Laurel Morales
Senior Field CorrespondentSenior Field Correspondent Laurel Morales (Flagstaff) has been a public radio reporter for 10 years; eight of them in Arizona. She has won several awards for her work, including national recognition from Public Radio News Director Inc. (PRNDI) for the only commentary she’s ever written. She prefers to highlight compelling voices other than her own and has covered blizzards, wildfires, floods and tornadoes. Morales came to northern Arizona from rural Minnesota where she worked as a reporter after receiving her master’s degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.
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Nineteen large fires are burning in nine states, including the biggest fires ever in New Mexico and Colorado state history. But the number of acres burned is still below average for this time of year. -
The Southwest has the highest number of homeless people in the nation. A desperate economy and rising temperatures have forced more people to take shelter in the cooler national forests. Forest officials are concerned -- more people in the woods means more wildfires. -
Conservationists aren’t giving up their fight to keep the Sonoran Desert Bald Eagle on the Endangered Species List. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service delisted the bird for the third time last month. -
Latino voters prefer a DREAM Act that promises citizenship. According to a new poll, they’re not so keen on an alternative DREAM Act proposed by Florida Senator Marco Rubio. -
A group of conservationists sued the federal government Thursday to force regulation of lead ammunition -- the top killer of endangered California Condors.
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Last year the Forest Service spent $1.4 billion fighting fires. They expect to spend that much or more this year containing these so-called “mega fires.”
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