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AAA Arizona offers tips to avoid parking lot disasters while holiday shopping

AAA Arizona offers tips to avoid parking lot disasters while holiday shopping

The following is a news release from AAA Arizona:

The search for a spot in overflowing parking lots this holiday can turn a motorist into Scrooge faster than uttering “Bah, humbug.”   To help drivers maintain

Historic integrity of Mountain View Officers’ Club lost due to major modifications

Historic integrity of Mountain View Officers’ Club lost due to major modifications

A recent study by the Army Corps of Engineers’ Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) has determined that the

Southern Arizona sites for BLM free fee weekend

Southern Arizona sites for BLM free fee weekend

The Bureau of Land Management is offering a fee free weekend, from November 10 – 12, there will be no fees for recreation-related day-use fees for visitors in honor of Veterans Day. 

“While the BLM serves as the steward of America’s public lands, we can’t do our job alone,” said BLM Director Bob Abbey, in a recent news release.  “Waiving fees a few days out of the year may help some people, who might otherwise not have the opportunity to experience their public lands and develop a passion for them as others have.”

The following locations close to Tucson will be fee free this weekend:

  • St. David Cienega/Land Corral
  • Fairbanks Historic Townsite
  • San Pedro House
  • Hereford Bridge Trailheads

Site standard amenity and individual day-use fees at BLM recreation sites and areas will be waived for the specified dates.  Other fees, such as overnight camping, cabin rentals, and group day-use, will remain in effect. 

Saguaro National Park has free admission over Veteran’s Day weekend

Saguaro National Park has free admission over Veteran’s Day weekend

Enjoy a weekend of fall fun in your backyard national park, with free admission to Saguaro National Park this holiday weekend. The National Park Service is

Four Coronado National Forest offices will close for employee meeting

Four Coronado National Forest offices will close for employee meeting

There will be four ranger district offices on the Coronado National Forest closed on Nov. 7 due to an all-employees meeting.

The offices that will be closed are as follows:

Explore Sierra Vista and visit some of Arizona's historic cemeteries

Explore Sierra Vista and visit some of Arizona's historic cemeteries

Located in southeastern Arizona, Sierra Vista’s documented history dates back 13,000 years to the Clovis people – hunters of the now-extinct mammoth and large game.  In later years, the area was home to Cochise and Geronimo, whose conflicts against the

Fort Bowie NHS final sesquicentennial event this weekend

Fort Bowie NHS final sesquicentennial event  this weekend

Fort Bowie is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, built in 1862 during the conflict between the U.S. military and the Chiricahua Apaches. 

The Fort Bowie National Historic Site will celebrate