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USFS wants feedback on fees

Coconino National Forest is looking to implement the Red Rock Pass in six new locations around the forest. “The Red Rock District identified six heavily used sites that require bathrooms to be cleaned — two times a day at...

USFS denies trail relocation

The U.S. Forest Service denied some Pine Valley homeowners’ request to move the Rabbit Ears Trail near their neighbor­hood in the Village of Oak Creek based on envi­ronmental issues. “The major deciding factor in placing it where it currently is...

Local OHV regulations still being discussed

Off-highway vehicles are still troubling the U.S. Forest Service, as more regula­tions are discussed for rental companies. On Jan. 26, the Red Rock OHV Conservation Crew held a meeting with eight different off-roading companies in the Sedona area. Mainly, the...

New act may boost land protections

One of biggest pieces of recent legislation you might have never heard of is the Great American Outdoors Act, signed into law by President Donald Trump on Aug. 4. The law is likely to be felt in the Verde Valley...

Local firefighters head to California

On Saturday, Sept. 12, under a morning sky tinted an eerie orange by smoke from fires in California and Colorado, a U.S. Forest Service fire engine and work truck pulled out of Prescott National Forest’s Verde Ranger Station in...

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Fine Art Museum of Sedona opens its first exhibit

A dream more than a decade in the making came true on Oct. 3, when the Fine Art Museum...

Hobbs, USFS sign fire risk meeting plan

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a non-binding Shared Stewardship Agreement with the federal government on Thursday, Oct. 10,...
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