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Photos: Saguaro National Park through the years
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Photos: Saguaro National Park through the years

  • Rick Wiley
  • Jan 3, 2023
  • Jan 3, 2023 Updated Sep 20, 2023

Saguaro National Monument in Tucson was created in 1933, expanded in 1961, and became Saguaro National Park in 1994. There are two units: East, which includes the Rincon Mountains; and West, which includes part of the Tucson Mountains.

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The Saguaro National Monument cactus garden in 1955.

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The Saguaro National Monument visitors center in 1955.

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The Saguaro National Monument visitors center in 1955.

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The Saguaro National Monument visitors center in 1955.

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The Saguaro National Monument West visitors center, left, with two rangers' apartments under construction in 1966.

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Saguaro National Monument East unit loop drive in 1958.

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Saguaro National Monument East, ca 1950s.

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Saguaro National Monument in 1935.

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Snow at Saguaro National Park East (then called Saguaro National Monument) on Dec. 23, 1965.

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Undated photo (probably 1950s) of tourists enjoying picnics and hiking at Saguaro National Monument.

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Saguaro National Monument visitors center ca 1940s.

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Home Shantz, a plant scientist and president of the University of Arizona in the 1920s, was instrumental in establishing Saguaro National Monument in 1933.

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Panorama of cactus forest in Saguaro National Monument, 1931.

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Dr. Alice Boyle applies Penicillin to a Saguaro cactus at Saguaro National Monument. Dr. Boyle’s studies of saguaros included treatments with penicillin that were somewhat successful. Later research showed that the loss of old saguaros was a result of age and periodic freezes, not a “blight”!

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The Freeman family in Saguaro National Monument in 1936.

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Freeman's adobe home in Saguaro National Monument in 1934.

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A park ranger with visitors on the loop drive in Saguaro National Monument in 1961.

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Centennial Saguaro cactus outside the Saguaro National Monument visitors center.

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Snow storm in Saguaro National Monument in 1937.

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A view looking south from Signal hill at the Tucson Mountain Range in Saguaro National Park, Tucson Mountain District in 2016.

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A view looking east from Saguaro National Park, along Picture Rocks Road in the Tucson Mountain District in August, 2016. In the distance, cloud rise over the Santa Catalina Mountains.

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A Saguaro carcass framed at the Saguaro National Park, West, The Tucson Mountain District (TMD) in 2015.

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A southerly view out the window of a picnic shelter built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s that was built with surrounding rock in the Ez-Kim-In-Zin Picnic Area at the Saguaro National Park, West, The Tucson Mountain District (TMD) in 2015.

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A desert tortoise makes its way down Kinney Rd. in the Saguaro National Park West, Wednesday, August 10, 2016, Tucson, Ariz. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

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A Saguaro cactus off Golden Gate Rd. holds a top full of flower buds at the Saguaro National Park, West, The Tucson Mountain District (TMD) in 2015.

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A view looking south from Signal hill towards Wasson and Amole Peaks from left in Saguaro National Park, Tucson Mountain District in August, 2016.

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Visitors take a look at trail maps on the patio of the Red Hill Visitor Center at the Saguaro National Park, West, The Tucson Mountain District (TMD) in 2015.

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Visitors from Denver stroll one of the many trails off Golden Gate Rd. at the Saguaro National Park, West, The Tucson Mountain District (TMD) in 2015.

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Panoramic view from Spud Rock, including the city of Tucson, from six images, ranging from southeast at left to northeast at right, near Mica Mountain on the western slopes of the Rincon Mountains in the Saguaro National Park on June 2, 2016.

Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

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A hawk watches from his perch at the Saguaro National Park, West, The Tucson Mountain District (TMD) in 2015.

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A zebra-tailed lizard (Callisaurus draconoides) perches on a rock near the Signal Hill Picnic Area at the Saguaro National Park, West, The Tucson Mountain District (TMD) in 2015.

