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A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of walking through the Blue Range Primitive Area in Eastern Arizona.

The article presents photographs of several wilderness areas in Arizona.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of exploring Bear Wallow Wilderness in Arizona to know the condition of Mexican gray wolves.

The article informs about the Wilderness Society's new Southwest office in Albuquerque, which covers Arizona and New Mexico. Jerry Greenberg, vice president of regional conservation, reports that land conservation campaigns have accelerated in both states and the focus of the group will be the established range of public lands issues including wilderness, parks and wildlife refuges, fire and forest management and the growth and protection of national monuments within the National Landscape Conservation System.

The article relates the author's adventure hiking to Hells Gate located at the confluence of Haigler and Tonto creeks in the depths of Hellsgate Wilderness in Guila County, Arizona. Hells Gate is more beautiful than hellish but getting there is like a passage through the underworld because the roads are filled with large rocks. A trail guide to Hells Gate is provided. INSET: travel tips..

The article features some places recommended for backpacking that are so rarely visited in the U.S. and Canada. They are the Marble Mountain Wilderness Area in California, the Ruby Mountains Wilderness in Nevada, the Blue Range Primitive Area in Arizona, the Lost River Range in Idaho, and the Willmore Wilderness Park in Alberta. The landscape of each place is featured. The article also gives a number of tips for going to these places.

The article describes the adventure experienced by the Venturers of Crew 323 of Phoenix, Arizona in hiking the trails of West Clear Creek Wilderness. The area is a rugged, remote canyon in northern Arizona. The guys of Venturing Crew 323 spent months preparing for this trip, focusing particularly on conditioning and getting used to the process of swimming with their backpacks. Much of the terrain at the bottom of West Clear Creek Canyon is made up of lush riparian thickets as wide as 100 yards and as long as a mile. At many spots, Venturing Crew 323 had no choice but to go right through the vegetation.

Highlights the touring opportunities of four wilderness in Arizona. Location of a triangular island of rocky deserts in the Mohave County; Landmarks in Four Corners, Apache County; Paucities of the southeast corner.

Highlights the magnificence of the Grapevine Canyon during midwinter in the southern part of Prescott, Arizona. Beauty of the Grapevine waterfall running with snowmelt; Forest trails toward Big Bug Mesa; Nomination of the area as the "Canyon for All Seasons" at Bradshaw Mountain.

Features the area at the Arizona-Utah border near the Navajo Mountain of the state of Utah. Process of obtaining access to the place; Description on the Navajo Mountain; Attractions of the area.

Features information on the Eagletail Mountains in Phoenix, Arizona. Location of the Courthouse Rock in the area; Natural attractions of the place; Attractiveness of the area for mountain climbers.

Features the beauty of green vegetation in Arizona. Plants that can be found at the White Mountains; Greeneries found at Supertition Mountains; Pictures of wild flowering plants.

Features an area called Eagle Creek ideal for country adventure in Arizona. Focus on the wildlife of the area; Description of the location; Accessibility of the area.

Explores the Wabayuma Peak Wilderness in Arizona recommended to those seeking solitude.

Describes the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests in Arizona. Story of an outlaw who died in the forest; Tale of a mountain man and horse trainer; Attractions at the area.

Describes the Paiute Wilderness in Arizona. Information on the Virgin River; How several Bureau of Land Management people got stranded due to a sudden river spike; Factor that prevents people from exploring the southern half of the wilderness; Traces of civilization in the area.

Describes the Sawmill Canyon in Phoenix, Arizona.

Focuses on the efficacy of indirect fight of Pumpkin Fire and Aerial Ignition in Kendrick Mountain in Northern Arizona. Relevance of snags removal in the reduction of the effect of fire in wilderness and nonwilderness areas; Details on the preparation of fireline and aerial ignition; Conservation of the Mexican spotted owl in the area. INSETS: DELAYED AERIAL IGNITION DEVICES.;CRITICAL HABITAT CONSERVED..

Presents guides to affordable vacations in the United States. West Elk Wilderness, Colorado; Idaho's Salmon River; On the road in California Wine Country; Archaeology trips near Sedona, Arizona. INSETS: MORE HORSEBACK TRIPS, by C.M.;MORE RIVER TRIPS, by J.P.;MORE BIKE TRIPS, by L.T.;MORE ARCHAEOLOGY TRIPS, by N.B.T.

