By Hollie Warnick Hydrate Vail, it’s getting hot! Water is a life source. It’s so important for our health not just physically, but emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually as well...
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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Science of H2O in the Desert
By K. Nespa PART 1 Due to our arid climates and high temperatures, it’s no surprise that finding water in the desert can sometimes be difficult. Scientists say it takes approximately...
Prickly Pear 101
By Elizabeth Warburton-Smith Prickly pear cactus called ‘opuntia’ is a very prolific cacti found growing throughout the southwest and into Central America as well as Australia and other hot...
The Joy of Pickleball
By Khevin Barnes How can this crazy game with a funny name, a silly ball and multitudes of devotees change our lives? I’m approaching my seventieth year as an active human being –...
Adventure Awaits on Your Summer Vacation
By Kimberly Crossland Planes and trains are taking the backseat this year. 2020’s many curveballs have made many families decide to forego their summer vacations to avoid the risk of COVID...
February 2020 Climate Report
By John Simpson February 2020 was slightly below average in rainfall and slightly below average in temperature. I recorded 0.78″ of rain and my 9-year average is exactly 1.00.”...
Walnut Canyon in Wingtips
By Rob Samuelsen While I was at a professional conference in Flagstaff, I found myself admiring the beautiful blue sky, the deep green ponderosa pine forest, and the snow on the nearby San...
The Oasis Sanctuary
By Rob Hallberg Have you ever been curious about Parrots? They are beautiful and they do talk, but your experience with them probably comes primarily from movies or books. How would you...
Protection From Wildfires: Defensible Space
By Jayme Kahle With hotter temperatures fast approaching, the Rincon Valley Fire District would like to remind our residents to prepare for wildfires and create a defensible space around...
Ever Wondered… About the Geology of our area?
By Kimberly N. In order to explore of the geology of our slice of the Rincon Mountains, we need to widen the lens a little and look at the regional geology of Tucson and the greater...