The Coconino National Forest has prepared an environmental assessment finding of no significant impact and a draft decision notice for the Oak Creek Watershed Restoration project. The selected alternative includes nine activities to improve watershed condiÂtions, wildlife habitat and...
Twenty-five years ago, efforts to protect the 1.85 million acres of the Coconino National forest was an overwhelming challenge. However, a group of Sedona volunÂteers were determined to lend their support. The Friends of the Forest was established in...
When Ken Zoll visited one of the more than 2,500 catalogued archaeological heritage sites in the Verde Valley roughly a month ago, he and his colleagues were dismayed to see signs of human tampering and...
The historic U.S. Forest Service Ranger Station house on Brewer Road is in much need of a face lift and the city of Sedona is hoping to provide one. In 2014 the city purchased 3.4...
Midwest-raised Nicole Branton first started working for the U.S. Forest Service as an unpaid intern in Utah before her graduate program at the University of Arizona, and has served as red rock district ranger for four years. ...
Forest Service believes 'holdover' wildfire smoldered after lightning
The Pocket Fire is 100% contained, the U.S. Forest Service announced on...
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