Officials with the Tonto National Forest defended the project as necessary for both camper safety and forest health.

The signature piece of the E. L. Wiegand Ponderosa Playscape is the Pinecone Portal, a 12-foot-tall pinecone large enough for ...

The giant Log Jam Jumble, also made of wood, will provide climbers an outlet. And there are four Pine Needle Climbers, each one in bunches of three, just like Ponderosa pine needles themselves.

The terrain riders will be taking on at Ponderosa Pines (Image credit: James Raison) The race will play out on fully off-road course in the Mt Crawford Forest in South Australia, which includes ...