BLM runs the 129,000-acre Ironwood monument in Avra Valley, where target shooting was banned after a bruising debate and repeated incidents of gunshot-damaged cacti. It also runs the 496,000-acre ...

MARANA — On a warm Saturday morning, more than 100 protesters gathered near Waterman Peak in the Ironwood Forest National Monument to voice their support for public lands protections.

Potential legal action on the horizon Created by President Bill Clinton in 2000, the Ironwood Forest National Monument spans 129,000 acres of Sonoran Desert landscape. Named after one of the ...

The Ironwood Forest has been inhabited by ancient communities dating back at least 5,000 years. There are three places in the monument that are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Supporters of Arizona's national monuments rallied at two sites, one in Tucson and one near the Grand Canyon, to protest a plan by the Trump administration to open the land to mining.

Supporters of Arizona's national monuments rallied at two sites, one in Tucson and one near the Grand Canyon, to protest a plan by the Trump administration to open the land to mining.

IRONWOOD FOREST NATIONAL MONUMENT, Ariz.—Standing in front of a crowd of 100 people Saturday, Mike Quigley pointed out into the distance to a nearby copper mine. “We can have that,” he said.