Comments on: Coconino National Forest Off Limits

By: Forest and Wildland Evacuation Info

Forest and Wildland Evacuation Info — Thu, 01 May 2014 00:29:55 +0000

http://WWW.YCSOAZ.GOV

This story link is in the NEWS & EVENTS on the home page. Click on the link to Verde Valley TV.

Planning for Wildland Area Evacuations/Emergency Notification

A very important discussion with YCSO Captain Jeff Newnum and Incident Management Team Member Jim Miller regarding evacuation issues, preparedness, and emergency notification. Please watch to gain an understanding of how you can better prepare for such an emergency and what to expect in that emergency.

By: Trina Stephenson

Trina Stephenson — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 00:38:27 +0000

If you want to read the document that permitted the current guides, here it is: https://fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5331510.pdf It is a fascinating read and explains why the forest uses have changed so drastically since these permits were allocated in 2010.

Some of the jeep tours have over 10,000 tours permitted under their permit which is why they say that the Forest has reached capacity and our proposed use can not even be considered and is “locked out of the National Forest”. Our potential students are the losers under this policy since they will not experience the grandeur of the public lands around Sedona. The alternative privately owned locations often do not have the infrastructure that we have all PAID for with the Red Rock Pass Program: parking, pit toilets, a trail to discover the scenery, and the right to be there all day if you want.

By: There are things that can be done

There are things that can be done — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 06:12:24 +0000

“Many of our painting students have told us recently they are not coming back to Sedona as it is too touristy and they did not appreciate all the traffic and noise and lack of regard for the environment which they observed”

You’ve got that right. Especially the lack of regard for the environment.
Thanks for sharing. Keep informing.
The FAA is meeting with the airport and forest service to fix the abusive practices of the planes and helicopters flying so low and close to the ruins and population. Hopefully, they will be reigned in very soon. I work as a concierge and purposely do not book the plane and helicopter companies that I see fly too low. I hit them in their pocketbook and ask other coworkers to do the same.
Cha ching.

By: Warren

Warren — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 17:21:55 +0000

Hey Tina, maybe if you called your outfit a “church” you’d have better luck and wouldn’t have to pay a cent. The Church of Art in the Open.

Seriously, it IS an outrage.