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Panther and Safford Peaks in the Tucson Mountains North of Saguaro National Park, West, The Tucson Mountain District (TMD) in 2015.

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Ha:san Bak, Saguaro cactus fruit harvest

Ha:san Bak, Saguaro cactus fruit harvest

Stella Tucker uses the sharp edge of a stem of a Saguaro fruit to slice the husk to get to the sweet meat inside as she harvests the fruit in the Saguaro National Park in 2005.

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Ha:san Bak, Saguaro cactus fruit harvest

Ha:san Bak, Saguaro cactus fruit harvest

Stella Tucker uses a kuipaD to harvest saguaro fruit in the Saguaro National Park 2005. During the early summer Tucker camps out in the park to harvest and cook the fruit just as her Tohono O'odham ancestors did. Tucker died in 2019 at age 71.

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Ha:san Bak, Saguaro cactus fruit harvest

Ha:san Bak, Saguaro cactus fruit harvest

Bob Martens uses a kuipaD, lengths of Saguaro ribs topped by a small limb of creosote, to knock down ripe Saguaro cactus fruit as he helps Stella Tucker during the Tohono O'Odham harvest at Saguaro National Park in 2005.

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Ha:san Bak, Saguaro cactus fruit harvest

Ha:san Bak, Saguaro cactus fruit harvest

Under the early morning sun, Jerry Yellowhair strengthens the joint where a small creosote branch is attached to a length of Saguaro rib to make a kuipaD, used to reach the Saguaro fruit.

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1907: Prominent Tucsonan Levi Manning and his family spent the summer at a get-away log cabin high in the Rincon Mountains.

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Manning Camp in the Saguaro National Park East, in 2016.

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Some of the pots, pans and iron skillets used by the staff during their stays at Manning Camp in the Saguaro National Park on June 2, 2016.

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Next generation ranger Ryan Summers, left, and wilderness ranger Shannon McCloskey look over the camps visitors log shortly after arriving at Manning Camp 8,000 feet above sea level in the Saguaro National Park, on June 2, 2016.

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Horse shoes on one of the logs making a wall in the cabin at Manning Camp in the Saguaro National Park on June 2, 2016.

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Next generation ranger Ryan Summers splits wood for the evening's fire at Manning Camp in the Saguaro National Park on June 2, 2016.

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The view east over Reef Rock, lower left, from Rincon Mountains near Manning Camp in Saguaro National Park, June 2, 2016

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Wilderness ranger Shannon McCloskey, left, and next generation ranger Ryan Summers prepare to do some upgrades to the facilites at Manning Camp in the Saguaro National Park on June 2, 2016.

Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

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Sid Kahla, left, and Thor Peterson get a pannier balanced on Goose while packing seven mules for a resupply of Manning Camp ranger station in 2016.

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Saguaro National Park trails supervisor Nick Huck, left, and chief of maintenance Jeremy Curtis split up a box of paper towels, distributing the weight evenly among the panniers while preparing for a pack mule resupply of Manning Camp on April 14, 2016. Seven mules were in the supply train and each mule can carry between 100 and 120 pounds.

Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

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Wasson and Amole Peaks at the Saguaro National Park, West, The Tucson Mountain District (TMD) in 2015.

Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star

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Monsoon clouds gather over the cactus forest in the Saguaro National Park West, Wednesday, August 10, 2016, Tucson, Ariz. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

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Saguaro cacti backlit by western sun at the Saguaro National Park, West, The Tucson Mountain District (TMD) in 2015.

Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star

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A horizontal sliver of sun catches a stretch of cactus in front of the Rincon Mountains just off the Mica View Trail in Saguaro National Park East, Friday, August 12, 2016, Tucson, Ariz. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

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This old stone building was constructed in the 1930's by the Civilian Conservation Corps at the Cam-Boh Picnic Area at Saguaro National Park West.

Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star

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In the aftermath of an evening summer storm, lightning arcs through the night skies over the Saguaro National Park West in 2012.

Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

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Saguaro National Park trails supervisor Nick Huck, left, and chief of maintenance Jeremy Curtis split up a box of paper towels, distributing the weight evenly among the panniers while preparing for a pack mule resupply of Manning Camp on April 14, 2016. Seven mules were in the supply train and each mule can carry between 100 and 120 pounds.

Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

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A Harris' antelope squirrel, a year-round resident of the Sonoran Desert, comes out of from under a bush for a look-see near the Golden Gate Road at the Tucson Mountain District of the Saguaro National Park in 2010.

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A jack rabbit munches on some greens near the Broadway Trial Head at Saguaro National Park Rincon Mountain District in 2015.

Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

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Hikers in Saguaro National Park, like these on the King Canyon Trail in the park's unit west of Tucson, can pay park entrance fees at trailheads using a smartphone.

Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star

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Loop of connected trails at Saguaro National Park East, made up Shantz, Pink Hill, Loma Verde, Cholla and Cactus Forest trails in 2012.

Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star

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From atop an outcropping under the Rincon Mountains, Next Generation Ranger Ryan Summers points out the ancient fault line that shifted and formed the Tucson valley to a group of visitors during a geology tour of Saguaro National Park East on April 26, 2016.

Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

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Saguaros stand on a ridge line as massive storm clouds drift in the distance along the Hohokam Road at the Tucson Mountain District of the Saguaro National Park in 2010.

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Chief of maintenance Jeremy Curtis gets the strap as tight as possible with the help of trail supervisor Nick Huck while preparing a 70+pound propane tank for a pack mule resupply of Manning Camp in the Saguaro National Park, Rincon District on April 14, 2016.

Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

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Saguaro National Park ─ Sunset can be a colorful time along a network of trails near the eastern end of Broadway.

Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star

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Ranger Donna Gill points out cactus flowers and birds during the Twilight Glow to Moon Shadows hike on the Sendero Esperanza Trail at Saguaro National Park West in April, 2016.

Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star

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Hedgehog cacti are in brilliant fuchsia bloom at many sites around Tucson from Sabino Canyon to Tucson Mountain Park and Saguaro National Park in 2015.

Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star

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Saguaro National Park

Russell Jones takes a picture at the Saguaro National Park West Red Hills Visitor Center in 2009.

James S. Wood / Arizona Daily Star

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Poppies were blooming profusely at Saguaro National Park West on February 23, 2015

Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star

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Mike Ward of Saguaro National Park, left, and volunteer LaDeana Jeane observe a Saguaro cactus while conducting a census at the east section of Saguaro National Park in 2009.

James Gregg / Arizona Daily Star

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Saguaro National Park

Gavin Youngstrum drives a roller along the bed of the new Mica Springs Trail, work which will make it ADA compliant in Saguaro National Park East on April 22, 2016, Tucson, Ariz. Power tools and motorized equipment is used very rarely in the park. The trail is not in a wilderness area so the prohibition on the use of power tools and machinery doesn't apply.

Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

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A blue Arizona lupine mixed in with a handful of yellow bladderpod along the Ringtail Trail in Saguaro National Park Tucson Mountain District in 2013.

Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

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Saguaro National Park

Park Ranger Ann Gonzalez watches the campers in her group as they go over a map during Junior Ranger Wilderness Day Camp at the Saguaro National Park in 2009.

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Petroglyphs are among the many wonders at Saguaro National Park West.

Chris Richards / Arizona Daily Star

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Saguaro National Park

Runners top the first climb as the sun rises at 6:30am, during the annual 8K Saguaro National Park Labor Day Run at Saguaro National Park East in 2007.

David Sanders

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Saguaro National Park

A saguaro under the stars, including a smudge of the Milky Way, at the Broadway Trail Head at Saguaro National Park Rincon Mountain District in 2015.

Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

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Saguaro National Park

Sunset reflected in a mud puddle left over from heavy rains a few days earlier at the Broadway Trail Head of the Saguaro National Park Rincon Mountain District in 2015.

Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

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Saguaro National Park

The moon hangs high over Wasson Peak as Ranger Donna Gill leads hikers during the Twilight Glow to Moon Shadows hike on the Sendero Esperanza Trail at Saguaro National Park West in April, 2016.

Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star

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Saguaro National Park

Volunteers help yank out the nonnative, invasive buffelgrass at Saguaro National Park East.

David Sanders / Arizona Daily Star 2009

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Saguaro National Park

Using a laser, amateur astronomer Joe Statkevicus points out a few interesting objects in the night sky to Landon George and Vickie Miller at a Saguaro National Park East Star Party in 2010.

Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star

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Saguaro National Park

A bee works through a patch of baldderpod in the Saguaro National Park Tucson Mountain District along the Ringtail Trail in 2013.

Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star

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Saguaro National Park

Trail worker Brad Duffe redistributes material as he and his trail crew lay down a bed for a new surface, part of remodeling the Mica Springs Trail to make it ADA compliant in Saguaro National Park East on April 22, 2016.

Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star

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Saguaro National Park

Riders maneuver their mounts down a hillside just north of the Douglas Spring Trail in the Saguaro National Park Rincon Mountain District, Friday Nov. 27, 2015.

Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star

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Saguaro National Park

Tim and Connie Phillips, from Salt Lake City, look for photo angles during the Twilight Glow to Moon Shadows hike on the Sendero Esperanza Trail at Saguaro National Park West in April, 2016. The retired couple sold their home and are "following the weather" across the country in their RV.

Ron Medvescek, Arizona Daily Star

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Saguaro National Park

A few items, photos and brief entries in tiny notebooks from an unofficial shrine at Mica Mountain in Saguaro National Park on June 2, 2016.

Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star

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Saguaro National Park

The sun sets over the Saguaro National Park Rincon Mountain District on Oct. 8, 2015.

Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star

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Saguaro National Park

Scarlett Gates and the rest of the tour group watch the last few minutes of daylight from a rock outcropping along the Tanque Verde Ridge Trail during their guided sunset hike in Saguaro National Park East on April 16, 2016.

Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star

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Saguaro National Park

Gold poppies stand out against a backdrop of cacti and blue desert sky at Saguaro National Park west of Tucson on March 11, 2019. 

Doug Kreutz, Arizona Daily Star

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Saguaro National Park

Rainbows pop up over Saguaro National Park East, as the first major monsoon storm of the season begins to roll into the valley, Tucson, Ariz., July 11, 2020.

Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star

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Saguaro National Park

A half rainbow arcs over Saguaro National Park East as a highly localized cell of monsoon rain sweeps through a small band of the eastern valley, Tucson, Ariz., July 28, 2020.

Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star

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Saguaro National Park

A light coating of snow remains on the Rincon Mountains seen nearby the Broadway Trailhead in Saguaro National Park in Tucson, Ariz. on January 27, 2021.

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Saguaro National Park

A cactus in the Saguaro National Park East stands in front f the snow in the higher reaches of the Santa Catalinas, Tucson, Ariz., March 13, 2021.

Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star

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Saguaro National Park

A lighting strikes hits in the Saguaro National Park, east of Tucson, Ariz., July 29, 2021, one of several storm cells that skirted the city.

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Arizona lawmakers exempt selves from law, will destroy emails

New rules, if in place after 2020 election, would have kept public from knowing about certain efforts to throw out Biden's win in Arizona. 

Political Notebook: Tucson Dem clashes with GOP leaders over budget talks

Political Notebook: Tucson Dem clashes with GOP leaders over budget talks

For Star subscribers: Rep. Andres Cano, the House minority leader, says GOP legislators are denying reality — that a Democrat is Arizona's governor — and refusing to negotiate. GOP leaders say they've tried. 

