CREEKER INFO
Dark Skies
Turn down your lights - Turn up the stars! You probably aren't trespassing on your neighbor's property - What about your lights? Cave Creek is a great place to see [...]
Defensible Space – Fire preparation
Defensible Space is based on 3 Zones around your house and other buildings. Be creating defensible space you give the fire department a better change of saving your house in [...]
Defensible Space – Fire preparation 2.0
It can be very disheartening to look out across several acres of desert that is infested with stinknet and invasive grasses. It is understandable that some folks just give and [...]
Desert Awareness Committee
Desert Awareness Committee has been the community resource advocate for the Sonoran Desert since 1974. Our mission is to educate residents and visitors so that they may join us in [...]
Don’t Burn Our Home
Cave Creek and surrounding communities have lost many homes and 1000’s of acres of once beautiful desert to carelessness during construction related activities. Follow this checklist to minimize your chances [...]
Don’t Die In The Desert
Don’t Die In The Desert by Paul Dief Every year the desert heat around Phoenix claims a few people who went out for a hike or bike ride. By following [...]
Foothills Caring Corps
Foothills Caring Corps is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization based in Carefree that provides assistance and support to Neighbors- older adults, and persons with disabilities. The organization was founded in 1999 [...]
Horsing Around in Cave Creek
Knowing what to do around horses…… As a general rule horses are skittish because they are animals of prey. Their innate survival response is to quickly respond to any perceived [...]
Rainwater Harvesting
Live as if you actually live in a desert. Don't waste potable water on your landscape. Rain water harvesting is the way to go.
Rat poison sucks
Raptors Are the Solution (RATS) educates the public about the dangers of rat and rodent poisons in the food web. We inform people about the ecological role of wild birds of [...]
Rattlesnakes
Rattlesnakes! Safety and Prevention Tips Many people move to Arizona for our near-constant sunshine and mild winters. These also make for perfect conditions for reptiles, which, to the dismay of [...]
Septic systems
Most of Cave Creek and areas on the outskirts of the Phoenix metro area are on a septic system. If you do not take care of it you could end [...]
Wildlife rescue groups
Arizona Bat Rescue 480-313-2243 Fallen Feathers 623-533-2348 9532 W Cielo Grande Peoria 85383 Wild at Heart (raptors) 480-595-5047 31840 N 45th St Cave Creek 85331 Quail & Wild Bunny Rescue [...]