Podcasts about tonto national forest

Send us a text and chime in!If you've spent any time in the Sonoran Desert, you've undoubtedly encountered the towering, arms-stretched silhouettes of the saguaro cactus—those iconic green guardians of the Arizona landscape. These remarkable plants aren't just symbols of the American Southwest; they are slow-growing testaments to resilience and longevity. Found almost exclusively in the Sonoran Desert, saguaros thrive in southern Arizona, with large populations in places like Saguaro National Park near Tucson, the Tonto National Forest, and along the desert foothills outside Phoenix. They prefer elevations between 1,000 and 4,000 feet and rely heavily on the desert's unique rhythm of rainfall and sun. What... For the written story, read here >> https://www.signalsaz.com/articles/ever-wonder-how-old-that-saguaro-cactus-is/Check out the CAST11.com Website at: https://CAST11.com Follow the CAST11 Podcast Network on Facebook at: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZFollow Cast11 Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_podcast_network

Jody Fern Howard disappeared on October 7, 1991, from a gas station in Wolf Point, Montana, located on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. She was 28 years old at the time and a member of the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux tribes. Her case remains unsolved, and she was not reported missing until November 10, 1991, over a month later. Jody's disappearance is one of many unresolved missing person cases in Montana, highlighting the broader issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women in the United States. Something has to change…. If you have any information about Jody's whereabouts, please contact the Roosevelt County Sheriff's Office 406-653-6216 Emily Pike was a 14-year-old girl and a member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe. She went missing on January 27, 2025, from a group home in Mesa, Arizona. Her dismembered remains were discovered on February 14, 2025, near Highway 60 in the Tonto National Forest, northeast of Globe, Arizona. Emily's case has drawn some attention to the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW), highlighting the systemic issues that disproportionately affect Indigenous communities. If you have any information about Emily's death, you can call the Gila County Sheriff's Office at 928-200-2352, Bureau of Indian Affairs at 505-917-7830, or San Carlos Apache Tribal Police at 928-475-1755. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A devoted father and long-distance truck driver vanished in Arizona's Tonto National Forest under chillingly bizarre circumstances, leaving behind only a locked truck and haunting eyewitness accounts.Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateInfo on the next LIVE SCREAM event. https://weirddarkness.com/LiveScreamInfo on the next WEIRDO WATCH PARTY event. https://weirddarkness.com/TVIN THIS EPISODE: In May 1995, Devin Williams, a devoted father and trucker, vanished under mysterious circumstances in Arizona's Tonto National Forest. His journey turned into a mystery, marked by sightings of a semi-truck driving erratically and Devin's last known moments of confusion. Despite an abandoned truck with undisturbed cargo and the eerie discovery of his skull two years later, the question remains: What happened to Devin Williams in those remote woods? (The Bizarre Disappearance of Truck Driver Devin Williams) *** What do astronomers say about those who deny the moon landing really took place? The conspiracy theory gets an assist from, believe it or not, the New York Mets! (The Faked Moon Landing And The New York Mets) *** New England has a lot of great places to visit, and travel times to these locations are minimal. One of the most infamous would be Rhode Island – home to story of vampire Mercy Brown. (Vampires of Rhode Island) *** Until the Humpty Doo poltergeist outbreak of 1998, Australia's most notorious poltergeist was a very persistent, wall-bashing, stone-throwing entity known as the “Guyra Ghost” which terrorized William Bowen, his wife and three children in their tiny weatherboard cottage just outside Guyra, New South Wales in early 1921. (The Guyra Ghost) *** In 1814, London experienced one of the most bizarre disasters in British history. An unfortunate chain of events at the Horseshoe Brewery led to the death of 8 women and children as they were caught up in London's Great Beer Flood. But, what really happened? And, did Londoners really get drunk, as beer flowed past their homes in the streets, free for the taking? (The Great London Beer Flood) *** Ghost marriages in China have led to a very unsavory and deeply disturbing trade. They are called ghost marriages, because the groom is given a dead woman to marry… often forced to do so. And the stories are, understandably, horrifying. (Forced to Marry a Corpse) *** In September 1982, people wanting to get away from aches and pains from the flu or just a headache shopped store shelves for relief… and ended up dead. Their Tylenol had been laced with poison. (The Tylenol Murders)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Show Open00:03:25.688 = The Bizarre Disappearance of Truck Driver Devin Williams00:14:47.216 = Fake Moon Landing and the New York Mets00:21:13.631 = Vampires of Rhode Island00:25:50.781 = Forced To Marry a Corpse00:32:45.032 = Guyra Ghost00:40:05.363 = Great London Beer Flood00:54:58.076 = Tylenol Murders01:01:22.357 = Show CloseSOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…Episode Page at WeirdDarkness.com: https://weirddarkness.com/DevinWilliamsBOOK: “Mercy: The Last New England Vampire” by Sarah L. Thomson: https://amzn.to/3OCqiaR“The Great London Beer Flood” by Lenora for Haunted Palace Blog: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4mksvfhe“The Faked Moon Landing And The New York Mets” by Michael Richmond for The Conversation: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/56av32z3“The Bizarre Disappearance of Truck Driver Devin Williams” by Zach Brown for Oola.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/24kah92v“Vampires of Rhode Island” by David Albaugh for BasementOfTheBizarre.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2s4mykvd“The Guyra Ghost” posted by Paul Cropper at TheFortean.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2whkdd7n“Forced To Marry a Corpse” by Ossiana Tepfenhart for Medium: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3wcc49bz“The Tylenol Murders” by Dr. Howard Markel for PBS: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yckth74h=====(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.=====Originally aired: February 28, 2924TRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/h4xm5n9s

May 28, 1995. Coconino County, Arizona. 28-year old Devin Williams, a long-haul truck driver from Kansas, recklessly drives semi-trailer truck into Tonto National Forest before it becomes stuck in some mud. After Devin exits the truck, witnesses see him displaying bizarre behaviour before he takes off into the woods and disappears. Devin had been in the midst of transporting a shipment from California to Kansas until he drove over 60 miles off-course for unknown reasons. Two years later, Devin's skull is discovered near the bottom of a cliff, but no one can figure out his cause of death or why he wound up in the forest to begin with.Patreon.com/julesandashleyPatreon.com/thetrailwentcoldhttps://unsolved.com/gallery/devin-williams/https://web.archive.org/web/20140817081532/http://cjonline.com/stories/051697/skull.htmlhttps://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/archive/index.php/t-157772.html

On today's newscast: Early snow storms are a good sign for the Colorado River and Arizona, the Tonto National Forest is replanting saguaros burned in a 2020 wildfire, the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park transitions to winter operations, and more. Plus, President Biden formally apologized for the U.S. government's role in running federal Indian boarding schools last month. One of the dozens operated in Arizona is reflecting on the apology.

