In time, I learned to lead with “Sonoran Desert” and quickly explain that there’s a national park unit in southern Arizona called Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. “Near Mexico. No, not New Mexico… ...

Sonoran Desert National Monument is located south of Goodyear and Buckeye and east of Gila Bend, Arizona. Created by Presidential proclamation on January 17, 2001, the monument is managed by the U ...

North of Tucson, regardless of whether the east or west option is selected, the new highway corridor would run alongside Sonoran Desert National Monument, threatening its wilderness and recreation.

One will be the Chuckwalla National Monument, encompassing more ... where the Mojave Desert meets the Colorado and the Sonoran Desert, a veteran conservationist with direct knowledge of the ...

The Chuckwalla National Monument will be named after the chuckwalla lizards that roam the junction of the Mojave, Sonoran and Colorado deserts. The region is also home to bighorn sheep ...