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Get Yourself Downtown & Get Fit  -  27 Sep 2008
RedOrbit,It's more from the point of view of appreciating the Sonoran Desert around us." Munoz will give short presentations at his booth on Saturday on orienteering

Sole race could swing supervisor majority  -  27 Sep 2008
Arizona Daily Star,The Democrats say they are proud of their record, which includes the adoption of the landmark Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan, investment in infrastructure

A blooming backyard desert  -  Sep 22, 2008
Christian Science Monitor,When we moved to Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, however, we were aware that maintaining a garden would be nearly impossible. How could we get color in a backyard

Sonoran Desert Museum turns 56  -  Sep 1, 2008
KVOA.com,...inspire people to live in harmony with the natural world by fostering love, appreciation and continued understanding of the Sonoran Desert for 56 years.

Sonora Desert reaches can hold many palms  -  Sep 14, 2008
The Desert Sun,In the wild, the Mexican Fan Palm is restricted to a few springs in the Sonoran Desert of Mexico's central Baja Peninsula and around Guaymas, Sonora.

Ruth's Chris Heats up the Sonoran Desert with Its Sizzling Steaks  -  Aug 29, 2008
Examiner.comThis Ruth’s Chris location offered a relaxed atmosphere, enormous portions and a wonderful experience in the Sonoran desert.

Desert Museum sets butterfly fest, plant sale  -  Sep 11, 2008
Tucson Citizen,Butterfly enthusiasts can see some of the 250 varieties found in the Sonoran Desert at the festival and buy butterfly-attracting plants to add to their

Plant of the week: Desert Milkweed  -  Aug 29, 2008
East Valley Tribune,Perhaps it will do for you what it did for me, open up a world of growing fascinating plants of the Sonoran Desert. Barn Goddess tips: Use desert milkweed

Nature center viewed as engine for tourism  -  Aug 28, 2008
Arizona Republic,Scottsdale residents said they want the Discovery Center to focus on the Sonoran Desert and to give it a unique Scottsdale spin - a key draw for tourism

Arboretum's final lizard tour Saturday  -  Sep 8, 2008
Arizona Republic,...this season at Boyce Thompson Arboretum - so bring your family to learn about common Sonoran desert reptiles for the season finale at 8:30 am Saturday.

Osoyoos boasts Canada's driest climate  -  Sep 13, 2008
Calgary Herald,It's located in Canada's only desert -- the northern tip of the Sonoran Desert that continues all the way down to Mexico. It's known as desert wine country,

The business of chasing lightning  -  Sep 10, 2008
CNNMoney.comThe duo drive their pickup beneath dark thunderheads, shooting hundreds of photos during the summer monsoons that rumble over Arizona's Sonoran Desert and

AOT campaign honored with travel industry award  -  Aug 29, 2008
Bizjournals.com,AOT developed "Arizona Origins" in 2007 to coincide with the release of the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Region Geotourism Map Guide.

Create multiuse nectar from bountiful desert-native fruit  -  Sep 18, 2008
Arizona Republic,...to ingredients that can be gathered in the Arizona desert, Foods of the Superstitions Old and New and Plants of the Sonoran Desert and Their Many Uses.

Valley's nightlife takes hit in magazine rankings  -  Sep 19, 2008
KTAR.com,..."While we certainly have the Sonoran Desert and the great spas and the golf, there are always these other great components to the Scottsdale and Phoenix

"Sonoran Rage," Novel About 2 Brothers Trapped Between An Apache ...  -  Sep 17, 2008
Emediawire (press release),Stranded in the rugged Sonoran Desert, stagecoach drivers James Colton and older brother, Trace, are captured by Apaches. Tortured and driven to the

Audit sides with Pima staffers on water regs  -  Sep 21, 2008
Arizona Daily Star,Environmentalist Carolyn Campbell, director of the Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection, said she believed the staff broke board policy — the previously

Adventure awaits at The Boulders  -  Sep 20, 2008
Calgary Herald,Though there's no doubting you're in the desert, this little bit of the Sonoran is surreal. The multi-limbed saguaro and prickly pear cactus are everywhere,

Arizona rising  -  Sep 20, 2008
Calgary Herald,...the aforementioned golf courses and the beautiful backdrop of the Sonoran Desert, enough to keep a winter-weary Canadian busy, whether you're here for a

While economy burns, Pima County fiddles with more spending  -  Sep 12, 2008
Inside Tucson Business,Carroll and Day have generally supported the same Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan issues Brenner has opposed as a private citizen.

"Vanishing Borderlands": Beauty, danger of US-Mexico border captured  -  Sep 19, 2008
Seattle Times,On one page, two rare mountain-lion cubs in Mexico's Sonoran Desert Ecological Reserve face his camera, while on another page, a pair of suspected drug

GV?Gardeners: Identify and eradicate invasive grasses  -  Sep 7, 2008
Green Valley News,Such a fire will kill most native plants in its path, because the Sonoran desert is not adapted to fire. This shrubby bunch grass produces new leaves and

Desert conservation planning heats up  -  Sep 5, 2008
Tucson Citizen,Pima County is moving forward with a stalled key aspect of the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan now that the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl is again an

Members of the Upper Crust  -  Sep 22, 2008
UVM News,..."We've been studying crust in the Colorado Plateau, the Chihuahuan desert into Mexico, the Sonoran desert in Arizona," Neher says, "but I've seen them in

Group dealing with influx of desert tortoises  -  Sep 4, 2008
Arizona Republic,..."It's important to know that it's illegal," said Cecil Schwalbe, a research ecologist with the US Geological Survey's Sonoran Desert Research Station in