Send us a textIn this week's episode we're heading down to the American Southwest to talk to an amazing individual. Her name is Britt and you can follow her on Instagram, @wanderswithbrittBritt shares with us some of her favorite places in and around Arizona, including the Tonto National Forest and more! We also hear about her experiences not just at Arizona's three National Parks, but her incredible trip visiting Utah's Mighty 5. Britt also shares with us her experiences seeing the majestic Salt River Wild Horses.Episode Links:Salt River Wild HorsesFollow us on Instagram, @HikesandmicsThis episode's music was created by Ketsa, follow him on Instagram @Ketsamusic Episode Sponsor(s):Ursa Minor Outfitters - Inspired by the outdoors, Created by local artistsGo check them at www.ursaminoroutfitters.com and don't forget to enter the promo code HikesMics10 at checkout to receive 10% off your order.FlipSockz will keep Mother Nature out of your boots with their innovative nylon sleeve.To get your first pair visit www.FlipSockz.com and enter the promo code HikesMics10 at checkout to receive 10% off your order.

Devin Williams was a 29-year-old truck driver from Detroit, Michigan. He was working for a company called D&J Transportation. On March 7, 1995, Williams left his home in Detroit to make a delivery to the state of New York. He was driving a 1984 Ford LTL9000 semi-truck, which was hauling a load of steel coils. Williams was last seen on March 8, 1995, in Lockport, New York. He had completed his delivery and was scheduled to return to Detroit. However, he never made it back. On Saturday evening, the day before his disappearance, Devin telephoned headquarters for the last time. He complained of being unable to sleep, yet was determined to get back on the road. By Sunday morning he was barreling through the woods of the Tonto National Forest, miles from any highway. To this day, no one knows why, and none of the theories make sense.Support the pod:www.patreon.com/monsterfuzzCheck out our merch:https://monster-fuzz.creator-spring.comEverything else!www.linktr.ee/monsterfuzz

In the first half of the show, we learn about the ongoing campaign to defend Oak Flat, a region of Arizona's Tonto National Forest sacred to the Apache and other Native peoples of the region. Federal authorities want to allow a large copper mine to be dug there. The San Carlos Apache say the struggle involves both land defense and religious freedom. The Supreme Court is slated to hear the case. In the second half, Mickey and Eleanor critique the recent performance of the media in covering Israel's ongoing massacres of Palestinians in Gaza. Among other observations, they take note of an article explaining the bizarre tactics Palestinian journalists must use to avoid having their reporting censored by social-media algorithms. Vanessa Nosie is a member of Apache Stronghold (www.apache-stronghold.com), an organization working to defend Oak Flat (Chi'chil Bildagoteel).       The post Apaches Fight to Protect Oak Flat / Euphemizing Genocide in Gaza appeared first on KPFA.

What is it like to watch vegetation type-conversion in real time? How are invasive grasses changing the ecology of the desert and broader Southwest? What's being done to protect and restore Southwest ponderosa pine forests? This episode with Tonto National Forest fire ecologist Mary Lata dives into the fire regimes of the Southwest, how they're changing by the year, how invasive grasses are influencing those changes, and particularly how she's beginning to see more fire in the Sonoran Desert, which historically did not burn very often. We also spoke about her work within the Four Forest Restoration Project, which aims to restore and protect the significant ponderosa pine forests within the Apache-Sitgreaves, Coconino, Kaibab and Tonto national forests. Mary was preparing for a public meeting the day of our conversation and had a few great slides that she showed me during our conversation, so I've uploaded the full video of our conversation to Youtube for folks who would like some more context for the topics we discussed in the podcast. This episode and our entire series on Fire in the Southwest was made possible with support from The Southwest Fire Science Consortium  and the Arizona Wildfire Initiative.  

IN THIS EPISODE: In May 1995, Devin Williams, a devoted father and trucker, vanished under mysterious circumstances in Arizona's Tonto National Forest. His journey turned into a mystery, marked by sightings of a semi-truck driving erratically and Devin's last known moments of confusion. Despite an abandoned truck with undisturbed cargo and the eerie discovery of his skull two years later, the question remains: What happened to Devin Williams in those remote woods? (The Bizarre Disappearance of Truck Driver Devin Williams) *** What do astronomers say about those who deny the moon landing really took place? The conspiracy theory gets an assist from, believe it or not, the New York Mets! (The Faked Moon Landing And The New York Mets) *** New England has a lot of great places to visit, and travel times to these locations are minimal. One of the most infamous would be Rhode Island – home to story of vampire Mercy Brown. (Vampires of Rhode Island) *** Until the Humpty Doo poltergeist outbreak of 1998, Australia's most notorious poltergeist was a very persistent, wall-bashing, stone-throwing entity known as the “Guyra Ghost” which terrorized William Bowen, his wife and three children in their tiny weatherboard cottage just outside Guyra, New South Wales in early 1921. (The Guyra Ghost) *** In 1814, London experienced one of the most bizarre disasters in British history. An unfortunate chain of events at the Horseshoe Brewery led to the death of 8 women and children as they were caught up in London's Great Beer Flood. But, what really happened? And, did Londoners really get drunk, as beer flowed past their homes in the streets, free for the taking? (The Great London Beer Flood) *** Ghost marriages in China have led to a very unsavory and deeply disturbing trade. They are called ghost marriages, because the groom is given a dead woman to marry… often forced to do so. And the stories are, understandably, horrifying. (Forced to Marry a Corpse) *** In September 1982, people wanting to get away from aches and pains from the flu or just a headache shopped store shelves for relief… and ended up dead. Their Tylenol had been laced with poison. (The Tylenol Murders)SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…BOOK: “Mercy: The Last New England Vampire” by Sarah L. Thomson: https://amzn.to/3OCqiaR“The Great London Beer Flood” by Lenora for Haunted Palace Blog: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4mksvfhe“The Faked Moon Landing And The New York Mets” by Michael Richmond for The Conversation: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/56av32z3“The Bizarre Disappearance of Truck Driver Devin Williams” by Zach Brown for Oola.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/24kah92v“Vampires of Rhode Island” by David Albaugh for BasementOfTheBizarre.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2s4mykvd“The Guyra Ghost” posted by Paul Cropper at TheFortean.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2whkdd7n“Forced To Marry a Corpse” by Ossiana Tepfenhart for Medium: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3wcc49bz“The Tylenol Murders” by Dr. Howard Markel for PBS: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yckth74hWeird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Check out all of my podcasts - “Auditory Anthology”, “Retro Radio: Old Time Radio In The Dark”, “Church of the Undead”, “Micro Terrors”, “Weird Darkness”, and more by clicking on “EPISODES” at https://WeirdDarkness.com!= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2024, Weird Darkness.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Originally aired: February 28, 2024PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.com/bizarre-disappearance-of-a-truck-driver/

Within the Tonto National Forest in Arizona, Oak Flat is an area considered sacred by many Indigenous communities. It's also been the site of legal battles and court cases. But this fall, it turned into a spiritual hub, and our radio partners were there to witness it. Plus, protests took place in Denver recently spotlighting a rise of antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate. And later, as communities throughout the country feel the crush of polarizing politics, our radio partners speak with a professor specializing in community building through problem solving and conversations. // Wendsler Nosie Sr. is the founder of the Apache Stronghold group. He speaks to the crowd about their ongoing religious struggle at Oak Flat.

