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Big Horn on Wolcott Peak, March 2015
Check out the lambs!!

Big Horn on Wolcott Peak, March 2015

Big Horn on Wolcott Peak, March 2015
Check out the lambs!!

Big Horn on Wolcott, wondering who’s raising the ruckus below

On our way to Wolcott Saddle, Wolcott Peak in the background

Ragged Top

Wolcott Peak hike, Hike the Monument Group shot

Big Horn in the Waterman’s
Tom Blanford, 2015

Allen Morgan gets ready to lead a photography walkabout at Meet The Monument.

A happy end of the day after Meet The Monument. Volunteers, Board of Directors and planning team with our new banner.

Desert Bighorn Sheep at Ironwood Forest National Monument. Photo courtesy Arizona Game and Fish Department.

Saguaro with severe damage from illegal shooting on the Ironwood Forest National Monument.

Desert Iguana near El Cerrito Represso in the Ironwood Forest National Monument.

Lahsha Brown, Executive Director of the Friends, providing information about the Ironwood Forest at the 10th Anniversary of the Sonoran Desert National Monument.

A baby Desert Tortoise at Ironwood Forest National Monument. Some of the best habitat for Desert Tortoises to survive is found within the 129,000 acre Monument. Photo Drew Milsom.

U of A student helps remove buffelgrass from the steep, rocky slopes of El Cerrito Represso on National Public Lands Day 2011.

Ironwood Forest National Monument – a national treasure in our own backyard. Photo BLM.

Ragged Top Mountain. photo BLM

Ragged Top, the crown jewel in the Ironwood Forest National Monument. Photo BLM.

Blooming hedgehog cactus at Ironwood Forest National Monument. Photo BLM.

A lone Organ Pipe cactus grows on the Ironwood Forest. It is one of three northern most individuals of this species, outside of their “normal” range. Photo BLM.

A sea of California poppies blanket the hill side in spring at Ironwood Forest National Monument. Photo BLM.

Gary Borax and other volunteers from the Dove Mountain and Heritage Highlands communities in Marana regularly help with restoration projects, like pulling buffelgrass, on Ironwood Forest National Monument.

Gaile James, President, Friends of Ironwood Forest Board of Directors.

“Shiva” saguaro in the Avra Valley. Photo Ted Robbins.

Non-native, invasive buffelgrass greens up and grows quickly during our two rainy seasons – monsoon and winter. It then dries out very quickly, creating a huge fire potential in a landscape that did not evolve with frequent fire.

Irreplaceable ancient petroglyphs at Ironwood Forest National Monument. Photo BLM.

You will not find paved roads, visitor centers, or manicured trails, but you may discover a sense of wonder, exploration, and adventure in a landscape of humbling beauty.

Bow hunting is very popular in the Ironwood Forest National Monument, especially for deer and javalina. Photo BLM.

The Silverbell Cemetery is all that remains of the town of Silverbell.

An Old Saguaro near Wolcott and Ragged Top Mountains stands watch over the valley below, as it has done for centuries.

An Old Saguaro near Walcott and Ragged Top Mountains stands watch over the valley below, as it has done for centuries.

Volunteers help with Meet The Monument, 2012.

Ironwood Blossoms, photo by Korene Cohen

Petroglyphs of three Big Horn Sheep tell the story of people who lived on the Monument long ago.

Ha:san High School students learning about the Ironwood Forest National Monument, April 30, 2013

A close look at the endangered Nichols Turk’s Head Cactus. One of only three known populations grows in the Waterman Mountains in the Ironwood Forest National Monument. They get their name from a spiral they develop as they grow taller, resemlbing a Turk’s turbine.Photo Carianne Campbell – Arizona Native Plant Society