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By Executive Director Nancy L.C. Steele When we bought our new house near Cottonwood, the sellers left us a few things, as sellers do. They left us some ant poison, because they couldn’t imagine [...]

by Nancy L.C. Steele, Executive Director What is resilience? And how is it different from sustainability? I had recent cause to ponder the distinction. This summer, I was notified that Friends of [...]

Preparations begin for the 2023 Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival: volunteer opportunities for all.

By Executive Director Nancy L.C. Steele My father was a hunter. He pulled his tags annually and enjoyed the camaraderie of hunting with other men. He supported Arizona Game and Fish, and he was a [...]

To get in the mood for Halloween, I recently watched the cult classic, Kingdom of the Spiders, on YouTube. Set in Camp Verde with locations in Camp Verde, Sedona, and Oak Creek, the film stars [...]

Support the health of the Verde River by doing projects at your home or business. You could be awarded up to $1,000 as a homeowner, or up to $5,000 as a business or community organization. [...]

Blythe Newell lives in the central Phoenix area. She works in the nonprofit accounting field providing general accounting for mid to large sized organizations. She has experience with capital [...]

Jeanne Swarthout, Ph.D. (Arizona State University, Anthropology) currently resides In Camp Verde. Jeanne has a professional career divided between field archaeology and higher education [...]

Dean Pefanis and his wife Tammy moved to Arizona in 1995 and currently lives in the Verde Valley. The family lived in Chandler while Dean pursued his IT career; Dean worked with Charles Schwab, [...]

Dick Lynch grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. He has lived in Colorado (where he worked in the ski industry), the Alaskan wilderness (where he served in the U.S. Army Airborne Infantry, worked in [...]