This is the second rejection of an inadequate and illegal plan to protect the San Pedro River. In 2002, the court similarly rejected the Fort's plan after a lawsuit by the Center and Maricopa Audubon.

Data show pumping by Fort Huachuca — along with homeowners and businesses dependent on it — is jeopardizing the San Pedro River, environmentalists say.

Fort Huachuca and environmentalists are willing to hold rare negotiations to avoid another lawsuit, potentially pitting the preservation of Army jobs against the San Pedro River.

TUCSON, Ariz.— Conservation groups have appealed a federal court ruling to challenge the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s granting groundwater credits to the U.S. Army’s Fort Huachuca that fail to ...