The Sonoran Insiders program promotes and amplifies good stewardship and responsible outdoor recreation in the Sonoran Desert and landscapes across Arizona. The group hosts fun and informative Insider Experiences for program ambassadors. Apply to become an ambassador HERE or learn more about becoming a partner for the Sonoran Insiders HERE.Want to try an Insider Experience for yourself? Register HERE for their event on August 5 to learn about responsible recreation and tourism on tribal lands with the San Carlos Apache Tribe.About our guests:Brooke Wheelock is the Partnership Coordinator with the US Forest Service on Tonto National Forest. She engages various partners including businesses, non-profit organizations, state and federal agencies, and local communities to accomplish vital on-the-ground work throughout the roughly 2 million-acre landscape on the Tonto NF. Work through partnerships and collaborations includes watershed improvements, restoration, recreation management, wilderness and trail maintenance, hazardous fuels reduction, invasives management, and more. Prior to the Forest Service, Brooke worked with the National Park Service at various parks, and with the US Army Corps of Engineers as a Park Ranger. Outside work, she enjoys hiking, connecting with friends at local breweries, streaming video games, and exploring or traveling with her 2 dogs. Find information on the two prehistoric sites on the Tonto National Forest that Brooke mentioned: the Sears-Kay Ruin near Carefree, and the Shoofly Village site (wheelchair-accessible).Isaiah Ortiz is a park ranger at Catalina State Park and a Sonoran Insiders Ambassador. Born and raised in Las Vegas, NV, Isaiah has always had a special connection with the desert. For nearly 10 years photography has been his passion and he specializes in capturing the beauty of the night sky. With the Sonoran Insiders and at Catalina State Park, Isaiah shares messages of respect for the land, conservation, and responsible exploration. Find Isaiah's book, Starry Sky Adventures Arizona, HERE.Jeny Davis is the Southern Rockies Program Associate at the National Forest Foundation (NFF), supporting program and project operations in the Southwest and Rocky Mountain Regions through coordinating, strategic planning, organizational development, and collaborative conservation efforts. Prior to the NFF, she worked at Desert Botanical Garden with the Central Arizona Conservation Alliance (CAZCA) and EcoFlora programs, immersed in collaborative conservation, community science and communications. She enjoys coordinating projects, connecting people, and working with others to support and accomplish goals and facilitate inclusive collaboration outcomes. Outside work, she enjoys numerous outdoor activities like hiking and riding her bike, reading, researching, making cyanotypes, enjoying music, eating tacos, or generally nerding out about plants and ecology wherever she may be.Find your next Arizona adventure and sign up for our newsletter at AZStateParks.com/Amazing, and follow @AZStateParks on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, or Twitter for even more inspiration.

KTAR's Jim Cross joins AZMN to discuss the three wildfires in central Arizona - the Diamond fire in Tonto National Forest, the Racetrack and Grapevine fires outside Prescott.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

State lawmakers blocked a vote on whether Arizona should ratify the federal Equal Rights Amendment. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday in a case over a land transfer in the Tonto National Forest that would bring a massive copper mine to a sacred indigenous site about an hour east of Phoenix. After many months of mobile home residents begging Phoenix leaders to help them fight evictions, the City Council took action Wednesday night. Plus the latest metro Phoenix, education, Fronteras Desk and science news.

Part 1 The Apache Stronghold with Indigenous allies and US and international supporters have tirelessly been working to stop a nearly eight-year-long process to exchange Oak Flat, a 2,200-acre site in Tonto National Forest, to Resolution Cooper, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto and BHP, which plans to construct one of the largest cooper and ore mining pits in the world. The mining project would not only and permanently destroy the active cultural and sacred site that would result in compounded and contributory forms of genocide towards many Native American nations, but once complete the mining project is completed, it would leave 1,000-foot-deep crater over 2 miles across and use enough water to supply a city of 140,000 annually for its estimated life. In 2015 when the United States congress passed the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), it included the rider: The Southeastern Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act 2014 (“Act”) authorizing the United State Forest Service to exchange lands to Resolution Cooper. Since 2015, the Apache Stronghold along with allies have been the forefront at trying to stop the land exchange including legally challenging the US government. We begin today's interview with Lian Bighorse and Vanessa Nosie, of the Apache Stronghold on the Spiritual Convoy to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which concludes on the court date of March 21st, 2023, in Pasadena, CA where the “Court” could rule that the Oak Flat Land Exchange Act of 2014 is illegal and therefore prevent the proposed construction of Resolution Cooper's proposed copper and ore open-pit mine. Guests: Lian Bighorse and Vanessa Nosie, Native American activists, plus more, of the Apache Stronghold. Website: Apache-Stronghold, click here. (http://apache-stronghold.com/) Facebook, click here. (https://www.facebook.com/SaveOakFlatArizona/) Linktree, click here (https://linktr.ee/saveoakflat) Part 2 2023 marks the 50th Anniversary of the Occupation of Wounded Knee which is the outcome of over 200 members of the American Indian Movement and supporters occupying Wounded Knee, Lakota Nation (South Dakota) for 71 days from February 27th, 1973, to May 8th, 1973. The Occupation of Wounded Knee was in response to a call to action for help from traditional Lakota residents whose civil, human, and Treaty of Fort Laramie rights were constantly being violated by corrupt Native American and United States government officials. The Wounded Knee Occupation resulted in a 71-day military standoff with U.S. government officials – the largest military attack in United States history, and quickly drew domestic and international support from people, organizations, and foreign governments throughout the world. Today's guest was a rookie NPR reporter on his first assignment, covering the entire occupation of Wounded Knee in the Lakota Nation (South Dakota) in 1973. Under a United States government media blackout prohibiting journalists to enter Wounded Knee, our guest managed to enter Wounded Knee where he spent the entire 71 days interviewing Native American activists, participating in community gatherings, and documenting what happened inside of Wounded Knee as well as recording the corrupt and militarized actions of the Guardians of the Oglala Nation (GOONs), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.) and other government agencies actions. Archived programs can be heard on Soundcloud at: https://soundcloud.com/burntswamp American Indian Airwaves streams on over ten podcasting platforms such as Amazon Music, Apple Podcast, Audible, Backtracks.fm, Gaana, Google Podcast, Fyyd, iHeart Media, Player.fm, Podbay.fm, Podcast Republic, SoundCloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Tunein, YouTube, and more.

