Upper Verde News Today

We asked area residents what they learned from 2023 and what they are looking forward in 2024. Here is some of what they told us:

For the first time in nearly 30 years, efforts to save the Yavapai-Apache languages are being made with the launch of online dictionaries and picture books featuring Dilzhe’e (Apache) and Wipukpa-Tolkapaya (Yavapai) languages.

Growing up, Gertrude Smith (Yavapai-Apache) was shamed for trying to learn her language. For the first time in nearly 30 years, efforts to save the Yavapai-Apache languages are being made with the launch of online dictionaries and picture books featuring Dilzhe’e (Apache) and Wipukpa-Tolkapaya (Yavapai) languages. Smith spearheads the tribe’s language revitalization by providing culture, art and language classes through the Yavapai-Apache Cultural Resource Center.

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The New Zealand mudsnail is only 4-6 millimeters in length but can out-compete and replace populations of Arizona snails.

U.S. Forest Service officials are considering recommending that Congress adopt heightened protections for 37 miles of the Upper Verde River under the National Wild and Scenic River System.

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