Planning for a new interstate through southern Arizona has been put on hold. 280 miles of highway between Nogales and Wickenburg expanding Interstate 11 had been proposed by federal and state ...

“This is good news for Arizona’s public lands and wildlife ... North of Tucson, the highway would run alongside Sonoran Desert National Monument, threatening its wilderness and recreation, severing ...

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 ...

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… ...

The Coalition’s mission is to protect the biodiversity of the Sonoran Desert in southern Arizona through science-based advocacy ... protection and preservation of the Ironwood Forest National Monument ...