Sonoita NewsLocal news for Sonoita, AZ continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Help protect your home from wildfire: What you need to know to...- April 30, 2008 "People who live in the whole periphery, they're all in the same boat, and they need to appreciate the fact that they are in a dangerous area" Forget the notion of "defensible space." Anticipating this summer's tinderbox of a desert, fire officials are shifting their emphasis to "survivable space." The new message is meant not only to underscore how ... via Fire Engineeringhttp://www.topix.net/city/sonoita-az/2008/04/help-protect-your-home-from-wildfire-what-you... The Army's "Medicine Man" and the Medal of Honor- April 28, 2008 The esteemed history of the Congressional Medal of Honor hails back to its creation during the Civil War in 1861, when thousands of soldiers were acknowledged for their actions throughout the country. via Arizona Highwayshttp://www.topix.net/city/sonoita-az/2008/04/the-armys-medicine-man-and-the-medal-of-honor... Is our drought a sign of longterm climate change- April 21, 2008 "We made the ozone hole and we made the global warming. There are two different gases that . . . may have combined to give us this ugly effect." Rancher Mac Donaldson rounds up cattle on the sprawling Empire Ranch near Sonoita. via The Arizona Daily Starhttp://www.topix.net/city/sonoita-az/2008/04/is-our-drought-a-sign-of-longterm-climate-cha... Rosemont: Jobs or nature- April 14, 2008 "But this is the wrong place and a wrong time for a copper mine." The proposed Rosemont copper mine on the eastern slope of the Santa Rita Mountains is a study in competing interests. via Arizona Daily Starhttp://www.topix.net/city/sonoita-az/2008/04/rosemont-jobs-or-nature?fromrss=1 |