Latest Gila River Indian Community Stories

The Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa goes beyond Green and promotes both Cultural Sustainability and Environmental Responsibility with its new Geo-Green initiative. Geo-tourism is defined as tourism that sustains or enhances the geographical character of a place--its environment, culture, aesthetics, heritage and the well-being of its residents. Located on the Gila River Indian Community, the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa has long been a beacon for how to respectfully and...

By Tony Davis, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Jul. 31--The next place where development meets endangered species in Arizona could be Pinal County. And the next pygmy owl could be a little-known but colorful snake subspecies that stretches a little longer than a foot. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says listing of the Tucson shovel-nosed snake as a threatened or endangered species may be justified. Responding to a petition from Tucson's Center for Biological Diversity, the service...