(This is a part of a series of gleanings from the history of CRC’s 30 years of work; additional posts available here.) In March 1992, the Forest Service proposed building a road into John Long Canyon, on the west side of the Chiricahua Mountains between West Turkey Creek and the Rucker road, in a highly…
(This is a part of a series of gleanings from the history of CRC’s 30 years of work; additional posts available here.) In 1998, the Forest Service, Arizona Department of Game and Fish, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, Arizona State University, and the owners of El Coronado Ranch began a project to restore…
(This is a part of a series of gleanings from the history of CRC’s 30 years of work; additional posts available here.) In 1998, the Douglas District of Coronado National Forest asked CRC to comment on its proposed Johnson Peak prescribed burn within a 32,000-acre area between West Turkey Creek and Rucker Canyon. At that…
(This is a part of a series of gleanings from the history of CRC’s 30 years of work; additional posts available here.) In 1998, CRC followed and supported the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality’s new plan for monitoring water quality in Cave Creek and South Fork Creek. Both streams had been designated Unique Waters in…
(This is a part of a series of gleanings from the history of CRC’s 30 years of work; additional posts available here.) In 1996, CRC supported a salvage logging operation of standing dead trees within a 69-acre parcel, which burned in the 1994 Rattlesnake Fire. Our reasoning: No new roads were needed for the logging….
In fall 1995, CRC commented on mineral exploration in Jordan Canyon in the northern Dragoon Mountains. Major points, which we raised, concerned revegetation plans and potential impact on archaeological sites. Forest Service archaeologist Bill Gillespie discovered a new archaeological site along a new road route, which was needed to reach one of the drill sites….
(This is a part of a series of gleanings from the history of CRC’s 30 years of work; additional posts available here.) In 1995, CRC supported construction of two short roads: a 1.2-mile, single-lane road in Wood Canyon; and a 0.5-mile road in Emigrant Canyon, both ending in small parking areas. In both cases, the…
(This is a part of a series of gleanings from the history of CRC’s 30 years of work; additional posts available here.) During 1995-1997, CRC opposed a USFS proposal to build a new recreation site, initially sited at the mouth of South Fork, then moved briefly to Sunny Flat Campground. When the dust settled, the…
(This is a part of a series of gleanings from the history of CRC’s 30 years of work; additional posts available here.) In 1994 CRC was recognizing more fully that Federal agencies operating locally needed far more oversight than they had been receiving. Yes, the proposal for a National Recreation Area had been dropped, yet…
(This is a part of a series of gleanings from the history of CRC’s 30 years of work; additional posts available here.) The mine fight lifted the lid on the boiling pot of regional dissatisfaction with the government’s land management policies. People here, from ranchers to scientists, wanted an organization that represented diverse interests, so…