Summary: What happens after a wildfire burns through our desert? Volunteers help restore it! Join Cheryl and Kiersten as they discuss some great volunteer programs helping the Arizona desert rewild itself.   For our hearing impaired listeners, a transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean.   Show Notes: www.naturalrestorations.org/lower-salt-river-restoration-2022   https://www.friendsofthetontonationalforest.org/projects   https://www.knau.org/knau-and-arizona-news/2021-11-12/national-forest-nears-end-of-seed-planting-project-to-defend-against-parasitic-mistletoe Background bird song:  Naturescapes Backyard Birds www.naturescapes.com   Our email address, please reach out with comments, questions, or suggestions: thefeathereddesert@gmail.com   Transcript Host Voice: Welcome to The Feathered Desert's What's That Bird? A three-minute glimpse into the birds we share this amazing desert landscape with.   Cheryl Intro:          I picked up a wilderness/wildlife conservation magazine the other day, and found it filled with amazing people doing amazing things to help their wilderness areas in their states, especially after the wild fires we have had in the west in the last few years.  Without reforesting and replanting of our wild areas after intense fire storms well birds and people would be in trouble.  So, I wanted to know what was happening in my state of Arizona?  I was pleasantly surprised by what I uncovered when I went looking for the unsung heroes/heroines of restoration.             Kiersten:  Let's start with the Lower Salt River Restoration project.  Now we have talked about the restoration of the Verde River up by Cottonwood, (Earth Day Podcast), shared information about the San Pedro River, and the actions being taken to protect it (Southeastern Region of Arizona Podcast) now it is time to give some notice to the Salt River.             The Salt River is about 200 miles long and it flows through eastern Arizona starting at Roosevelt Lake.  It makes it way through the mountains to Apache Lake, then Canyon Lake, and finally Saguaro Lake.  Then lower Salt River weaves it way through Mesa, Tempe, and then south Phoenix. The Salt River provides metropolitan Phoenix area with up to 60% of its irrigation and drinking water needs.  The Salt River is home to wildlife and bird life and wild horses. It is known for the outdoor activities like kayaking, fishing, hiking, and tubing.            In 2017, a fire burned the lower Salt River on the Tonto national Forest.  The fire lasted 4 days and burned 800 acres.  It was spurned on by invasive plant species such as tamarisk, which had been established in the area for decades.  Seeing a need a volunteer organization called Natural Resources.org was started in 2017.  With the help of U.S. Forest Service staff this volunteer group has removed 1,489 million pounds (744 tons) of trash, removed 41,950 square feet of graffiti off of rocks and boulders from the lower Salt River wilderness areas.  This group launched a replanting program in 2020 and they have planted more than 27,900 tree & cacti in the Salt River wilderness areas.            Cheryl: There are erosion and soil mitigation projects going on in the Tonto National Forest starting in spring.  Boyce Thompson Arboretum-near Superior has a replanting program within the property around it to help with erosion after the fires in 2021.  I did find one reforesting project that is in its final phase in the Tonto National Forest. The U.S. Forest service is continuing a project to plant 500 Southwestern White Pine Seedlings on the Pleasant Valley Ranger District.  The U.S. Forest Service says the 25-acre project is part of a management plan to treat dwarf mistletoe, a parasitic plant native to western forests.  It's been infecting Ponderosa Pine Trees within the Colcord Campground area.  150Ponderosa Pines are lightly to moderately infected and 350 trees are severely infected.  Dwarf mistletoe survives only on living trees by taking water and nutrients from them often leading to the tree's death.  The newly planted southwestern White Pines aren't susceptible to the mistletoe infection.            Ponderosa Pines' can not catch a break between fires, drought and dwarf mistletoe…what's a pine tree to do?  Alright, I found a group that has some truly outstanding projects going on and they are always looking for volunteers.   Kiersten:  Friends of the Tonto National Forest, is a volunteer organization that truly works hard for our wild life and wilderness areas.             One of the projects they have under their organizations watchful eye is Milkweed for Monarchs.  The project's goal is to assist the Tonto National Forest staff create habitat for monarch butterflies.  A key element in the life of Monarch Butterflies is the milkweed plant.  This project focuses on the cultivation of native milkweeds in designated areas.     The plan is to help Monarchs (and other butterflies) by planting native milkweed plants.  Monarchs have an international migration from Canada to Mexico, so Arizona is a small part of a much larger picture.  In order to establish monarch breeding habitat and support migrating monarch butterflies, friends of the Tonto National Forest work with forest service staff to plant milkweed in select locations.    These plantings started in 2016 and they currently have nearly 200 milkweed plants growing in the Mesa and Cave Creek Ranger districts of the Tonto National Forest.  Milkweed seedlings are grown each summer by the volunteers, planted on the Tinto National Forest in November and are watered during their first year.  Every spring and fall trained volunteers monitor the milkweed for butterfly eggs, larvae, pupae and adults (Monarchs).  The findings are reported to the Monarch Larva Monitoring project, a national database used y scientific researchers from many fields.   Cheryl: Riparian Photo Point Program          The first riparian specialist, hired by the Tonto National Forest knew the value of repeat photography in documenting resource conditions so 33 years ago he had the fore sight to initiate a riparian photo point program in 1988-finding important reaches of streamside vegetation and streambanks, annually, if possible, at the exact same sites each year.  Forest staff and researchers have come to depend on the information these photos provide-impacts by livestock, or improvement conditions through live stock management, wildlife impacts, results of flooding, firs and drought.  These photos provide documentation for resource conditions, which is used for natural resource management decisions.  While data is important, it's true that nothing tells a story like a good photography.  Friends of Tonto National Forest runs the programs now is looking for volunteer photographers between the months of April to the end of June 2023.            Kiersten:  Invasive Plant management is one many Friends of the Tonto National Forest support and help the U.S. Forest to reduce the fire risk in the Tonto National Forest.  This is done by mapping and removing plants that are not native to the Tonto National Forest, and monitoring the removal areas.   This project focuses on two prevalent species-Fountain grass and Buffel grass.  These plants are commonly found along roadsides and in home and business landscaping. Seeds are easily transported by wind, water, animals, vehicles, hikers, bikers, and equestrians.  By removing invasive plants, the volunteers are reducing the threat of wildfire to nearby communities.    Historically, the Sonoran Desert portion of the Tonto National Forest was considered a low fire risk environment; lightening, and other natural causes could ignite a fire, but the natural spacing of the native plants generally carried low intensity fires and for short distances.  Most plants native to the Sonoran Desert, including the iconic Saguaro, are not fire adapted.  They do not recover from the effects of a fire.            Cheryl- Closing: When I stated my research for this podcast, I did not know what I would find. What I found was quite a few hard-working people who are working with each other, and governments on all levels to protect our amazing wilderness areas. When we protect wild places, we protect the wild life and bird life we so enjoy.  We benefit as well. Please check our show notes for the links to these volunteer organizations if you would like to participate or donate.  I know that I will be out there doing my part in 2023.

