Tuzigoot National Monument - Environmental Factors

Although the Tuzigoot environs may appear harsh and unchanging, the desert ecosytem is continually evolving. Weather, climatic shifts, and geologic processes continue to shape this environment as they have for millennia. More recently, human-caused factors such as air, noise, and water depletion and pollution, as well as introduced species, have had a much greater impact on natural resources world-wide. The undeveloped landscape of Tuzigoot provides an ideal place to study how various environmental factors affect desert ecosystems, and predict what changes might be expected in the future.