Wild Burro News Today

WITH A FIRST name like Melody, it seems appropriate that Sequim’s self-proclaimed “Donkey whisperer” Melody Johnson has a mini-donkey who is a crooner.

A wild burro wandered with bullet wounds for perhaps three days in an area near the Last Chance Mountain Range north of Pahrump before dying on private property, the Bureau of Land Management says.

The long, cool, wet winter has produced the Phoenix areas best wildflower season in years and its still popping. Here are 6 primo spots to see.

The long, cool, wet winter has produced the Phoenix areas best wildflower season in years and its still popping. Here are 6 primo spots to see.

The long, cool, wet winter has produced the Phoenix areas best wildflower season in years and its still popping. Here are 6 primo spots to see.

The long, cool, wet winter has produced the Phoenix areas best wildflower season in years and its still popping. Here are 6 primo spots to see.

It’s a desert jungle of saguaro, prickly pear and Palo Verde. We’re hittin’ the trails today at the Wild Burro Trail.

It’s a desert jungle of saguaro, prickly pear and Palo Verde. We’re hittin’ the trails today at the Wild Burro Trail.

On the morning of April 30, authorities received calls regarding an injured burro in Reche Canyon. It was taken to an animal hospital but died of its injuries.

Winter is prime hiking season in much of Arizona. Here are trails from easy to hard to try in Sedona, Tucson, the Phoenix area and near Lake Havasu.