Prescribed
fires planned near Globe, Miami through
end of year
Globe,
Ariz. (May 5, 2009) --
Three prescribed fire projects will be
conducted by Globe Ranger District fire
management specialists on the Tonto National
Forest, from May through the end of the
year. The projects target approximately
6,000 acres north of Globe on Highway
60 in the Seven Mile Wash Area, 400 acres
in Timber Camp/Carol Spring Mountains,
and 20 acres of micsellaneous piles around
Superior and Globe.
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ADOT will close lanes,
shift traffic on State Route 87 south
of Payson
PAYSON, Ariz. (29 April 2009)– The
Arizona Department of Transportation
(ADOT) will close the southbound lanes
of State Route (SR) 87 near Sunflower
and shift traffic to one lane in each
direction in the northbound lanes from
May 4 to May 20.
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Tonto National Forest
public comment period re-issued
Environmental
Assessment for Camp Creek recreation
residences
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (April 29,
2009) – Tonto National
Forest officials announced today that
they are re-issuing the Camp Creek
recreation residences Environmental
Assessment (EA) and are requesting
public comment. The public comment
period will begin Friday, May 1, and
will end close of business (4:30 pm),
Monday, June 1.
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Cave
Creek Environmental Assessment (pdf)
Tonto National forest
announces public comment period on Environmental
Assessment for Camp Creek recreation
residences
Scottsdale,
Ariz. (April 17,
2009) – Cave Creek
ranger district officials, Tonto National
Forest, are seeking comments on the
Camp Creek recreation residences Environmental
Assessment (EA). The public comment
period begins Fri. April 17 and ends
Mon. May 18.
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Cave
Creek Environmental Assessment (pdf)
Signs to Remind Boaters
of Mussel Threat
(April 16, 2009) -
Stepping up the “Don’t Move a Mussel” campaign
to limit the spread of invasive quagga
mussels in Arizona’s waterways, Salt
River Project is partnering with the
U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of
Reclamation to place large signs at the
chain of lakes on the Salt and Verde
rivers to remind boaters to keep their
mussel-infested vessels away.
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Information needed to
solve killing of 89 bats near Superstition
Mountain
PHOENIX (April
15, 2009) - The Arizona Game
and Fish Department is asking for
the public’s help in solving a case
involving the unlawful killing of
nearly 90 bats in an abandoned mine
near the Peralta Trailhead in the
Superstition Mountains. The Mexican
free-tail bats were shot and left
in the mine to die sometime between
April 1-10.
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Tonto National Forest
seeks camp hosts for summer
Tonto Basin,
Ariz. (April 3, 2009) – The
Tonto National Forest’s Pleasant
Valley Ranger District needs reliable
camp hosts from May through September.
The Pleasant Valley Ranger District
lies between Globe and Payson north
of Roosevelt Lake. Pleasant Valley
Ranger District features cool temperatures,
beautiful scenery, fishing, hiking,
abundant wildlife and bird watching.
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Public comment period
begins for Resolution Copper Mining Pre-Feasibility
Proposal
SUPERIOR, Ariz.
(April 3. 2009) – Tonto National
Forest officials are seeking public
comment on the Environmental Assessment
(EA) for the Resolution Copper Mining
Pre-feasibility Activities Plan of
Operations. The public comment period
begins Wednesday, April 1, 2009, and
ends on Thursday, April 30, 2009,
by close of business (4:30 pm).
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Tonto National Forest
begins new fuelwood permit tag system
PHOENIX (March
23, 2009) - A new tag system
for forest fuelwood permits will be
implemented on April 1 in order to
allow for improved accountability
of forest products and more efficient
enforcement of policy.
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Tonto National Forest
awarded $3.1 million for hazardous fuel
reduction projects in the Arizona Rim
Country
PHOENIX (March
11, 2009) – Tonto National
Forest officials announced today that
the forest has been awarded $3.1 million
from the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act (ARRA) of 2009 for Hazardous Fuel
Reduction projects in the Rim Country
Wildland Urban Interface (WUI).
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ATV recovered from forest
theft; Tonto National Forest continues
to offer $5,000 reward for recovery of
stolen ATV and equipment
Phoenix (January
30, 2009) - Forest Service
law enforcement officers announced
today that one of two Polaris all-terrain
vehicles (ATVs), stolen on Jan 20
from the Cave Creek ranger district
storage yard, was recovered today
by the Phoenix Police Department.
According to Phoenix Police Public
Information Officer Luis Samudio,
the “suspicious” ATV, reported by
a concerned citizen, had been spray-painted
in an attempt to disguise the stolen
vehicle.
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Reward
Flyer
New Arizona laws affecting
OHV use take effect Jan. 1, 2009.
Phoenix, AZ.
(January 1, 2009) - Please
see new state laws affecting OHV use.
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2008
NFMA PLANNING RULE
The Final Environmental
Impact Statement (FEIS) for
the 2008 Planning Rule has been
released. The FEIS identifies
the Forest Service’s preferred
alternative and is a procedural
move towards the implementation
of a new planning rule. A decision
on the final rule has not been
made—that decision will be made
by the Department of Agriculture
after the FEIS has been available
for 30 days. ( News
Release | FEIS) |
Most
forest recreation passes can now be ordered
on Tonto National Forest website
Phoenix,
AZ. (January 8, 2008) – The
Tonto National Forest announced today
that forest recreation passes can
now be bought via the forest internet
site. This includes the half-price
Tonto day passes for holders of the
national Senior and Access passes.
The national Interagency pass can
be purchased only in conjunction with
the Tonto upgrade.
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