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Crews close over 100 social trails in Oak Creek Canyon

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Last week, trail crews with the Arizona Conservation Corps wrapped up a fall season of closing and improving trails in Oak Creek Canyon, part of a multiyear effort to bring order to the chaos of improvised footpaths running from...
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USFS seeks comment on Sedona trailhead shuttles

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The American people will have the oppor­tunity to weigh in on Sedona’s plan to begin trailhead shuttle service in the spring of 2022. On Wednesday, Oct. 20, the Coconino National Forest announced a 30-day public comment period on proposed USFS...
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Water utilities update the state on readiness

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Earlier this year, the Arizona Corporation Commission asked the three largest classes of water companies to give a status report on their readiness to ensure sufficient water supply in the face of drought and mandatory cuts to Colorado River...
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Sedona backcountry rescues up this year

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The Sedona Fire District has responded to more back­country 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...
Sedona News

OHV plan may curtail harm

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On Wednesday, Oct. 9, the Sedona Chamber of Commerce unveiled the first fruits of talks it convened this summer with off-highway vehicle businesses and Coconino National Forest officials to develop plans to mitigate impacts from OHV recreation west of...
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Sedona Airport Day cleared for takeoff Oct. 2

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Around 2 p.m this Friday, Oct. 1, the drone of a World War II era bomber may be heard in and around Sedona. Don’t mistake it for a neighbor’s over-enthusiastic screening of Michael Bay’s “Pearl Harbor” — it’s probably the...
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Sedona Recycles is ‘back on track’

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Sedona Recycles has caught up on a backlog of materials dropped off at its bins after a double whammy of setbacks two weeks ago — its new truck going into the shop at the same time that two of...
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USFS partners with nonprofit on Crescent Moon Ranch preservation

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It’s like Civilian Conservation Corps, but instead of earning a wage, participants are compensated with free food, camping and knowledge of historic restoration. The U.S. Forest Service is partnering with the nonprofit HistoriCorps to do much-needed maintenance on the historic...
Human Interest

Volunteers plant low-water garden at Sedona city hall

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The Yavapai County Master Gardeners are highly trained volunteers. Once they finish 16 weeks of classes, 50 service hours and pass an exam, they roam Yavapai County, like errant knights, spreading greenery and evidenced-based plant advice wherever it is needed. Instead...
Human Interest

Janie Stewart chases a ‘Big Year,’ breaks county birding record

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This story originally appeared in Larson Newspapers' Spring 2021 edition of Lifestyles of Sedona magazine. In birding, a Big Year is an attempt to see as many species as possible in a specific area over a one-year period. Big Year...
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About Me

Scott Shumaker has covered Arizona news since 2012. His work has previously appeared in Scottsdale Airpark News, High Country News, The Entertainer! Magazine and other publications. Before moving to the Village of Oak Creek, he lived in Flagstaff, Phoenix and Reno, Nevada.
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