• Recap of Summer 2023 Milkweed Season
    October 16, 2023

    Susan Sridharan

    Recap of Summer 2023 Milkweed Season

    Cave Creek District Report from Susan Sridharan It was a hot, dry summer for milkweed sites on the Tonto. In general, however, the more established the plants, the better they handled the stress. Milkweed at our ...

  • Invasive Plant Mapping & Monitoring Event 
    September 6, 2023

    Don Pike

    Invasive Plant Mapping & Monitoring Event 

    Our first Mapping and Monitoring event of the new season will be September 14. We will meet at the Wild Horse Trailhead off Bush Highway at 7:00 AM. The screenshot below shows the area we will be ...

  • New Heat Safety Signs Posted on the Tonto
    September 6, 2023

    Helene Tack

    New Heat Safety Signs Posted on the Tonto

    The next time you head out on a trail in the Tonto National Forest, be sure to take a look at the trailhead signage boards and see if you can spot the new heat safety ...

  • Invasive Plant Management 2022-23 Season Wrap Up
    July 31, 2023

    Helene Tack

    Invasive Plant Management 2022-23 Season Wrap Up

    Friends of the Tonto National Forest (FOTNF) had a veery successful season removing invasive grasses in the Forest. The Invasive Plant Management program, running from October through April, consists of mapping invasive plant species, removal ...

  • Shoofly Village Ruin Pipe Rail Project
    July 13, 2023

    Helene Tack

    Shoofly Village Ruin Pipe Rail Project

    In 2021, Friends of the Tonto offered to raise money to contract the construction of a pipe rail barrier for the parking lot and driveway at the Shoofly Village Ruin archaeological interpretive site on the ...