Higher-than-normal temperatures persisted throughout the summer season and well into fall. Although there were a couple snowstorms this year, the average temperatures remained warm throughout the year.
Mexican gray wolves were continually in the spotlight as well, as activists fought to expand the border the canines are allowed to roam.
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Mexican gray wolf F2979, "Hope," is seen in an undated photograph provided by the Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project.
Sophie Norris, courtesy of Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project
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Matty Schmutz works on his slackline skills in early October on the campus of Northern Arizona University in higher-than-normal temperatures.
Jake Bacon, Arizona Daily Sun
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Local Calvin Johnson captures the northern lights on display over the San Francisco Peaks on Thursday, Oct. 10.
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Workers with Arizona Snow Removal fill wheelbarrows of snow and dump them off the roof of a building on W. University Avenue on Friday, Feb. 9.Â
Matthew Hayden, Arizona Daily Sun file
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