News

Forest Plan, Fire Season

Updated - Posted - Charles Miles
Comment period for Coronado National Forest Draft Land Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement extended through March 6 Potential Wilderness Comments, Coronado National Forest Plan Revision – A post from Scott Morris about potential Wilderness Areas and the upcoming end of the comment period on the Coronado National Forest Plan Revision (note that the Forest Plan Revision page has links to quite a few interesting documents!). USFS: Dry, warm winter could spark early fire season – “Wildfire season may be getting an early start in Southern Arizona. A dry winter and warm weather are making the conditions right, according to U.S. Forest Service officials.”

Dark Skies, Hiker Death in 1939, Fee Free Days

Updated - Posted - Charles Miles
Dark Skies at Catalina State Park – upcoming dates for Star Parties at Catalina State Park. Tales from the Morgue: Lost in the Catalinas – Articles from the Arizona Daily Star, Monday, Feb. 6, 1939 about the tragic death of a hiker. Coronado National Forest Announces Fee Free Days for Presidents Day Weekend – a press release with the remaining fee waiver dates in 2014:
  • February 15 – 17, Presidents Day Weekend
  • June 14, National Get Outdoors Day
  • September 27, National Public Lands Day
  • November 8 – 11, Veterans Day Weekend

Joe Hoxie

Updated - Posted - Charles Miles
JOE HOXIE 1924-2014 – A post by Pete Cowgill about long time SAHC member Joe Hoxie. The post notes that in the Santa Catalina Mountains “Joe supervised the rehabilitation, with more than a dozen SAHC volunteers, of the Game and Fish cabin at Shovel Springs in the Catalinas, G&F later demolished the cabin.”