Phil Hedrick has lived alongside Aravaipa Creek a long time and is well-positioned to write about the people and wildlife who have made Aravaipa Canyon their home. With historic photos and glorious color shots, augmented by maps, graphs and charts, Phil introduces us to the many aspects in view when hiking through the canyon. Aravaipa Canyon is tucked away southwest of Phoenix and northeast of Tucson and well worth a visit. Isbn 978-0-9674595-2-3, 294 pages, b&w and color photographs. Phil Hedrick was the Ullman Professor of Conservation Biology at Arizona State University for 24 years until he retired in 2016. Previously he taught at Pennsylvania State University and the University of Kansas. He has published many scientific articles on conservation and genetics and several textbooks. Since 1994, Phil and his wife Cathy have lived near the west trailhead of the Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness where Cathy raised Navajo-churro sheep. Phil’s research at ASU included studies of Mexican wolves, native fish and bighorn sheep. He also worked on the control and impacts of invasive, non-native plants on Aravaipa and the Sonoran Desert.