Off the beaten path, Ironwood Forest National Monument has dodged literal and figurative bullets and survived an ever-changing American culture and government. Located in Marana, Ironwood Forest National Monument is remote. Created under President Bill Clinton in 2000, its 129,000 acres are made up of pure, untamed desert. They harbor zero buildings, no ranger station,…
Park Ranger Suzanne Moody has lived at Chiricahua National Monument for 23 years, and she finds something new in the park to fall in love with each day. “You would think after working here all these years I would have more than enough photos, but there’s always something slightly different,” Moody said in…
Caution: “Smuggling and illegal immigration may be encountered in this area.” Visitors to state and national parks, monuments and memorials in Southern Arizona have undoubtedly seen these signs posted along popular hiking trails. The sites near the Mexico border are great spots to find hiking, bird watching and camping, but also provide the perfect place for undocumented…
I lost my geocaching virginity a recent Sunday afternoon at Southern Arizona’s Catalina State Park. To be quite frank, up until a month ago, I had no idea what geocaching even was. Geocaching is essentially a worldwide scavenger hunt that takes place all around. The term is properly defined as the outdoor sport or game of…
Innecesariamente cruel y financieramente costoso, los cazadores furtivos en Arizona pueden ser destructivos para la vida silvestre y el estado al igual que resulta difícil rastrear o capturar, aunque la educación del publico y el acceso a celulares ha dirigido al incremento de pistas. Hay diferentes acciones que caen en el furtivismo y que dependen…
