Jane’s Critter List: Scenic Drive Wildlife Guide
Courtesy of Friends of the Scenic Drive The desert foothills is rich with unusual wildlife, like the Harris hawks pictured here. The cool desert nights are alive with native inhabitants of every description. In 1997, the Scenic Drive exhibit area was enhanced by the addition of exhibits that provided information about local history, climate, flora, and fauna. Artists Judy Conklin and Marg Nelssen contributed drawings of...
Scottsdale City Council Approves More Than $550,000 for Social Services
City of Scottsdale NEWS RELEASE June 17, 2015 Contact: Community Assistance Manager Michelle Albanese, 480-312-2309 City Council approves more than $550,000 for social service needs for the 2015-16 fiscal year The Scottsdale City Council last night approved $563,425 to fund nonprofit agencies that provide programs and services to assist thousands of residents at risk and in need. These programs and services help people like...
The Death Zone: How You Can Help
The Death Zone As published in A Peek at the Peak, September 2000 issue, updated June 2015 by Susan Kantro The Death Zone: Part One. A Cry for Help – Published June 13, 2015 The Death Zone: Part Two. Senseless Deaths – Published June 13, 2015 Part Three. How You Can Help If you see a dead bird of prey by a utility pole or have a strong suspicion that it might have been an electrocuted bird, or if you have found raptors in...
Meeting Attendees Voice Strong Opposition to State’s Commercial Rezoning Plan
First and foremost, GPPA-Friends of the Scenic Drive thanks the standing-room, out-the-door crowd of more than 175 residents that attended the meeting that it organized on May 20th in north Scottsdale. We wish people could have left in a better mood, but at least they had a better grasp of the issues surrounding the state’s commercial zoning proposal. The meeting gave concerned residents – and there were many – the...
The Death Zone: Senseless Deaths
The Death Zone As published in A Peek at the Peak, September 2000 issue, updated June 2015 by Susan Kantro The Death Zone: Part One. A Cry for Help – Published June 13, 2015 Part Two. Senseless Deaths The lives of these wonderful birds ended senselessly. The two owls failed to negotiate our human technological habitat, and their fates were not isolated incidents. Raptors are drawn to utility poles because they offer a high place...
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