2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 41 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
SECTION VII POTENTIAL LINKAGE ZONES
Linkage 1 Beaver Dam Slope – Virgin Slope
Mohave Desert Ecoregion
ce: Fredonia and Kingman ral Resources Management Section: Flagstaff
Western Arizona Council of Governments
A2 and A4
es (Vegetation Types):
27% 14%
Identif
ctum
Desert Sucker Catostomus “Pantosteus” clarki Flannelmouth Sucker Catostomus “Pantosteus” discobolus
(Linka
eckled Dace Rhinichthys osculus derma maculatum a seminuda
Spinedace Lepidomeda mollispinis mollispinis dfin Plagopterus argentissimus
Hydrology: Big Bend Wash Coon Creek Virgin River
County: Mohave
ADOT Engineering District: Flagstaff and Kingman ADOT MaintenanADOT Natu
AGFD: Region II
BLM: Arizona Strip District
Congressional District: 2
Council of Government:
FHWA Engineering:
Legislative District: 3
Biotic CommunitiMohave Desertscrub 100%
Land Ownership: Bureau of Land Management 59% Private State Trust Land
ied Species: phyllotis Allen’s Big-eared Bat Idioycteris
Arizona Toad Bufo microscaphus nBanded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum ci
Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Common Black-hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
ge 1: Identified Species continued)Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis Mohave Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Mountain Lion Felis concolor Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus SpSpotted Bat Eu
ilVirgin Chub GVirgin Woun
Threats: 5) Highway (I 1
Urbanization
Linkage 2 Beaver Dam – Virgin Mountains
Mohave Desert Ecoregion
t: Flagstaff ADOT Maintenance: Fredonia
rict
vernment: Western Arizona Council of Governments
0%
American Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum Arizona Toad Bufo microscaphus Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis Bobcat Lynx rufus
mys microps leucotis s” discobolus
County: Mohave
ADOT Engineering Distric
ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Flagstaff
AGFD: Region II
BLM: Arizona Strip Dist
Congressional District: 2
Council of Go
FHWA Engineering: A2
Legislative District: 3
Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): 10Mohave Desertscrub
Land Ownership: Bureau of Land Management 93% Private Land 2%
5% State Trust Land
cies: Identified Spe
Chiseled-Tooth Kangaroo Rat DipodoFlannelmouth Sucker Catostomus “PantosteuHoary Bat Lasiurus cinereus Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 42 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
(Linkage 2: Identified Species continued) assizii Mohave Desert Tortoise Gopherus ag
Mountain Lion Felis concolor Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus
opard Frog Rana onca t Lasionycteris noctivagans
Euderma maculatum Mountain Kingsnake Lampropeltis pyromelana
domeda mollispinis mollispinis
rgentissimus
Threat
Highway (I 15)
ydrology: Black Rock Gulch Cedar Pockets Wash Mountain Sheep Wash Sullivans Canyon Virgin River
Relict Le Silver-haired Ba
Spotted Bat Utah infralabialis
LVirgin Spinedace epi Woundfin Plagopterus a
s: Grazing
H
Cedar Rim/Fredonia Pronghorn Crossing Colorado Plateau Ecoregion
Flagstaff
trict
g: A2
Great Basin Conifer Woodland 6% Desertscrub 57%
37%
Land O9%
20% 43.5%
27.5%
dentified Species: Allen’s Big-eared Bat Idioycteris phyllotis Fringed Myotis Myotis thysanodes Grand Canyon Rattlesnake Crotalis oreganos abyssus Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans Mountain Lion Felis concolor Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus
Pronghorn Antilocapra americana
389)
n
Lost Spring Wash Pipe Valley Wash Sand Wash
Sand Ridge Wash Sandy Canyon Wash Short Creek South Moccasin Wash
Twomile Creek
Linkage 3
County: Mohave and Coconino
ADOT Engineering District: ADOT Maintenance: Fredonia ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Flagstaff
AGFD: Region II
BLM: Arizona Strip Dis
Congressional District: 1 and 2
Council of Government: Northern Arizona Council of Govern ncil f Gove nmentments and Western Arizona Cou o r s
FHWA Engineerin
Legislative District: 3
Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types):
Great BasinPlains & Great Basin Grassland
wnership: Bureau of Land Management Tribal Land (Kaibab) Private Land
State Trust Land
I
(Linkage 3: continued) Threats:
Highway (SR Urbanization
Hydrology: Big Sand Wash
Cottonwood Creek Johnson Ru
Johnson Wash Kanab Creek
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 43 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 4 t Plateau
g District: Flagstaff
GFD: Region II
LM:
ongressional District: 1
ounc n Arizona Council of Governments
HWA
Legislative District: 3
Biotic Commu42%
Great Basin Desertscrub 20% Plains & Great Basin Grassland 1%
*Note: Linkage extends into Utah
State Trust Land 12%
ends into Utah
Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus concolor
Nor h Ri core n
ount
ADOT Nat ion: Flagst
GFD: Region II
LM:
ongr
a Council of
trict: 2 and 3
iotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Great Basin Conifer Woodland 28% Petran Montane Conifer Forest 64%
1% 7%
and < 0.1%
DA Forest Service (Kaibab) 99.7% ice (Grand Canyon) < 0.1%
< 0.1%
alcon Falco peregrinus anatum tinomops macrotus f Bat Eumops perotis californicus tis evotis otis volans color
Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
(Linkage 5: Identified Species continued) Spotted Bat Euderma maculatum
Western Small-footed Myotis Myotis ciliolabrum Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
Threats: Highway (SR 67)
Hydrology: Jacob Canyon Kane Canyon
Pleasant Valley Outlet Rock Canyon
Warm Springs Canyon Wildcat Canyon
Kaibab – PaunsaugunColorado Plateau Ecoregion
County: Coconino
ADOT EngineerinADOT Maintenance: Fredonia ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Flagstaff
A
B Arizona Strip District
C
C il of Government: Norther
F Engineering: A2
nities (Vegetation Types): Great Basin Conifer Woodland
Land Ownership: Bureau of Land Management 51%
*Note: Linkage ext
Identified Species:
Mountain Lion Felis
Threats: Highway (US 89, US 89A)
