It’s a preserve of rugged rock summits, bounding bighorn sheep and some of the longest-living trees in the Sonoran Desert — but many Tucsonans have never been there even though it lies just northwest ...

MARANA, Ariz. (KGUN) — To celebrate 25 years of the Ironwood Forest National Monument, the Friends of Ironwood Forest are hosting a free event on Saturday, March 22. The “Meet the Monument” event will ...

Not much has changed at Ironwood Forest National Monument since President Clinton set aside the remote swath of mountains and desert west of Tucson in 2000. Only a few paved roads lead into the almost ...

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. At the same time ...

It seemed to happen quickly, the designation of nearly 130,000 acres in Pima and Pinal counties as the Ironwood Forest National Monument. In March last year, the Pima County Board of Supervisors ...

The road to Ironwood Forest National Monument from Interstate 10 at Red Rock exit winds first through a subdivision, then past a cattle feedlot and fallow cotton fields edged by rough-hewn wooden ...

Arizona Republican Rep. Paul Gosar wants to abolish two large national monuments in his home state. Gosar, who chairs the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, announced ...