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Friends Committees Portal
The Friends, Cultural, Natural Resource and Recreation Committees Invite You to Join Them The Friends Committees and their volunteers are … Read more
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Friends Complete Second Cleanup of Our Adopt-A-Highway segment of I-17
Volunteer groups like the Friends adopt a one mile section along available State, Interstate, or United States highways. Groups sign … Read more
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Training Under Way for Sixth Annual Wet/Dry Mapping
The Friends of Agua Fria National Monument has completed Training for Team Leaders and is still seeking volunteers to serve … Read more
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Friends Newsletter – Spring Equinox 2013 – Volume II Issue I
Spring has arrived and blooming wildflowers cannot be far behind. With Spring comes the Fifth Edition of the Friends of the Agua Fria National Monument … Read more
REGIONAL INFO
Adjacent to rapidly expanding communities, the 71,000-acre Agua Fria National Monument is approximately 40 miles north of central Phoenix.
NATIVE PEOPLE
The Agua Fria National Monument contains more than 450 archaeological sites, spanning some 2,000 years of human history.
NATIVE FLORA AND FAUNA
In addition to the rich record of human history, the monument contains outstanding biological resources.
THREATS TO AFNM
The Agua Fria National Monument faces all kinds of threats to the preservation of this beautiful natural space, such as vandalism and off road vehicle use.