The web site GEDmatch dot com has an archaic DNA comparison feature allowing users to compare their DNA with a number of archaic DNA samples. Most of the samples are from Europe and Asia but does have the Clovis and Kennewick samples. Almost anyone, Native American, European or Asian will share some...

Pictures of the burned areas in this AZ Hiking Group FB post.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/2eSFAthiKhafuiqx/

Two hunters who shot 530-pound grizzly 24 times share their stunning story of survival. On Sunday[9/1?], Hill and Meyers were archery hunting for elk in the Caribou-Targhee National Forest, west of Henrys Lake in Island Park. This is in eastern Idaho, near the border with Wyoming / Yellowstone. htt...

The mountain bikers have some: http://mtbikeaz.com/2010/02/20/south-mountain-maps-through-time/ You might also try the historical aerial photos here: https://www.maricopa.gov/3942/GIS-Mapping-Applications Scroll down a bit to see the historical aerial tile. Select which set of pics by year on the ri...

@davidsnaz Here is one of the posts:
h t t p s / / www dot facebook dot com/groups/810927018967610/permalink/7424749380918641/

Decent story in the NYT about the rescue effort. This link should get you past the paywall. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/us/hikers-dead-buckskin-gulch-utah.html?unlocked_article_code=WTvlx_W6VHByXWoyiWXdh85Zq1fOWQTfDsn6g3U2VmGJWUplCri4gdU_n-Cz24uFv8uxdzXw0IdtEp3ALg-2eMDeu3h18SKmg0PF07NP4mu6w0q...

The area around Pyramid Peak in the Northwest Valley has many trails. It's a popular area with walkers, mountain bikers and motorized recreators. Park at the parking area behind the barricades at the top of Stetson Parkway (51st Ave, north of Happy Valley Road,) where it dead ends against the CAP ca...

@Hansenaz Good article on this topic. https://www.dronezon.com/learn-about-drones-quadcopters/drone-3d-mapping-photogrammetry-software-for-survey-gis-models/ Just one example of a software package. Used in industrial / Real Estate but obviously has many other applications where a 3d model would be ...

@xsproutx sort of an adjacent topic but Suunto has come out with a desktop app called SuuntoLink that works with the older Ambit watches (there's a list on the link below.) If you've got an older watch that worked with Movescount but not with the new bluetooth phone app it's worth a look. It revive...

I once got stuck in quicksand up to my thighs near the Badger Springs/Agua Fria confluence ... it's real! I was alone and it took me about 20 minutes to work my way out. Found it there too back in the 80's, along the Agua Fria where the Badger Springs wash joins it. Started sinking right in without...

when they close a road like that can you still mountain bike on it or is it closed to all but pedestrian traffic. Thanks.

open now.

https://azdot.gov/adot-news/us-60-reope ... rior-miami

@jacobemerick Posted on the facebook page for the Backbone fire (facebook/backbonefireinfo ) probably around 2pm Saturday. I think it's looking east toward Strawberry because the DC10 tankers on Flightaware have been following a track over the town all afternoon. https://i.imgur.com/9fRU5f7.jpeg

KIntla Lake (lower lake has a campground, rez req,) and upper and trails east toward Boulder Peak and Chapman Peak from there. It's in the north west part of the park near the Canadian border, takes some work to get to so fewer crowds. Past Chapman Peak is Hole in the Wall (falls, campground, etc..)...

you're right, it's back.

vid was taken down, here's another version

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story of the driver

https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/wh ... -may-2021/

https://www.facebook.com/Pirataoffroa/v ... 037811288/

Cleanup crew:
https://www.facebook.com/Pirataoffroa/v ... 459616522/

https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/m ... -of-tucson

more specifics here
https://www.gvnews.com/news/q-a-with-hu ... 4144b.html

@ShatteredArm "The US Capitol building, maybe?" How about that. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex. It is an agency of the legislative branch of the federal...

@Jim_H can you give an example of "legislative branch lands"?