Focuses on White Canyon Wilderness in Arizona. Examples of scenic attractions at White Canyon; Features of the canyon's rock formation; Hiking the canyon.

Provides information on the Taylor Brothers' Cabin and the trails in Sycamore Wilderness in central Arizona. Description of the cabin; Maintenance of the cabin for public use; Information on its listing in the National Registry of Historic Places.

Provides information on several places in the United States that are candidates for the status of a wilderness that needs to be protected. Grand Canyon National Park; Great Smoky Mountains National Park; Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. INSET: Land of the Burning Man.

Recounts an experience in traversing the Superstition Mountains in Arizona. Information on the sites in the wilderness; Features of Hunky Roblas Butte; Historical background of the area. INSET: Tips for Traveler.

Looks at the Arizona Trail and the sceneries from the northern and southern border of the state. Views on the beauty and diversity of Arizona; How much of the route has been completed; Details on Sycamore Creek; Description of the Roosevelt Lake.

Recounts the journey of an inexperienced hiker who trekked In the Needle's Eye Wilderness, located in Arizona. Rugged outdoor experience offered by the place; Need to secure permits from the Bureau of Land Management before trekking the area; Description of the Mescal Creek; Springs and waterfalls along the way to the Gila River; Wildlife in the area.

Focuses on an adventure in the waterless dunes of the Cactus Plain in Arizona. Location; How Cactus Plain dunes differ from the others; Details on Swansea Road; Tips for Cactus Plain travelers.

Describes Mitty Lake Wildlife Area, considered as a haven for birds and bass tucked into an abandoned oxbow of the lower Colorado River in north Yuma, Arizona. Attractions of the place; Ecological changes in Colorado; Geographical information on the lake.

Presents photographs of the Coal Mine Canyon, located at the edge of the Moenkopi Plateu in Indian Country, Arizona.

Discusses hiking in the Painted Desert Wilderness in search of Onyx Bridge, in Arizona. Description and features of the Painted Desert Wilderness; Sources of water in the desert; Details on the adventure.

Presents a list of wilderness study areas that are considered prime hiking destinations. Information on Eagletail Mountains Wilderness in Arizona, Black Ridge Wilderness Study Area in Colorado and Lockhart Basin in Utah; Location; Resources.

Sometime in 1988, Congress is likely to consider an `omnibus' bill that would more than triple the wilderness acreage for Arizona. Offers a look at the details and implications of the bill.

Offers a look at Arizona's 6,600-acre Redfield Canyon, a wilderness area managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Redfield is valuable because it contains running water year-round. Terrain; Habitats; Cactus species; Caves. INSET: When you go (to Arizona wilderness areas)..

Looks at the newly designated wilderness area that runs parallel to about 20 miles of the Imperial National Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Arizona. Covers the area's history and the efforts of Robert `Smokey' Knowlton to preserve the area's history. Wildlife; Previous mines; Abandoned towns; Water activities.

Profiles the Imperial National Wildlife Refuge which preserves a flavor of the old, untamed Colorado River. Animals which inhabit the refuge; Sights; Touring the refuge.

Studies the need for restoration of wild lands and the threatened species living in them, in Arizona. Wild lands bought by Arizona Game and Fish Commission and the State Parks Board, for protection of rare fish; White Mountain Hereford Ranch and riparian corridor bought by Game and Fish in 1993; Description of Sonoita Creek State Natural Area; Location of the various natural parks.

Focuses on the author's experience of a desert wilderness area in Mazatzal, Arizona. Flora of the desert; Effect of hunting on the population of the desert's animals; Author's views on the provision of the U.S. Wilderness Act that allows prospecting and mining in certain wilderness areas; Features of a prehistoric ruin located in the wilderness.

Presents a travel guide to national parks in the U.S. Description of scenery at Petrified Forest in Arizona and Mese Verde National Park in Colorado; Wilderness area of the Gates of Artic National Park in Alaska; Statistics of visitors to the Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas.

Features the Mount Ord, part of the Mazatzal Mountains, in Arizona. Boundaries; Convenient hideouts for outlaws and battleground sites during the late 1800s; How to get to Mount Ord; Visitors' contact information.

Presents a physical description of a small-scale Grand Canyon 20 miles southwest of Flagstaff, Arizona., called Sycamore Canyon, focusing on geology and vegetation of the area.