Urbanization
Arizona’s two abandoned-mine inspectors face daunting task
By Chris McCrory | Friday, Jan. 4, 2019
The pair face an uphill battle trying to identify the estimated 100,000 abandoned mines in Arizona and render them safe, or at least safer.
Hiking is for everyone, but not everyone feels welcome to hike
By Stina Sieg | Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019
Sometimes it’s about physical ability. Sometimes it’s about transportation. And sometimes it’s about the color of your skin.
Rolling easy: Barriers to hiking are falling for some with disabilities
By Stina Sieg | Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019
People with disabilities are finding allies and new ways to get outdoors. One of those allies is Ability360 of Arizona, which works to give people with different abilities the chance to live independently.
Going solo: These women find hiking alone to be empowering
By Stina Sieg | Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019
More women are getting outdoors to hike and camp, but not with a group and not with a man. They’re striking out alone.
‘Our stories need to be told’: Grand Canyon park enlisting Native input as it marks 100 years
By Laurel Morales | Friday, Dec. 28, 2018
Park officials are converting the Desert View overlook and watchtower into a cultural site featuring tribes who have called the canyon home for hundreds of years.
Mountains around Phoenix formed by eons of pushing, pulling and hitting
By Nicholas Gerbis | Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018
This was the birth of the undulating basin and range system that today wraps around the Colorado Plateau.
Arizona lacks funds to find, secure at least 100,000 abandoned mines
By Chris McCrory | Friday, Dec. 21, 2018
Arizona’s abandoned mines are alluring to the adventurous, but pose danger to those who enter. The state estimates there are 100,000 abandoned mines, but has only identified 19,000.
More endangered California condors soon will soar above Pinnacles National Park
By Emily Fohr | Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018
This was a record year for condor nests at the Santa Barbara Zoo