Our 'How To' on holiday lights!  So many styles, colors and themes for any budget.  It just take your imagination.  How you get a permit to cut your own Christmas tree in the Tonto National Forest.  Arizona Representative John Kavanagh discusses the new laws regarding short term rental owners, renters, municipalities and homeowners in the neighborhoods.  Homeowner questions and proper pronunciations of Arizona cities and sites answered!

Before you know it, fall will be here.  Its the right time to prepare your garden soil to plant what you enjoy eating.  Jay gives you the recipe for great soil.  Drew Ullberg of the Tonto National Forest discusses what you need to know about collecting edibles, cactus and other plant species from the forest that may require permits.  And what to do about Kissing Beetles.

This episode is my personal account and experiences searching for Robert Fisher over several years in the Tonto National Forest...

Mike heads out with a good group of people to run Willow Springs. I good rock crawling trail in the Tonto National Forest.  If you enjoy the Mike and Max's Off Road Podcast, then check out these other awesome off roading podcasts too! Wheeling Wine and Whiskey Off Road 4x4 Podcast SnailTrail4x4 Off Road Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/seven-slot-society/id1456252774            https://www.youtube.com/c/KeepItSimpleOffroad https://www.instagram.com/maximum_max_max/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/keepitsimpleoffroad/?hl=en

Part 1: In 2015 the United States congress passed the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which included the rider: The Southeastern Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act 2014 (“Act”). The “Act” will grant Resolution Copper, a joint venture between Rio Tinto and BHP, the 2,200 acres located in the Tonto National Forest in Arizona. If Resolution Copper succeeds in completing the land transfer, they will build one of the largest open ore and copper mining pits in the world, leaving once completed, a 1,000 foot-deep crater over 2 miles across. Chi'chil Bildagoteel (Oak Flat) is an active, cultural sacred site to the N'dee (San Carlos Apache Nation) and surround Native American nations. The Apache Stronghold has been and continues leading the struggle to protect and save Oak Flat for future generations. They are presently on a Spiritual Convoy from the Apache Nation to San Francisco, CA for the 9th Circuit hearing where they are seeking an injunction to prevent the land exchange of Oak Flat to Resolution Copper. Turn in for this, what people can do to help, plus more. Guest: • Lian Bighorse and Vanessa Nosie (San Carlos Apache Nation citizens), Apache Stronghold, joins us for the entire hour to provide listeners an update on the struggle over Oak Flat, the Spiritual Convoy from back home to San Francisco, CA, the Apache Stronghold v. U.S court case, and protecting Mother Earth. American Indian Airwaves regularly broadcast Thursdays from 7pm to 8pm (PCT) on KPFK FM 90.7 in Los Angeles, CA; FM 98.7 in Santa Barbara, CA; FM 99.5 in China Lake, CA; FM 93.7 in North San Diego, CA; FM 99.1 KLBP in Long Beach, CA (Tuesdays, 11am-12pm); and WCRS FM 98.3/102.1 in Columbus, OH. Click here for archived American Indian Airwaves programs on the KPFK website within the past 60-days only or click on (below) after 8pm for today's scheduled program. Soundcloud Apple Podcast Google Podcast iHeartRadio Pocket Casts Spotify Podcast Stitcher Podcast Tunein Podcast

Conflicts over lands and mining are not unusual to our region. Today on the news, we hear from our partners at KJZZ’s Tribal Natural Resources Desk in Arizona. There, Oak Flat in the Tonto National Forest has become a centerpiece of conflict between Native American tribes who want to preserve their sacred land, and the mining companies who say they want to generate revenue and create jobs. Congressman Raul Grijalva has introduced legislation to ban mining at Oak Flat, but its success is uncertain. We hear from a Washington Post reporter who recently wrote about these issues, focusing on just how unique and important the sacred land is to the Apache Tribe and others. Show Notes: Photo: Oak Flat/Center for Biological Diversity The Washington Post: This land is sacred to the Apache, and they are fighting to save it https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/04/12/oak-flat-apache-sacred-land/

Arizona Volunteer Vacations  1.  Wilderness Volunteers:  https://www.wildernessvolunteers.org/* Spring campground clean-up * Maintenance at Grand Canyon National Park * Trail maintenance in the Sonoran Desert's mountainous Superstition Wilderness  Trips typically run from March through October. All food including snacks is provided. They offeer a variety of service projects; all trips cost $375. Trips are usually 7 days long with the majority starting on a Sunday and ending the following Saturday.  Work at least 4 of the days during the week depending on the logistics, and take at least one day off to rest and recreate.  They seek out projects that are worthwhile and that would likely go undone without volunteer effort. "Our Mission is stewardship of America's wild lands through organizing and promoting volunteer service in cooperation with public land agencies. Wilderness Volunteers is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization created in 1997 to organize and promote volunteer service to America's wild lands. We work with public land agencies including the National Park Service, the Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management and the US Fish and Wildlife Service."email : hello@wildernessvolunteers.orgcall: (928) 255-1128 "We welcome trip proposals and will be happy to discuss having a Wilderness Volunteers crew working with you. Our trip planning cycle begins in August of the year before and we usually have a full schedule for the coming year by October. We begin advertising the trips for the following year on our website in October (for spring trips), and in December (for summer and fall trips)." 2.  Arizona Nature Conservancy:  https://www.nature.org/* Vegetation monitoring at Las Cienegas (near Sonoita) * Monitoring flows of the San Pedro River and its tributaries and removing invasive species at the Ramsey Canyon Preserve  * Maintaining trails at the Hassayampa River Preserve. Contact individual offices or preserves to expand weekend volunteer opportunities into weeklong vacations   3.  American Hiking Society:  americanhiking.org * Working in Tonto National Forest to complete the Arizona Trail  * Maintaining the Aztec Peak Trail in the forest's Sierra Ancha Wilderness  * Expanding the Dolan Springs Trail system and managing vegetation in Grand Canyon National Park  Special thanks to Sam Marzullo who helped research these cool opportunities! 

