Parks News Archives

At last night's City Council meeting, newly appointed City Manager Timothy Ernster explained to the council staff's plan to redeploy a $586,000 Heritage Fund grant given to the City by the Arizona State Parks Foundation in 1995-96 to invest in the now defunct Sedona Cultural Park.

On Sunday, July 12 she will display her talents to students during a class at Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park.

Gov. Jan Brewer's administration is telling state workers to report to work as scheduled though the governor has not yet acted on budget bills approved by the Legislature overnight.

State agencies were scrambling late Tuesday to figure out what services they can and cannot provide Wednesday if lawmakers failed in their overnight attempt to adopt a new budget.

Arizona's state parks system re-opened Wednesday morning, hours after officials had ejected all campers over fears of a government shutdown.

Because state employees were authorized to report to work this morning, all the park rangers will take down closed park signs at the gates to the State Parks and the public is welcome to come and enjoy the great outdoors.