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NBC 12: Heat Closures slap in the face
During Phoenix Parks and Recreation’s Thursday meeting, more than 20 people spoke against the program aimed to reduce hiker rescues.
Phoenix firefighters want to extend hiking trail closures. Here’s why.
Popular Phoenix hiking trails are closed on the hottest days of the year, but the parks and fire departments said that might not be enough.
Gilbert Sun: Gilbert man takes on Phoenix over trail heat closures
When AJ Johnson heard that the Phoenix Parks and Recreation Board put South Mountain and Preserve trails under its Trails and Heat Safety Program last October – and now wants to toughen the ban on hiking in hot weather – his own temperature went through the roof.
Ahwatukee Foothills News: City under fire
If the Phoenix Parks and Recreations Board meets this month as it said last fall it will, members likely will confront a stepped-up fight against its imposition of heat restrictions on hiking the city’s mountain trails.
ABC15: City holding informational session on Jan. 23 regarding Trail Heat Safety Program
ABC15 spoke with a group of avid cyclists, hikers and runners, calling themselves the Keep Phoenix Trails Open Coalition, who regularly use South Mountain in the summer. They say they believe the most recent changes and proposed changes are a step too far.