#EAS for Coconino, #AZ; #Gila, #AZ: National Weather Service: A FLASH #FLOOD WARNING is in effect for this area until 4:00 PM MST. This is a dangerous and life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order. Source: NWS Flagstaff AZ** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***
#EAS for Coconino, ###AZ; ###Gila, ###AZ: National Weather Service: A FLASH #FLOOD WARNING is in effect for this area until 4:00 PM MST. This is a dangerous and life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order. Source: NWS Flagstaff AZ** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***
My teenage son was being a horrible ass yesterday, and no one could deal with him. So I told him to eat and out on good outdoor shoes. Took him to the #Gila National Forest by way of #FortBayard #NewMexico.
And we hiked. I didn’t lecture him about his behavior, and hardly spoke at all. I let the forest do the #parenting. We walked a good 10 miles. Then I bought him a burger and took him home with a different attitude.
Will repeat as necessary.
#gila #fortbayard #newmexico #parenting
New from the #DemingHeadlight: A #ForestService road leading to a popular trail in the #Gila National Forest in #KingstonNM now has a locked gate closing off access to the Aldo Leopold Wilderness boundary.
The new owner of a private parcel of adjacent to the forest has closed off a swath of #publiclands, infuriating local residents while local and federal officers say there may or may not be any recourse.
https://www.demingheadlight.com/2023/03/21/landowner-locks-access-popular-gila-trail/
#demingheadlight #forestservice #gila #kingstonnm #publiclands
An #indigenous community, the Pima of #Arizona, gets their #water rights back.
"In one place, where a large #aquifer has been refilled, the #Gila has surged back to life. “We were shocked,” DeJong says. “Within a year all of the native vegetation came back. Now we have 200 or 300 acres. Eight different braids of the river have come back, wildlife have come back, birds have come back. It’s been incredible.”"
#ColoradoRiver
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/native-american-tribe-pima-indians-taking-back-water-180981542/
#indigenous #arizona #water #aquifer #gila #coloradoriver
Wednesday's edition of the #DemingHeadlight is PACKED, and there's breaking news on DemingHeadlight.com, too. In this issue: A strange story from #ColumbusNM, #NewMexico Special Auditor orders exam of #DemingNM utilities, the #ForestService is sued to prevent aerial shooting of feral cattle in the #Gila wilderness, high school sports, and #NMleg updates from the state Legislature. I love this paper. #localnews #newspapers
#demingheadlight #columbusnm #newmexico #demingnm #forestservice #gila #nmleg #localnews #newspapers
At first, the suggestion of going into the #Gila National Forest and sawing down a tree for Christmas horrified me, even though the forest issues permits for doing just that.
It has come to be my favorite part of the #Christmas season.
In 2020, after the first few months of a dangerous #pandemic, I wrote this column about finding solace in the #forest and a nascent family tradition:
#gila #christmas #pandemic #Forest