Massive Arizona Sprawl Development Threatens 'Oasis in the Desert'

EcoWatch
By Center for Biological DiversityFeb 1, 2019, 9:46 am200 pts
Conservation groups filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' approval of a permit that allows a huge master-planned sprawl development project near Benson, Arizona to proceed. The Villages at Vigneto would transform 12,167 acres of largely undeveloped habitat into 28,000…

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