- Recap of Summer 2023 Milkweed Season
October 16, 2023Susan Sridharan
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, 2023Don Pike
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, 2023Helene Tack
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, 2023Helene Tack
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, 2023Helene Tack
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 ...