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If asked to describe Saddle Mountain the first thing that comes to mind is a unique mountain to the southwest of Tonopah with the outline of a saddle. (when viewed from the southeast or the northwest.) This mountain is within approximately 50,000 acres of public land that is administered by the Bureau of Land Management […]

Beautiful sunny day for a roadside clean up made quick with a little help from our FriendsLeft to Right

The Plant Atlas Project of Arizona (PAPAZ), is a statewide partnership between the Arizona Native Plant Society, Grand Canyon Trust, Desert Botanical Garden, Northern Arizona University, Museum of Northern Arizona, and the U.S. Forest Service

Peggy Sites hosted our annual planning meeting at her house September 15, 2018. Those in attendance were President Paul Roetto,

President Paul Roetto hosted our Annual Planning meeting for the coming season, with a Potluck dinner enjoyed by all. Those in attendance were President Paul Roetto, Secretary Judy Shaw, Treasurer Peggy Sites,

What a wonderful day out on Saddle Mountain Saturday January 28, 2017. Friends of Saddle Mountain members Paul Roetto, Judy Shaw, Peggy Sites and Carol Millette, were joined by the Ambassadors club from Saddle Mountain High School, Teacher Tina Salazar, Students Karsyn Chamberlin, Kaylynn Matlock, Morgan Pierce-Tallent,

Much needed rain is in the forecast on 1/21/17 for our scheduled Roadside clean up but you don’t want to miss your chance on meeting our Student Ambassadors or the fabulous Hot Dog cook out we will have after the clean up. So we have scheduled a rain date 1/28/17 9:00am to meet at Courthouse […]

On Saturday, the 3rd of December 2016, Friends of Saddle Mountain (Friends) cleaned up a large trash site on Saddle Mountain. Members of Tonopah Valley High School’s Ambassador club joined Friends and made short work of removing two pick-up loads of construction materials. During the clean up an immature desert tortoise was discovered in the […]

Saddle Mountain didn’t have a spectacular wildflower showing this spring, but the Ironwood are outdoing themselves.

The Plant Atlas Project of Arizona (PAPAZ), is a statewide partnership between the Arizona Native Plant Society, Grand Canyon Trust, Desert Botanical Garden, Northern Arizona University, Museum of Northern Arizona, and the U.S. Forest Service