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Melissa Sevigny
Science & Technology ReporterMelissa joined KNAU's team in 2015 to report on science, health, and the environment. Her work has appeared nationally on NPR and has been featured on Science Friday.
Before joining KNAU, Melissa worked as a science communicator in the fields of space exploration, western water policy, and sustainable agriculture. She was the education and public outreach specialist for the Phoenix Mars Mission, which landed on Mars in 2008. She has a bachelor's degree in environmental science from the University of Arizona and a master of fine arts in environmental writing from Iowa State University.
She grew up in Tucson, Arizona, where she fell in love with the ecology and geology of the Sonoran desert. She enjoys hiking, reading, and gardening.
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Crews are thinning out overgrown brush and trees from a cinder field near Flagstaff where Apollo astronauts trained. The idea is to preserve the historic site and turn back the clock to the days of the space race.
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Negotiations over the water supply for 40 million people hinge on how you interpret the words "will not cause," written into the century-old Colorado River Compact.
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The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has begun water releases from Glen Canyon Dam to cool the temperature of the Colorado River and slow the reproduction of an unwanted fish threatening native species.
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The U.S. Geological Survey published its annual accounting of the Navajo aquifer which underlies Black Mesa on the Navajo Nation. The aquifer supplies drinking water to Kayenta, Tuba City and the Hopi villages.
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A bill introduced to Congress this week, if ratified, would establish a reservation in northern Arizona and southern Utah for the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe. It's the only federally recognized tribe in Arizona that doesn’t have its own homeland.
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Environmental groups and Havasupai tribal members presented a petition to Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs Thursday urging her to close the Pinyon Plain uranium mine, less than 10 miles from Grand Canyon National Park.
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The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is taking public comment on a proposal to disrupt the spawning of a nonnative fish in the Grand Canyon by releasing spikes of cool water from Glen Canyon Dam. Many in the Colorado River community want more options.
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Arizona, California and Nevada have collectively dropped their water use to the lowest it’s been in 40 years. It comes amid a historic drought that’s put unprecedented stress on the Colorado River system.
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An estimated 45,000 people visit Fossil Creek every year to hike, swim and cool off. Amid the rugged conditions and remote location's busiest time of year, search and rescue calls spike.
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June is the month for roses and the Territorial Women’s Rose Garden in Prescott has nearly 300 varieties. Collectively, they honor the women who lived in and helped shape the Arizona territory before it became a state.