Monument land saved from potential development
By Joanna Dodder Nellans / The Daily Courier
July 25, 2009
A 200-acre ranch in the heart of the Agua Fria National Monument was two days away from the auction block this month when the Trust for Public Land completed a deal to step in and save it from potential development.
“It could have been disastrous,” said Christopher Byrne, Arizona project manager for the Trust for Public Land (TPL).
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has wanted to acquire the historic Horseshoe Ranch ever since President Bill Clinton created the monument nearly a decade ago.
