Organ Pipe Cactus

National Monument

Arizona

Established: April 13, 1937

330,688 acres

Annual Visitors: 234,186 (2016)

Official Site: https://www.nps.gov/orpi/index.htm

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_Pipe_Cactus_National_Monument

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Trump Is Blowing Up a National Monument in Arizona to Make Way for the Border Wall“A historically significant area is going to be changed irreparably. You’re never going to be able to put it back together.”

Crews blasting hill in Organ Pipe monument to make way for border wallTohono O'odham elders have said bodies were buried on that hill after Apache raids.

Sonoran super bloom at Mount Ajo, Organ Pipe Cactus National MonumentWay down at the bottom of the country, very near the Arizona border with Mexico, lies Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. The divide in the rugged...

Turtle expert to discuss quest to find every U.S. species during Trout Lake Nature Center visitTurtle expert George Heinrich of St. Petersburg will give a talk to the Trout Lake Nature Center on March 31 as part of the preserve's annual Turtle Day.

...with the U.S. being the most “turtle-rich” country in the world, followed by Mexico.

Some of them have a limited geographic presence such as the wild Sonoyta mud turtle, which is found only in a half-acre pond Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona. The discovery on Oct. 4, 2017, was species No. 47 during The Big Turtle Year.

In a blog post chronicling The Big Turtle Year, he wrote that later that month the Sonoyta mud turtle was listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

“No doubt, international management and conservation efforts are critical to the long-term survival of this subspecies,” wrote Heinrich, who was accompanied on some trips with his Florida Turtle Conservation Trust assistant director Tim Walsh.

After 11 years, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument reopensIncreased border security means that all 517 square miles are again open to the public.

Arizona's Organ Pipe park is a 'paradise' for tourists but a death trap for migrantsThe death of a park ranger at the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in 2002 put the area at the forefront of America’s border crackdown, bringing it two different types of visitor: one seeking recreation, the other survival

Entrance fees at Organ Pipe Cactus Monument will more than doubleThe higher fees will provide additional funding for infrastructure and maintenance needs.

Can environmental protection and border security coexist? Not through an impenetrable wall, say Arizona advocatesThe Department of Homeland Security has waived environmental laws to move forward on wall projects in California and Texas. Scientists and conservation advocates wonder if this national monument is next.

Organ Pipe Cactus National MonumentExplore Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument's 91 photos on Flickr!

On The Road To Organ Pipe

National Parks Traveler

https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2017/09/organ-pipe-cactus-sonoran-desert-treasure

Top 3 reasons Organ Pipe needs to be on your bucket list this yearScenic drives, hiking and camping await adventurers who seek solitude.

Cactus Chronicle (2016 - 2017 Park Newspaper)

National Park Service

https://www.nps.gov/orpi/learn/upload/orpi-newspaer-v3.pdf