When my friends from the Wheeled Mansion Roadrunners stop by, I'm telling them to bunk here. The Verde River to the east, accessible by trail, clean air, big skies, beautiful mountain vistas and lots of amenities in the club area. Plus, eagles do nest down in the river bottom. \n\nThe Yavapai people protected a pair for years. Various eagle-watching entities got excited about eagles on the Verde, then started baby sitting them during nesting season and planting lots of cottonwood and willow logs to grow into trees. You might see them. In 2014, there are four pair nesting on The Nation. \n\nPreservation activities work. I want to preserve this lovely, priceless fragment of a Southwest desert oasis, this green ribbon, the Verde River. \n\nDon't get too close, or the Bald Eagle nest watchers will scream at you louder than an angry bald eagle mother defending her nest. \n\nWith the human population of AZ skyrocketing, and people not too concerned about anything much but video games, I-Phones, muscle tone and microbrews, it seems only a matter of time before the river, cottonwoods, willows and eagles are dried up and blown away on the summer winds. See it now so you can tell your grand-kids what rivers used to be like.
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