Hydrology: None identified at this time
Linkage 5 Kaibab Plateau t m
Colorado Plateau E gio
y: Coconino C
ADOT Engineering District: Flagstaff ADOT Maintenance: Fredonia
ural Resources Management Sect aff
A
B Arizona Strip District
C essional District: 1
Council of Government: Northern ArizonGovernments
FHWA Engineering: A2
egislative DisL
B
Plains & Great Basin Grassland Subalpine Grassland
L Ownership: Bureau of Land Management
USNational Park ServPrivate Land
Identified Species: FAmerican Peregrine
Big Free-tailed Bat NyctifGreater Western Mas
Long-eared Myotis Myo Long-legged Myotis My
Mountain Lion Felis con
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 44 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 6 Paria Plateau – Kaibab Plateau
Colorado Plateau Ecoregion
ADOT En
AGFD
rict and Phoenix District
Congr
ona Council of
HWA
egislative District: 2 and 3
iotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Great Basin Desertscrub 67% Plains & Great Basin Grassland 33%
96%
(Glen Canyon, Grand Canyon) 1% e Land 2%
d 1% < 0.1%
(Kaibab) 1%
on Falco peregrinus anatum Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis Chisel-toothed Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys microps leucotis Mountain Lion Felis concolor
Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Pronghorn Antilocapra americana
Western Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea
(Linkage 6: continued) Threats:
HighwRecre
South Fork Soap Creek
County: Coconino County
gineering District: Flagstaff ADOT Maintenance: Fredonia and Page ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Flagstaff
: Region I and Region II
BLM: Arizona Strip Dist
essional District: 1
Council of Government: Northern ArizGovernments
F Engineering: A2
L
B
Land Ownership: Bureau of Land Management National Park Service
Privat State Trust Lan
Tribal Land (Navajo) USDA Forest Service
Identified Species: American Peregrine Falc
ay (SR 89A, BLM Road 1065) ational Traffic (vehicular, pedestrian)
Hydrology: Badger Creek
Colorado River Emmett Wash
House Rock Wash Soap Creek
Linkage 7 Skeleton Mesa – Black Mesa
Colorado Plateau Ecoregion
ADOT Engineering DistriADOT MADOT Nat ff
AGFD: Region I
BLM: Phoenix District
ouncil of Government: Northern Arizona Council of
4
asin Conifer Woodland 62% Great Basin Desertscrub 19%
in Grassland 19%
Tribal Land (Navajo) 100%
s nu on Felis concolor
Hydro
County: Navajo
ct: Holbrook aintenance: Kayenta
ural Resources Management Section: Flagsta
Congressional District: 1
CGovernments
FHWA Engineering: A
Legislative District: 2
Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Great B
Plains & Great Bas
Land Ownership:
Identified Species: Black Bear Ursus americanus
Hopi Rattlesnake Crotalus viridi ntius Mountain Li Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus
Navajo Mexican Vole Microtus mexicanus navaho
Threats: Highway (US 160)
Ranching
logy: Laguna Creek Shonto Wash Tsegi Canyon
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 45 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 8 Chinle Valley – Chuska Mountains
Colorado Plateau Ecoregion
ring District: Holbrook tenance: Kayenta and Page
DOT Natural Resources Management Section: Flagstaff
GFD: Region I
BLM:
Northern Arizona Council of
HWA
egislative District: 2
iotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Great Basin Desertscrub 73% Plains & Great Basin Grassland 27%
Land Ownership: Tribal Land (Navajo) 100%
Identified Species: Black Bear Ursus americanus
Black-Billed Magpie Pica hudsonia Hopi Rattlesnake Crotalus viridis nuntius Mountain Lion Felis concolor Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Northern Leopard Frog Rana pipiens Western Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypu aea
hreats: Highway Threat (US 191)
Hydrology: Agua Sal Creek
rology continued) Black Mountain Wash
Red Wash Wash
Trading Post Wash
Linkage 9 Chuska Mountains – New Mexico
Arizona/New Mexico Mountains Ecoregion
lbrook nd Page
ral Resources Management Section: Flagstaff
GFD
Northern Arizona Council of
ion Types): 8%
Great Basin Desertscrub 5% Petran Montane Conifer Forest 22%
Petran Subalpine Conifer Forest 5% Plains & Great Basin Grassland 7% Subalpine Grassland 1%
*Note: Half of Linkage is in New Mexico
Land Ownership: Tribal Land (Navajo) 48%
*Note: Half of Linkage is in New Mexico
Identified Species: Elk Cervus elaphus
Hopi Rattlesnake Crotalus viridis nuntius Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Riparian Obligates Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
County: Apache
ADOT EngineeDOT MainA
A
A
Phoenix District
Congressional District: 1
Council of Government:Governments
F Engineering: A4
L
B
g
T
(Linkage 8: Hyd
Chinle Wash Cottonwood Wash Hasbidito Wash Lukachukai Wash Nazlini Wash
Sheep Dip
County: Apache
ADOT Engineering District: Hoenta aADOT Maintenance: Kay
DOT NatuA
A : Region I
BLM: Phoenix District
Congressional District: 1
Council of Government:Governments
FHWA Engineering: A4
Legislative District: 2
Biotic Com tatmunities (VegeGreat Basin Conifer Woodland
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 46 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 10 Mount Tipton - Mount Perkins
Mohave Desert Ecoregion
ounty: Mohave
rces Management Section: Prescott
GFD
District
al District: 2
ouncil of Government: Western Arizona Council of Governments
HWA Engineering: A4
egislative District: 3
iotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Mohave Desertscrub 100%
and Ownership: Bureau of Land Management 12.5% National Parks Service (Lake Mead) 86.5%
State Trust Land 1%
dentified Species: American Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum
Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis
Bobcat Lynx rufus Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata gracia Greater Western M s perotis californicus
Mountain Li Mule Deer O
Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
uchen texanus
continued) Relict Leopard Frog Rana onca
Highway (US 93)
Colorado River
nued)
Creek
Blackrock Wash
Buell Wash
Horse Mesa Wash
Red Wash
h Creek
(Linkage 9: contihreats: T
