Arizona Trails and Tales with Rich Fuhrmann cover art

All Episodes

Arizona Trails and Tales with Rich Fuhrmann — 90 episodes

#
Title
1

Wickenburg Trifecta: Birds, Bats and a Cool Town

2

A Weekend Off Before the Wild Returns

3

A Big Year in Arizona?

4

The Many Faces of Arizona Water

5

You Don’t Have to Go Somewhere New

6

Rattlesnakes, People, and the Art of Staying Calm

7

Episode 83: You don’t have to climb the whole mountain today

8

When the heat is on: Desert Adaptations and Human Survival

9

Don’t Take The Cactus Home: 4 Ways The Desert Said No

10

Looking for Females, Looking for Snakes

11

Snake Week 2026: Living with the snakes of the Sonoran Desert

12

Summertime Reflections and Joseph Wood Krutch

13

The Art of Observation: Nature Journaling, Summer Birding, and the Legacy of Herbert Brown

14

Saving Lives or Limiting Choice? (Closing Trails Debate)

15

Opposite Seasons, Similar Challenges

16

Join me on a not so successful bird walk

17

Sylvotherapy- sit spots and bird song

18

Before the Spark: Preventing Arizona’s Next Wildfire

19

Spotify abridged episode 71

20

Adventure, Remembrance & Arizona Legends

21

Beauty, loss and becoming the Wendigo

22

The trail is wide enough

23

Petty, Peaceful, and Present: What Bird walks Taught Me

24

Bubbling Waters, Winged Wonders & a Desert Legend Named Hi Jolly

25

Agua Fria Monument: Human Land Use and Biodiversity in Arizona’s High Desert

26

Safety and Reflection

27

Where Water Meets Wilderness: Hiking Butcher Jones by Saguaro Lake

28

Arizona Backcountry Safety: First Aid, Gear, and a Real Rescue

29

Knowing when to stop and when to look closer

30

Sneezes, Sunscreen, and Songbirds: A Desert Ramble from Hassayampa River Preserve to Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park

31

Spring in the Sonoran Desert

32

Papago & Prickly Pears: Tales from Papago Park

33

From Sacred Peaks to School Bells: Stories of North Mountain

34

Chirp Happens: A Bird Count Special Update

35

Binoculars, Birdsong, and a Little Abbey

36

Jewel of the Creek Preserve

37

Between Shorelines: A Lake Pleasant Episode

38

Shadows on the Lake: Tempe’s Past Revisited

39

Reflections on Volunteering

40

Arlington, Arizona: A Rural Nature Lovers Dream

41

Small wonders under big skies

42

Vibes, Chollas and Santa Claus (Arizona Edition)

43

Raised funds, raised eyebrows and an old desert warning

44

Christmas (winter) Bird Counts and other field notes

45

Feathers, Flatirons, Fortunes and Farewells

46

Hummingbirds, hiking and home

47

Footsteps & Finders: From Memorial Paths to Lost Mines

48

Feathers, Flowers and Fanny Packs

49

Ghosts, Gear and Indigenous Seeds

50

Feathers and Phantoms

51

Fall Break Adventures 2025

52

Trail Mix and Tantrums: Outdoors with Children

53

Birds and Seeds: Feathered Friends and Volunteer Vibes

54

Flash Floods and Fall Hikes

55

September 21 Mom's Tribute

56

Joy of Birding Out on the Trail Volume 2

57

Remembering 9/11 in Arizona

58

The Quiet Responsibility

59

Boot Prints and Birdsong

60

Wings and Weather

61

Escape the extreme heat: Prescott, Arizona

62

Birds and the Bees: Wisdom of Arizona

63

Making Chili and Chilling out in Arizona

64

Bugs, Meteors and a "Dwarf" Planet?

65

How are trails made?

66

Staying cool in the Sonoran Desert

67

Where the River Turns: Discovering Horseshoe Bend

68

How do you select the trail that is right for you?

69

Montezuma's Revenge and the dreaded Scorpion

70

Snake week! Get out there and enjoy nature!

71

Navigating and Mitigating the Base and Meridian Wildlife Area

72

Slate Trail (Not Lava!) and 10 Thou Shall for Beginning Hikers

73

Joy of Birding out on the Trail

74

Escape the heat: Williams, Arizona

75

Ranking the top ten community parks near Surprise, Arizona

76

Hiking after 50 with an overactive bladder? Rich's White Tanks Restroom Loop...

77

Tres Rios Wetlands: A Welcoming Adventure

78

Episode 13- Confessional-Just get out there!

79

A Pleasant Surprise in Surprise, Arizona

80

A Hike with Mike: What's in a Song?

81

Camp Verde Arizona: Rocking Out in the Rocking River Ranch

82

The Star Mountains of Arizona

83

Boy scouts for grown ups? Red Rock area...

84

Making the best of Sedona when you just don't know...Fay Canyon Trail

85

Conquering the Apache Wash Long Loop Trail: A Tale of Perseverance

86

"Arizona's Waterfall Trail: Beauty or Bust?"

87

Cave Creek's Go John Trail

88

Birdwatching Wonders at Hassayampa River Preserve

89

Unveiling the Secrets of the Black Rock Long Loop Trail in the White Tank Mountains

90

Rio Vista Community Park