Phoenix District

District Background

Location: Central Arizona

BLM District Webpage

BLM Surface Acreage: 2,297,000

Designated Wilderness Acreage: 347,287

Citizen-Proposed Wilderness Acreage: 493,449

National Landscape Conservaton System (NLCS) Information

Sonoran Desert National Monument
Agua Fria National Monument

Anza National Historic Trail

Big Horn Mountains Wilderness
Harquahala Mountains Wilderness
Hassayampa River Canyon Wilderness
Hells Canyon Wilderness
Hummingbird Springs Wilderness
North Maricopa Mountains Wilderness
Sierra Estrella Wilderness
South Maricopa Mountains Wilderness
Signal Mountain Wilderness
Table Top Wilderness
Woolsey Peak Wilderness

Resource Management Plan (RMP) Information

Sonoran Desert National Monument and Phoenix South RMP

RMP in Revision? Yes

Last Action: Preliminary Draft Alternatives Completed 3/11/05

Next Action: Draft RMP

RMP Planning Site

Agua Fria National Monument and Bradshaw-Harquahala RMP

RMP in Revision? Yes

Last Action: Proposed RMP Published August 2008

Next Action: Record of Decision (ROD)

RMP Planning Site

District Contacts

Phil Hanceford

The Wilderness Society

1660 Wynkoop St. Ste. 850
Denver  CO  80202
303-650-5818 x 122  Email

Scott Jones

Sierra Club, Arizona's Grand Canyon Chapter

202 E. McDowell Rd, Suite 277
Phoenix   85004
602-254-9330   Email

Kim Crumbo

Grand Canyon Wildlands Council

Post Office Box 1594
Flagstaff   AZ  86002
928-638-2304   Email

Matt Skroch

Sky Island Alliance

738 N. 5th Ave, Suite 201, P.O. Box 41165
Tuscon  AZ  85717
520-624-7080  Email

Phoenix BLM District Office

21605 N. 7th Avenue
Phoenix   AZ  85027
623-580-5500  

Related Publications

A Conservationist’s Guide to BLM Planning and Decision-Making Using FLPMA and NEPA to Protect Public Lands
Agua Fria National Monument Draft RMP Comments