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Coconino County Parks & Recreation — Summer events, fire restrictions, and the Census connection

by Community Contributor • June 12, 2020 • Comments Off

CONNECTING PEOPLE, CULTURES, & COMMUNITIES

JUNE 2020

Summer events, fire restrictions, and the Census connection

AMENITY UPDATE

All playgrounds, basketball courts, ramadas (including picnic tables and barbecue grills), and restroom facilities managed by Coconino County Parks & Recreation remain closed at this time.

We encourage you to engage in responsible physical and social distancing when recreating outdoors. Parks, natural areas, and trails managed by Coconino County are open for public enjoyment; this excludes Louise Yellowman County Park.

Looking for more things to do?

JOIN THE NATURE CHALLENGE

Enjoy spending time outdoors (even right outside your house)? Love wildlife and plants? Want to learn more about them, or are you an expert in your field and can help identify observations? Join the Willow Bend Nature Challenge!

Willow Bend, in partnership with City of Flagstaff Open Space, Coconino County Parks & Recreation, and NAU Bug Camp is hosting a community-wide Nature Challenge for Coconino County during the month of June.

By participating you will automatically be entered to win awesome prizes each week! Plus you can help contribute important information to citizen science projects, learn new things, and connect with other nature lovers, scientists and experts in our area.

COCONINO COUNTY FAIR MODIFIED THIS YEAR

The 71st Coconino County Fair is being modified this year due to COVID-19 concerns. This decision was reached after months of deliberation, research and consultation with local health officials and the Board of Supervisors. Read more

COCONINO COUNTY ENTERS STAGE TWO FIRE RESTRICTIONS

The Coconino County Board of Supervisors voted on June 12 to enact Stage Two Fire Restrictions effective immediately. The Coconino and Kaibab National Forests will implement Stage Two Fire Restrictions across both forests at 8 a.m. Saturday June 13 due to increasing fire danger and the need to prevent human-caused wildfires during potentially dangerous fire conditions.

THE 2020 CENSUS AND PARKS & REC CONNECTION

The 2020 Census is Underway!

Each decade, our nation undertakes the extraordinary task of counting every person who lives in our country. The Decennial Census is fundamental to our democratic process, and critical for understanding our nation and its people. Its results determine our representation in federal, state, and local government, and influence the distribution of billions of dollars in federal funding. Those funds support dozens of agencies, programs, and services critical to the people of Northern Arizona. Getting a complete count ensures that our communities continue to receive these resources.

What You Can Do:

Help make sure that the U.S. Census Bureau gets a complete count of our community! Fill out the 2020 Census and make sure your family, friends, and neighbors get counted as well.

What You Need to Know:

If you have a physical mailing address, you received your invitation to respond this spring. Please use the Unique Identifying Number (UIN) in your invitation to complete your Census today.
Census Enumerators are out in our communities, delivering Census questionnaires to locations without physical mailing addresses. If you live at one of these addresses, you can return the questionnaire by mail, or use the Unique Identifying Number (UIN) provided to respond by internet or phone. If you already submitted the Census without a UIN, please re-submit your response using the UIN.
Everyone must be counted by October 2020!

I Count. You Count. Together we can support our Community. Learn more and get involved at iCount2020.info