A cattlemen's group is offering a cash reward in hopes of finding whoever is responsible for shooting and butchering a steer in southeastern Arizona earlier this month in what could be the latest in a string of livestock killings.

It is the last great wilderness of its kind, a rare and precious haven for some of Earth's most indestructible creatures.

A government report suggests that someone working for a proposed silver mine accidentally started a wildfire last year in the Patagonia Mountains.

Activists and two conservation groups and Patagonia activists are suing to block exploratory drilling for a silver mine in the Patagonia Mountains until more environmental analysis is done.