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Don Pike

Eleven energetic volunteers removing fountain and buffel grasses in the area of the Siphon Draw trail. Some were new patches of buffelgrass and some were regrowth of fountain grass in a couple of washes.

Patti Fenner

We had a great turnout for the November 19th Milkweed Planting Event on the Cave Creek Ranger District. Twenty-five volunteers from Friends of the Tonto and Sierra Club met at Sears-Kay Ruin to plant 53 ...

Patti Fenner

On Saturday, November 12, 15 volunteers and two Forest Service employees gathered at Phon D Sutton Recreation Site on the Lower Salt River to plant milkweed plants they had been growing since mid-summer.  Now for the next ...

Don Pike

Here is another native plant that can be mistaken for buffelgrass if it’s not flowering or you don’t pay attention to the seed head – Cane Beardgrass or Cane Bluestem (Bothriochloa barbinodis).  These photos were ...

Don Pike

Our ‘Wanted’ tri-fold brochure has reached over 500 visitors to the Superstition Mountains in the last 6 weeks. Dispensers were installed at 5 trailheads the beginning of October and more than 500 brochures have been ...