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Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is a U.S. National Monument and UNESCO biosphere reserve located in extreme southern Arizona which shares a border with the Mexican state of Sonora. The park is the only place in the United States where the Organ Pipe Cactus grows wild. Along with Organ Pipe, many other types of cacti, as well as other desert flora native to the Yuma Desert section of the Sonoran Desert region grow here. The Park is a beautiful preservation of the American Southwest. Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is 517 square miles (1,338 square kilometers) in size. In 1976 the monument was declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO, and in 1977 95% of Organ Pipe Cactus was declared a wilderness area. Land for the Monument was donated by the Arizona state legislature to the federal government during Prohibition knowing that the north-south road would be improved and make contraband alcohol easier to import from Mexico. In 1937 the land was officially opened as a national monument.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=National Park Service )〕 At the north entrance of the park is the city of Why, Arizona; the town of Lukeville, Arizona, sits at the park's southern border. Lukeville is a border crossing point to Sonoyta, Sonora, Mexico. On August 9, 2002, Ranger Kris Eggle was shot and killed by a suspected Mexican drug smuggler during a United States Border Patrol operation. The visitor center has been named in his honor. ==Gallery== File:Organ pipe cactus.jpg|An organ pipe cactus in the Monument File:Organ pipe cactus 11.jpg|Hedgehog cactus and brittlebush in bloom at the National Monument File:Sagaro Cactii at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.JPG|The Monument is also home to many saguaro cacti File:Organ pipe cactus arches.jpg|The Monument also contains a pair of natural arches File:Organ Pipe NPS Wilderness Map.jpg|Map of Organ Pipe and its designated wilderness 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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