This photograph, made with a drone, shows a new wildlife bridge under construction over Interstate 17 between Munds Park and Flagstaff. | LAURENCE PARENT
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Take A Walk On The Wild Side

Over a summer, I watch three spotted deer fawns wander my backyard in Flagstaff. Our homeowners’ association outlaws…
Arizona Trail thru-hiker Melina Keil, visiting from Germany, embraces “trail angels” Melody and Tim Varner on the trail near Flagstaff. Keil reached out to the Varners just a day before she was to arrive, and the couple sprang into action. | Dawn Kish
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Welcome, Stranger!

After years in a demanding state goverment job and a lifetime of frigid Minnesota winters, Mary Jo Kvidera was ready to…
A field of sunflowers (Helianthus annus) bloom in the shadow of the San Francisco Peaks, near Flagstaff. | PAUL GILL
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Summer Is Here

A Steller’s jay perches on a tree branch at the BuggeIn Picnic Area, on the Grand Canyon’…
The Colorado River tumbles over Granite Rapids at river Mile 94 in Granite Gorge. | RICH RUDOW
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A Sense of Stone

Each kind of rock can change your mood. Not in some subtle, subliminal way, but like a sudden turn of emotion. Like a…
Photograph of saguaros in a foggy desert landscape is by Gurinder Singh.
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This Is My Story ... By Gurinder Singh

As I hit the trailhead this morning, my step was a little quicker. Somewhere up the trail, a bird called once, then…
Joanne Cacciatore lovingly cradles the contented face of Chemakoh, a tan rescue horse, at Selah Carefarm, near Sedona. By John Burcham
Around Arizona

Selah Carefarm

When Joanne Cacciatore set out from an Arizona trailhead in April 2015, she was looking forward to an enjoyable hike in…
pounding the road Dale Jackson runs along the road between the Hopi village of Moenkopi and Dilkon, on the Navajo Indian Reservation, during a 100-mile training relay. Shadows form in the red rock badlands (right) on the Hopi Indian Reservation. | Gary Johnson
Culture

Rain Run

As the sky slowly lightened and the morning stars heralded the dawn, a lone figure steadily loped across the face of a…
Water pools in a side canyon of Wet Beaver Creek, located southeast of Sedona. | Mark Frank
In Depth

Waiting for Water

I’ve always liked the way a story gets spun — the way people with a belly and a heart for words veer toward one topic…