Sedona AZ (September 30, 2015) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: Following is a letter I sent to the Sedona City Council, Chamber of Commerce and also the Cottonwood Mayor regarding the Verde Valley/Sedona National Monument. Dear Sedona City Council and Sedona Chamber members, Sedona Red Rock View exclusive SedonaEye.com photo by Eric Williams c2015 I am writing you because... 

Sedona AZ (September 25, 2015) – The following is from the desk of Theresa Pierno, Chief Operating Officer National Parks Conservation Association, and submitted to the editor by a Sedona, Arizona SedonaEye.com subscriber: It’s hard to believe that just two years after the federal government shut down for 16 days, we could once again face the same fate as soon as next week. If Congress... 

SedonaEye.com financial columnist J. Rick Normand notes in his latest National Monument designation expose’ that the RESCUE OUR ARIZONA RED ROCKS (ROARR) Movement Gains Momentum as KSB Falters! Sedona AZ (September 14, 2015) – Sorry to interrupt your regularly scheduled program, but the ROARR movement is gaining inmmense momentum against KSB, the Sierra Club and the City of Sedona activist... 

Sedona AZ (August 19, 2015) – The lightning caused Rattlesnake Fire is 4000 acres burning approximately 5 miles west of Bumble Bee in the Castle Creek Wilderness (T10N, R1E, S24). There are no immediate structures, private property or critical infrastructure threatened by the Rattlesnake Fire. The fire is burning concurrently on both Forest Service lands and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands.... 

SedonaEye.com financial columnist J. Rick Normand addresses the National Monument designation pros and cons in the second of his two part series analysis Sedona AZ (August 15, 2015) – This is the second of my two part series “Is there a National Monument designation downside?” You won’t find the answers at the Keep Sedona Beautiful website! We left off in Part I with an investigation... 

SedonaEye.com financial columnist J. Rick Normand addresses the National Monument designation pros and cons in the first of his two part series analysis Sedona AZ (August 12, 2015) – Is there a National Monument designation downside? You won’t find the answers at the Keep Sedona Beautiful website! This is what we’re told at the Keep Sedona Beautiful website: “Incredibly, no permanent protections... 

Pinal County Arizona Florence AZ (September 12, 2013) – Pinal County Supervisors Cheryl Chase, Todd House and Pete Rios joined U.S. Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ CD1) for an open house to learn more about a bill designed to increase the acreage of the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. The bill, H.R. 2497 – titled the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Boundary Modification Act... 

Fracking gas burn off in North Dakota, photo courtesy of National Geographic Sedona AZ (August 17, 2013) – In a Letter to the SedonaEye.com editor, Mary Russell of Colorado writes: I’m Mary Russell, a MoveOn member in Carbondale, Colorado, and I started a petition to Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and President Barack Obama, which says: I am calling for an immediate ban on oil... 

Arizona DPS Search and Rescue helicopter involved in Havasupai Canyon search Sedona AZ (May 15, 2013) – *UPDATE MAY 15, 2013 at 10:23 AM – Supai Canyon; Sixty year-old Judy Jones of Phoenix, Arizona, who was reported missing after she separated from two companions while hiking in Supai Canyon has been located. She is being transported to Hill Top by an Arizona Department of Public Safety... 

Sedona AZ (February 19, 2013) – If you visit National Forests that have been charging you a “standard amenity” fee since 2005 to visit a High Impact Recreation Area (HIRA), you should no longer have to fear getting a ticket if you don’t pay that fee, unless you actually use developed facilities and services that meet minimum legal standards. HIRAs have been an important part...