The Sonoran Desert Area
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The Friends of the Sonoran Desert National Monument, the Sierra Club and the Bureau of Land Management celebrated Earth Day 2013 by closing and initiating restoration of 2-miles of illegal roads in the Sonoran Desert National Monument. The Sonoran Desert National Monument southwest of Phoenix has undergone several years of illegal smuggling activity. Smugglers walk, [...] Learn more
The Arizona Republic recently featured the Sonoran Desert Heritage Act and highlighted the plight of archaeological treasures in Red Rock Canyon. The Arizona Sonoran Desert Heritage Act of 2013 is good news for all Americans and we should all be thankful for Congressman Grijalva’s leadership in introducing this bill. Congressman Grijalva is not the only person [...] Learn more
Contact your State Senator and Representatives to ask them to VOTE NO on HB2551 NOW: off-highway vehicles; use; authority; enforcement. If this dreadful bill becomes law it would make it discretionary for state and local law enforcement officers to enforce provisions of the wildlife habitat and cultural resource protection statutes and only allows off-highway vehicle [...] Learn more
Congressman Raul Grijalva steps up for our public land once again and we should thank him for being in Washington, DC and fighting for us and the environment. He has recently submitted a series of bills that would help protect much of Arizona’s natural and cultural heritage. Thank Congressman Grijalva for all he does for [...] Learn more
The Bureau of Land Management, Arizona Game and Fish Department, Tread Lightly and others have been meeting to develop a program called “Partnership Initiative and the Sonoran Landscape Pilot – Recreational Target Shooting” project. (Really this is what it is called.) The purpose of this project as far as I call tell is to develop [...] Learn more
The Friends of the Sonoran Desert National Monument has been working with the Bureau of Land Management and the Arizona Department of Transportation to reduce the buffelgrass threat to the ecology of the Sonoran Desert. Roads and highways are primary routes for invasive plants species to disperse and the Sonoran Desert National Monument is [...] Learn more
Try these wildflowers blooming Spring 2013 in your own home garden. Not pictured here: Fiddleneck, Amsinckia menziesii intermediap; Scorpionweed, Phacelia arizonica; Desert Chicory, Rafinesquia neomexicana; Primrose, Oenothera primiveris; and Hummingbird Bush, Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii. [...] Learn more
The Friends of the Sonoran Desert National Monument gathered March 12, 2013 at Casa Reynosa Mexican Restaurant , Tempe, for an evening of cocktails & appetizers to learn and celebrate what the Friends of the Sonoran Desert National Monument accomplished in 2012 and what we will be working on in 2013. Friends of the [...] Learn more
Friends, Now that we’re into a new year, we’re excited to hit the ground, working on new projects and offering new programs that will protect and preserve the beauty and resources of the Sonoran Desert National Monument! Last fall, the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the Monument was finally unveiled, [...] Learn more
Thank you president Obama This week, President Obama took a bold step to protect and preserve both the cultural and natural heritage of our nation. I want to thank the President for showing great leadership by using the Antiquities Act to name five new special places as national monuments: Rio Grande Del Norte National Conservation [...] Learn more