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It has been a PSA worked into local news coverage on TV for two weeks straight. But of course, there are studies that show the benefits of doing the natural mammalian thing and sleeping with your newborn to balance out all the horror stories. And in those traumatic instances, almost no details are given as to what actually happened. A parent taking sleeping pills? Baby left on a couch? Blankets involved in the suffocation? A performance expert also suggests the best way to prepare your children for the future is with early specialization. Make them a master of their craft rather than a jack of all trades.  The Kansas City Mayor struck a deal with the KC Homeless Union, moving most of the campers into hotels, helping folks with very low or no income get a vacant land bank home, providing city work to those "experiencing homelessness," and setting up permanent camp locations with social services. But not all the unhoused are happy with these negotiations. Kind of like how most residents won't be happy with the Parks Board voting to change three street names to Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard after they tried to pull it in 2018. And to top it all of, Missouri could give up its title as the only state without a prescription drug monitoring program as a bill setting one up just passed the Senate.  In the Top Three 33 segment, 33 people were arrested in Operation Bad Boi which targeted heroin, meth, and fentanyl in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. Washington lawmakers are considering 33 new transportation fees and taxes under an update last week for the Forward Washington plan and 2021 brought Minnesota 33 speed-related road deaths. Of course, the magic number loves hot topics so there was no shortage of coof stories where it popped up: Pennsylvania vaccinates 33% of those eligible for COVID-1984 Vaccine 33 states now offer the vax to all adults California braces for a 33% drop in vaccine supply as more than 16 million become eligible to get jabbed on April 15 Maryland will see a 33% reduction in COVID vaccine allotment next week There were 33 Kung-Flu deaths in Oregon and Cambodia 33% COVID patients get neuropsychiatric diagnoses within 6 months Oh, and just because you're paranoid doesn't mean researchers at the Pentagon haven't already developed a microchip to detect when you're potentially infected with the China Virus. California could decriminalize psychedelics except for peyote because that belongs to Native Americans in an incredibly limited federal capacity. On April 28th, the voter-approved recreational amendment will finally have its day in the South Dakota Supreme Court after being declared unconstitutional by a district judge in February. Virginians will also be able to cultivate, possess and use weed legally this summer, although they'll still have to wait until 2024 for the commercial market to roll out. A recreational bill in Delaware had its first committee meeting and patients are now boycotting 4 of the 6 licensed medical facilities for peddling false narrative and offering negative testimony since the bill doesn't grandfather them in to a recreational license. That scarce mentality carried over to Alabama where lawmakers are working to ban Delta-8-THC and Delta-10-THC. Meanwhile, Massachusetts cannabiz regulators are excited to create a statewide product catalog to help cops and parents identify things they find. 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Legislative: Hearing on Save Oak Flat Act Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United StatesDate: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Time: 01:00 PM Presiding: The Honorable Teresa Leger Fernández, Chair On Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. (EDT), the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States (SCIP) will host a virtual, fully remote legislative hearing on the following tribal-related legislation: H.R. 1884 (Rep. Raúl Grijalva), To repeal section 3003 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, and for other purposes. Oak Flat, or Chi'chil Bildagoteel, is of significant cultural importance and considered sacred by many tribal communities in Arizona, including the San Carlos Apache Tribe, which has resisted a years-long effort by Resolution Copper – owned by international mining conglomerates BHP and Rio Tinto – to mine the region. The issue was recently featured on The Today Show and has received intensive news coverage in recent weeks. On March 1, the Biden administration withdrew an environmental impact statement, published in the waning hours of the Trump administration, that would have finalized a land swap between Tonto National Forest and Resolution Copper, after which the mine would have moved forward. The San Carlos Apache and many other tribes across the country strongly support Grijalva's bill. Witness List The Honorable Shan Lewis President Inter Tribal Association of Arizona Phoenix, AZ Dr. James Wells, PhD Chief Operating Officer L. Everett & Associates Santa Barbara, CA The Honorable Fawn Sharp President National Congress of American Indians Washington, D.C. The Honorable Mila Besich Mayor Town of Superior Superior, AZ Committee Notice: https://naturalresources.house.gov/hearings/legislative-hearing-on-save-oak-flat-act Video: https://youtu.be/07lQnARcxZU

Legislative: Hearing on Save Oak Flat Act Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United StatesDate: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Time: 01:00 PM Presiding: The Honorable Teresa Leger Fernández, Chair On Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. (EDT), the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States (SCIP) will host a virtual, fully remote legislative hearing on the following tribal-related legislation: H.R. 1884 (Rep. Raúl Grijalva), To repeal section 3003 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, and for other purposes. Oak Flat, or Chi'chil Bildagoteel, is of significant cultural importance and considered sacred by many tribal communities in Arizona, including the San Carlos Apache Tribe, which has resisted a years-long effort by Resolution Copper – owned by international mining conglomerates BHP and Rio Tinto – to mine the region. The issue was recently featured on The Today Show and has received intensive news coverage in recent weeks. On March 1, the Biden administration withdrew an environmental impact statement, published in the waning hours of the Trump administration, that would have finalized a land swap between Tonto National Forest and Resolution Copper, after which the mine would have moved forward. The San Carlos Apache and many other tribes across the country strongly support Grijalva's bill. Witness List The Honorable Shan Lewis President Inter Tribal Association of Arizona Phoenix, AZ Dr. James Wells, PhD Chief Operating Officer L. Everett & Associates Santa Barbara, CA The Honorable Fawn Sharp President National Congress of American Indians Washington, D.C. The Honorable Mila Besich Mayor Town of Superior Superior, AZ Committee Notice: https://naturalresources.house.gov/hearings/legislative-hearing-on-save-oak-flat-act Video: https://youtu.be/07lQnARcxZU

Legislative: Hearing on Save Oak Flat Act Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United StatesDate: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Time: 01:00 PM Presiding: The Honorable Teresa Leger Fernández, Chair On Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. (EDT), the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States (SCIP) will host a virtual, fully remote legislative hearing on the following tribal-related legislation: H.R. 1884 (Rep. Raúl Grijalva), To repeal section 3003 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, and for other purposes. Oak Flat, or Chi'chil Bildagoteel, is of significant cultural importance and considered sacred by many tribal communities in Arizona, including the San Carlos Apache Tribe, which has resisted a years-long effort by Resolution Copper – owned by international mining conglomerates BHP and Rio Tinto – to mine the region. The issue was recently featured on The Today Show and has received intensive news coverage in recent weeks. On March 1, the Biden administration withdrew an environmental impact statement, published in the waning hours of the Trump administration, that would have finalized a land swap between Tonto National Forest and Resolution Copper, after which the mine would have moved forward. The San Carlos Apache and many other tribes across the country strongly support Grijalva's bill. Witness List The Honorable Shan Lewis President Inter Tribal Association of Arizona Phoenix, AZ Dr. James Wells, PhD Chief Operating Officer L. Everett & Associates Santa Barbara, CA The Honorable Fawn Sharp President National Congress of American Indians Washington, D.C. The Honorable Mila Besich Mayor Town of Superior Superior, AZ Committee Notice: https://naturalresources.house.gov/hearings/legislative-hearing-on-save-oak-flat-act Video: https://youtu.be/07lQnARcxZU

