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An estimated 45,000 people visit Fossil Creek every year to hike, swim and cool off. Amid the rugged conditions and remote location's busiest time of year, search and rescue calls spike.
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One person is in custody after a man was shot and killed near the Rim Trail subdivision of the Tonto National Forest Saturday.
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The 279-acre Brady Fire remains 0% contained.
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A group of conservationists has sued the U.S. Forest Service to protect a region of the Tonto National Forest from “hundreds of unowned horses” they say threaten endangered species in the area.
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A broad coalition of religious groups are urging a federal appeals court to protect an Apache sacred site in Arizona from one of the nation’s largest copper mines.
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The Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled that the state Department of Environmental Quality illegally issued a Clean Water Act permit for the proposed Resolution Copper mine, which is being opposed by the San Carlos Apache Tribe.
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A federal appeals court has ruled that a land exchange paving the way for one of the nation’s largest copper mines can move forward. Oak Flat in central Arizona is a sacred site to the San Carlos Apache Tribe, who’ve opposed the project for years.
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Many Arizona national forests will implement Stage 1 Fire Restrictions beginning Thursday, May 5, 2022. Forest managers say the move is due to increased wildfire activity and extremely dry conditions.
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The U.S. Forest Service has released an environmental review that paves the way for more thinning projects and prescribed burns in northern and eastern Arizona.
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Apache holy ground at Oak Flat on the Tonto National Forest has been vandalized for a second time.