As the Arizona Trail winds past the proposed Oak Flat copper mine, the search for climate solutions takes on new meaning.

As we walked the trail back to his car, he bent to touch a soft tuft of blue grama grass, a drought-resistant native. It’s clear Fleischner has bottomless fascination and affection for this place. He ...

After biking through the higher-elevation forests, Republic reporter Joan Meiners finds a different Arizona Trail below the Mogollon Rim.

“You can’t get there from here,” my hiking partner told a confused pair of trekkers who asked us for directions to an Arizona Trail junction. He gently kicked my shin to signal he was joking as the ...