Photos: Saguaros toppled in national monument
A cluster of Saguaros toppled near a wildcat shooting range on Ironwood Forest National Monument.
Saguaros killed in Ironwood Forest National Monument
A Saguaro cactus estimated to be more than 100-years-old allegedly felled by shotgun blasts to the base of the cactus near a wildcat shooting range in the Ironwood Forest National Monument along Avra Valley Road east of the Silver Bell Mine, on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011.
Saguaros killed in Ironwood Forest National Monument
Reis Lindley, foreground, of The Arizona Native Plant Society, estimated that largest of three Saguaro cactus allegedly shotgunned until they fell is more than 100 years old. Photo taken at a wildcat shooting area in the Ironwood Forest National Monument along Avra Valley Road east of the Silver Bell Mine, on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011.
Saguaros killed in Ironwood Forest National Monument
Jim Mayben, left, talks with John Scheuring of The Arizona Native Plant Society next to a one of three Saguaro cactuses that ere allegedly felled by shotgun blasts near a wildcat shooting area in the Ironwood Forest National Monument along Avra Valley Road east of the Silver Bell Mine, on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011.
Saguaros killed in Ironwood Forest National Monument
A Bureau of Land Management sign stating it is unlawful to leave shotgun shells behind is riddled with bullet holes and buckshot in a wildcat shooting area in the Ironwood Forest National Monument along Avra Valley Road east of the Silver Bell Mine, on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011.
Saguaros killed in Ironwood Forest National Monument
Paper targets and pallets used as targets in a wildcat shooting area in the Ironwood Forest National Monument along Avra Valley Road east of the Silver Bell Mine, on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011.
Saguaros killed in Ironwood Forest National Monument
Old couches and furniture used at a wildcat shooting site in the Ironwood Forest National Monument along Avra Valley Road near the Silver Bell Mine, on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011.
Saguaros killed in Ironwood Forest National Monument
A bullet slug embedded in the base of one of three Saguaro cactuses allegedly felled by shotgun blasts near a wildcat shooting area in the Ironwood Forest National Monument along Avra Valley Road east of the Silver Bell Mine, on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011.
Saguaros killed in Ironwood Forest National Monument
A.J. Duncan picks up spent shells and cans in an area being reclaimed from illegal private use in the Ironwood Forest National Monument along Avra Valley Road near the Silver Bell Mine, on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011.
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Zinke declined to say whether portions of the monuments would be opened up to oil and gas drilling, mining, logging and other industries for which Trump has advocated.