Sabino Canyon is 'forever changed'

The torrent that scoured the treasured recreation site northeast of Tucson July 31 was the worst flood ever recorded there — topping out at about 17,000 cubic feet per second, said Robert Lefevre, watershed program manager for the Forest Service.

A synopsis with pictures of this monsoon season's effects on Sabino Canyon. All 9 of the bridges in the canyon survived, a testament to the standard of construction of the 1930s WPA program.