Times Spent Outdoors: Priceless!
Times Spent Outdoors: Priceless!
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Tonto National Forest ORV Plan Is Disaster for Air, Wildlife and Watersheds PHOENIX, Ariz. The Tonto National Forest released a plan this week that would open an additional 1,441 miles of roads despite the fact that off-road vehicles have been identified as a major contributor to air- and water-quality problems in that forest and in Maricopa County. Many of the Tontos watersheds are already impaired or at risk for impairment, and roads are often in poor quality in damaged watersheds. The f... Full story
Space Still Available At Becoming An Outdoors Woman Ladies: Learn outdoor skills in a comfortable outdoor setting SAGUARO LAKE, Ariz. — If you’d like to learn outdoor skills in a scenic, comfortable, fun outdoor setting, make sure to sign up for the seventh annual Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW) “Deluxe” program set for Jan. 27-29. The three-day workshop, sponsored by the Arizona Wildlife Federation in cooperation with the Arizona Game and Fish Department, will be held at Saguaro Lake Ranch l... Full story
LA JOLLA, Calif. — While styles run the gamut among today's premier sporting artists, there is little disagreement as to the first and best game fish painter of all time. Over the course of more than 40 years, Stanley Meltzoff (1917 – 2006) established a reputation for astonishing underwater realism that has never been equaled. He painted virtually all of the world's great saltwater game species, and his art dominated the sporting press for decades. If you picked up an outdoor magazine or tou... Full story
New Searchable Guide To Arizona’s Best Hikes Millions of Americans may associate Lake Havasu City with powerboat racing, personal watercraft competitions, spring break, and other, well, noisy pastimes, but there’s a little-known quiet side to the area that is gaining in popularity. In fact, to meet the growing demand for a true get-back-to-nature experience, the Lake Havasu City Convention & Visitors Bureau has launched a new feature on GoLakeHavasu.com that covers hiking trails throughout thi... Full story
Hardesty, Tunnicliffe Are US Sailing’s 2011 Rolex Yachtsman & Yachtswoman Of The Year From eUSSailing Weekly Newsletter Etchells World Champion Bill Hardesty (San Diego, Calif.) and ISAF Sailing World Champion Anna Tunnicliffe (Plantation, Fla.), a US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics member, have been named US Sailing’s 2011 Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year. A shortlist of eight male and seven female sailors — determined from nominations submitted by members of US Sailing — was evaluat... Full story
Sonoran Pronghorn Return To King Valley YUMA, Ariz. — For the first time in over 100 years, Sonoran pronghorn are residing in King Valley on the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Arizona. The Sonoran pronghorn have been protected under the Endangered Species Act since 1967, and the United States population was on the brink of extinction in 2002 due to habitat fragmentation, human disturbance, loss of forage and perennial rivers, and periods of extreme drought. In early 2011, c... Full story
Peoples Canyon Receives Influx Of Bighorn Sheep Translocation to provide data, increase diversity KINGMAN, Ariz. — Arizona Game and Fish biologists and several volunteers waited patiently as the doors to a bighorn sheep transport were pulled open. At first the bighorn sheep were a bit reluctant, but after the first one took off in a gallop to begin exploring its new home, the others were quick to follow, leaping from the transport and bolting for the hillside. Such was the scene during the m... Full story
