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Featured Article - Testing the Waters
The Institute’s Emily Brott recently co-authored an article on a innovative Arizona program designed to encourage more water conservation.
Published by the American Water Works Assn., read the article today.
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Jerry Grebenc of Helena, Montana has joined our Northern Rockies Regional Program as a Community Project Manager.
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New Report - Scenario Planning Tools
In a complex world, how do you build community support for land-use planning and development?
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Watch This - Water Impacts of the Rosemont Mine
Emily Martin Brott, the Institute's southern Arizona project manager, discusses the potentially devastating water impacts to the Sonoita Plain and the communities of Sonoita and Elgin, Arizona associated with the proposed Rosemont mine. Brott refers to the water impacts study by Dr. Waite Osterkamp.
Watch the video of Dr. Waite Osterkamp's analysis of the proposed Rosemont Mine
Read the report "Ground-water Resources of the Sonoita Plain" by Dr. Osterkamp
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Latest Sonoran Institute News
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Mine Could Drop Water Tables
Mine operation could drop groundwater levels in Sonoita, Elgin
April 29, 2012 - A report released by the Sonoran Institute estimates that dewatering pumping at the Rosemont Mine pit could potentially drop groundwater in Sonoita and Elgin by 980 feet and 660 feet, respectively. Read the Sierra Vista Herald story. -
New Scenario Planning Tools
New Scenario Planning Tools to Envision Future
April 13, 2012 - A team convened by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Sonoran Institute has taken the first steps toward making scenario planning tools openly accessible on a common platform, and open-source as well, to take advantage of ideas and innovations in technology going forward. Read the PR Newswire story
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Living and Working in Balance
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We believe that meaningful change most often happens at the local level, and that conservation is a key component not only of our local quality of life, but also of local prosperity.
Our collaborative and inclusive approach to conservation has never been more relevant.
Stand Up and Say No
It is not often that the Institute publicly opposes a proposed resource development project. But, some projects are just so ill-conceived and contrary to sensible thinking, that we have no choice but to stand up and say, "No." The proposed Rosemont Copper mine near Sonoita, Arizona, is one of these projects.
