Glamping, Airstreams, yurts and a caboose: How to reserve the coolest lodgings in Arizona Roger Naylor
After a year of being cooped up, make this the summer you lay your head someplace new and different. Make this the summer you sleep weird.
There’s nothing wrong with traditional vacations, but life is too short to always stay in square hotel rooms. If your tastes run beyond the ordinary, you have plenty of quirky options to choose from in Arizona.
Snooze in a caboose, a yacht, a wigwam or a swanky tent. Hike to a backcountry yurt. Get your kicks on Route 66. Invite your neighbors over for a swinging cocktail party. Watch wildebeests graze during breakfast.
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The National Park Service is currently facing an array of threats to our public lands unlike anything the agency has experienced in its 104-year history. President Joe Biden ran on a platform to “build back better,” proposing a variety of initiatives to address ongoing crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic, racial inequity, climate change and plans to improve our parks and public lands. Are his actions following through on his promises?
Here is some of the progress the new administration has made in its first 100 days and the most important next steps we’re urging Biden to tackle on 8 of our top priorities for national parks.
You’ve likely heard about the U.S.-Mexico “border crisis” in the context of migrants. You may not have heard about the urgent environmental crisis that activists say has been triggered by the wall itself. As the conservation scientist Emily Burns puts it, “There s a misconception that the border is a dusty road with tumbleweeds rolling across it.and that couldn t be further from the truth.”
Burns is Program Director at the nonprofit Sky Island Alliance, which has set out 70 cameras along 30 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border to track wildlife migration between Arizona and Sonora, Mexico. In just over a year, they’ve analyzed over 2 million photos and detected 106 species. She notes that the few humans they have seen are Border Patrol agents, horseback riders, and hunters.
You’ve likely heard about the U.S.-Mexico “border crisis” in the context of migrants. You may not have heard about the urgent environmental crisis that activists say has been triggered by the wall itself. As the conservation scientist Emily Burns puts it, “There s a misconception that the border is a dusty road with tumbleweeds rolling across it.and that couldn t be further from the truth.”
Burns is Program Director at the nonprofit Sky Island Alliance, which has set out 70 cameras along 30 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border to track wildlife migration between Arizona and Sonora, Mexico. In just over a year, they’ve analyzed over 2 million photos and detected 106 species. She notes that the few humans they have seen are Border Patrol agents, horseback riders, and hunters.
You’ve likely heard about the U.S.-Mexico “border crisis” in the context of migrants. You may not have heard about the urgent environmental crisis that activists say has been triggered by the wall itself. As the conservation scientist Emily Burns puts it, “There s a misconception that the border is a dusty road with tumbleweeds rolling across it.and that couldn t be further from the truth.”
Burns is Program Director at the nonprofit Sky Island Alliance, which has set out 70 cameras along 30 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border to track wildlife migration between Arizona and Sonora, Mexico. In just over a year, they’ve analyzed over 2 million photos and detected 106 species. She notes that the few humans they have seen are Border Patrol agents, horseback riders, and hunters.