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Youth Conservation Corps Program
The below report on the 2024 Youth Conservation Corps Program (Wild Arizona) is by the Douglas Ranger District and is from October 28, 2024. (most pictures deleted) Thank you to our partners at the Forest Service for helping to make this year’s YCC the best one yet. A big THANK YOU to the Chiricahua Regional…
Petition Seeks New Federal Protections for Arizona’s Chiricahua Mountains
Today, conservation groups, including Center for Biological Diversity, Sky Island Alliance, and Chiricahua Regional Council, petitioned the U.S. Forest Service to designate a 5,500-acre swath of the western Chiricahua Mountains as the Izęę’ Bich’ilwozh (Medicine Canyon) Zoological-Botanical Area. The designation, which can be made at the discretion of Regional Forester Michiko Martin, would protect the…
Peloncillo Firescape Draft Environmental Assessment
The Coronado NF just released the Draft Environmental Assessment for the Peloncillo Firescape project. This plan will determine how the Forest Service manages the vegetation and watersheds in the National Forest portion of the Peloncillo Mountains for the next 20+ years. The 30 day comment period will end on March 15. Here is a summary…
Forest Service Update
Chiricahua Regional Council Statement The Chiricahua Regional Council expresses profound concern over recent federal staffing reductions threatening our vital trail maintenance partnerships. Nationwide 3,400 workers have been abruptly fired. This represents 10% of US Forest Service personnel and the disturbing part is that the firings are disproportionately affecting Recreation staff. A troubling feature of the current…
Air Force Public Meeting – February 24, 2022
The U.S. Air Force held a public meeting yesterday in Animas, NM, about their proposal to expand military training in our area, and we wanted to share some of what happened there. It is noteworthy that this meeting was the only one near the Tombstone MOA, although it was held outside the actual MOA and over a…
A tribute to Wynne Brown
The Chiricahua Regional Council has been extremely fortunate to have had Wynne Brown at the helm the past 12 years. Wynne’s leadership has been crucial to maintaining the council’s mission as a vital conservation group in the region. She is stepping aside as CRC’s president, effective immediately, to devote more time to new projects. She…