In the hills north of Beirut, Lebanon, a group of young citizen scientists collects the footprints of small mammals using contact paper and charcoal. They are
Sept. 12: As the Valentine Fire slowly burns, Arizona looks back on a quiet fire season Crews continue to monitor the Valentine Fire, which has burned about 2,500 acres northeast of the community of Young on the Mogollon Rim.A wet winter and cool spring left Arizona’s high country forests in good shape.That also meant lots of growth in the state’s grasslands, which could have
Forest Service officials will hold a community meeting at 6 p.m. today to give updates on the Valentine Fire burning on the Tonto National Forest. The Valentine Fire started with a lightning strike and has since been used to reintroduce fire into an area that hasn’t seen one in a half-century. The blaze has burned 708 acres so far, according to officials. An emergency closure
The Tonto National Forest Payson Ranger District will resume prescribed fire treatments around Payson due to predicted favorable weather conditions starting Monday, Oct. 18, through Friday, Oct. 22.
Christopher Creek is just one of more than a dozen small hamlets along a 50-mile expanse of Rim Country. Beginning at the boundary of the White Mountain Apache Reservation and moving west directly under the Mogollon Rim, Ponderosa Springs is the first subdivision you encounter. Next would be Colcord Estates, Gordon Canyon, Hunter Creek, See Canyon, and then Christopher Creek. Moving on to the west, there is Kohlâs Ranch, Tonto Estates, Ellison Creek, Bonita Creek, Whispering Pines/ Washington Park, Geronimo Estates, before arriving in Pine and Strawberry. Yes, along the way there are also a number of other tiny developments carved out of the ranches of the early settlers. If you noticed that we skipped right over Mead/Collins Ranch and Tonto Village, then you have discovered this weekâs focus.