The Sonoran Desert Area
Upcoming Events
Waterfowl of the Sonoran Desert National Monument
Jan. 21 8 AM - Join the Friends of the Sonoran Desert National Monument for a day a viewing wintering waterfowl in the Sonoran Desert National Monument (SDNM) near Gila Bend, Arizona. The SDNM has several water catchments originally built for livestock production. These catchments continue to hold runoff and offer migrating waterfowl winter habitat. Learn More
Current Projects
Draft Management Resources Plan
The Friends of the Sonoran Desert National Monument will be taking a leading role in the review of the Draft Management Resources Plan so that the Sonoran Desert National Monument will have a solid planning and management foundation. Learn More
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We do not have any volunteer activities scheduled at this time.
News
Ironwood cactuses hit; target-shooting ban?
One of the proposals in the preferred Draft Management Plan presented by the BLM is to ban all recreational target shooting (not hunting or carrying firearms) in the monument. This proposal was made to insure that all monument objects such as cactuses, rock art sites, desert tortoise, etc. are protected from careless target shooters, i.e. [...] Learn More
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