Gary Beverly News Today

“Where’s The River?” an environmental event hosted by the Sustainable Water Network, aims to spread awareness about Arizona’s depleting rivers and what people can do to help conservation efforts

Growing demand, drought and climate change imperil Arizonas Verde River. But the work of dedicated conservationists could still save the waterway.

The U.S. Forest Service has dismissed out of hand a slew of objections to its latest Fossil Creek Management Plan filed in December by a coalition of environmental groups. The environmental groups objected to a plan to allow visitation during the warmer months to continue at existing levels — as well as a long-term plan to perhaps reopen the road between Strawberry and the stream to off-road vehicles. However, Deputy Regional Forester Sandra Watts in a 13-page letter to Sierra Club chapter...