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The National Park Service is seeking public comment for a study focusing on wilderness preservation at Wupatki National Monument northeast of Flagstaff.
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In his latest Canyon Commentary, Scott Thybony shares a lesson he learned about the beauty of nature from the "Grandmother of the Conservation Movement", Mardy Murie.
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Legislation was introduced today to protect one of the most culturally significant and ecologically fragile landscapes in the Southwest. The Great Bend of the Gila Conservation Act will establish a 330,000-acre conservation area, as well as the 47,000-acre Palo Verde National Conservation Area and nearly 60,000-acres of new wilderness in the Sonoran Desert.
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More than 96% of the Coconino County monument qualifies under the Wilderness Act of 1964.
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The Arizona Game and Fish Department may soon have the ability to land helicopters in wilderness areas within the Tonto National Forest. The aim is to…
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On Sept. 3, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the National Wilderness Preservation System Act. With the stroke of a pen, 9 million acres of federal…
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Wilderness areas represent the highest degree of protection the federal government grants to public lands. They’re managed for values of solitude,…