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CONNECTING PEOPLE, CULTURES, & COMMUNITIES
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| Arizona Watchable Wildlife Experience: A Bird Walk
Coconino County Parks and Recreation and Arizona Watchable Wildlife Experience presents A Bird Walk, a free event at Rogers Lake County Natural Area. Join us for a beautiful morning of birdwatching and hiking! Bring layers and hiking shoes, sun protection, and water, as well as binoculars and bird books, if you have them. We will have binoculars and bird guides for those who need them, as well. While this program is free for everyone, please register to ensure we have an accurate count. May 11, 7:00-10:00 a.m. Rogers Lake County Natural Area Register here! |
| Culinary Class: Mother’s Day Candy Making Class
Learn to make sweet treats for Mother’s Day. Celebrate all mothers and mother-figures by making a variety of delicious candies. And, yes, you can eat some, too! Join us at the Fort Tuthill County Park Mess Hall, May 12, 12:00-3:00 p.m. Register here! |
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| Fort Tuthill Bike Park Construction
Thanks to sunny days and wind, the Fort Tuthill Bike Park is open for the season! The majority of features at the Bike Park are open, including the Tech Trails, Pump Tracks, Skills Area, Cyclocross, Bridges, Rock Obstacles, Drop Zone, Balance Rails, and Kid’s Pump Track. However, some features are under construction. The three flow trails and two of the skills area features are being repaired. The Green Flow Trail is also being re-shaped, in order to ensure its stability and longevity. We ask all volunteers to hold off on maintenance projects during construction for safety. We are working hard to open the closed features as soon as possible.
Volunteer orientation and registration will be Friday, May 10th, at the Bike Park from 4:30-5:30 p.m.
We remind the public that large, structural changes to the features have to be done by an official company, in order to ensure that the ratings match the signs and that the features are up to code. |
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| Calling All Teachers!
Classroom and home school teachers: Did you know you can save your students’ work to submit as an exhibit at the Coconino County Fair? The Schools Building showcases the work of students from Coconino County, sharing their achievements with the approximately 40,000 visitors that attend the Fair. Any subject that can be visually displayed is welcome! If you have scientific dioramas, mathematical models, framed poems, language arts displays, maps, history recreations, civics and government presentations, cultural pieces, fine arts, crafts, or any other subject that may be displayed, we want to see them!
You and your students have worked hard. Let us celebrate you and provide a chance to win prizes. Don’t forget, it is free to submit an exhibit to the Schools Building.
Visit our website for rules and information. |
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| Memorial Recognition Program
Coconino County Parks & Recreation is requesting public comment for proposed fees for a Memorial Recognition Program. The comment period is from May 1 through June 29, 2024. Please submit any comments online here.
Occasionally, Coconino County Parks & Recreation receives inquiries for memorial recognition requests to be placed in County-owned and -managed parks and natural areas. The Memorial Recognition Program guides memorial recognition design, placement, cost recovery, and memorial recognition longevity, while taking into consideration the department’s mission and its operations and maintenance obligations. For the purposes of this program, a memorial recognition consists of one bench that comes with one plaque. Please see the Program document and the Proposed Fee Schedule for more information, at our website. |
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| Spring Openings
Many things open this month!
In addition to the Fort Tuthill Bike Park opening, the Fort Tuthill Campgroundmanaged by Vista Recreation is open. Click here to learn more and make reservations.
The stables at Fort Tuthill are also open for the summer season. Visit our website to learn more. |
| Community Connections
Willow Bend Environmental Education Center is holding their Eagle Celebration on May 11th. The family presentation will be from 10-11:00 a.m. and the community presentation will be from 12-1:00 p.m.
Family presentation registration
Community presentation registration |
| Science Saturday, May 4th, 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Check out the 2024 lineup of shows at the Fort Tuthill Pepsi Amphitheater, pepsiamp.com! |
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| Congratulations to one of the dedicated volunteers at the Fort Tuthill Military History Museum, Robert Zavala, for receiving the Individual Award for Excellence from the Museum Association of Arizona (MAA). He’ll receive his award at their annual business meeting and luncheon on May 20th in Tempe.
Robert has been a volunteer with the Fort Tuthill Military History Museum for nearly 3 years and spends about 100 hours a year helping our museum tell the story of Fort Tuthill and the Arizona National Guard. He graduates from Flagstaff High School this spring and scheduled to attend Idaho State University in the fall.
Do you have a passion for local history and want to volunteer with the Fort Tuthill Military History Museum? Visit their website to learn how you can volunteer here!
The Fort Tuthill Military History Museum is open weekends in summer, as well as during many events, and by appointment. Visit their website to learn more. |
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| Enjoy an adventure in the trees with Flagstaff Extreme Adventure Course. Moms climb free this Mother’s Day, May 12th. |
| Book Corner
Has springtime given you the urge to get outside and adventure? Then you want to get How to Suffer Outside: A Beginner’s Guide to Hiking and Backpacking by Diana Helmuth. Learn how to backpack and hike, and how to deal with the challenges of the trail. Beginners will learn new skills and seasoned adventurers will enjoy the tips and lighthearted sense of humor.
Hikers will also love Walks in the Wild: A Guide Through the Forest by Peter Wohlleben, a poetic and introspective look at hiking and those who love the trail.
Children can become inspired to observe the changes in the seasons with Nature Anatomy: The Curious Parts and Pieces of the Natural World by Julia Rothman, whose book is a great guide to your local parks and natural areas.
Get these and other great, spring reads at your branch of the Coconino County Public Library or a bookshop near you! |
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