About Friends of Ironwood Forest
Friends of Ironwood Forest and the Bureau of Land Manangement would like you to join us Saturday, March 27 for Volunteer Day on the Ironwood Forest National Monument!
Register for the March 27 Volunteer Day!
Don’t miss this opportunity to experience spring in the Sonoran Desert while making new friends and caring for your public lands.
In celebration of the 10th Anniversary of Ironwood Forest National Monument, we are offering a wide variety of various service projects on a single day. This is a great chance to see the Monument and help out at the same time.
7:30 am to 12 pm
Meet at Pump Station and Avra Valley Roads to sign-in and carpool to service projects.
Bring sunscreen, a hat, gloves, tools, water, lunch and dress appropriately.
No Experience necessary!
- Clean up and rehabilitate shooting sites while restoring the beauty of the Sonoran Desert. (easy)
- Learn how to obliterate illegally created roads in the fragile desert soils. (moderate)
- Help remove invasive buffelgrass and restore the native plants’ health. (difficult)
Click here to RSVP and get directions!
Mark Your Calendar!
June 5, 2010
Ironwood Forest National Monument 10th Anniversary Celebration
Heritage Highlands Clubhouse at Dove Mountain, Marana
Reception, Fun, Guest Speakers, Food, Libations, Fun
Keynote Address by Dr. Gary Paul Nabhan
THE MARCH 20 MONUMENT TOUR IS FULL!
Due to the popularity of the tour, we have set up a waiting list pending any cancellations.
We are also considering offering another tour in April.
If you are interested in either the waiting list or visiting the Monument in April, please contact us.
Contact us:
Lahsha Brown, Executive Director
Friends of Ironwood Forest
lahsha@ironwoodforest.org
520-628-2092
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Why does the Ironwood Forest need protection?
The Ironwood Forest faces the same challenges confronting many of our beloved public lands. There are numerous threats that present significant challenges to our vision of a Monument whose resources are sufficiently protected for future generations. These include illegal and destructive visitor behavior, recreational shooting, illegal off-road vehicle driving, inappropriate uses like grazing and mining that degrade the resources, cultural resource damage, continuing habitat loss and fragmentation, encroaching development, stressed wildlife populations, the rise of harmful invasive species, “wildcat” trash dumping, border-related smuggling and illegal immigration traffic and the resulting law enforcement activities, increases in visitation, lack of community awareness and education, and severely under funded land managers.
What does the Friends of Ironwood Forest Do?
In these days of limited funding and resources we play an important role in assisting the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) with critical support for monument protection.
We organize outings and perform service projects on the monument such as:
· Monitoring roads and cultural resources
· Removing non-native invasive plants
· Performing trash cleanups
· Reclaiming unauthorized vehicle routes