Arizona Outdoor Travel News

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Our 1/4-Zip FlexShell Graphic Mountain Hoodies are now 40% Off while supplies last.
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08/02/2025

Volunteer FAQs, question #3: What kind of food will we eat on a BMWF trip? 🌯🍝🍛
We pride ourselves on making great food for our volunteers, as a thank you for their hard work! Our Crew Leaders create menus that work for everyone on their crew based on the dietary information you give us on your registration. While we aren't professional chefs, we do love to eat and we know how important a good meal is after a long day of trailwork. We use fresh ingredients as much as possible and try to get creative with what we can pull off in the backcountry.

Breakfast will generally be continental style – oatmeal, bagels, cereal, yogurt and granola, etc. (and of course, plenty of coffee!). After breakfast you'll pack your lunch to hit the trail for the day – sandwiches or wraps, apples, carrots, granola bars, salty snacks and sweet treats.

After work, you'll enjoy light appetizers followed by a hearty dinner. Possible dinners include veggie curry with rice, chicken and bean burritos, or pesto pasta with Italian sausage and salad. Usually followed by a sweet treat for dessert 🍫

Side note – both of these goofballs pictured will be back leading crews in 2025, and we're so excited to have their lovely faces back in our neck of the woods 😍

*Our 2025 trip schedule will be published for preview on March 3rd. Until then, we're sharing answers to common questions about our volunteer adventures to help get you stoked about joining us in the Bob! Learn much more at bmwf.org/volunteer 🌄

08/02/2025

🦇 Bat enthusiasts, biologists, and researchers, join Kartchner Caverns State Park for an educational seminar about White-nose Syndrome (WNS) on Saturday, February 8. WNS is a fungal disease that has resulted in significant mortality of hibernating bats in the northeastern U.S. At this event, experts will discuss its potential impact on bats in the Southwest and Arizona.

The seminar will feature expert speakers addressing the threat WNS poses to southwestern bat populations, treatment of the fungal disease, and ongoing conservation efforts to mitigate its spread. Kartchner Caverns serves as a summer nursery roost for over 1,000 female cave myotis (Myotis velifer) bats. WNS has not been detected in Kartchner Caverns’ bat populations, but the park takes proactive measures to protect the colony that resides there each summer. This seminar provides a valuable opportunity to learn from leading experts and underscores our ongoing commitment to bat conservation and education.

Sessions include:
⏰ 10 a.m. - Ryan Mahoney, Biologist and President of Gotham Bat Conservancy: “Crisis and Conservation: White-nose Syndrome"
⏰ 11 a.m. - Debbie Buecher, M.S., Biologist and Owner of Buecher Biological Consulting: “White-Nose Syndrome and its Threat to Southwestern Bats"
⏰ 1 p.m. - Mallory Davies, Ph.d B.S., Biologist and Research Scientist, Stoner Lab: “Bats in the Desert Southwest: Unraveling White-Nose Syndrome and What It Means
for Arizona”
⏰ 2 p.m. - Jenny Urbina, Ph.d, B.S., Biologist and Emily Dziedzic, Ph.d., Biologist, Levi Lab at Oregon State University: “Establishing Efficacy, Safety, and Specificity of RNAi treatment of Pseudogymnoascus destructans."

For directions, park info, and cave tour reservations, visit AZStateParks.com/Kartchner-Caverns.
📸: picture by C. Ballard

[Image description: the Kartchner Caverns Cave Resource Manager and bat biologist swab a sample from a bat as part of the ongoing bat research studies at the park. Both team members are wearing gloves and headlamps.]

08/02/2025

DIY Fly Fishing Redfish and Stripers in South Carolina
South Carolina’s Lowcountry beckons fly fishing redfish and stripers enthusiasts with the promise of adventure. This is your comprehensive guide to DIY fly fishing for these species in South Carolina. We’ll cover everything from choosing the right gear to understanding tides, finding bait fish, and locating those elusive fish. Made Fly fishing redfish and stripers in South Carolina a must explore trip with rich history.

DIY fly fishing Redfish and Stripers in South Carolina offers a rewarding challenge. With this guide, you’ll be well-equipped with flies and correct fly rod the Palmetto State’s abundant inshore waters. Learn More: https://getlostinamerica.com/fly-fishing-redfish-and-stripers-in-south-carolina/

08/02/2025

Olive Sidewinder Minnow Articulation paired with marabou & rabbit gives irresistible movement I have manage to hook several saltwater species on the pattern.
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08/02/2025

With the wonderful weather we’re having, it’s the perfect time to get in the gardening mood! Join us for a program, Container Gardening on Feb 15 at 11 a.m., or check out some seeds from our Seed Library and grow your own vegetables and herbs. Check out these beauties grown by one of our staff from these seeds. If fresh vegetables sound good but you’re not into gardening, why not stop by and buy some vegetables and fruits at the Farm Express Bus, their next visit to the library will be February 25 at 1:30 p.m. Register for Container Gardening: https://tempepubliclibrary.libnet.info/event/12575240

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08/02/2025

"My movies are film-paintings - moving portraits captured on celluloid." – David Lynch⁠ 🎥⁠
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On , we continue to remember and appreciate the genius of David Lynch who inspired generations of future filmmakers through his distinctive and dreamlike vision.⁠
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We're also thrilled to announce that PhxArt is celebrating his life and legacy in our upcoming film series, In Dreams: The Films of David Lynch.⁠
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More information to come!⁠
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Global Movie Day was created by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2020, to celebrate filmmaking, interacting with film enthusiasts and creators across social media.

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08/02/2025

🔥 Wildfire risk is high on the A.T. this spring!🔥

Peak thru-hiker season + spring fire season + downed trees from Hurricane Helene = a dangerous combination. Stay fire-safe by knowing campfire regulations, using extra caution with camp stoves, and not building fires in storm-damaged areas.

📸 Photo by Leanna Joyner shows the aftermath of a wildfire near Hot Springs in 2016.

08/02/2025

GERMAN POW’S IN ARIZONA
February 11, 2025 | 6:30pm – 8:00pm. Arizona was the home to 24 German prisoner of war camps during . Local historian extraordinaire Steve Hoza has spoken to hundreds of former POW’s, their guards, and camp personnel, and presents a discussion on the history of these camps. Included is the famous mass escape from Papago Park in December of 1944. There will also be artifacts from the camps to see. Registration is required. Cost: FREE
https://hdsouth.org/event/german-pows-in-arizona

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