San Pedro Valley Conservation Investments

 

Current and Recent Conservation Initiatives

 

       U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lower San Pedro River wildlife refuge and collaborative conservation initiative

       America\92s Great Outdoors Lower San Pedro River conservation initiative

       NRCS/USFWS joint Working Lands for Wildlife Habitat initiative

       Resolution Copper Mine Land Exchange (7B Ranch)

       USDA Forest Service Forest Legacy Program\92s #1 preservation objective in 2009

 

Other Agencies/Organizations with Conservation Lands and Easements

 

       Arizona Game and Fish Department \96 easements and fee lands

       Bureau of Land Management \96 Cascabel conservation area

       Bureau of Reclamation \96 San Pedro Preserve at Dudleyville, Cook\92s Lake, Spirit Hollow, Three Links Farm (fee and easement lands)

       Nature Conservancy \96 San Pedro Preserve at Dudleyville, H&E Farm, Buehman Canyon, lower Hot Springs Wash, Three Links Farm

       Pima County \96 A-7 Ranch, Buehman Canyon, Bingham Cienega, Six Bar Ranch

       Saguaro Juniper Corporation \96 lower Hot Springs Canyon

       Salt River Project \96 Adobe Preserve North, Black\92s Farm, Spirit Hollow

       Southwest Archaeology \96 Redington Ball Court and numerous easements

 

Summary of Environmental Values

 

       One of the Nature Conservancy\92s \93Last Great Places\94

       Last free-flowing river in the Desert Southwest

       Part of the largest unfragmented landscape in Arizona outside the Grand Canyon region

       One of the three principal desert life corridors in the Southwest (along with Colorado and Rio Grande Rivers)

       Exceeds the Rio Grande River Valley in biological richness

       Hosts the largest mammal species diversity in North America

       Recognized as a Globally Important Bird Area by the American Bird Conservancy

       Principal north-south migration corridor for Central American birds

       Habitat for numerous threatened and endangered species

       Hosts one of the largest remaining intact mesquite forests in the world

       Rich archaeological history dating from earliest North American human occupation (Clovis)

 


Click on the image below for a detailed pdf showing the variety and scope of conservation work as of summer 2010.