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Mt. Lemmon and Summerhaven, AZ.
New plants to sprout along Catalina Highway
With federal funding, more than 10,000 trees and plants will be be planted along the highway that connects Tucson to Mount Lemmon.
The 20-year reconstruction plant is mostly completed with the replenishing of the plants and trees lost during constuction and the 2003 Aspen Fire. Pine and Douglas fir will be planted at higher elevations from seeds of the trees from the mountain.
Drip irrigation will water the the seedlings until they can survive on their own, especially during the warm, summer droughts that might come along.
Other trees include mountain yucca, golden flowered agave, desert spoon, Emory oak, Ponderosa pine and Arizona pine.
From The Desert Sand
To The Forest Snow
Mt. Lemmon is a rare jewel in the hot Arizona desert. Jutting up 9,000 feet above sea level in the Santa Catalina Mountains 25 miles north of Tucson, Arizona, this magnificent mountain peak stands amidst the pale backdrop of the sparse desert sand and cactus.
Enjoy a tour up the mountain, watch videos of the new Summerhaven and fire that destroyed the village and scarred the mountainsides, and learn about the latest developments in the redevelopment of Sumerhaven and Sabino Canyon Parkway.
When the summer heat beats down at more than 100 degree (F) in Tucson, visitors and residents enjoy about a 30 degree difference!
Some people accidently spell Mt. Lemmon as Mt. Lemon or Mt. Lemman. If you spelled it wrong, Mt. Lemon is still in Tuscon, AZ. Either way, you have arrived at one of the top web site on Mt. Lemmon and Summerhaven.
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Mt. Lemmon - Summerhaven Entertainment Magazine
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EMOL.org publisher, Bob Zucker, stands above the town of Summerhaven where burned sticks and stumps are being cleared for a new community. More photos of the rebuilding of Summerhaven. Photo by Melinda Zucker.
Devastating forest fire brings new life to Summerhaven community
The village of Summerhaven, Arizona, atop the Catalina Mountains Mt. Lemmon north of Tucson, AZ, slowly recovers from the devestating Aspen WIldfire that started on Thursday, June 19, 2003.
 New life is now coming back to Frog Mountain- the name given to the Catalina Mountains by the Tohono O'dOham Indians.
Restaurants like the Mt. Lemmon Cookie Cabin (serving delicious pizza, cookies), Mt. Lemmon Cafe, the Lost Iron Door Mine Restaurant), Mt. Lemmon General Store, gift shops and other new stores have reopened under new roofs while dozens of multi-story cabins reappear from the ashes.
New businesses, like the Mt. Lemmon General Store, have gotten re-established. There are new hike trails and roads are being planned. Speculations about a bar/nightclub, condominiums and more stores are also rumored ontop of Frog Mountain.
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Up Mt. Lemmon Drive Up Mt. Lemmon- over a dozen photos, video clip movie, views of new growth, Summerhaven progress
Fire on the Mountain. Watch a video clip from TEP looking at the Catalina Mountains during the 2003 fire.
Mt. Lemmon Shopping, Dining, Entertainment & Culture
Take a Tour : Photo tour up the mountain to the Mt. Lemmon Ski Valley. See Nixon Head Rock.
Connect Online: Mt. Lemmon Internet Links; hiking, camping, Forest Service, etc.
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Books on Mount Lemmon, Summerhaven, Frog Mountain and the Catalina Mountains
Frog Mountain Blues
A story of Frog Mountain (Paperback)
by Charles Bowden,
Jack W. Dykinga (Photographer)
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Climbers guide to Sabino Canyon and Mount Lemmon Highway Tucson, Arizona
by John Steiger
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Squeezing the Lemmon II ...
more juice than ever:
A rock climber's guide to the Mt. Lemmon Highway,
Tucson, Arizona
by Eric Fazio-Rhicard (Author)
published 2000, 324 pages.
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Arizona Day Hikes
Author: Dave Ganci
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Tucson Hiking Guide
Author: Betty Leavengood
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Man Climbing Rock at Sunset, Mt. Lemmon, AZ
College Photographic Poster Print by Greg Epperson, 16x12
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