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Recent Press Releases

Entire Tonto National Forest will enter Emergency Stage 2 Fire Restrictions, Thursday May 1

Release Date: May 1st, 2025

Fuel breaks maintenance project begins on Tonto’s Payson, Pleasant Valley Ranger Districts

Release Date: January 30th, 2025

Forest Service schedules pit burns near Payson to continue hazardous fuels reduction

Release Date: January 30th, 2025
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Features

A bowl of harvested Emory Oak acorns in the foreground and in the background a person dishes out acorn soup from a crockpot.

Preserving an Indigenous food source

The Apache Tribes of Arizona have harvested acorns from Emory oak trees for centuries, using them in cultural ceremonies and as a traditional food…
A row of saguaros is laid out before 2024 Save the Saguaros Volunteers plant them

King of the cactus family lives on

ARIZONA — The saguaro cactus is a centuries-old icon of Arizona’s landscape, having appeared in more movies than actor John Wayne. Additionally,…
A group photo of the Algerian delegation during their visit to the Payson Ranger District

Forest Service hosts Algerian delegation for watershed restoration tour

In a milestone moment for its newest international collaboration, the International Programs Office of the Forest Service recently hosted…
View from a helicopter with forest below with smoke.

Valentine Fire restores forest and community

Smoke rising from a forest is ominous. Often it is the first alarm of another wildfire sparked by lightning or carelessness; a wildfire that…
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