Highway (SR 504) Urbanization
Hydrology: Black Creek
Blackhorse
Bonita Creek
Coyote Wash
Pine Wash
Sanostee WashStanding Redrock Creek Twin Buttes Was
Wheatfields Whiskey Creek
White Spring Wash
C
ADOT Engineering District: Kingman ADOT Maintenance: Kingman ADOT Natural Resou
A : Region III
BLM: Colorado River
Congression
C
F
L
B
L
I
astiff Bat Eumopcrotis Kit Fox Vulpes ma
Mohave Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii on Felis concolor docoileus hemionus
pallescens Razorback Sucker Xyra
(Linkage 10: Identified Species
Speckled Rattlesnake Crotalus mitchellii
Threats:
Border Security Threat Burros
Hydrology:
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 47 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 11 Grand Canyon – Prescott National Forest
oregion region
Kingman DOT illiams DOT Natural Resources Management Section: Flagstaff and
egion III
River District and Phoenix District
: 1 and 2
ern Arizona Council of zona Council of Governments
A4
egisla 2, 3 and 4
n Types): odland 34% b 2%
ssland 64%
Private Land 67% State Trust Land 33%
Tribal Land (Havasupai; Hualupai) < 0.1% USDA Forest Service (Kaibab; Prescott) < 0.1%
Ide
Bald Eagle Barn Black FooteElk Cervus elaphus
awk Buteo regalis Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
Species continued) Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
og Cynomys gunnisoni Mountain Lion Felis concolor
Falcon Falco mexicanus Pronghorn Antilocapra americana
k Buteo lagopus Asio flammeus erma maculatum
Hawk Buteo swainsoni ilaria hypugaea
Threats:
Monument Wash Partridge Creek Pineveta Creek Sandstone Wash Truxton Wash Turkey Canyon
Linkage 12 Coconino Plateau – Kaibab National Forest
hlands Ecoregionco Mountains Ecoregion ateau Ecoregion
lagstaff
ADOT Nat es Management Section: Flagstaff
GFD: Region II and Region III
LM: Phoenix District
ongressional District: 1
Council of Government: Northern Arizona Council of Governments
FHWA Engineering: A2
Legislative District: 1
Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Great Basin Conifer Woodland 59% Petran Montane Conifer Forest 3% Plains & Great Basin Grassland 38%
Land Ownership: National Parks Service (Grand Canyon) 0.5%
Private Land 61.5% State Trust Land 35%
USDA Forest Service (Kaibab) 3%
Identified Species: Elk Cerv Mule Deer O
Mountain Lion Felis concolor hawk Accipiter gentilis
Antilocapra americana
Apache Highlands EcColorado Plateau Eco
County: Coconino and Yavapai
ADOT Engineering District: Flagstaff andA Maintenance: Fredonia, Kingman, Seligman and WAPrescott
AGFD: Region II and R
BLM: Colorado
Congressional District
Council of Government: NorthGovernments and Western Ari
FHWA Engineering: A2 and
L tive District: 1,
Biotic Communities (VegetatioGreat Basin Conifer WoGreat Basin DesertscruPlains & Great Basin Gra
Land Ownership:
ntified Species: American Kestrel Falco sparverius
Haliaeetus leucocephalus Owl Tyto alba
d Ferret Mustela nigripes
Ferruginous H
(Linkage 11: Identified
Gunnison’s Prairie D
Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Prairie
Rough-legged Haw Short-eared Owl Spotted Bat Eud Swainson’s
Western Burrowing Owl Athene cun
Highway (I-40) Railroad Urbanization
Hydrology: Ash Fork Draw Big Chino Wash Black Tank Wash
Chino Wash Eightmile Creek
Havasu Creek Johnson Creek
Little Canyon Creek Markham Wash
Meath Wash
Apache HigiArizona/New Mex
Colorado Pl
County: Coconino
ADOT Engineering District: FADOT illiamsMaintenance: W
ural Resourc
A
B
C
us elaphus docoileus hemionus
Northern Gos Pronghorn
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 48 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 13 South Rim Grand Canyon
Colorado Plateau Ecoregion
ounty: Coconino
DOT Engineering District: Flagstaff DOT Maintenance: Gray Mountain DOT Natural Resources Management Section: Flagstaff
GFD
LM: Phoenix District
ongressional District: 1 and 2
ouncil of Government: Northern Arizona Council of overnments
HWA Engineering: A2
egislative District: 1 and 2
iotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Great Basin Conifer Woodland 97% Great Basin Desertscrub 3%
and Ownership: Private Land 2%
Tribal Land (Navajo) 52% USDA Forest Service (Kaibab) 46%
dentified Species: American Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis Elk Cervus elaphuMountain Lion
Mule Deer Od
Threats:
d) Hydrology:
Lee Canyon
(Linkage 12: continued)
Highway (SR 64)
ation
Cataract Creek
Little Red Horse Wash
Pine Creek Wash ash
Threats:
Railroad Urbaniz
Hydrology:
Coconino Creek
Martin Dam Draw Miller Wash Monument Wash
Rain Tank WRed Horse Wash Red Lake Wash Spring Valley Wash
C
AAA
A : Region I and Region II
B
C
CG
F
L
B
L
I
s Felis concolor
ocoileus hemionus
Highway (SR 64) Urbanization
(Linkage 13: continue
Deer Tank Wash
Little Colorado River
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 49 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 14 Valle - Bellemont
egion Arizona/New Mexico Mountains Ecoregion
ring District: Flagstaff e: Flagstaff and Williams
anagement Section: Flagstaff
AGFD: Region II
LM: Phoenix District
ongressional District: 1
Council of Go ning Organization ments
FHWA Engineering: A2
Legislative District: 1 and 2
% Petran Montane Conifer Forest 61%
reat Basin Grassland 8%
Private Land 18% 5%
(Coconino; Kaibab) 77%
e Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum Myotis occultus
icanus
ns ent cida
docoileus hemionus exicanus navaho
ns ownsendii
hreat
Rio de Flag Schultz Creek
Apache Highlands Ecor
County: Coconino
neeADOT EngiADOT MaintenancADOT Natural Resources M
B
C
vernment: Flagstaff Metropolitan Plan and Northern Arizona Council of Govern
Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Great Basin Conifer Woodland 31
Plains & G
Land Ownership:
State Trust Land USDA Forest Service
Identified Species: Allen’s Big-eared Bat Idionycteris phyllotis American PeregrinArizona Myotis Black Bear Ursus amerElk Cervus elaphus Fringed Myotis Myotis thysanodes Long-eared Myotis Myotis evotis Long-legged Myotis Myotis volaMexican Spotted Owl Strix occid alis luMountain Lion Felis concolor
(Linkage 14: Identified Species continued) Mule Deer ONavajo Mexican Vole Microtus m
