3 groups have it in their care
National monument in Arizona, 129,000 acres, managed by the Bureau of Land Management, designated in 2000.
The defenders
3 groups are on the record for Ironwood Forest, each tied to it by a source our editors read, in the order they carry the weight. Give directly; nothing routes through us.
On the ground
Legal · Tucson, AZ
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.
242 staff + 19 volunteers88¢ to the workFounded 1989
Also in the fight
Advocacy · Durango, CO
Funds and organizes Friends of Ironwood Forest as a member of its Friends Grassroots Network of more than 80 groups defending National Conservation Lands, with Friends of Ironwood Forest among its inaugural 2008 grantees.
26 staff79¢ to the workFounded 2007
Advocacy · Oakland, CA
The Grand Canyon Chapter published an October 2025 defense of the monument documenting the Asarco Silver Bell expansion push, Liberty Star uranium exploration, and the executive-order threat, and is rallying local opposition.
10,895 volunteers81¢ to the workFounded 1892
On the ground in Arizona
The national muscle
More ways in
The situation
Ironwood trees that live a thousand years, creating nurse-tree canopies that shelter hundreds of species in one of the harshest environments on the continent. Mining companies want the copper deposits beneath these ancient groves, and the monument’s boundaries are under review to hand it over.
Source: Arizona Daily Star
Source: NPCA
No public comment window is open on Ironwood Forest 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.
In the courts
The dockets we track that name Ironwood Forest directly. Active first.
Your move
Straight to their own donation page. Your dollar never passes through us.
Their donation page ↗SpeakCall your representativesA ready call script on Ironwood Forest, plus any comment window as it opens.
Public Lands Action NetworkFollowWatch the mapEvery threatened place in the country, tracked, with who stands for each.
Threatened Lands MapBuild my lineup around Ironwood Forest: the leading group here opens it, and the other seats fill from this record.
3 groups on the record, Center for Biological Diversity with 242 staff + 19 volunteers. That is who is holding it. Find your way in.
