Mama American Coot                  Photo by Sam Hough 2014 Sedona AZ (April 29, 2014) – The Sedona Wetlands Preserve is a 27-acre marshland utilizing the Sedona Waste Water Reclamation Plant’s treated effluent. The local Keep Sedona Beautiful organization believes that the reclamation plant is a successful birding hotspot, and an example of ecotourism for Sedona and the Verde Valley. Hundreds... 

Sedona AZ (June 10, 2013) – In the past 60 days, trash filled Adopt-A-Highway blue bags for the following groups are being spotted. Thank you Knights of Columbus Council 2493 and Immaculate Conception Parish for an outstanding Arizona litter clean up effort with NO THANKS to the litterers. The virtual town of Folksville USA recognizes the groups below as the best Adopt-A-Highway coordinated effort... 

Mr. Bud Light and associates in FUSA Litter Police Line-up Sedona AZ (December 3, 2012) – The Folksville USA (FVUSA) Litter Police and Folksville CSI Departments are on the lookout for the culprits who had a “hand” in the crime of tossing a Mr. Bud Light and his associates onto a local highway. After a review of the complaint, the FVUSA Litter Police determined Mr. Bud Light and... 

Arizona highway trash Sedona AZ (November 6, 2012) – In a Letter to the SedonaEye.com editor, a Cornville Arizona taxpayer reminds the Arizona Department of Transportation that mowing Arizona highways to help its litter clean-up volunteers is a responsibility and not an option: Dear Don, There will be many litter clean up volunteers out on the highway the Saturday before, the Saturday after,... 

Sedona AZ (July 30, 2012) – Gary Chamberlain, Folksville USA spokesman, writes in a SedonaEye.com Letter to the Editor: Dear Mr. John McReynolds, District 2 County Supervisor Candidate: As the “Point Man” for Folksville USA, I wish to thank you for your contribution to the $10 per bag effort being promoted on both sides of the Mingus Mountains. Folksville USA is thanking you since we have... 

Sedona AZ (February 29, 2012) – Village of Oak Creek residents Richard and Eloise Baldauf joined Friends of the Forest (FOF) soon after retiring and relocating to Sedona Arizona from Milwaukee Wisconsin in 2008. Milwaukee had been home for thirty five of the Baldauf’s now thirty seven year marriage, and Friends of the Forest was to be the first of many Sedona civic and community... 

Eddie S. Maddock, Sedona Eye columnist The Second in the Series, The Will of the People Be Damned, by Sedona Eye columnist Eddie S. Maddock looks at the incorporation of Sedona and subsequent efforts to manage its development.   The deciding election for whether or not Sedona was to incorporate occurred in the fall of 1987. When the final votes had been counted in early December, the decision... 

Sedona AZ (December 1, 2011) – The Sedona City Council has appropriated $4,000 in fiscal year 2011-12 to implement the sixth year of the Historic Preservation Commission Small Grant Program. These competitive grants will be given to the owners of a designated local landmark property or a structure or site eligible to be a landmark that has been identified in the City’s Historic Resource Survey. Over... 

(SedonaEye.com editor: Below is Mr. Reynolds Letter to the Editor response to DORR President Angela LeFevre’s March 22 2011 comments. Mr. Reynolds comments follow Ms. LeFevre’s.)   From Jerry Reynolds, Sedona:   https://sedonaeye.com/first-legal-battle-for-stop-sedona-take-back-of-89a   Angela LeFevre, DORR President says: March 22, 2011 at 8:02 pm Dear Sedona Eye and fellow... 

Pushmataha building on Brewer Road is within certified wildlife habitat grounds. Sedona AZ (October 12, 2010) – City of Sedona Vice Mayor Cliff Hamilton’s “The Wonders of Wetlands – Turning Effluent from Liability to Asset” will be the topic at Keep Sedona Beautiful monthly Preserve the Wonder™ Speaker Series on Wednesday, October 20, 2010. Doors will open with wine and hors d’oeuvres...