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Gentlemen: I will find out the facts about the road easement for the Tortilla Corridor on Friday, March 4, 2011. Also I will do my best to get the paper work. Yes, it would be a good idea to do a story about the road's easement, the corridor's easement and it's history I have since been told the roa...

Thanks Jim... My was almost broken with the news from what I thought was a reliable source. I was going to call the forest service on Monday. After the closing of the Massacre Ground Road I just couldn't believe they were going to close Tortilla Corridor. There is really no reason to close it. Again...

Thanks for all the desert movie information. There are some great ones out there.

Tom K.

I was recently informed the Tortilla Ranch Corridor was officially closed by the Mesa Ranger District. Vehicles are no longer allowed beyond the Tortilla Ranch Trail Head on the Apache Trail. If this closure indeed occurred it will sure impact the search for Jesse Capen by volunteers and volunteer g...

Good response Terry. I would agree with you 100%. And I would add snakes are an important part of the ecosystem and it is very important people understand their relationship to the ecosystem. If snakes and other predators did not keep the rodent population in check Bubonic Plague, Hanta virus, and R...

There is a Cottonwood Canyon that empties into the Salt River below Mormon Flat Dam on the north side of the river. There many Cottonwood Canyons in Arizona.

Tom K.

TRASH!!!!! Stinking old shoes are trash any way you look at it. It certainly is not art or a suitable marker for man kind.

Terry, As I recall he was bitten by a Elapid sometime in late the 1970s or the early 1980's. My father was bitten by a Golden cobra in 1964. The bite lead to his death in 1967 eventually. He never really recovered from the bite. During the 1950's he worked with snakes in one of the alligator shows i...

JIM: I did call the Tonto Ranger District. What you take into the wilderness your should bring out. Actually there is no exceptions to that regulation. I think caching water is a case of common sense. When you come out don't leave your plastic bottles. In recent years I have found several plastic bo...

Jim: I don't recall the exact erg that applies to leaving any thing in the wilderness. I would like to think common sense would apply to caching water when hiking in the mountain. I would call the district ranger's office in Mesa to get specific information on the topic. There is a fourteen day camp...