Category Archives: Kane & Two Mile Ranches
Last day to sign up for Arizona Antelope Foundation pronghorn protection project
Arizona Antelope Foundation May 19, 2012 Kane Ranch, Buffalo and North Canyon Pastures/Fence Removal In Partnership With: GRAND CANYON TRUST & ARIZONA WILDLIFE FEDERATION Project Location: We will be working in House Rock Valley on the Kane Ranch USFS/BLM allotments’ … Continue reading
Kaibab National Forest campgrounds to open in May
Kaibab National Forest campgrounds to open in May WILLIAMS, Ariz. – Campgrounds on the Williams and Tusayan Ranger Districts of the Kaibab National Forest will open for the 2012 season on Tuesday, May 1. Campsites are available both by reservation … Continue reading
Implementation of 4FRI draws near
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
Grazing punted from federal study of land changes in West
GRAZING PUNTED FROM FEDERAL STUDY OF LAND CHANGES IN WEST — Scientists Told to Not Consider Grazing Due to Fear of Lawsuits and Data Gaps Washington, DC — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is carrying out an ambitious plan … Continue reading
Pecos Conference 2011 to be held on Arizona Strip in August
This year’s Pecos Conference, the annual gathering of Southwest archaeologists, will be held August 11-14 on the high, cool Kaibab Plateau. First inspired and organized by A.V. Kidder at Pecos, New Mexico, in 1927, the Pecos Conference takes place outdoors … Continue reading
Exploring the past of the Arizona Strip
In 1915, Neil Judd, who became one of the most well-known archaeologists in the Southwest, traveled by train, Model T, horse and buggy, and pack mule to the Arizona Strip, where he spent part of the next five years visiting … Continue reading