• Sheep Creek Trail Maintenance
    November 1, 2024

    Patti Fenner

    Sheep Creek Trail Maintenance

    John Matteson, who does double duty as an AZ Trail Association Trail Steward and as an active member and a Past President of Friends of the Tonto, was interviewed by Mare Czinar about his recent ...

  • Weed Manager of the Year – Don Pike
    October 24, 2024

    Patti Fenner

    Weed Manager of the Year - Don Pike

    SW Vegetation Management Association is the non-profit organization for all noxious weed managers in Arizona.  It has a large and diverse membership, from AZ Dept of Transportation highway right-of-way managers and landscape architects, to university ...

  • Cave Creek Trail Maintenance Volunteer Day
    March 23, 2024

    Susan Sridharan

    Cave Creek Trail Maintenance Volunteer Day

    Nine Friends attended our Cave Creek Trail Maintenance Volunteer Day on Saturday, March 23. The volunteers, separated into two crews, worked on Cave Creek Trail #4 and Cottonwood Trail #247 amid beautiful wildflowers and warm, ...

  • Chronolog Monitoring Sites
    March 19, 2024

    Patti Fenner

    Chronolog Monitoring Sites

    On March 19, Friends, in cooperation with AZ Wild, set up 2 Chronolog upland monitoring sites on the slopes above Arnett Creek, west of Superior. Matthew Smith at the Globe Ranger Station provided us the ...

  • Sears-Kay Ruin Open House
    February 8, 2024

    Patti Fenner

    Sears-Kay Ruin Open House

    Presented by Cave Creek District of the Tonto National Forest and FRIENDS OF THE TONTO NATIONAL FOREST Sunday March 3, 2024 This free event will begin at 9AM with a guided tour of the ruins at 10AM by retired Tonto National ...