BE OUTDOORS ARIZONA!

Be Outdoors Arizona was created to to provide an easy path for new outdoor enthusiasts to find, explore and create new life-long hobbies that support our outdoors. We partner with over 200 organizations that offer experiential outdoor learning opportunities. Be Outdoors Arizona connects recreation, conservation and well-being in a supportive community to foster a love of the outdoors!

Be Outdoors Arizona was inspired by the landmark publication of Richard Louv’s Last Child in the Woods and subsequent research findings presented on his website www.childrenandnature.org that conclusively demonstrate the relationship between nature experiences and children’s health and well-being. As Louv points out, “A growing body of research links our mental, physical, and spiritual health directly to our association with nature.”

Hiking/Running

SPONSORED by CLIMBMAX ROCK GYM

February 14 @ 8:00 am - April 6 @ 5:00 pm

If you're completely new to climbing, no problem! We have routes and bouldering challenges for every level of climber! Our climbing walls are handmade [...]

Join Ranger Kevin on an easy hike to look for wildflowers and other blooming plants, as well as butterflies. Click program title for more [...]

Guided Hike at PA Seitts Preserve

March 29 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

The areas all along Cave Creek Wash are abundant in desert flora and fauna and steeped in history. P.A. Seitts Preserve at Go John [...]

Educational

Fitness Hike (Registration Required, Limit 12 Participants)

Join Ranger Kevin for a strenuous morning hike within the beautiful scenery of Estrella Mountain Park. Click program title for [...]

presidio terrenate

Join a walking tour of the Spanish Presidio of Santa Cruz de Terrenate with FSPR docent Jeff Hustad. This fort [...]

The Conservancy has a mission to help sustain the McDowell Sonoran Preserve. This walk provides a geological and ecological overview [...]

Ecology

SPONSORED by the SNAKE GURU

January 10 @ 8:00 am - March 31 @ 5:00 pm

Snake Guru, LLC was started by a scientist who loves all wildlife, especially snakes. After years of volunteering for the [...]

Watch and interact with fossil preparators as they prepare paleontological specimens found throughout Petrified Forest National Park. Open to the [...]

Join Ranger Kevin on an easy hike to look for wildflowers and other blooming plants, as well as butterflies. Click [...]

Birding

Bird Outings at Rio Saldo

March 30 @ 8:00 am - 9:30 am

Join one of our local bird enthusiasts for a guided bird walk through the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area! These [...]

Birding Tour At Veterans Oasis Park

March 30 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am

It's a day of feathers and flora. Discover a birding haven at Veterans Oasis Park on expert-led walks by the [...]

The Sierra Vista Environmental Operations Park (EOP) is open to public bird watching tours on Sunday mornings year round. Group [...]

Volunteering

Rock Work at Roosevelt Lake

March 29 - March 30

We are returning to Roosevelt Lake to complete a rock work project on passage 19. This event is not posted for volunteer [...]

Volunteer Work Days

March 29 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Our volunteer work day schedule this season continues to address IFNM needs and fencing issues related to wildlife connectivity through the Avra [...]

Do you like observing nature? Then make your observations count! The City Nature Challenge is a friendly worldwide competition among cities to see whose [...]

Fishing

Zane Grey Chapter Meeting

April 4 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

We’ve gone virtual!!!! Please join us for our monthly board teleconferences the first Thursday of each month 7:00 – 8:45 PM   Register at [...]

Coffee, Casting, Camaraderie & Trash Pick-up

Desert Fly Casters Monthly Meeting

April 9 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Join us for a presenation with Scott Barrus, owner/operator of Spinner Fall Guide Service in Utah's Green Valley River.  His focus is on teaching [...]

Share Your Photos!

We would love to feature you and your family enjoying the great outdoors. Submit your photos for use on our events!
Download the Photo Release form, sign and email with your photos to

Photos@BeOutdoorsArizona.org

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Check out our Guide Star listing

Support wildlife with your license plate!

Arizona Sportsmen for Wildlife Conservation is pleased to present this beautiful specialty license plate. By purchasing this plate you will be making a contribution to Arizona’s wildlife and wildlife habitat.  Seventeen dollars ($17) of each twenty-five ($25) special license fee will go to AZSFWC’s L. Gary Stinson Grant Fund. The AZSFWC will review and approve all grants from the special license plate program revenues.

These grants will fund important on-the-ground wildlife habitat restoration and enhancement projects as well outdoor recreational and educational opportunities that promote conservation.

From 2012 through 2022, AZSFWC awarded $1,322,888 in grants through our conserving wildlife license plate fund.

To order an AZSFWC Conservation License Plate online go to: https://azmvdnow.gov/plates

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Some media about Be Outdoors Arizona

Dr. Mary Zennett Owner and advocate of the Global Health Movement interviews Kara

Kara is interviewed by the Biz Coach Steve Feld

Watch Kara introduce Be Outdoors Arizona at a pitch event in January 2022

Read an interview from ShoutOut Arizona

Listen to us on Mike Russell’s Get Outdoors Podcast on KTAR 92.3FM

The Story of Javiel

Listen to Kara on Audible on all outdoor activities in Arizona