Breanna N. Steele
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News Broadcast Reporter, Phoenix

Breanna Steele expects to graduate in May 2023 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in communication. Steele, assigned with Cronkite News, has previously interned with Green Desert, a sustainability website.

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Efforts to remove invasive giant reed in Arizona rivers and lakes continues with Department of Forestry grants

PHOENIX – The Arundo has been invading Arizona, and organizations, including the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management, are offering grants to groups that will work to remove the stubborn plant. The Arundo is found near many bodies of water in Arizona, and it takes up too much water for the drought-ridden state.

Arundo was introduced in the U.S. from Southeast Asia. Some people now use it around their homes as an ornamental plant. (Photo by Willie Sommers/Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management)

Navajo artist’s work featured on skateboard Forever Stamp

GLENDALE – The U.S. Postal Service unveiled the skateboard Forever Stamps to celebrate the community and culture the sport creates. It brought on Indigenous artists to design the stamps, one of whom was Arizona native and Navajo artist Di’Orr Greenwood.


Arizona Game and Fish asks volunteers to help eradicate invasive apple snails

MESA – People can help the Arizona Game and Fish Department control and stop the invasive apple snail by knocking down their pink egg masses from reeds or taking snails to the dumpster. The apple snails have been documented in several bodies of water in Arizona and are moving up the lower Salt River.

Apple snail owners who no longer wanted the animal dumped the snails into the Salt River, causing the population to grow immensely within the last 12 years, according to Jeff Sorensen, invertebrate wildlife program manager for Arizona Game and Fish. Photo taken on Feb. 24, 2023. (Photo by Izabella Hernandez/Cronkite News)

Mexican wolf program is making strides after 25 years of effort

ALPINE - The first captive-raised Mexican wolf was released into the wild 25 years ago, when the species was on the verge of extinction. The Arizona Game and Fish Department says it is proud of the progress of the wolf program, which is steadily reaching its goals.

Arizona Game and Fish Department biologist Bailey Dilgard carries an alpha female wolf from a helicopter in Alpine Jan. 26, 2023, to hand her off to Pamela Maciel Cabañas, the sanctuary manager at the Wolf Haven International in Washington state. (Photo by Lydia Curry/Cronkite News)