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Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

National monument, southwestern Arizona, U.S., at the Mexican border. It was established in 1937. With an area of 330,689 acres (133,929 hectares), it preserves segments of the mountainous Sonoran Desert and is named for the organ-pipe cactus. Wildlife includes Gila monsters, antelope, coyotes, and a variety of birds.

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Address: 10 Organ Pipe Dr
Ajo, AZ 85321
Phone: 520-387-6849;
Web: www.nps.gov/orpi/
Size: 330,689 acres.
Established: Proclaimed on April 13, 1937. Wilderness designated on November 10, 1978. Designated a Biosphere Reserve in 1976.
Location: In southern Arizona, along the Mexican border. From the north (I-8), follow AZ 85 through Ajo and Why. The Monument is 35 miles south of Ajo and 22 miles south of Why.
Facilities: Campgrounds (é), picnic area, rest rooms (é), visitor center (é), museum/exhibit, self-guided tour/trail. Entrance fee required.
Activities: Camping, hiking, bicycling, horseback riding, auto touring, interpretive programs.
Special Features: Sonoran Desert plants and animals found nowhere else in the United States are protected here, as are traces of the Camino del Diablo Historic Trail. Included among the flora and fauna are the organ pipe cactus, saguaro, elephant tree, and creatures such as the kangaroo rat and javelina that have been able to adapt themselves to extreme temperatures, intense sunlight, and little rainfall.

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No references found	Since the year 2000, an estimated 450 miles of illegal roads have been gouged out of the soil in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument alone, and Organ Pipe accounts for just 36 miles of border: There's more than 100 miles to go from the west edge of Organ Pipe to San Luis. The battered border: immigration policy sacrifices Arizona's ... by Clarke, Chris / Earth Island Journal Significantly, the 860,000-acre (348,000-ha) Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge adjoins the training range, as does Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. Partners save the Sonoran pronghorn by Otte, Aaron / Endangered Species Update Glenda and I had heard from a park ranger that there were some nice vauquelinia trees far up a remote canyon in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, down near the Mexican border. Arid advocate; Deserts, wildfires, shrubby species, amazing finds: ... by Zahner, Bob / American Forests	Orest Adamovich Kiprenskii Orest Danilovich Khvolson Orest Fedorovich Miller Orest Georgievich Vereiskii Orest Govorukhin Orest Khvolson Orest Kiprenskii Orest Makarovich Govorukhin Orest Miller Orest Vereiskii Orestes Orestia Oresund Øresund ORF Orfelin, Zaharija Orff Orff, Carl Orford, Robert Walpole, 1st earl of org Organ Organ Genus organ loft organ of Corti organ of Leydig Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument organ screen organ transplant organdie organdy Organelle organic organic acid Organic Architecture organic bonded wheel organic brain syndrome organic chelates Organic Chemistry organic clay organic coating Organic Composition of Capital organic compound organic conductor organic electrolyte cell organic evolution organic farming Organic Fertilizers organic food Organic Geochemistry Organic Glass organic lattice	Organ of Golgi Organ of Golgi organ of hearing organ of Jacobson organ of Jacobson organ of Jacobson organ of Jacobson organ of Jacobson organ of Leydig organ of mastication organ of mastication organ of mastication Organ of Rosenmüller Organ of Rosenmüller Organ of Rosenmüller organ of sight organ of sight organ of sight organ of sight organ of sight organ of smell organ of smell organ of smell organ of smell organ of speech Organ of Zuckerkandl organ panel Organ pedals organ pipe Organ Pipe Cactus Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument Organ pipe coral Organ Pipe National Monument Organ pipes Organ Placement Specialist organ point organ point organ point Organ printing organ procurement organ procurement organ procurement organ procurement organ procurement organ procurement Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Organ Procurement Organization Organ Pump Committee of Oberlin Organ recital Organ rejection Organ Retrieval Banking Organisation organ screen organ screen organ shortage Organ Shortages Organ Shortages Organ Society of Queensland organ specificity organ stop organ stop organ stops

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Since the year 2000, an estimated 450 miles of illegal roads have been gouged out of the soil in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument alone, and Organ Pipe accounts for just 36 miles of border: There's more than 100 miles to go from the west edge of Organ Pipe to San Luis.

The battered border: immigration policy sacrifices Arizona's ... by Clarke, Chris / Earth Island Journal

Significantly, the 860,000-acre (348,000-ha) Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge adjoins the training range, as does Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.

Partners save the Sonoran pronghorn by Otte, Aaron / Endangered Species Update

Glenda and I had heard from a park ranger that there were some nice vauquelinia trees far up a remote canyon in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, down near the Mexican border.

Arid advocate; Deserts, wildfires, shrubby species, amazing finds: ... by Zahner, Bob / American Forests

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