Guest Commentary  -  Sep 3, 2008
Tucson Weekly,While at times I yearn to live in the Middle East again like I did when I was 23, this Sonoran Desert has provided an oasis of calm to explore issues of

Visit volcanoes, but at own risk  -  Sep 7, 2008
The Desert Sun,The Pinacate is in Sonora, Mexico, in one of the driest and hottest parts of the Sonoran Desert. Of course it does not really matter how hot it may get in

District 3 race for supervisor puts focus on development  -  Aug 30, 2008
Arizona Daily Star,She points to her role in developing the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan, which protects environmentally sensitive areas from development;

Permit would allow killing of at-risk species in Pima County  -  Sep 9, 2008
ABC15.com (KNXV-TV),The permit application is among the final pieces of the county's ambitious Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan, which is aimed at managing growth while

Foes shortsighted  -  Aug 29, 2008
Arizona Republic,They say that the Carefree Highway alignment must be protected because 120-foot towers would forever alter the views and environment of the Sonoran Desert

Starr Pass Golf recognized for environmental excellence  -  Sep 17, 2008
Hotel & Motel Management Magazine,Tucked into the Tucson Mountains, the course allows golfers to experience championship golf in the beautiful, Sonoran Desert terrain, featuring canyons,

Calexico's School of Philosophy  -  Sep 12, 2008
All About Jazz,The name Calexico itself is evocative of both the colorful jumble of barrios and border crossings and the vast hush of the Sonoran Desert, with its saguaro

Don't divide people with barriers  -  Sep 15, 2008
Arizona Daily Star,...people take time to see the damage the border wall will cause to farmers, desert creatures and the fragile ecosystem that is our beloved Sonoran Desert.

Quality of life depends on quality education  -  Sep 21, 2008
Arizona Daily Star,While the exceptional climate, stunning Sonoran desert, spectacular sunsets and Southwestern culture nurture our souls, it is the people who make Tucson so

Scottsdale mulls 'green’ building mandate  -  Sep 13, 2008
East Valley Tribune,It's called the Sonoran Desert. It's as simple as that," he said. "Through a lack of leadership, we are where we are today. It's time to do something and

How a single Arizona legislator's obsession has changed ...  -  Sep 22, 2008
Reason Online,So those who aspired to work in America charted a course right through the middle, braving the Sonoran Desert in hopes of avoiding armed guards.

Urbanization Reconfigures Surface Hydrology  -  Sep 9, 2008
Science Daily (press release)The Central Arizona Project cuts a blue swatch across the Sonoran Desert and subdivides watersheds, to deliver a reported 1.7 × 109 m3 per year (or 1.5

Phoenix architecture should take bigger risks  -  Sep 6, 2008
Arizona Republic,But Meier's design, however brilliant it might be in concept, was an arrogant failure as a building in the Sonoran Desert. Who but a monomaniac would insist

Nation's best zoos let visitors go wild over exotic animals  -  Sep 7, 2008
Asbury Park Press,...visitors can view interpretive displays of animals and plants native to the Sonoran Desert, an arid region encompassing parts of Arizona, California and

Scenic National Parks: Grand Canyon  -  Sep 13, 2008
Blu-ray.comHiking a short expanse of the Sonoran Desert and teetering on the edge of the geologic wonder which bore the straightforward moniker of Grand Canyon are

Arizonans are tough, independent -- qualities they like in McCain  -  Sep 2, 2008
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com,Quirky describes Ed Schefflin, the single-minded 19th-century prospector who braved the Apache-dominated Sonoran Desert with nothing more than a chaw of

Helping the Stars Take Back the Night  -  Aug 30, 2008
New York Times,...space exploration, a cluster of federally funded observatories was built atop the 7000-foot Kitt Peak, 56 miles southwest of here in the Sonoran desert.

Navajo Nation going for the green — energy that is  -  Sep 23, 2008
Gallup Independent,Scientists say that global warming will have the effect of virtually moving New Mexico 300 miles to the south and depositing us in the Sonoran Desert.

Pima County's aim: streamline development  -  Sep 10, 2008
Arizona Daily Star,Getting the permit would represent the culmination of the county's Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan, which is the county's effort to comply with the

Other articles by Neto's Tucson:  -  Aug 31, 2008
Arizona Daily Star,Over time, however, her writing was less pain-inspired and infused more with the joy of living in the Sonoran Desert and the memories of the women who

Historic Guest Ranch in Arizona Offers Respite for Crackberry Addicts  -  Sep 12, 2008
TravelVideo.tv (press release)Through a bit of horseback riding through the Sonoran Desert, cookouts and even bird watching, guests turn into family.

Exotic properties can take chill out of winter  -  Sep 11, 2008
Calgary Herald,Arizona -- and its picturesque Sonoran Desert -- is a popular relocation destination. It is estimated that 50000 people move to the greater Phoenix area

Four Tucson students are semi-finalists in a nationwide science ...  -  Sep 5, 2008
Tucson Citizen,Megan Gleason, a sixth grader at St. Michael's Parish Day School, for "What Is the Shape of Solar Heated Water in the Sonoran Desert?

Grady Gammage: New generation needed to create vision for Phoenix area  -  Sep 10, 2008
Bizjournals.com,Also, in the wide open spaces of the Sonoran Desert there are too few constraints to force a more highly defined vision. Finally, the rugged, individualist

Permit would lift endangered shield  -  Sep 8, 2008
Arizona Republic,The county is moving forward with the stalled key aspect of its ambitious Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan now that the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl is

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