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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,...

USFS revisits 525 boondocking

They came in vans: Conversion vans and Sprinter vans, Westphalias and Econolines. They came in RVs and “schoolies,” in cars pulling tear drops and pop ups. The full spectrum of camping vehi­cles — from high end to low — made...

USFS works on VOC trail improvements

Winter is trail-building season in the Red Rock Ranger District of the Coconino National Forest, and this season areas outside the Village of Oak Creek will see a concentration of work. In one of the last phases of the Red...

Locals raise alarm on 525 overcamping

525 Overrun: Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal land west of Sedona that includes the western foothills, Forest Road 525 and Bill Gray Road has seen a dramatic increase in camping and public use. This is...

Forest Service rounds up 50 feral cows

Contractors working with the Coconino, Prescott and Tonto National Forests removed over 50 feral, or free-roaming, cows from the streamside habitat of the Verde River in a complex operation before Thanksgiving. The roundup focused on the stretch of river between...

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SRRHS crowns talent winners

Jade Kuhn, a senior at Sedona Red Rock High School, won first place in the school’s talent show at...

City to buy West Sedona lot, sell 401 Jordan

The Sedona City Council is flipping properties quicker than a short-order cook in a Clarkdale mining camp hurling flapjacks....
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