Thirty-week-old Rhode Island Red Chicks will be making a short trip in mid-April from a supplier in Tucson to the U.S. Post Office in Cottonwood. These top egg producers will be traveling in a little cardboard box with holes in it and enough nutrients to feed them on their journey. When the chicks arrive, a postal worker will call Marcus and Jill Thompson, managers of ECO Farm, a nonprofit model of sustainable and regenerative farming on East Highway 89A in Cottonwood. The Thompsons said they … [Read more...] about Verde Valley Business Boot Camps Teach Principles of Sustainability
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High-Tech Avian Detection System Becomes Golden Eagle Conservation Tool
Babbitt Ranches and its nonprofit research arm, Landsward Foundation, have long considered the golden eagle a sensitive species and have been monitoring the SP Crater area in particular for decades as an important golden eagle territory. In collaboration with the Arizona Game and Fish Department, they have been focused on protecting the eagles from human disturbances during the critical breeding and nesting period occurring now, from January through May. Meanwhile, Babbitt Ranches began … [Read more...] about High-Tech Avian Detection System Becomes Golden Eagle Conservation Tool
Northern Arizona Communities, School Districts Advance Sustainability Initiatives
Cities, towns and school districts across Yavapai County are making strides in sustainability, incorporating electric buses, solar energy and conservation programs into their operations. Clarkdale-Jerome School District (CJSD) Superintendent Matt Schumacher said staff and students appreciate the district’s $395,000 electric school bus, purchased about a year ago with Inflation Reduction Act funds. Now, CJSD is applying for another grant to add a second electric bus to its fleet. CJSD is the … [Read more...] about Northern Arizona Communities, School Districts Advance Sustainability Initiatives
Designing a Garden for Low Water-Use Plants
Watters Garden Center offers a large line of low use water and low maintenance plants and trees. Oregon Grape is one of the most popular in this category, but if growers are looking for something taller for more privacy, the Red Cluster Berry Cotoneaster will fill the need. Junipers are low water-use and low maintenance and will grow tall enough to block out the neighbors’ RVs. Arizona Cypress is a solid and thick evergreen. Ken Lain, who owns Watters along with his wife, Lisa, says that all … [Read more...] about Designing a Garden for Low Water-Use Plants
Stable Solution
Shocking images of people frantically leading their horses to safety through flying ash, blinding smoke and encroaching flames during the recent horrific wildfires in Southern California have sent an alert to those who care about the rescue of large animals during disasters in Yavapai County and elsewhere. Evacuating larger farm animals such as horses, ponies, mules, donkeys, goats, sheep, chickens, pigs, rabbits, llamas and alpacas can be particularly daunting during emergencies. One … [Read more...] about Stable Solution
Girl Scout Cookie Season Empowering Local Girls Through Entrepreneurship
The 2025 Girl Scout Cookie season is back in full force through March 2, 2025, as more than 7,500 girls in 90-plus communities across Central and Northern Arizona from Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council (GSACPC) embrace their entrepreneurial spirit with timeless Girl Scout Cookie flavors that make a lasting impact, as funds raised stay 100% local. “Girl Scout Cookie season and the community’s support of the program are life-changing for local girls, directly supporting Arizona Cactus-Pine … [Read more...] about Girl Scout Cookie Season Empowering Local Girls Through Entrepreneurship
Marine Offers Free Self- Defense Classes to Empower Women Against Violence
The unfortunate reality of random violence is real, and according to Marine Bill Watson, women are prime targets. Harnessing modalities that have been proven to work, Watson believes his calling is to teach women how to be safe, cognizant of danger and if needed, how to defend themselves. Using props such as soccer balls, kicking shields and boxing gloves for women to practice striking accuracy, Watson’s weekly self-defense sessions are free and open to any woman who wants to attend. “My … [Read more...] about Marine Offers Free Self- Defense Classes to Empower Women Against Violence
NAH Seeking Volunteers
Northern Arizona Healthcare (NAH) is looking for community members to become a pivotal part of “Team NAH.” According to a news release, volunteers, along with their time and talent, are crucial to providing exceptional care to NAH patients and visitors. Volunteers are needed at both Flagstaff Medical Center and Verde Valley Medical Center. NAH representatives say volunteers are matched with an assignment that fits their interests, abilities and schedule. Examples of volunteer opportunities … [Read more...] about NAH Seeking Volunteers
Double the Disks, Double the Discovery: New Insights into Planet Formation in DF Tau
Tucked away in a star-forming region in the Taurus constellation, a pair of circling stars are displaying some unexpected differences in the circumstellar disks of dust and gas that surround them. A new study led by researchers at Lowell Observatory, combining data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and Keck Observatory, has unveiled intriguing findings about planet formation in this binary star system, known as DF Tau, along with other systems in this region. DF Tau … [Read more...] about Double the Disks, Double the Discovery: New Insights into Planet Formation in DF Tau
Boost Your New Year with Optimism, Resilience and Words to Live Longer By
If you want to meet this New Year with renewed vigor, playfulness, creativity, resilience and optimism, take a page from Dr. Ronda Beaman’s playbook. With a seemingly endless supply of energy and an unconventional way of teaching, this college professor and executive coach has the unique ability to turn students into bold, creative thinkers, individuals of all abilities into enthusiastic athletes and professionals around the world into more resilient, imaginative leaders. Find "Keeping Your … [Read more...] about Boost Your New Year with Optimism, Resilience and Words to Live Longer By
