Category Archives: Arizona Issues

News about Arizona conservation issues, including national forest health and state trust lands

Feds offer proposals for operation of Glen Canyon dam

Posted on April 4, 2012 by gctrust

Feds offer proposals for operation of Arizona dam By Felicia Fonseca/AP FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.  — Federal officials have come up with nearly a dozen proposals on how to operate a northern Arizona dam that has greatly reduced sediment in the Colorado … Continue reading →

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Forest Service seeking volunteers to help replant Schultz burn area

Posted on February 29, 2012 by gctrust

Flagstaff, AZ – The Flagstaff Ranger District of the Coconino National Forest is seeking volunteers to help replant the Schultz burn area. The district is hosting a volunteer event each Saturday in April – 4/7, 4/14, 4/21 and 4/28. Volunteers … Continue reading →

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Implementation of 4FRI draws near

Posted on February 15, 2012 by gctrust

Stakeholders of the Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI) – a 2.4 million-acre effort to restore Arizona’s ponderosa pine forests – are eagerly awaiting implementation of the project’s first phase.   In August 2011, the U.S. Forest Service released a Request for … Continue reading →

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CEQ & Forest Service announce project to improve efficiency of federal environmental reviews, 4FRI to be pilot

Posted on February 9, 2012 by gctrust

  CEQ and Forest Service Announce Project to Improve Efficiency of Federal Environmental Reviews WASHINGTON – The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) today announced a new National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Pilot project under an initiative launched in March 2011 … Continue reading →

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Flagstaff area national monuments celebrate Arizona Centennial with fee free day

Posted on February 8, 2012 by gctrust

                   100 Years, 100 Miles:                      Flagstaff Area National Monuments                 Celebrate Arizona’s Centennial, 1912-2012                                           with a Fee Free Day and Special Event                           FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA – The National Park Service congratulates the great state of Arizona on 100 remarkable years … Continue reading →

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Historic Partnership Advancing Science on the North Rim of Grand Canyon

Posted on February 8, 2012 by gctrust

FLAGSTAFF, AZ – Against the stunning backdrop of the Kaibab Plateau and Vermilion Cliffs, a pioneering partnership has been forged to bolster the science guiding resource management and public lands stewardship along the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. On … Continue reading →

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