by Jeff Payne, Director of Horticulture at Boyce Thompson Arboretum Monsoon season is here! What does that mean? We usually think about flooding rains, but that’s not really accurate. Let’s take a look at how the National Weather Service defines what a monsoon actually is and what causes the monsoon …
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Rent an adventure in a Pin Drop Travel Trailer
Pin Drop Travel Trailers, LLC, a locally owned travel trailer manufacturing company, offers adventure travelers an opportunity to isolate in remote destinations and sample the fully self-contained tear drop experience through online rental. Cottonwood, Arizona and Miami, Arizona – Pin Drop Travel Trailers, LLC has expanded its offerings to meet the …
Read More »Insectary Plants in the Garden: More Than Meets the Eye
Flowering plants don’t just look pretty – they can also do some serious garden work. Beautiful, aromatic blossoms attract beneficial insects – such as pollinators – to the garden. And in vegetable gardens, you can enlist flowering plants to help with pest control, either attracting predators that keep populations of …
Read More »Officials closing Tonto National Forest July 2
Some lakes, forest roads will remain accessible PHOENIX, June 30, 2020 — For Immediate Release. Wildfires have burned more than 224,500 acres this year on the Tonto National Forest. Ongoing extreme fire danger due to dry conditions and hot temperatures following a wet winter that produced an abundance of dry …
Read More »Tonto National Monument to Begin to Increase Recreational Access
Roosevelt, AZ – Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Tonto National Monument is increasing recreational access. The National Park Service (NPS) is working service wide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor …
Read More »Tonto National Forest restricts equestrian recreation in Goldfield/Bulldog Area, Lower Salt River
PHOENIX, May 29, 2020 Beginning today at 6:00pm, visitors to the Tonto National Forest will not be allowed to ride or take a horse, mule, burro or donkey into the area where the Salt River Horses currently reside (map included at end of release). On May 21, 2020, Arizona Department …
Read More »Tonto National Forest to Open Many Recreation Sites By May 15
PHOENIX, May 14, 2020 — Beginning Friday, May 15th, much of the Tonto National Forest’s developed recreation sites will be open for use. This includes all developed sites for the lower Salt River and Saguaro Lake. Most developed sites at Apache, Canyon, and Roosevelt Lakes will also be open. Additional …
Read More »Visitors Urged by Forest Service Not to Cut Fences, Destroy Gates
PHOENIX_ Late last month, contract crews completed planned fence work in the Lower Salt River area of the Tonto National Forest. Ten miles of barbed wire, three miles of steel post and rail, and over 30 gates were installed to keep the Salt River Horses and livestock off of Bush …
Read More »Forest Service reports Whitlow Fire is 50% contained.
SUPERIOR- According to the latest from the Tonto National Forest Service, containment lines for the Whitlow Fire in the Hewitt area held throughout the night resulting in no new fire growth. The Whitlow fire remains at 823 acres and is at 50 percent contained. Currently there are 45 firefighters assigned …
Read More »The 100 Mile Quest
Jared Yuhas, 29, is training for a 100-mile run. He’s taken on the challenge as a way to motivate himself to run as often as he can. “Everything feels better after a hard run,” he says. “I’m at peace.” Before the run, however, there’s “always a small dread.” “It’s not …
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