Saving The Desert From Phoenix's Sprawl

The nation's newest national monument will preserve a desert ecosystem from Phoenix's rapidly growing urban sprawl just sixty miles away.

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March 12, 2001, 1:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Environmentalists say this monument preserves an entire desert ecosystem from the threat posed by the phenomenally fast-growing Phoenix-Tucson metropolis... Clinton's monument-creation spree was widely seen as an attempt by a controversial president to leave a lasting legacy, and Republican lawmakers - especially those from the West - hinted they would try to undo many of his eleventh-hour environmental acts, including the monuments."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

Read the full story: Creating A Monument in the Arizona Desert

Friday, March 9, 2001 in The Philadelphia Inquirer

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