by Rob Samuelsen of BackcountryExpressions.com The U.S. Department of the Interior is conducting a review of certain National Monuments designated or expanded since 1996 under the...
Category - Outdoors
They’ll See You Before You See Them
By Alisha Brewer If you are one of the few people to have spotted a mountain lion, consider yourself lucky! I know some people...
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AZ Adventures Outdoors: Sabino Canyon Crawler
By Rob Samuelsen For thousands of years, people have flocked to Sabino Canyon to use and enjoy the water because water is the...
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Highways & Byways for June 2021
By Tom Howard Houghton/I-10 InterchangeCrews have completed the switch of all the on and off ramps. Work continues the bridge...
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Looking Up – Tucson Mountain Ranges
By Rob Hallberg The Tucson area mountains are spectacular and very few US cities can boast they are “surrounded” by them. You can...
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Havoc Ridge
Havoc Ridge by Rob Samuelson Every time I fly from Tucson, I’m captivated by the overflights of the Rincon Mountains. It seems the Rincons are in the flight path of almost every inbound...
Protecting Your Trees From The Cold
by Elizabeth Smith Now is the time to prepare for colder weather in your garden. Many trees (and plants too) will benefit from protection but rather than creating an exhaustive list of all...
Observations in Nature: Sacken’s Velvet Ant by John R...
While pausing to observe a colony of industrious leafcutter ants beneath a creosote bush my attention was drawn to what first appeared to be two hairy creosote bush seed pods...
Pistol Hill – The Greater Vail Area Chamber of...
Mark Flint (left), the Arizona Trail Regional Steward for passages 7 – 9-B and Dennis Fischer (right) with the Greater Vail Area Chamber of Commerce and Steward of trail segment 8-C are...
Start your Fall Garden Now
Start Your Fall Garden Now By Elizabeth Smith Right now is the perfect time to do some planting for your fall garden. We should see mild and cool weather conditions starting in mid to late...
Staying Safe in a Scorching Summer
This year already has seen some of the hottest days in Tucson history. Tragically, the intense heat has claimed the lives of hikers unprepared for the local climes. To stay safe, it’s vital...
Cienega Students Study Mercury Eclipse
In August 2017 there will be a total solar eclipse. It is an incredible and rare event that scientists all over the world will be following closely. In conjunction with The National Solar...
Living With Coyotes
by Jim Gressinger at Southern Arizona Guide (southernarizonaguide.com) The Arizona Game and Fish Department estimates that about 200,000 coyotes live in Arizona. They are equally at home...
Don’t Let Them Bug Your Pets
by Heather Redmon, DVM As the weather warms up, we tend to spend more time outdoors. This includes taking walks with our dogs to the park or hiking with them in the desert. ...