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Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Park Newspaper

The Pitahaya is published by the National Park Service for the orientation and education of visitors to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. This 8 page newspaper is filled with valuable information and interesting articles written by Organ Pipe's naturalist division. This valuable resource is now available for you to download and read/print at your leisure.

The last edition of The Pitahaya was published in 2005.  The publication of future editions depends on park staffing and scheduling.  Please check back for updates!

The park newspaper is in PDF format and requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader for proper viewing and printing. For best results, we suggest that you download the file to your computer before viewing or printing.

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Last Updated: May 12, 2011 at 13:32 MST