On the way back to California we passed through the Sonoran Desert National Monument in central Arizona, created by the executive order of President Bill Clinton in 2001. There is no visitor center nor even any established trails. Just a chunk of protected land where huge Saguaro cacti (Carnegiea gigantea) hold sway.
The current administration in Washington, D.C. is taking a close look at some of the more recently created Monuments. I certainly hope they don't "review" the SDNM out of existence.

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