U.S. Forest Service

2.5M hikers on local trails in last 3 years

More than 2.5 million hikers tripped U.S. Forest Service infrared counters along Sedona trails in the Red Rock Ranger District between January 2024 and early September 2026, logging 930,714 passes in 2024, climbing to 986,002 in 2025 and tallying...

Sedona-area USFS non-fire staff down 40% since ’24

Red Rock Ranger District outlines policy changes, office moves, possible shift in fire staff to Dept. of Interior Delayed by the outbreak of the Pocket Fire in June and July, the Red Rock Ranger District gave its annual update to...

Sedona Fire District & USFS look for new Station 5 site

Discussions are now in early stages of a likely multi-year relocation While work continues on the building of the new Sedona Fire District Station 4 at 401 Jordan Road in Uptown Sedona with an anticipated opening in November 2027, Red...

Pilot program on FR 152C to add speed limit

Within the next three months, the Coconino National Forest plans to impose a speed limit of 15 miles per hour for all vehicles for 1.1 miles of Forest Service Road 152C from the intersection of Bear Mountain Road to...

Pocket Fire cost $64.1M to suppress

Forest Service believes 'holdover' wildfire smoldered after lightning The Pocket Fire is 100% contained, the U.S. Forest Service announced on the morning of Thursday, July 30, after an estimated cost of $64.1 million in suppression efforts. The fire was reported on...

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Word on the street is ‘Village Treasures’ sculpture: Newest public art installed at VOC roundabout

After two years of planning, Reagan Word’s “Village Treasures,” a sculpture 13 feet tall, 16 feet long and 9...

West Sedona School students put the ‘T’ in Terrific

The Kiwanis Club of Sedona-Bell Rock helped West Sedona School celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and awarded the first set...
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