The Sedona Fire District has responded to more backÂcountry calls in 2021 than it has in any of the previous five years, surpassing the 2020 figure with more than three months left in 2021.
As of Sept. 24, when SFD...
Save Bear Mountain, a group advocating for changes to motorized recreation on Coconino National Forest lands west of Sedona, has produced of video capturing Utility Terrain Vehicle, aka side by side, rollovers during a three-day period between Sept. 30...
With Northern Arizona’s wildfire season finally at a close, the Coconino National Forest is focusing again on off-highway vehicle management, and the agency is balancing two competing philosophies to protecting forest resources: Hard closures vs. softer touch measures like...
Following last weekend's downpours, Coconino National Forest closed several forest roads west of Sedona due to significant water damage. The Verde Valley has received 2 to 3 inches of rain in the past seven days.
The emergency closures include:
â– Forest...
The recent rain and increased humidity is shifting concerns from fire danger to flash flooding for public land managers.
Coconino National Forest and Sedona Fire District lifted all fire restricÂtions on July 16. Kaibab and Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests have also...
The Sedona Dance Project hosted the inaugural Sedona Dance Festival at Verde Valley School in the Village of Oak...
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