12 groups have it in their care
National monument in Arizona, 71,100 acres, managed by the Bureau of Land Management, designated in 2000.
The defenders
One group is on the record for Agua Fria, in the order they carry the weight. The range says how strongly our editors, the court dockets and their own filings tie each one here. Give directly; nothing routes through us.
Also in the fight
Advocacy · Durango, CO
Backs Friends of the Agua Fria National Monument through its Friends Grassroots Network with grants, capacity building, and field support, dating to its inaugural 2008 grant round.
26 staff79¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 2007
On the ground in Arizona
More ways in
The situation
Over 450 prehistoric sites on a mesa-top landscape north of Phoenix, including major pueblo ruins that tell the story of communities that thrived here for centuries. Phoenix sprawl squeezes tighter every year around a monument that was already too small to protect what it was meant to save.
Source: BLM · January 1, 2025
No public comment window is open on Agua Fria right now. A call script is ready on the Public Lands Action Network, and the groups above are how the fight gets funded and argued in the meantime.
Your move
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