By Article Author Conservation groups are applauding the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality’s decision to not pursue authority over a key provision of the federal Clean Water...
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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County Taking Lead in Fight Against Invasive Plant
By Article Author Staff from several Pima County departments are partnering with the Arizona Native Plant Society to lead the fight against an invasive plant that’s already overtaken wide...
Coronado National Forest Assists Australian...
By Heidi Schewel, Public Affairs Specialist Coronado National Forest Aviation Officer Sean Cox has taken his expertise abroad! Australia is experiencing an early and significant fire...
Fees Changing on Coronado National Forest
By Heidi Schewel, Public Affairs Specialist Standard amenity fees are changing on Coronado National Forest. Two of the geographic units (ranger districts) began using the new fee structure...
Skyward Jan ’20: When Poetry Reaches the Stars
By David Levy Long, long ago, when I was as student at Acadia University in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, we studied the poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson. The English 360 course was...
Paddling on the Salt River
By Rob Samuelsen Since the dawn of man, people have settled on the banks of water for transport, sustenance, and hygiene for its inhabitants. Early humans fished and irrigated to provide...
Skyward Dec. ’19: A Daydream
By David Levy Young Stephen was sitting at his desk in school, feeling bored. As he sat, he thought of the beagle, named Clipper, that his parents bought him. It was time for Clipper to...
Road Construction Update
By Tom Howard Work resumes October 21st on the signal project at Interstate 10 and Wilmot, Kolb, and Rita roads. The Arizona Department of Transportation will restart work near the...
Rattlesnakes & Packrats
By Ron Samuelsen I have a healthy respect for nature, even the slithering kind! Recently, my wife and I watched three little birds consciously approach and inspect a small coachwhip snake...
Help ReSources Reach Goal of $20,000 on Giving Tuesday
By Susan Summers Right after Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday comes “Giving Tuesday,” which this year falls on December 3rd. It is a global day of giving that harnesses the...