The U.S. House recently approved a bill to designate Chiricahua National Monument as a national park. Chiricahua National Monument is in Cochise County, Arizona. If approved, it would become Arizona’s fourth national park.
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“The U.S. House has approved Republican Congressman Juan Ciscomani’s bill to redesignate the 102-year-old Chiricahua National Monument as a national park,” wrote KJZZ Phoenix in an Instagram post sharing the news. “Ciscomani says the reclassification [. . .] would bring welcome new attention to the region.”
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The monument was created to protect the area’s unique rhyolite rock pinnacles, which rise hundreds of feet in the air, in some cases. The area is called a “wonderland of rocks” for good reason.
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