Legislative: Hearing on Save Oak Flat Act Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United StatesDate: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Time: 01:00 PM Presiding: The Honorable Teresa Leger Fernández, Chair On Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. (EDT), the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States (SCIP) will host a virtual, fully remote legislative hearing on the following tribal-related legislation: H.R. 1884 (Rep. Raúl Grijalva), To repeal section 3003 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, and for other purposes. Oak Flat, or Chi'chil Bildagoteel, is of significant cultural importance and considered sacred by many tribal communities in Arizona, including the San Carlos Apache Tribe, which has resisted a years-long effort by Resolution Copper – owned by international mining conglomerates BHP and Rio Tinto – to mine the region. The issue was recently featured on The Today Show and has received intensive news coverage in recent weeks. On March 1, the Biden administration withdrew an environmental impact statement, published in the waning hours of the Trump administration, that would have finalized a land swap between Tonto National Forest and Resolution Copper, after which the mine would have moved forward. The San Carlos Apache and many other tribes across the country strongly support Grijalva's bill. Witness List The Honorable Shan Lewis President Inter Tribal Association of Arizona Phoenix, AZ Dr. James Wells, PhD Chief Operating Officer L. Everett & Associates Santa Barbara, CA The Honorable Fawn Sharp President National Congress of American Indians Washington, D.C. The Honorable Mila Besich Mayor Town of Superior Superior, AZ Committee Notice: https://naturalresources.house.gov/hearings/legislative-hearing-on-save-oak-flat-act Video: https://youtu.be/07lQnARcxZU

Legislative: Hearing on Save Oak Flat Act Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United StatesDate: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Time: 01:00 PM Presiding: The Honorable Teresa Leger Fernández, Chair On Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. (EDT), the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States (SCIP) will host a virtual, fully remote legislative hearing on the following tribal-related legislation: H.R. 1884 (Rep. Raúl Grijalva), To repeal section 3003 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, and for other purposes. Oak Flat, or Chi'chil Bildagoteel, is of significant cultural importance and considered sacred by many tribal communities in Arizona, including the San Carlos Apache Tribe, which has resisted a years-long effort by Resolution Copper – owned by international mining conglomerates BHP and Rio Tinto – to mine the region. The issue was recently featured on The Today Show and has received intensive news coverage in recent weeks. On March 1, the Biden administration withdrew an environmental impact statement, published in the waning hours of the Trump administration, that would have finalized a land swap between Tonto National Forest and Resolution Copper, after which the mine would have moved forward. The San Carlos Apache and many other tribes across the country strongly support Grijalva's bill. Witness List The Honorable Shan Lewis President Inter Tribal Association of Arizona Phoenix, AZ Dr. James Wells, PhD Chief Operating Officer L. Everett & Associates Santa Barbara, CA The Honorable Fawn Sharp President National Congress of American Indians Washington, D.C. The Honorable Mila Besich Mayor Town of Superior Superior, AZ Committee Notice: https://naturalresources.house.gov/hearings/legislative-hearing-on-save-oak-flat-act Video: https://youtu.be/07lQnARcxZU

Legislative: Hearing on Save Oak Flat Act Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United StatesDate: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Time: 01:00 PM Presiding: The Honorable Teresa Leger Fernández, Chair On Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. (EDT), the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States (SCIP) will host a virtual, fully remote legislative hearing on the following tribal-related legislation: H.R. 1884 (Rep. Raúl Grijalva), To repeal section 3003 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, and for other purposes. Oak Flat, or Chi'chil Bildagoteel, is of significant cultural importance and considered sacred by many tribal communities in Arizona, including the San Carlos Apache Tribe, which has resisted a years-long effort by Resolution Copper – owned by international mining conglomerates BHP and Rio Tinto – to mine the region. The issue was recently featured on The Today Show and has received intensive news coverage in recent weeks. On March 1, the Biden administration withdrew an environmental impact statement, published in the waning hours of the Trump administration, that would have finalized a land swap between Tonto National Forest and Resolution Copper, after which the mine would have moved forward. The San Carlos Apache and many other tribes across the country strongly support Grijalva's bill. Witness List The Honorable Shan Lewis President Inter Tribal Association of Arizona Phoenix, AZ Dr. James Wells, PhD Chief Operating Officer L. Everett & Associates Santa Barbara, CA The Honorable Fawn Sharp President National Congress of American Indians Washington, D.C. The Honorable Mila Besich Mayor Town of Superior Superior, AZ Committee Notice: https://naturalresources.house.gov/hearings/legislative-hearing-on-save-oak-flat-act Video: https://youtu.be/07lQnARcxZU

Legislative: Hearing on Save Oak Flat Act Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United StatesDate: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Time: 01:00 PM Presiding: The Honorable Teresa Leger Fernández, Chair On Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. (EDT), the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States (SCIP) will host a virtual, fully remote legislative hearing on the following tribal-related legislation: H.R. 1884 (Rep. Raúl Grijalva), To repeal section 3003 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, and for other purposes. Oak Flat, or Chi'chil Bildagoteel, is of significant cultural importance and considered sacred by many tribal communities in Arizona, including the San Carlos Apache Tribe, which has resisted a years-long effort by Resolution Copper – owned by international mining conglomerates BHP and Rio Tinto – to mine the region. The issue was recently featured on The Today Show and has received intensive news coverage in recent weeks. On March 1, the Biden administration withdrew an environmental impact statement, published in the waning hours of the Trump administration, that would have finalized a land swap between Tonto National Forest and Resolution Copper, after which the mine would have moved forward. The San Carlos Apache and many other tribes across the country strongly support Grijalva's bill. Witness List The Honorable Shan Lewis President Inter Tribal Association of Arizona Phoenix, AZ Dr. James Wells, PhD Chief Operating Officer L. Everett & Associates Santa Barbara, CA The Honorable Fawn Sharp President National Congress of American Indians Washington, D.C. The Honorable Mila Besich Mayor Town of Superior Superior, AZ Committee Notice: https://naturalresources.house.gov/hearings/legislative-hearing-on-save-oak-flat-act Video: https://youtu.be/07lQnARcxZU

Center for Biological Diversity Conservation Advocate Randy Serraglio discussed two key Arizona environmental campaigns and sacred indigenous lands that are under even more pressure as the Trump administration comes to an end. At stake are Oak Flat and construction on the border wall. He says that government agencies are bowing to political pressure to expedite controversial actions in favor of mining interests. According to the Arizona Mining Reform Coalition, on January 4th, the US Forest Service announced that they would be publishing a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) on January 15, 2021, which would trigger a land swap that would trade Oak Flat away to international mining company Rio Tinto for its proposed Resolution Copper to build a large underground copper mine. Randy Serraglio discussed steps that the Biden administration can take with newly appointed Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland. Haaland is an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo and a 35th-generation New Mexican. When confirmed, she will become the first Native American to run the Department of the Interior and the first Native American Cabinet secretary in U.S. history. He also discussed policies that are rooted in racism and white supremacy and how we must dismantle racism and white supremacy in the dominant culture, in our own organizations, and in ourselves. Randy Serraglio, Southwest Conservation Advocate, works on a variety of public-lands and other conservation issues in Arizona and the Southwest. He joined the Center in 2007 and currently leads the Center’s effort to stop proposed copper mines at Rosemont and Oak Flat, advocates for the jaguar and other protected southwestern species, and works to stop the border wall and destructive militarization of the border region. A veteran of many environmental and human rights campaigns, he holds a bachelor’s in Latin American studies from the University of Arizona. This map shows resources that would be lost if the Resolution Copper Mine isbuilt in Arizona. The mine proposal involves the privatization of 2,400 acres(red boundary) from the Tonto National Forest to Resolution Copper. It wouldalso nullify an Executive Order that has protected the Oak Flat Campgroundfrom mining for over 50 years (black boundary). The type of mining beingproposed would occur deep underground and create empty voids so largethat the land above caves in on itself. The so-called block caving methodwould result in a crater one mile wide and 1,000 feet deep, noted on the mapas circular subsidence zones. The minethreatens to dewater Ga’an Canyon, which provides permanent water and lushriparian habitat for the area’s wildlife and is considered by Apaches to be aplace where spiritual beings that represent healing live. Image credit: Earthworks.

