In 2001, the Sonoran Desert National Monument was designated by then-President Bill Clinton to protect what he called a "magnificent example of untrammeled Sonoran desert landscape." ...

The Sonoran Desert National Monument is considerably larger than the nearby 92,000-acre Saguaro National Park. Due to its monument status, the BLM can no longer manage the area like other federal ...

WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Land Management on Friday recommended closing 53,300 acres of the Sonoran Desert National Monument to recreational shooting, but keeping the remaining 443,000 open to ...

In the Sonoran Desert National Monument, endangered Sonoran pronghorns, mountain lions, tortoises, dozens of reptile species and as many as 200 species of birds roam, burrow and swoop.

Some areas of the Sonoran Desert National Monument have greatly recovered from years of cattle grazing, sporting new and healthy forage. (Cydni Tuell/Western Watersheds Project) PHOENIX (CN) — The ...

The Bureau of Land Management has recommended closing 53,300 acres of the Sonoran Desert National Monument to recreational shooting, but keeping the remaining 443,000 open to shooters.

President Bill Clinton created the Sonoran Desert National Monument by executive order in 2001 to serve as an example of what the Sonoran Desert could look like if untouched by the fast-growing urban ...

The history of target shooting in the Sonoran Desert The Sonoran Desert National Monument was established by presidential proclamation in 2001. The BLM created a resource management plan for the ...

To the Papago people, Indians native to Southern Arizona, the saguaro cactus is like a brother. And it is this giant of the desert, with its towering and often twisted arms, that has become a ...

I was hiking through Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, a wild sliver of the Sonoran Desert whose botanical wonders include its namesake cactus, seen almost nowhere else in the United States.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bureau of Land Management has recommended closing 53,300 acres of the Sonoran Desert National Monument to recreational shooting, but keeping the remaining 443,000 open to ...