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AZ Republicans sue over Biden’s creation of new national monument, limiting mining

The two top Republicans in the Arizona Legislature objected to Democratic President Joe Biden’s decision last summer to build a new national monument just outside of Grand Canyon National Park, saying the president had to move the site from historic considerations. They argued that he exceeded his legal authority to make the designation based on […]

Recreational shooting in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert monument to be greatly reduced

The federal Bureau of Land Management is considering significantly reducing the area where recreational shooting is allowed in Arizona's Sonoran Desert National Monument. The agency announced Friday that an amendment to the resource management plan would allow shooting on 5,295 acres of the monument and prohibit shooting on the remaining 480,496 acres. Target shooting is […]