Jan. 7, visit, he’ll announce creation of the Chuckwalla National Monument to preserve more than 600,000 acres.

Tribes, federal, state and local officials, conservation groups and the public supported protecting 600,000-plus acres of ...

The main feature of the monument is the Casa Grande. Casa Grande, Spanish for great house, was abandoned by the Ancestral Sonoran Desert People prior to the arrival of the Spanish explorers in the ...

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 ...

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.

The move would come just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump — who has criticized some monuments as too expansive — ...

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… ...

Nestled in the heart of the Sonoran Desert, Phoenix is the ideal starting point to go out exploring stunning landscapes and ...

The Chuckwalla and Sáttítla national monuments would safeguard landscapes that Native American tribes have revered for ...

Creation of the Chuckwalla National Monument preserves more than 600,000 acres. Bad weather cancels president’s speech.