PHOENIX- The Tonto National Forest will begin selling Christmas tree permits at 8 am on Tuesday, November 13, 2018. A permit allows the holder to cut a tree within any designated cutting site on the Tonto National Forest – regardless of whether the permit was purchased at the Supervisor’s Office or …
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Brown’s Trail begins at Lone Pine Trailhead, in the higher elevations of the Four Peaks Wilderness. The trail gently climbs through white and Emory oak and manzanita until it reaches a steep drainage near the end of the trail. This o.2 mile last stretch leads to the top of Brown’s …
Read More »PHOENIX, September 13, 2017—Tonto National Forest officials have developed a draft inventory map as part of the ongoing Wilderness Recommendation Process. The map is now available for public review. The Tonto National Forest (TNF) developed the final inventory criteria used to produce the draft inventory map after listening to public comments during public meetings and analyzing written comments during …
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PHOENIX, August 25, 2017 — Forest Supervisor Neil Bosworth’s selection of the Proposed Action for the Apache Leap Special Management Area management plan – which recommends approval of the management plan while concurrently amending the forest plan — is subject to the pre-decisional objection procedures identified in 36 Code of …
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GLOBE-The Tonto National Forest has installed new Automated Fee Machines for your convenience at designated recreation sites. Starting Monday, August 14th 2017, the following campgrounds require camping passes to be bought at these fee machines. Senior and Access Interagency Pass holders receive 50% discount. The Tonto Daily Pass, Discovery Passes, and …
Read More »PHOENIX, August 8, 2017— New Developed Campground Fees Going into effect The Tonto National Forest continues to implement fee changes. These changes were based on two years of public input regarding how recreational users and the public would like developed recreation sites managed. Based on the public’s desire to keep …
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The question is not if flooding will occur, but when it will come and how much damage it may do. At a community meeting in Globe Tuesday night, experts from multiple agencies and local government addressed the threat of flooding in this area as a result of the fire which burned over …
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The Tonto National Forest held the second of four planned public meetings in Globe at the Elks Club last evening. Over sixty people attended and public comments and questions were heard for nearly three hours. What is “public scoping” and “EIS?” “Public Scoping” is the first step in the NEPA (National …
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The Tonto National Forest announced that it would double the length of the public comment “scoping” period for the Resolution Copper Project, from 60 to 120 days, at a scoping meeting last night in Superior. Last night’s meeting was one of four currently scheduled in the area that provide …
Read More »Press Release: Tonto National Forest With fires raging in all parts of the West, it may go without saying that each of us heading into the Fourth of July weekend must be careful not to create sparks when the forests are this dry. “Extreme” fire danger is the highest level …
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