Located in Southwest Arizona, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge was originally established in 1939 as a game range to conserve and develop wildlife and other natural resources.

In 1990, the Arizona Desert Wilderness Act established over 800,000 acres of the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge as designated wilderness. One quality of wilderness is an area offering “outstanding opportunities for solitude or primitive and unconfined type of recreation.”

Working with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.

Hikers can learn about Sonoran Desert wildlife and plants, watch for birds in the bird blind, and visit the Quitobaquito pupfish pond. Childs Mountain Open Season: Open year round, best used October - April

Cabeza Prieta offers hunting, wildlife observation, photography and environmental education, as well as camping and hiking. The plan calls for continuing management of the 803,418 acre Cabeza Prieta Wilderness to provide opportunities for primitive and unconfined forms of …

Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1939 as a “Game Range” to preserve desert bighorn sheep. The purpose of the 860,010-acre refuge was expanded in 1990 to include protection of 803,418 acres of wilderness resource. Today the refuge also helps manage the endangered Sonoran pronghorn, a subspecies of American antelope ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released its decision of a management for the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona. This decision sets the management direction of the 860,000 acre Sonoran Desert Refuge for the next 15 years.

2021年6月30日 · Please contact the refuge with any further questions or inquiries about public use regulations. Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge 1611 North 2nd Avenue Ajo, Arizona 85321 (502) 387-6483 Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge is home to over 275 species of wildife, as well as nearly 400 species of plants. Please help protect this

2021年9月23日 · Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge landscape view with basalt rock, cholla, ocotillo, creosote, and cacti.

at Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona, on the U.S.-Mexico border. The pronghorn is one of several endangered species whose habitat is severely impacted by human encroachment in the form of highways, access roads for increased border patrols, fences and other barriers. © 2014 DISCOVER magazine.