PRESCOTT, AZ (January 25, 2013) – Folks have one weekend for climbing opportunities before Prescott National Forest officials implement restrictions on climbing and other activities on the cliff faces of both Granite Mountain and Thumb Butte beginning Friday, February 1, 2013. For Granite Mountain, the closure will be the same as it has been for the past eighteen years. It is prohibited to be... 

Dear SedonaEye.com, According to the U.S. Navy‘s own estimates, the use of high-frequency underwater sound for testing will deafen 15,900 whales and dolphins and kill 1,800 more over the next five years. Whales and dolphins depend on sound to navigate and live. The Navy is required to include comments from the public on their Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), so your signature and comment... 

In reply to Ron Volkman’s January 28 (2010) Sedona Times front page article “NSA fixes problem that does not exist”, the Sierra reference attributed to me on p.11 is misquoted. Below is my actual statement issued in July, 2009 at the Elk’s Club NSA party concerning the importance of the NSA and how easily “FOREST SERVICE RULES and Forest Service Management Plans” can be tinkered with.   Our...