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Ironwood Forest National Monument

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years within the monument, is currently managed at very light or conservative levels of approximately one cow per every 300 to 400 acres (1.6 km). Domestic sheep and goats are prohibited as a protection to the bighorn sheep. The monument offers almost no surface water but contains sufficient groundwater resources.
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The cattle ranchers maintain more than 80 individual man-made water sources within the monument, in addition to the 14 water sources maintained by the Arizona Game and Fish Department and the Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep Society. The presence of human-supplied water supports the exceptional abundance
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The Ironwood Forest National Monument is managed for multiple uses including recreation, cattle grazing and mining, although new mining claims and motorized off-road travel are prohibited by the establishing Proclamation. Livestock grazing, which has occurred continuously for at least the last 125
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of shade and protection that enables young seedlings of other species to become established despite the harsh desert climate, where daytime high temperatures can exceed 105 Â°F (41 Â°C). The ironwood also provides shade and roosting area
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mining began in the Silver Bell Mountains around 1850 and continues today. Bighorn sheep ewes prefer mine tailings for lambing grounds because the high, steep and open terrain enables them to see and escape from predators.
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Public comments submitted to Bureau of Land Management regarding the Ironwood Forest National Monument Draft Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, May 30, 2007.
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within the monument, including 64 species of mammals and 57 species of birds, although the Bureau of Land Management has been unable to verify those claims. Recent studies by the
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is one of only a few bat species that migrate long distances, coming from as far south as Jalisco, Mexico, more than 1,600 miles (2,570 km).
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An array of flora are present in the Ironwood Forest National Monument. The lower elevations are in the Sonoran Desert
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Biological Survey of Ironwood Forest National Monument, Karen Krebbs and Yar Petryszyn, Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
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population of desert bighorn sheep in southeastern Arizona, having first migrated into North America during the
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of birds, mule deer, coyotes, foxes, bobcats, mountain lions and other wildlife found in the monument.
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people were the first miners in the area. They mined turquoise in the Silver Bell Mountains.
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According to Proclamation 7320, 674 plant and animal species have been identified in the
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area in the monument have been published in a sequence that currently dates back to the
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for animals. The blossoms produce bean pods which also provide food for desert animals.
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archaeological sites have been identified in the monument, dated between 600 and 1450.
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period. Dominant trees of that era, based upon pollen records, were Utah juniper (
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by Presidential Proclamation 7320 on June 9, 2000, the monument is managed by the
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Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon
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Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon
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Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy Owl records of US Fish and Wildlife Service
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SuzĂĄn, Humberto; Nabhan, Gary P.; Patten, Duncan T. (October 1996).
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Ragged Top & saguaro forest, Ironwood Forest National Monument
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The Silver Bell Cemetery in Ironwood Forest National Monument.
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https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/Monuments_Q2_2020.pdf
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Arizona
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Devender, Thomas R. Van; Wiens, John F.; Dimmitt, Mark.
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herd located within the monument is the last remaining
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for birds. Its smoky lavender-colored blossoms provide
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Units of the National Landscape Conservation System
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Saguaro
Map showing the location of Ironwood Forest National Monument
Map showing the location of Ironwood Forest National Monument
Pima County
Pinal County
Arizona
Tucson, AZ
32°27′32″N 111°34′00″W / 32.4589576°N 111.5667845°W / 32.4589576; -111.5667845
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Ironwood Forest National Monument
U.S. National Monument
Sonoran Desert
Arizona
Bill Clinton
Bureau of Land Management
United States Department of the Interior
ironwood
Olneya tesota
endangered
Hohokam

Ragged Top

Category:Flora of the Sonoran Deserts
ecoregion
Bursera microphylla
turk's head cactus
Olneya tesota
keystone species

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