months, we are extending the closure area to also include Christopher Creek campground and Sharp Creek campground,” Bosworth said. The area closure is effective immediately until July 15, at which ...

One of my favorite small towns to visit in Arizona is Payson. Just 90 minutes from my house brings me from the Sonoran Desert into the Tonto National Forest, filled with towering Ponderosa pine trees ...

Just before sunrise at a campground near Payson, Carly Stoltenberg and her husband, Steve, woke to their friends screaming, “Bear! Bear!” from a nearby tent. “My initial reaction was just disbelief,” ...

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