A judge denied efforts to block the Oak Flat land swap but paused the transfer for 60 days, giving tribes time to challenge a pending environmental review.
Arizona groups will gather to celebrate and defend Ironwood Forest National Monument and the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the grand Canyon National Monument.
Also on Arizona Spotlight: Mike Stark shares the natural history "Starlings: The Curious Odyssey of a Most Hated Bird"; and "Stories that Soar!" asks that we look for beauty beyond the screen.
Hells Canyon, which is on the border between Oregon and Idaho, was carved just about 2.1 million years ago — making it much younger than the Grand Canyon.
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