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Aravaipa Canyon

If you are a city dweller and looking to ‘get away from it all’ there is a place where water runs through thousand foot canyon walls year round, wildlife including desert bighorn sheep and over 200 species of birds live among shady cottonwoods.
A flower blooms on a cactus in Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park.

Boyce Thompson Arboretum

Boyce Thompson Arboretum is the largest and oldest botanical garden in the state of Arizona.
A pond in Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge.

Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge

The natural environment in Arizona is so varied, you're not sure what you might discover. Visit a national wildlife refuge only 60 miles from Tucson that feels a world apart from the Sonoran Desert.

Urban Bees

Tucson resident Noel Patterson is passionate about local foods and one example is his preferred sweetener: honey.

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