Work in the wilderness - for free

<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="background-color: #38761d;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> Volunteer Open House, Tonto National Forest  </span></b></i></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="background-color: #38761d;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Mesa Ranger District Office, <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_192305717" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Saturday, November 9</span></span></span></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-autospace: none;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-autospace: none; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Phoenix (October 28, 2013) – The annual Volunteer Program Open House will be held on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_192305718" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Saturday, Nov. 9</span></span> at the Mesa Ranger District office, <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_192305719" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">9 a.m. - 12 p.m.</span></span> Tonto National Forest Volunteer opportunities for the <span style="color: #cc0000;">Payson</span>, central Phoenix, Mesa, Cave Creek, <span style="color: #cc0000;">Globe, Young, and Tonto Basin</span> areas will be displayed.  </b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>“Whatever your interests or skills, we probably have an opportunity for you.  For example, if you would like to work in the Wilderness, you might serve as an information host at trailheads and help keep the trailhead in good condition.  At our lake recreation sites, you might weed and trim vegetation and help to maintain facilities, or you might repair or replace signs,” said Mesa District Ranger Gary Hanna.</b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The forest includes the Superstition, Four Peaks, Mazatzal and other Wilderness areas.  Popular recreation sites include Bulldog, The Rolls, Sycamore Creek, the Salt and Verde rivers, and Roosevelt, Canyon, Saguaro, and Bartlett lakes. </b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>“Regularly scheduled long-term volunteers leading volunteer events, volunteers with trade skills such as welding or facilities maintenance, educators who can attend conservation education events, and administrative volunteers are in high demand by the forest,” observed Amy Racki, Tonto Partnership Coordinator.  </b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>“Groups that want to adopt a specific area, such as a trailhead or recreation site, by providing monthly care and maintenance is an ideal scenario for us, with a handful of forest field staff to manage more than 3 million acres of land,” concluded Racki.</b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Volunteer opportunities are also available with the Arizona Trail Association, Usery Mountain Park, Lost Dutchman State Park, and other agencies and partners.  For off-highway enthusiasts, there are volunteer opportunities to help maintain off-highway vehicle (OHV) sites and educate forest visitors through Tonto Recreation Alliance (TRAL), one of the district’s partnership organizations.  </b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>For more information about being an OHV Forest Service volunteer, go to <a href="http://www.tontorecreationalliance.org/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;">www.tontorecreationalliance.<wbr></wbr>org</span></a>.  The Arizona Trail Association (<a href="http://www.aztrail.org/" target="_blank">www.aztrail.org</a>) has trail maintenance opportunities on the Tonto National Forest that will be displayed at the open house.   </b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>            The Mesa Ranger District office is located at 5140 E. Ingram Street, Mesa 85205.  </b></span></span></div>

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Young winery now on Amazon

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia8h7BZlTb8z1mMtHXIgH1GdMVdJMx_CybCAsmusQAtNitJ4aUcTBHokMvJSG-c_eN-gMBxQfjSXG8WO7LbRIXvUGktH_cscI2Tfjj3kI90zG0Zf_NjQ3dC_Sw6VcGi62wDBFb8NxdgtKN/s1600/winery+097.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia8h7BZlTb8z1mMtHXIgH1GdMVdJMx_CybCAsmusQAtNitJ4aUcTBHokMvJSG-c_eN-gMBxQfjSXG8WO7LbRIXvUGktH_cscI2Tfjj3kI90zG0Zf_NjQ3dC_Sw6VcGi62wDBFb8NxdgtKN/s400/winery+097.JPG" width="303" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Owners Jim and Marie Petroff are pleased to announce that Pleasant Valley Winery is one of the first wineries invited to offer our products on<span style="color: #1f497d;"> </span>the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/r.html?R=1WDPLM90USAVR&C=3TG14KBDH777U&H=QOSJK85L8AXVBCBUOFJ5GFHGLREA&T=C&U=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fref%3Dpe_385040_30332190_pe_175190_21431760_3p_M3T1_ST1_g_i" target="_blank" title=""Visit Amazon.com" "><span style="color: #1f497d; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Amazon" border="0" height="31" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=391ad0bf7c&view=att&th=141f1a3583e6dfb7&attid=0.2&disp=emb&zw&atsh=1" width="107" /></span></a> launch of their new premier site, AmazonWine.com.  </b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Please visit our shop on AmazonWine.com:   <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/shops/PleasantValleyWinery" target="_blank">Amazon.com/shops/<wbr></wbr>PleasantValleyWinery</a></span></b></span></span>

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Expect delays on AZ 188

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6383741895455123821" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3e3gJ6EWfISJgU4w3PaYVEk-Py6wLYqRzAO-AVr4BVshG246fifU81VgmA5iXmgbjEnzPrheo6I3ovMUKASkNEQjDiJ5N5pBEeNCeh7ysnzh1smwCtEy_8e6X_ayCsgNnB_eXj0LwwplD/s1600/untitled.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3e3gJ6EWfISJgU4w3PaYVEk-Py6wLYqRzAO-AVr4BVshG246fifU81VgmA5iXmgbjEnzPrheo6I3ovMUKASkNEQjDiJ5N5pBEeNCeh7ysnzh1smwCtEy_8e6X_ayCsgNnB_eXj0LwwplD/s1600/untitled.bmp" /></a></div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6383741895455123821" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Drainage work starting</b></span></span></i><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Expect lane closure, reduced speed limits</i></b></span></span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6383741895455123821" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Arizona Department of Transportation will begin a project on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_310143025" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Monday, Nov. 4</span></span> to construct two new concrete box culverts under State Route 188, between mileposts 254 and 257, east of Punkin Center by Roosevelt Lake.  </b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>This $984,000 project, which is scheduled for completion in spring 2014, will include the construction of two new concrete box culverts, removing existing pipes, and pavement and guardrail improvements.  </b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Work hours will be <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_310143026" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday</span></span> through <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_310143027" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Thursday</span></span>. During construction there will be a lane closure and a traffic signal will be used to regulate traffic through the work area one direction at a time. Motorists will experience short delays as the signal transitions through its cycle. </b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Drivers are advised to adhere to the reduced speed limit and proceed through the work zone with caution and be alert for construction equipment and personnel.</b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>For more information about this project, please call the project hotline at <a href="tel:1.855.712.8530" target="_blank" value="+18557128530">1.855.712.8530</a> or email <a href="mailto:Projects@azdot.gov" target="_blank" title="mailto:Projects@azdot.gov">Projects@azdot.gov</a>. 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GILA COUNTY TONTO BASIN Expect delays on AZ 188

Drainage work starting Expect lane closure, reduced speed limits The Arizona Department of Transportation will begin a project on Monday, No...

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