Photo provided by Inciweb Cave Creek AZ – Despite rains and 146 personnel on scene, the Tonto National Forest Middle Fire continues to spread. Today, thirteen days after its start on June 29, 2021, the wildfire incident management team is reporting 2,784 acres burned, with zero containment. Highlights: Yesterday, precipitation fell over the Middle Fire reducing fire activity in some areas of... 

Interactive Map showing Agency management boundaries:  Click here Sedona AZ (April 19, 2018) – Beginning April 20, 2018, campfire and smoking restrictions will be implemented on state lands and federally managed public lands in central and western Arizona which includes Yavapai, Maricopa, La Paz Yuma, Mohave and Gila counties, as well as portions of Pinal county. Restrictions will be in effect... 

King Tuts Dagger photo by Daniela Comelli “Meteoritics & Planetary Science” (2016) Sedona AZ (June 13, 2016) – The Verde Valley Archaeology Center will present a free talk entitled “Meteorites from King Tut to Ancient Native Americans” by its Executive Director Ken Zoll on Thursday, June 23, at 6:30 p.m., at the Sedona Public Library, 3250 White Bear Road, Sedona. Recent news reports... 

Sedona AZ (August 20, 2013) – Casey Frazier, 36, of Mesa, Arizona, died on Saturday, August 17, 2013, at 6:30 p.m. after falling a distance of approximately 200 feet off of the Mogollon Rim in an area located about two miles west of Woods Canyon Lake. The Coconino County Sheriff’s deputy stationed in the Forest Lakes community was dispatched, along with the Heber Overgaard Fire Department,... 

Cutting a fresh Christmas tree requires a permit Prescott, AZ (November 17, 2012) – Thousands of people every year cut their Christmas tree from the national forests. This year, Christmas tree cutting permits will be available for five of the six national forests in Arizona – Apache-Sitgreaves, Coconino, Kaibab, Prescott, and Tonto until December 24, 2012. Permits will be available for...