Less than an hour from downtown Phoenix, experts and novices alike can kayak or tube the Salt River. The river follows sagebrush and saguaro lined banks in the shadow of the Goldfield Mountains. You can spot bald eagle nests in the trees, a herd of wild horses make their home in the area, and there are bighorn sheep on Stewart Mountain.
This winding stretch of the Salt, in the Tonto National Forest just below Saguaro Lake, offers water t...[continued]
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National Park, marine sanctuary, and unique haven.
By gowestusa Staff
You can see them from Highway One as you drive from Ventura to Santa Barbara. But until you climb into a boat and head west, the isolated environment of the Channel Islands is hard to grasp.
These eight islands, five of which achieved national park status in 1980, represent a unique slice of California natural history. Originally part of one vast island, they were separated when the great continental ice sheets melted. As sea levels rose...[continued]
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