It’s one of Maricopa’s best-kept secrets, even if it’s a massive half-million acres with three federally protected desert wilderness areas.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has ordered federal officials to review and consider redrawing the boundaries of national ...

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument’s geology, archaeology, and history span millennia. Its sculpted canyons, hidden arches, and colorful cliffs hold stories of our planet’s past, while deep ...

Ever dreamed of dropping so far off the map that you disappear from reality for a while? These are the top four spots to ...

Explore the rugged terrain and rare plants at one of Arizona's newest and barely visited national monuments, a serene cactus forest in the middle of the desert.

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 ...

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah is a vast, remote region featuring diverse landscapes, including canyons, arches, hills, waterfalls, and forests. Spanning nearly 150 kilometers at ...

He said it is clear the the federal agency, which makes the initial determination, already concluded that neither the Ironwood Forest nor Sonoran Desert ... a national park and a national monument ...

“Interstate 11 would devastate treasured places like the Sonoran Desert National Monument. It also poses grave threats to endangered wildlife like cactus ferruginous pygmy owls. I hope this ...

PHOENIX — Foes of a plan to construct a new interstate highway — including a segment that could go through environmentally sensitive portions of Pima County — have won a temporary reprieve ...

The Gould mine, a 1.1 mile hike north of the Sonoran Desert Museum ... since the 1950s and the area became part of Saguaro National Monument in 1963. The Gould mine was covered with a metal ...