October 31, 1988. Hidalgo County, New Mexico. 29-year old David Stone, a stock market analyst from California, is seen wandering through the desert and exhibiting strange behaviour. Two days later, David's abandoned car is discovered next to the highway, but David himself is nowhere to be found. Search efforts uncover a number of cryptic clues David left behind to suggest he was on some sort of spiritual journey related to the New Age movement. Over three years later, David's remains are discovered in the desert, but the exact circumstances of his death remain unknown. May 28, 1995. Coconino County, Arizona. 28-year old Devin Williams, a long-haul truck driver from Kansas, recklessly drives semi-trailer truck into Tonto National Forest before it becomes stuck in some mud. After Devin exits the truck, witnesses see him displaying bizarre behaviour before he takes off into the woods and disappears. Devin had been in the midst of transporting a shipment from California to Kansas until he drove over 60 miles off-course for unknown reasons. Two years later, Devin's skull is discovered near the bottom of a cliff, but no one can figure out his cause of death or why he wound up in the forest to begin with. In this month's first Halloween-themed episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore two odd cases in which a victim went missing after acting strangely before they were subsequently found dead. This episode of “The Trail Went Cold” is sponsored by the app game Best Fiends. Download it for free on the Apple App Store and the Google Play store. Additional Reading: https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/David_Stone “The Prescott Courier” (April 14, 1992) https://unsolved.com/gallery/devin-williams/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140817081532/http://cjonline.com/stories/051697/skull.html https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/archive/index.php/t-157772.html “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon! Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

Thursday, 2/7/2019, on American Indian Airwaves, 7pm to 8pm (PCT) Listen at: http://www.kpfk.org Exclusive Interview “In the of Heart of the Apache Nation: Protecting Chi'Chil'Ba'Goteel (The Oak Flat Area) from the Corporate Pathology of the Resolution Copper Mine & the 5th Annual Save Oak Flat March (2/7/2019-2/10/2019)” Part 1:_______________________________________ Wendsler Nosie Sr. (San Carlos Apache Nation), activist, organizer, and former San Carlos Apache Nation tribal councilmember, joins us for this one-hour exclusive interview on the immediate urgency and support to protecting the Chi'Chil'Ba'Goteel (The Oak Flat Area), a sacred site under threat from the Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton joint-venture Resolution Copper Mine (RCM). Unless stopped, the RCM will commence construction and operations in 2020, desecrate and destroy a critically important sacred site to Apache Nations and surrounding Indigenous peoples and having permanent intergenerationally cultural losses, harms, and compounded forms of colonial historical trauma. In addition, Wendsler Nosie Sr. covers the 5th Annual Save Oak Flat March happening from February 7th, 2019 to February 10th, 2019, a gathering for helping defend and protect Mother Earth and the Chi'Chil'Ba'Goteel (Oak Flat Area). The Resolution Copper Mine, if constructed, will be about 7,000-feet deep (approximately five Empire State buildings), the largest copper mine in the United States; within 50 years, the RCM will leave a crater in Mother Earth two and a half miles wide and 1,000 feet deep, and produce 1.6 billion tons of toxic mining waste. Moreover, Resolution Copper Mine is receiving 2,422 acres of the Tonto National Forest lands, which includes Oak Flat, for free and is exempted from federal environmental laws such as the National Environmental Policy Act because of former United States President Obama signing the National Defense Authorization Act 2015 (NDAA). The NDAA included the rider, “Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act” and the Act was inserted in to the NDAA 2015 without the free, prior, and informed consent of the Apache Nation and its citizens. Wendsler Nosie Sr. provides an informative, profound, and urgent interview about the crucial urgency to protect the Chi'Chil'Ba'Goteel (Oak Flat Area) before RCM receives the land in 2020 and begins construction. For more information about the walk: http://apache-stronghold.com/ Exclusive Indigenous Musical Premiere: “Black Snake Killaz” by Sallee Free, a new song of her forthcoming solo EP being released on March 20th, 2019. American Indian Airwaves regularly broadcast every Thursday from 7pm to 8pm (PCT) on KPFK FM 90.7 in Los Angeles, CA; FM 98.7 in Santa Barbara, CA; FM 99.5 in China Lake, CA; FM 93.7 in North San Diego, CA; FM 99.1 KLBP in Long Beach, CA (Mondays 3pm-4pm); WCRS FM 98.3/102.1 in Columbus, OH, and on the Internet at: www.kpfk.org. Archived American Indian Airwaves programs can be heard here: https://www.kpfk.org/on-air/american-indian-airwaves/

Mother and daughter team Sally Noedel and Emma Bigongiari are making plans to walk Washington state to Arizona, hoping to catalyze opposition to a proposed copper mine. They are telling their story at the Bainbridge Public Library on Saturday, May 16, at 7:00 p.m. You can also learn more on their Walk to Save Oak Flat website. They are walking to protest a mine that is planned for Oak Flat, Arizona, about 100 miles north of Tucson – in land that's part of the Tonto National Forest. The copper is sought by Resolution Copper—a conglomerate of two of the world's largest mining companies, one based in the UK and one in Australia. Oak Flat is sacred to the San Carlos Apache tribe and has been a part of their religious traditions for generations. This area also contains sensitive and endangered species and a prime recreational area, particularly for rock climbers. It was the site of the largest outdoor climbing competition in the world, the Phoenix Bouldering Contest, for 14 years running. Mother and daughter say that if the mine is built it will result in dramatic environmental destruction. The method of mining Resolution Copper plans to use—block cave mining—will cause a large portion of land to collapse, forming a rubble crater that could be anywhere from 2 to 4 miles in diameter. The mine will also create an estimated 1.5 billion tons of tailings and groundwater removal. Environmentalists fear water contamination and habitat destruction; the Apache tribe says its rights are being violated. Noedel and Giongiari depart for Arizona at the end of this month, on Friday, May 29. They estimate the 1,500-mile journey will take three to four months, and they plan to camp, sleep in their car, and stay with supporters along the way. The pair are asking people to contact their representatives and senators, sign a petition asking the president to declare Oak Flat a National Monument, and donate to their Walk to Save Oak Flat fund. Credits: BCB host: Reed Price; BCB editor and publisher: Barry Peters.