Plotting an ambitious new course for saguaro science

Plotting an ambitious new course for saguaro science

Saguaro researchers from the U.S. and Mexico gathered in Tucson recently to launch the largest and most wide-ranging effort ever to study the iconic cactus.

Experience a day in the life of a Tucson-area wilderness ranger

Experience a day in the life of a Tucson-area wilderness ranger

This Manning Camp wilderness ranger hikes 10 miles to get to her job, which supports field work crews in Tucson's Rincon Mountains.

Tally rises to 1,200 saguaros felled, sheared in Saguaro National Park winds

Tally rises to 1,200 saguaros felled, sheared in Saguaro National Park winds

For Star subscribers: Human-caused climate change could have contributed to the Aug. 22 saguaro blowdown, a University of Arizona scientist says, but more data is needed.

Saguaro Park east seeking volunteers to remove invasive buffelgrass

Saguaro Park east seeking volunteers to remove invasive buffelgrass

Will pull plants for several hours along. 

Night drives will reveal nocturnal wonders at Saguaro National Park

Night drives will reveal nocturnal wonders at Saguaro National Park

Ranger-led tours will highlight the nighttime splendor of Saguaro National Park.

Seniors will pay more — lots more — for a lifetime national parks pass

Seniors will pay more — lots more — for a lifetime national parks pass

The cost is skyrocketing from $10 to $80 in the coming months.

Crews battling fire at Molino Basin along the Mt. Lemmon Highway

Crews battling fire at Molino Basin along the Mt. Lemmon Highway

An air tanker drops retardant as it attacks the 50-acre Molino Fire near milepost 4.5 on the Mount Lemmon Highway. The Mesa Hotshots will acco…

Get into national parks for free for the next two weekends

Get into national parks for free for the next two weekends

The free admission is in celebration of National Park Week.

US national parks to slash number of free days at Saguaro, other national parks

US national parks to slash number of free days at Saguaro, other national parks

National parks in the U.S. will sharply drop the number of days they allow visitors to get in for free

Camping fee at Chiricahua National Monument rising

Camping fee at Chiricahua National Monument rising

WILLCOX— The National Park Service says it will boost camping fees at the Chiricahua National Monument from $12 a day to $20 per day starting Jan. 1.

Saguaro National Park using microchips to deter cactus theft

Saguaro National Park using microchips to deter cactus theft

Meanwhile, a photo-mapping system tracks whether visitors are taking fossilized wood from Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park near Holbrook.

Visit Saguaro National Park for free on Saturday

Visit Saguaro National Park for free on Saturday

On any normal day, a weekly pass into Saguaro National Park costs pedestrians and bicyclists $5 — $15 if you have a car.

Check out the secret side of Tucson's Saguaro National Park

Check out the secret side of Tucson's Saguaro National Park

These Saguaro National Park trails are unknown to many hikers.

Neighbors, developers clash over planned bike resort near Saguaro National Park East

Neighbors, developers clash over planned bike resort near Saguaro National Park East

A well-organized group of east-side residents is deeply opposed to the proposed resort.

Saguaros slashed at national park west of Tucson

Saguaros slashed at national park west of Tucson

Saguaro National Park rangers are searching for those responsible for hacking into eight of the park's namesake cactuses earlier this month.

Critics say new federal rules could cripple program that protects land in Arizona

Critics say new federal rules could cripple program that protects land in Arizona

On Nov. 9, the Trump administration issued a directive letting local and state officials easily block federal land acquisitions using a fund Trump had bragged about saving.

A look at what life was like in Tucson in the 1930s

A look at what life was like in Tucson in the 1930s

Take a step back in time with these photos that show the people and places of Tucson 90 years ago. 

Photos: Princess Margaret's Tucson visit in 1965

Photos: Princess Margaret's Tucson visit in 1965

If you're a fan of "The Crown" on Netflix, you know of Queen Elizabeth's sister, Princess Margaret. She toured the United States for three wee…

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