Accipiter gentilis Northern GoshawkNorthern Leopard Frog Rana pipiePale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus t
pallescens Pronghorn Antilocapra americana
T s: Highway (US 180)
Urbanization
Hydrology:
Linkage 15 Garland – Arizona Divide
Arizona/New Mexico Mountains Ecoregion
County: Coconino
ADOT Engineering District: Flagstaff ADOT Maintenance: Flagstaff, Little Antelope and Williams ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Flagstaff
AGFD: Region II
BLM: Phoenix District
Congressional District: 1
ouncil of Government: Flagstaff Metropolitan Planning rganization and Northern Arizona Council of Governments
FHWA Engineering: A2
Legislative
s (Vegetation Types): Great Basin Conifer Woodland 8%
84% 8%
d (Navajo Army Depot) 8% Land 26%
d 20% t Service (Coconino; Kaibab) 46%
Myotis occultus
tis Myotis thysanodes Little Colorado Spinedace Lepidomeda vittata
Myotis evotis Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans
trix occidentalis lucida Mountain Lion Felis concolor
tilis
CO
District: 1 and 2
Biotic Communitie
Petran Montane Conifer ForestPlains & Great Basin Grassland
and Ownership: LMilitary Lan
Private State Trust Lan
USDA Fores
Identified Species: Arizona Myotis
Elk Cervus elaphus Fringed Myo
Long-eared Myotis
Mexican Spotted Owl S
Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Northern Goshawk Accipiter gen
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tilocapra americana
Sinclair Wash Sycamore Creek Volunteer Wash
(Linkag Identified Species ued) e 15: continOsprey Pandion haliaetus
Pronghorn An Riparian Obligates
Threats: Agriculture Highway (I 40)
Railroad Urbanization
Hydrology: Dogtown Wash
Linkage 16 Flagstaff
xico Mountains Ecoregion
Flagstaff ADOT Maintenance: Flagstaff and Little Antelope
f
Metropolitan Planning Organizatio
HWA
sh Land 1% 85%
13% 2%
hyllotis tis occultus
lack Bear Ursus americanus Elk Cervus elaphus Fringed Myotis Myotis thysanodes Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus
exican Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis lucida Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
Urbanization
ydrology: Rio de Flag
Sinclair Wash
Arizona/New Me
County: Coconino
ADOT Engineering District:
ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Flagstaf
AGFD: Region II
BLM: Phoenix District
Congressional District: 1
Council of Government: Flagstaffn
Engineering: A2 F
Legislative District: 1 and 2
Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): % Petran Montane Conifer Forest 100
Land Ownership: Game and Fi
Private Land State Trust Land
USDA Forest Service (Coconino)
Identified Species: Allen’s Big-eared Bat Idionycteris pArizona Myotis MyoB
M
Riparian Obligates
(Linkage 16: continued) Threats:
Highway (I 40) Railroad
H
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 51 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 17 Deadman Mesa – Gray Mountain
xico Mountains Ecoregion rado Plateau Ecoregion
County: Coconino
ADOT Engineering District: Flagstaff Flagstaff and Gray Mountain
ources Management Section: Flagstaff
AGFD:
trict: 1
: A2
egisla
Biotic r Woodland 16%
9%
ssland 34%
41% 15%
and (Navajo) 9% USDA Forest Service (Coconino) 32%
dentified Species: Black Bear Ursus americanus
alis lucida
Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis onghorn Antilocapra americana
continued) Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo Wupatki Arizona Pocket Mouse Perognathus amplus cineris
hreats: Agriculture
Highway (SR 89) Urbanization
Hydrology: Dea Hulls Wash
Arizona/New MeColo
ADOT Maintenance: ADOT Natural Res
Region I and Region II
BLM: Phoenix District
Congressional Dis
Council of Government: Flagstaff Metropolitan Planning Organization and Northern Arizona Council of Governments
FHWA Engineering
L tive District: 1 and 2
Communities (Vegetation Types): Great Basin ConifeGreat Basin Desertscrub Petran Montane Conifer Forest 41% Plains & Great Basin Gra
Land Ownership: National Parks Service (Wupatki) 3%
Private Land State Trust Land
Tribal L
I
Elk Cervus elaphus Mexican Spotted Owl Strix occidentMule Deer Odocoileus hemionus
PrRiparian Obligates
(Linkage 17: Identified Species
T
dman Wash
Rio de Flag
Linkage 18 Black Mountains – Cerbat Mountains
on: Prescott
BLM: Colorado River District
Congressional District: 2
ounc of Government: Western Arizona Council of Governments
Biotic ComMohave Desertscrub 58%
midesert Grassland 42%
Land Oagement 37%
Private Land 46% Trust Land 17%
dentified Species: Allen’s Big-eared Bat Idionycteris phyllotis American Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum
Bobcat Lynx rufus Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata gracia
Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis Mountain Lion Felis concolor Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus
Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens
Speckled Rattlesnake Crotalus mitchellii
Mohave Desert Ecoregion
County: Mohave
ADOT Engineering District: Kingman ADOT Maintenance: Kingman ADOT Natural Resources Management Secti
AGFD: Region III
C il
FHWA Engineering: A4
Legislative District: 3
munities (Vegetation Types):
Se
wnership: Bureau of Land Man
State
I
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Linkage 19
BLM:
Congr
cil of Governments
unities (Vegetation Types): Great Basin Conifer Woodland 5%
Mohave Desertscrub 95%
82%
n Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum izona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater
nster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Ovis canadensis
Charina trivirgata gracia er Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus
color
Mohave Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus
(Linkage 19: IPale To ownsendii palle
Speckled Ra Hawk Buteo swainsoni
Western Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea
Urbanization
ydrology:
(Linkage 18: Identified Species continued) Swainson’s Hawk Buteo swainsoni Western Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea
Threats: Highway (SR 93)
Urbanization
Hydrology: Big Wash Sacramento Wash Tennessee Wash
