 30, 2008)
- Tucson Audubon on Domestic and Feral Cats (February 2008)
- Letter to the Arizona Corporation Commission on Renewable Energy (July 12, 2006)
- Letter to US Fish & Wildlife Service Concerning De-listing Bald Eagle (May 17, 2006)
- Letter to the US Fish & Wildlife Service’s commenting on the proposed reintroduction of the Aplomado Falcon in Arizona (Nov. 14, 2005)
- Letter to USFWS Concerning De-listing Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl (October 3, 2005)
- Letter Concerning the Resolution Copper Land Exchange (April 2005)
- Letter to the Army Corps of Engineers Regarding Changes to In-lieu Mitigation Rules (2005)