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5000 Signatures Urge More Water for the Delta
April 10, 2012 - The Sonoran Institute in partnership with 25 other organizations and businesses rounded up over 5000 signatures on a petition urging key US officials to deliver more water to help save the Colorado River Delta. Read more.

 

Celebrating Arizona's 100th - River of the Month Series
March 30, 2012 - The Sonoran Institute and four conservation groups honored the Colorado River as their first "River of the Month" to launch a year-long series celebrating Arizona's 100th year as a state. Read the release and story.

 

Teton County, Idaho - More Vacant Lots Than People
March 28, 2012 - Vacant lots and empty subdivisions mean big costs for the taxpayers of Teton County. Read Anna Trentadue's opinion piece in the Teton Valley News.

 

Watershed Press Release

March 22, 2012 – On the heels of World Water Day (March 22nd), the Redford Center and Kontent Films are pleased to announce the World Premiere of WATERSHED: Exploring a New Water Ethic for the New West at the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital on March 24, 2012 at the National Museum of American History at 3 pm. The film will be introduced by Robert Redford and will be followed by a panel discussion on the urgency of the problem in the Colorado River Basin and what can be done.  Click here to read the release.

 

Home Grown:  Land use planning evolves and adapts in an unlikely corner of Wyoming

The Sonoran Institute’s work in Wyoming is featured in this new article, Home Grown – Land Use Planning Evolves and Adapts in an Unlikely Corner of Wyoming. By Sam Western.  Read the article here.

 

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Cameron Ellis

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Cameron Ellis is the Sonoran Institute’s GIS specialist and member of the research team. He holds a BA from UCLA in Political Science and an MSc in Evolutionary Anthropology from the University of New Mexico - with a focus on evolutionary systems and GIS applied to large-scale patterns in behavioral ecology. In 2004-2006 Cameron served as the Assistant International Programs Director of The Peregrine Fund, working on raptor conservation efforts throughout Latin America, Africa and the Indian Subcontinent. Prior to working with the Sonoran Institute he provided freelance GIS and cartographic support for cultural and natural resource management, and acquisition of formal land-tenure for indigenous communities in Central America though the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in DC. He has worked extensively in Latin America and sits on the Advisory Board of the Neotropical Raptor Network and the Advisory Council of Native Future.

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