Searchers found 51-year-old Robin Bird lying in mud along the Bluff Springs Trail at 11:30pm unresponsive and suffering from hypothermia and severe dehydration. Authorities say she would not have survived the night. The hiker was on a quest for the Lost Dutchman’s Gold, a storied cash of gold rumored to be hidden somewhere in the [ more... ]

The local news in Tucson, Arizona pitched a fit over some strange purple globs that appeared in a pile in the middle of the desert. Somewhere, someone who dumped their bath salts after a failed attempt at a Jim Morrison experience is cursing losing their odd stash. Or maybe they’re the type of globs that freshen the air, or soak up water in baby diapers. Or they’re from space. Any engineering friends out there who recognize these things?

A woman in Arizona was rushed to the hospital after a scorpion came out of a box of air conditioner filters in her garage and stung her. The ER medics told her about an amazing Mexican anti-venom called Anascorp that would relieve her symptoms. She agreed that it sounded like a good deal and they [ more... ]

Federal Border Patrol Agents are drawn to all remote corners of the border in their devotion to stopping illegal trafficking. That includes the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument that lies just north of the border, a seldom-visited place. While poking around caves that could have been employed to hide drugs or people, they happened upon [ more... ]

The legislators in Utah and Arizona are demanding that the federal government turn over control of all federally designated land in their state, except for national parks and military bases. About 42% of Arizona is federal land and 60% of Utah. The states have introduced legislation to begin taxing the land if it’s not turned [ more... ]

I sat and watched this video for about ten minutes the other day. Yeah, I know it’s only three minutes long, but I watched it about three times and wished I was outside instead of sitting at my desk. Landscapes was shot by Dustin Farrell in Arizona and Utah. If you’ve been here, I suspect you’ll recognize some of the places.

via Moldy Chum

Surprise, an Access Fund study found that outdoor recreation is good for Arizona. It creates about 87,000 jobs and gives the state $371 million in tax revenue. And that’s just Arizona, imagine what it does for a state that’s not the temperature of the Sun for half the year. The report was completed by an [ more... ]

A backcountry camper in Arizona skipped paying the $5 daily use fee while camping in the 160k acre forest surrounding Sedona. He returned to his truck to find a $100 ticket on his window. Instead of paying, he geared up for a legal battle over the winter, went to court, and won. In his written [ more... ]