Dark Side of the Prune
This spring, Desert Awareness Committee members are stepping up efforts to educate the community about proper plant pruning — which should actually be done very sparingly.
Baronial Bighorn
North Phoenix resident Isabel Guerra Clark shares a photo that she took of a pair of bighorn sheep near Canyon Lake.
Hoos in the Saguaro
North Phoenix resident Isabel Guerra Clark shares a photo that she took of a great horned owl and its owlets.
Quintessential Sunrise
Nature, travel and adventure photographer Mark Laverman shares a photo that he took of a quintessential Flagstaff, Arizona sunrise.
Clouds Over Cape Royal
Landscape and wildlife photographer David LeVine shares a photo that he took of Cape Royal — the southernmost viewpoint on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.
Calm Before the Storm
Landscape, nature and wildlife photographer Tevin Jones shares a photo that he took of the Superstition Mountains from Weaver’s Needle Vista Viewpoint in Apache Junction.
A Very Striking Ceremony
Scottsdale residents Dave Roesch and Shannon Grenz-Roesch share a photo of their wedding ceremony, taken between rain storms on a beautiful-but-dangerous cliff in Bryce Canyon.
Secret Subway
Photographer Derek Ryan Mathewson shares a photo that he took of himself enjoying an especially peaceful moment in Sedona’s Subway Cave.
Peacefully Paddling
East Phoenix resident Greg Abbott shares a photo that he took of his daughter, Meghan, paddleboarding near a herd of wild horses on the Salt River.
The Beauty Between the Spines
May offers prime time viewing of saguaros, cholla, barrel cactuses and more suddenly showcasing some of the most colorful and dynamic flowers that you have ever seen.