Mount Perkins – Warm Springs Mohave Desert Ecoregion
County: Mohave
ADOT Engineering District: Kingman ADOT Maintenance: Kingman ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Prescott
AGFD: Region III
Colorado River District
essional District: 2
Council of Government: Western Arizona Coun
FHWA Engineering: A4
Legislative District: 3
iotic CommB
Land Ownership: Bureau of Land Management
Private Land 11% 7% State Trust Land
Identified Species: Allen’s Big-eared Bat Idionycteris phyllotis AmericaArBanded Gila MoBighorn Sheep
Bobcat Lynx rufus Desert Rosy BoaGreat
Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis Mountain Lion Felis con
dentified Species continued) wnse nus tnd’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhi
scens ttlesnake Crotalus mitchellii
Swainson’s
Threats: Burros
Highway (SR 68)
H None Identified
Photo by Mark Freitag
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 53 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 20 H rbat Mountains
Apache Highlands Ecoregion Mohave Desert Ecoregion
ounty: Mohave
DOT Engineering District: Kingman
ADOT Section: Prescott
AGFD:
of Governments
Biotic Com pes): 24% 76%
and Ownership: reau of Land Management 4%
< 1% 86%
State Trust Land 11%
Identifared Bat Idionycteris phyllotis
ne Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum la Sauromalus ater
Heloderma suspectum cinctum
Charina trivirgata gracia quila chrysaetos
ern Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus acrotis ortoise Gopherus agassizii
Felis concolor
(Linkage 5: Identified Species continued) ule Deer Odocoileus hemionus ale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
pallescens mitchellii
ing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea
Threat)
Hydro
ualapai Mountains – Ce
C
AADOT Maintenance: Kingman
Natural Resources Management
Region III
BLM: Colorado River District
Congressional District: 2
Council of Government: Western Arizona Council
FHWA Engineering: A4
Legislative District: 3
munities (Vegetation TyMohave Desertscrub
Semidesert Grassland
LBu
Game and Fish Land Private Land
ied Species: Allen’s Big-eAmerican PeregriArizona ChuckwalBanded Gila MonsterBobcat Lynx rufus Desert Rosy BoaGolden Eagle AGreater WestKit Fox Vulpes mMohave Desert T
Mountain Lion
MP
Speckled Rattlesnake Crotalus Hawk Buteo swainsoni Swainson’s
Western Burrow
s: 0Highway (I 4
Railroad Urbanization
logy: None Identified
Photo by Ron Horloff
Linkage 21 I-40 and US 93 – Kingman
Apache Highlands Ecoregion Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
County: Mo
DOT Ence: Kingman, Seligman and Wikieup
ral Resources Management Section: Prescott
ent: Western Arizona Council of Governments
etation Types): 10%
ifer Woodland 41% 15%
34%
Private Land 54% Trust Land 42%
dentifAmerican Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum
Sauromalus ater
er Heloderma suspectum cinctum Rana chiricahuensis
rgata gracia
have
A gineering District: Kingman ADOT Maintenan
DOT NatuA
AGFD: Region III
LM: Colorado River District B
ongressional District: 2 C
Council of Governm
FHWA Engineering: A4
Legislative District: 3
Biotic Communities (VegAZ Upland Sonoran DesertscrubGreat Basin Con
Interior Chaparral Semidesert Grassland
Land Ownership: Bureau of Land Management 4%
State Tribal Land (Hualapai; Allotments) <1%
I ied Species:
Arizona Chuckwalla Arizona Toad Bufo microscaphus Banded Gila MonstChiracahua Leopard Frog Desert Rosy Boa Charina triviDesert Sucker Catostomus clarki Elk Cervus elaphus
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 54 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
(Linkage 21: Identified Species continued) Fringed Myotis Myotis thysanodes
Gambel’s Quail Callipepla gambelii Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus
Javelina Tayassu tajacu rotis
ysogaster Myotis volans og Rana yavapaiensis
Gopherus agassizii olor
Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus
Pronghorn Antilocapra americana Roundtail Chub Gila robusta
Sonora Sucker Catostomus insignis Swainson’s Hawk Buteo swainsoni
Western Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea
hreats: Highway (I 40; US 93)
Urbanization
ydrology: Antelope Wash Ash Creek Big Sandy River Bottleneck Wash Cane Springs Wash Cottonwood Creek EaFrFreesGonzales Wash
Hydrology continued)
Peacock Wash
Trout Creek
Tuckayou Wash
Willow Creek
Kit Fox Vulpes macin Dace Agosia chr Longf
Long-legged MyotisLowland Leopard Fr
Mohave Desert Tortoise Mountain Lion Felis conc
T
H
st Ash Creek ancis Creek
Wash
Hackberry Wash Kabba Wash Knight Creek Lookout Wash McGarrys Wash McGee Wash
(Linkage 21: Moss Wash
Pearson Falls Wash Pilgrim Wash
Truxton Wash
Wheeler Wash
Wright Canyon
l Canyon gion
gineering District: Kingman and Prescott cott and Seligman
ADOT rces Management Section: Prescott
GFD: Region II and Region III
Counc Northern Arizona Council of Govern
FHWA Engineering: A4
Legislative District: 1
Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Great Basin Conifer Woodland 93% Plains & Great Basin Grassland 7%
Land Ownership: Private Land <1% State Trust Land <1%
USDA Forest Service Land (Kaibab; Prescott) 100%
Identified Species: Black Bear Ursus americanus
Bobcat Lynx rufus Elk Cervus Mountain L
Mule Deer OPron
Highway (SR 89)
Linkage 22 Big Black Mesa – Hel
Apache Highlands Ecore
County: Yavapai
ADOT EnADOT Maintenance: Pres
Natural Resou
A
BLM: Phoenix District
Congressional District: 1
il of Government:ments
elaphusion Felis concolor
docoileus hemionus ghorn Antilocapra americana
Threats:
Railroad Urbanization
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 55 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
(Linkage 22: continued)
Hell Canyon
Wagon Tire Wash
Hydrology:
Page Wash
unds Park Ecoregion
gineering District: Flagstaff ADOT Mai e Antelope
anagement Section: Flagstaff and Prescott
ouncil of Government: Flagstaff Metropolitan Planning rganization and Northern Arizona Council of Governments
FHWA Engineering: A2
Legislative District: 1
Biotic Com5%
22% 73%
%
st Service (Coconino) 85%
Identified Species: red Bat Idionycteris phyllotis
American Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum s occultus
Elk Cervus elaphus
ox Urocyon cinereoargenteus Fringed Myotis Myotis thysanodes
evotis Lowland Leopard Frog Rana yavapaiensis
Owl Strix occidentalis lucida
tified Species continued)
nophis rufipushawk Accipiter gentilis
egalops
tis ciliolabrum
Oak Creek Pumphouse Wash Schoolhouse Draw
Linkage 23 Oak Creek Canyon – M
Arizona/New Mexico Mountains
County: Mohave and Coconino
ADOT Enntenance: Littl
ADOT Natural Resources M
AGFD: Region II
BLM: Phoenix District
Congressional District: 1
CO
and 2
munities (Vegetation Types): Great Basin Conifer Woodland
Interior Chaparral Petran Montane Conifer Forest
Land Ownership: Private Land 12
State Trust Land 3% USDA Fore
Allen’s Big-ea
Arizona Myotis Myoti
Black Bear Ursus americanus Gray F
Long-eared Myotis Myotis
Mexican Spotted
(Linkage 23: IdenMountain Lion Felis concolor
Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Narrow-headed Gartersnake Tham nctatus
Northern GoNorthern Leopard Frog Rana pipiens Northern Mexican Gartersnake Thamnophis eques m
Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Pronghorn Antilocapra americana Speckled Dace Rhinichthys osculus Western Small-footed Myotis Myo
Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
Threats: Agriculture
Highway (I 17) Urbanization
Hydrology:
Sinclair Wash West Fork Oak Creek Woody Wash
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 56 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 24 Cottonwood - Sedona Apache Highlands Ecoregion
Arizona/New Mexico Mountains Ecoregion County: Yavapai ADOT Engineering District: Flagstaff and Prescott ADOT Maintenance: Cordes Junction and Little Antelope ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Flagstaff and Prescott AGFD: Region II and Region III BLM: Phoenix District
ongressional District: 1
ouncil of Government: Northern Arizona Council of overnments
FHWA Engineering: A2 Legislative Distr
iotic Comdland 43%
1% 56%
ivate Land 37%
State Trust Land 23.5% conino) 39.5%
Arizona Toad Bufo microscaphus s leucocephalus
Common Black-hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
Topminnow Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentalis ogaster
olor
nue
Antilocapra americana Chub Gila robusta
Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
Threat
Creek Oak Creek Soldier Wash Spring Creek
C CG
and A4
ict: 1
B munities (Vegetation Types): Great Basin Conifer Woo Interior Chaparral Semidesert Grassland Land Ownership: Game and Fish Land <1%
Pr
USDA Forest Service (Co
Identified Species:
Bald Eagle Haliaeetu
Desert Sucker Catostomus clarki Gila Chub Gila intermedia Gila Longfin Dace Agosia chrys Mountain Lion Felis conc
(Linkage 24: Identified Species cont d)i
Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Northern Mexican Gartersnake Thamnophis eques megalops Pronghorn Roundtail Sonora Sucker Catostomus insignis Speckled Dace Rhinichthys osculus
Riparian Obligates
Western Red Bat Lasiurus blossevillii
occidentalis s:
Urbanization
Highway (SR 89A)
Hydrology: Dry
Coffee Creek
Linkage 25
Coconino and Yavapai
Flagstaff and Prescott es Junction and Little Antelope
DOT Natural Resources Management Section: Prescott
AGFD: BLM:
: 1
Northern Arizona Council of Governments
FHWA Engineering: A2 a Legislative Biotic Com
9% 91%
American Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum scaphus
Common Black-hawk Buteogallus anthracinus apaiensis
Mountain Lion Felis concolor s hemionus
Gartersnake Thamnophis rufipunctatus megalops
s insignis hys osculus
State Route 179 Apache Highlands Ecoregion
Mountains Ecoregion Arizona/New Mexico County: ADOT Engineering District:ADOT Maintenance: CordA
Region II
Phoenix District
Congressional District
Council of Government:
nd A4
District: 1
munities (Vegetation Types): AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub
Great Basin Conifer Woodland Land Ownership: Private Land 22% USDA Forest Service (Coconino) 78% Identified Species:
Arizona Toad Bufo micro
Lowland Leopard Frog Rana yav
Mule Deer Odocoileu Narrow-headed Northern Mexican Gartersnake Thamnophis eques Pronghorn Antilocapra americana Roundtail Chub Gila robusta Sonora Sucker Catostomu Speckled Dace Rhinicht
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 57 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
(Linkage 25: Identified Species continued) Terrestrial and Riparian ObligateWestern Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus am
s ericanus
occidentalis
Threats:
Jacks
Highway (SR 179) Urbanization
Hydrology: Dry Beaver Creek
Canyon Oak Creek
Linkage 26 Northern I-17 Corridor
xico Mountains Ecoregion
and Yavapai
ADOTADOT Cordes Junction and Little Antelope ADOT urces Management Section: Flagstaff and
resco
Region II and Region III
: Northern Arizona Council of
HWA Engineering: A2 and A4
egislative District: 1
es): b 31%
oodland 51% fer Forest 14%
4%
(Montezuma Castle) 1% 21%
Apache) <1% ce (Coconino) 78%
ionycteris phyllotis tis occultus
ericanus
Frog Rana chiricahuensis tomus clarki
ntinued) reoargenteus
anodes
s evotis gaster
occidentalis lucida olor
hemionus cipiter gentilis
g Rana pipiens red Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
ericana a
us insignis Flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus
d Dace Rhinichthys osculus Spikedace Meda fulgida
Terrestrial and Riparian Obligates White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus
o Coccyzus americanus
Apache Highlands EArizona/New Me
coregion
County: Coconino
Engineering District: Flagstaff and Prescott ance: Mainten
Natural ResoP tt
AGFD:
BLM: Phoenix District
Congressional District: 1
Council of Governmentments Govern
F
L
Biotic Communities (Vegetation TypSonoran DesertscruAZ Upland
Great Basin Conifer WniPetran Montane Co
Semidesert Grassland
Land Ownership: National Parks Service
Private LandTribal Land (Yavapai USDA Forest Servi
Identified Species: Allen’s Big-eared Bat IdArizona Myotis MyoBlack Bear Ursus am
Cave Myotis Myotis veliferChiracahua Leopard
Desert Sucker CatosElk Cervus elaphus
(Linkage 26: ecies coIdentified SpGray Fox Urocyon cine
