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:
■ 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 restrictions on July 16. Kaibab and Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests have also...
Amid extreme fire danger, multiple active fires and official forest closures, U.S. Forest Service officials have largely emptied the now-closed Coconino and Kaibab National Forests, but somewhere on the Colorado Plateau above Sedona, a 1-year-old endangered male Mexican wolf...
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...
Fresh from her recent appearance at the 67th Grammy Awards, at which the Grammys’ merit award for social change...
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