What the proposal said, and what the decision did

No figure from the proposal has been checked against the decision on this fight yet. What the record does hold is the issues ledger below.

The BLM is starting a public scoping process to amend the Resource Management Plan for the Sonoran Desert National Monument in Arizona, specifically to address recreational target shooting. It'll prepare an Environmental Assessment under NEPA to evaluate potential changes to how shooting is managed within the monument. This affects anyone who uses or cares about the monument, including recreationists, conservation groups, and local communities.

In the agency’s own words

In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Arizona State Director intends to prepare a Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment with an associated environmental assessment (EA) concerning recreational target shooting for the Sonoran Desert National Monument (SDNM). By this notice the BLM is announcing the beginning of the scoping period to solicit public comments and identify issues and is providing the planning criteria for public review.

Federal Register 2026-03912 ↗

The groups on this fight

4 groups predicted likely to care in Arizona

Predicted likely to care is a guess from the group's sourced work in Arizona, with no link to this decision. Give straight to them; nothing routes through us.

• Center for Biological Diversity

  Predicted likely to care · a guess

  Ironwood Forest National Monument, Arizona: Tucson-based litigant that in 2003 pressured BLM to order Grupo Mexico/Asarco to remove an illegal pipeline, powerline, and road crossing the monument near the Silver Bell mine.

• Grand Canyon Conservancy

  Predicted likely to care · a guess

  Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona: A nonprofit partner of Grand Canyon National Park.

• Grand Canyon Trust

  Predicted likely to care · a guess

  Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni National Monument, Arizona: Intervened in federal court to defend the monument designation against the Arizona Legislature's lawsuit.

• Sierra Club

  Predicted likely to care · a guess

  Sonoran Desert National Monument, Arizona: The Grand Canyon Chapter has been co-plaintiff with Western Watersheds Project in the monument grazing litigation, including the 2021 case that produced the 2024 restricted-grazing plan.

Every group above is on STAND for Public Lands, with its court record, its filings and who backs it.

Who signs it

The notice names no signer PLAN could read. PLAN names a decision-maker only when the document names one.

The ground

The window has closed, so there’s no watch to set on it here.

The photograph on this page: Desert bighorn sheep in red-rock canyon country. It’s the country this decision sits in, not the site itself. More Than Just Parks.

In court on this ground

No court case we track is over Sonoran Desert National Monument.

Who holds the vote

PLAN’s record doesn’t tie a member of Congress to this fight yet. The scorecard grades the votes and bills that decide public lands; nothing joins a vote or a bill to this decision, so there’s no member to name here without guessing.