(This is a part of a series of gleanings from the history of CRC’s 30 years of work; additional posts available here.) In February 2021, CRC led community opposition to a proposed 20,000-square-foot facility on Foothills Road for cultivating, packaging and dispensing marijuana. We helped Arizona Sky Village hire an attorney to fight the facility whose…
(This is a part of a series of gleanings from the history of CRC’s 30 years of work; additional posts available here.) In April 2021, CRC, after much deliberation, opposed the proposal to develop the South Fork Day Use Area. Our concerns: This proposal violated the Coronado National Forest Plan in several respects. Most importantly, the…
(This is a part of a series of gleanings from the history of CRC’s 30 years of work; additional posts available here.) Occasionally CRC has supported worthy biological surveys. In July 2013, CRC contributed to a USFS Bird Survey Project. Scientists and local birders, including the Friends of Cave Creek Canyon, initiated a bird survey with…
(This is a part of a series of gleanings from the history of CRC’s 30 years of work; additional posts available here.) In February and November 2014, CRC President Wynne Brown participated in a “Help Shape the Future of Outdoor Recreation in the Sky Islands” workshop at the request of then-Douglas District Ranger Kevin Warner 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 2014, CRC participated as authors and artists in the creation of the award-winning book Cave Creek Canyon: Revealing the Heart of Arizona’s Chiricahua Mountains, which was co-edited by Wynne Brown, current CRC President,…
(This is a part of a series of gleanings from the history of CRC’s 30 years of work; additional posts available here.) Although the Friends of Cave Creek Canyon has done nearly all of the heavy lifting to maintain the wetland of Willow Tank, CRC contributed financial support to the project in 2013. In June 2015,…
(This is a part of a series of gleanings from the history of CRC’s 30 years of work; additional posts available here.) Recognizing the community value of Heritage Days––founded and organized by Kim Vacariu––CRC has been pleased to give financial support to the event, starting about 10 years ago. CRC Board Members have participated in Heritage…
(This is a part of a series of gleanings from the history of CRC’s 30 years of work; additional posts available here.) On May 8, 2011, the Horseshoe 2 Fire was upon us. Horseshoe 2 wasn’t fully contained until June 25. By then it had burned virtually all of the Chiricahua Mountain range at 222,954 acres,…
(This is a part of a series of gleanings from the history of CRC’s 30 years of work; additional posts available here.) On May 27, 2010, CRC and Peg Abbott arranged a meeting with the US Forest Service to resolve problems involving permits for guiding and research on the Forest. The FS had been denying new…
(This is a part of a series of gleanings from the history of CRC’s 30 years of work; additional posts available here.) In 2008, the Chiricahua Mountains were formally recognized as a Globally Important Bird Area by the National Audubon Society, in large measure thanks to the efforts of CRC Board Member Helen Snyder.
