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Coconino National Forest begins implementing ‘full closure’

On Monday, Coconino National Forest announced a full forest closure effec­tive at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, June 23, and the agency is preparing the public for a potentially long closure — the exact length dependent on how much moisture...

Give USFS more money to police forest

Across numerous recent editions we have covered the growing problem of long-term camping and recre­ational use along the U.S. Forest Service roads west of the city on the north side of State Route 89A between Sedona and Cottonwood. There have...

Smoke impacts possible as USFS continues prescribed burns above the rim

Coconino National Forest firefighters will be continuing ongoing work on seasonal prescribed burns in both the Flagstaff and Red Rock ranger districts throughout the week. The Upper Beaver Creek project on the Red Rock Ranger District near Stoneman Lake —...

UTV impacts outside Sedona are rough terrain for mitigation

This is the second installment in a two-part series on the impact of Utility Terrain Vehicles in the foothills of the Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness west of Sedona. Read the first part here. When a particularly flagrant UTV or...

Coconino National Forest plans prescribed burns this week

Coconino National Forest firefighters are planning prescribed burns on roughly 2,000-acres of forest land east of Interstate 17 near the Stoneman Lake exit, 11 miles southeast of Sedona, between Tuesday, March 16, and Thursday, March 18. In a press release,...

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In the new state legislative session, Arizona Sen. Wendy Rogers pre-filed Arizona Senate Concurrent Memorial 1001 on Dec....

Sedona Police Department selling K-9 Sam plushies

The Sedona Police Department is selling $20 “Mini Sam” plushies of its black Labrador retriever K-9 dog, with the...
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