Fringed Myotis Myotis thysa Gila Chub Gila intermedi
Myoti Long-eared Myotis Longfin Dace Agosia chryso
ix Mexican Spotted Owl StroncMountain Lion Felis c
Mule Deer Odocoileus Northern Goshawk Ac
roNorthern Leopard FPale Townsend’s Big-ea
pallescens ra am Pronghorn Antilocap
Roundtail Chub Gila robusttom Sonora Sucker Catos
estern WillowSouthw Speckle
Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopav illed Cuckoo Western Yellow-b
occidentalis
Threats: Agriculture Highway (I 17) Urbanization
Hydrology: Beaver Creek Dry Beaver Creek Rarick Canyon Rattlesnake Canyon Russell Wash Verde River Wet Beaver Creek
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 58 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 27 im - Navajo Nation xico Mountains Ecoregion Plateau Ecoregion
and Navajo
t: Holbrook, Flagstaff and Globe s, Flagstaff, Holbrook, Keams
Canyon, Sh ville, St. Johns and Winslow nagement Section: Flagstaff
a District
taff Metropolitan Planning Organizatio Arizona Council of Governments
HWA Engineering: A2 and A4
egislative District: 1, 2 and 5
es): n C nifer Woodland 21.5%
10% fer Forest 1%
sland 67.5%
gement 5% <1%
<1% 60% 34%
avajo Reservation Trust; Zuni; ments) 0.5%
USDA Forest Service (Apache-Sitgreaves; Coconino) 0.5%
tinued) :
peregrinus anatum
Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis rocyon cinereoargenteus
Gunnison’s Prairie Dog Cynomys gunnisoni do Spinedace Lepidomeda vittata
Little Colorado Sucker Catostomus sp.3 l Strix occidentalis lucida
Charadrius montanus
ho n Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
pra americana Gila robusta
thys osculus Perognathus flavus goodpasteri
Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
us Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
Threats:
Urbanization Generation Proposals
Hydro lamo Wash
ity Ditch on
Big Ditch ollow Wash
rology continued)
Canyon Diablo ek
Carr L. Wash
Cedar Lake Wash
Wash
Dead Wash
Dry Wash
Wash
Fivemile Wash nyon
Jarv
Mogollon RArizona/New Me
Colorado
no County: Apache, Coconi ADOT Engineering DistricADOT Maintenance: Chamber
ow Low, SpringerADOT Natural Resources Ma AGFD: Region I and Region II BLM: Phoenix District and Gil
Congressional District: 1 Council of Government: Flags
n and Northern F L Biotic Communities (Vegetation Typ
Great Basi o Great Basin Desertscrub Petran Montane Coni Plains & Great Basin Gras Land Ownership: Bureau of Land Mana County Land Game and Fish Land Private Land State Trust Land
Tribal Land (Navajo; NIndian Allot
(Linkage 27: conIdentified Species
American Peregrine Falcon FalcoBald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bobcat Lynx rufus Elk Cervus elaphus
Gray Fox U
Little Colora
Mexican Spotted OwMountain Plover
Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Navajo Mexican Vole Microtus mexicanus nava Norther Pronghorn Antiloca Roundtail Chub Speckled Dace Rhinich Springerville Pocket Mouse occidentalis
White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginian
Agriculture Highway (I 40; SR 61; SR 77; SR 87; SR 99; SR 260; SR 277; SR 377; US 180; US 191) Railroad
Wind Power
logy: A
AmAnderson Cany
Babbitt Wash Beaver Dam Wash
Big H
(Linkage 27: Hyd
Billy Wash Black Canyon Blairs Spring Wash Brookbank Canyon Brown Creek
Carnero Cre Carrizo Wash Cheney Draw Chevelon Canyon Chimney Wash Clear Creek Concho Flat Wash Cottonwood Coyote Creek Crazy Creek
Digger Wash Dodson Wash
East Fork Dry East Twin Wash East Washboard Wash Fern Feather Wash
Grapevine Ca Grapevine Creek
Greer Wash Hardscrabble Wash Hay Hollow Draw
Humpy Wash Jacks Canyon Jaralosa Draw
is Wash Jim Camp Wash Joseph City Wash Leroux Wash
Lithodendron Wash Little Colorado River
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 59 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
(Linkage 27: Hydrology continued)
Little Milky Wash
exican Hollow Wash
Ditch
Ditch
mile Wash Creek
Phoenix Park Wash Picnic Creek Pierce Wash Pine Springs Wash Porter Tank Draw Pueblo Colorado Wash Puerco River Pulcifer Creek Rock Creek Rocky Arroyo San Francisco Wash Sand Draw Scott Wash Sears Wash Sepulveda Creek Seven Springs Wash Sevenmile Draw Show Low Creek Silver Creek South Fork Little Colorado River Squaw Wash Surprise Creek Tanner Wash Teds Wash The Canal Tucker Flat Wash
Upper Lyman Ditch
Linkage 27: Hydrology
nyon
Wild Cow Wash k
Wildhorse wash
Linkage 28 North – South Petrified Forest
Colorado Plateau Ecoregion
ADOT EnDOT
atural Resources Management Section: Flagstaff
AGFD:
: 1
hern Arizona Council of
HWA Engineering: A4
egislative District: 2 and 5
tic Communities (Vegetation Types): Plains & Grea 100%
and Ownership: Bureau of Land Management 3% National Parks Service (Petrified Forest) 65%
Private Land 31% State Trust Land 0.5% Tr .5% Identified Species: Gunnison’s
Antilocapra americana
Dead Wash
Lower Lyman Ditch Lyman Ditch Manila Wash Mcdonalds Canyon
Mesa Wash M Middle Lyman Milky Wash
k Mineral CreeMineral
Nine Nutrioso Oso Draw Padre Canyon
( continued) Vigil Run
Wallace Ca Walnut Creek Washboard Wash Water Canyon Creek West Twin Wash Wildcat Cree
Yaeger Canyon Yellow Jacket Canyon
Youngs Canyon Zuni River
County: Apache
gineering District: Holbrook Maintenance: Chambers and Holbrook A
ADOT N
Region I BLM: Gila District Congressional District Council of Government: NortGovernments F L B
iot Basin Grassland
L
ibal Land (Navajo) 0
Prairie Dog Cynomys gunnisoni Pronghorn
Threats: Highway (I 40) Railroad Urbanization Hydrology:
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 60 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 29 Warm Springs – Hualapai Mountains
District: Kingman Needle Mountain
ection: Prescott
GFD
Western Arizona Council of Governments
Biotic ): 100%
43% 57%
cies: Allen’s Big-eared Bat Idionycteris phyllotis American Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum
a trivirgata gracia californicus
erus agassizii
red Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
29: Identified Species continued) ake Crotalus mitchellii teo swainsoni
Athene cunicularia hypugaea
Urbanization Hydrology: Sacramento Wash Walnut Creek
Mohave Desert Ecoregion County: Mohave ADOT Engineering ADOT Maintenance: ADOT Natural Resources Management S
: Region III A
LM: B Colorado River District Congressional District: 2
ouncil of Government:C FHWA Engineering: A4
Legislative District: 3
Communities (Vegetation TypesMohave Desertscrub
Land Ownership: Bureau of Land Management Private Land State Trust Land <1% Identified Spe
Bobcat Lynx rufus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumo
Desert Rosy Boa Charinps perotis
Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis Mohave Desert Tortoise Goph Mountain Lion Felis concolor
Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Pale Townsend’s Big-Ea pallescens
(Linkage
Speckled Rattlesn Swainson’s Hawk Bu
Western Burrowing Owl Threats: Highway (I 40) Industry
Linkage 30 Warm Springs – Aubrey Peak
Kingman
Prescot
2
nments FHWA Legisla Biotic Com
100%
58%
American Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis
acia ps perotis californicus
inus townsendii
Mohave Desert Ecoregion County: Mohave ADOT Engineering District:ADOT Maintenance: Needle Mountain ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: t AGFD: Region III BLM: Colorado River District
ongressional District:C Council of Government: Western Arizona Council of Gover
Engineering: A4
tive District: 3
munities (Vegetation Types): Mohave Desertscrub Land Ownership: Bureau of Land Manage
ment 42% Private Land
cies: Identified Spe
Bobcat Lynx rufus rgata grDesert Rosy Boa Charina trivi
Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumo Kingman Springsnail Pyrgulopsis conica Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis Mohave Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Mountain Lion Felis concolor
Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus rynorh Pale Townsend’s Big-Eared Bat Co
pallescens Speckled Ra tchellii ttlesnake Crotalus mi
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 61 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linka continued) son’s Hawk Buteo swainsoni
l Athene cunicularia hypugaea
hreats: Burros
Highway (I 40) Railroad Urbanization
Hydrology: Buck Franc Sacramento
( ge 30: Identified Species
Swain Western Burrowing Ow T
Mountain Wash onia W ash
W ash
te
31
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Count
ement Section: Prescott
GFD BLM: Colorado River District Congressional District: 2
ouncil of Governments
100%
15% %
1%
um cinctum crotus
alifornicus yotis Myotis velifer
Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata gracia ker Catostomus latipinnis
is thysanodes Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus
cies continued) crotis
otis volans e Gopherus agassizii
olor mionus
Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens
Pocketed Free-tailed Ba ops femorosaccus
Swainson’s Hawk Western Bu hypugaea Yuma Clappe anensis Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
hreats:
urPhoto by Peter LaTo ret
Linkage The Needles – Mohave Mountains
ArizonaMohave Desert Ecoregion
y: Mohave
ict: Kingman ADOT Engineering DistrADOT Maintenance: Needle Mountain ADOT Natural Resources Manag A : Region III and IV
Council of Government: Western Arizona C FHWA Engineering: A4 Legislative District: 3 Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub Land Ownership: Bureau of Land Management 39% Private Land State Trust Land 45 Wildlife Refuge (Havasu) Identified Species:
American Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspect
Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops maBighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis Bobcat Lynx rufus
California Leaf-Nosed Bat Macrotus c Cave M
Flannelmouth Suc Fringed Myotis Myot
(Linkage 31: Identified Spe
Kit Fox Vulpes ma Long-legged Myotis My
Mohave Desert Tortois Mountain Lion Felis conc
Mule Deer Odocoileus he
t Nyctinom
Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Speckled Rattlesnake Crotalus mitchellii
Buteo swainsoni rrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
r Rail Rallus longirostris yum
T Highway (SR 95) Urbanization Hydrology: Falls Springs Wash Neptune Wash
Photo by Dr. J. Scott Altenbach
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 62 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 32
ADOTADOT
Section: Prescott
AGFD:
LM: Colorado River District
ongressional District: 2
Western Arizona Council of Governments FHWA Legisla Biotic
91% 1%
8%
eregrinus anatum
Heloderma suspectum cinctum
Macrotus californicus
ountain Lion Felis concolor
Corynorhinus townsendii
t Nyctinomops femorosaccus Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Speckled Rattlesnake Crotalus mitchellii
Swainson’s Hawk Buteo swainsoni Western Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea
Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
Bill Williams – Aubrey Hills Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
County: Mohave
Engineering District: Kingman Maintenance: Needle Mountain
ADOT Natural Resources Management
Region III and Region IV B C Council of Government:
Engineering: A4
tive District: 3
Communities (Vegetation Types): Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 100%
Land Ownership: Bureau of Land Management
Private Land State Trust Land Identified Species:
American Peregrine Falcon Falco pArizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Banded Gila Monster Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotus Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis Bobcat Lynx rufus California Leaf-Nosed Bat Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata gracia Fringed Myotis Myotis thysanodes Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus
Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans Mohave Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii
(Linkage 32: Identified Species continued) M
Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus ’s Big-eared Bat Pale Townsend
pallescensPocketed Free-tailed Ba
Threats:
way (SR 95) High Urbanization
m River Trail Syste Hydrology:
Standard Wash
Photo by Ron Horloff
Linkage 33 ntains - Bagdad
hlands Ecoregion esert Ecoregion esert Ecoregion
pai
ct: Kingman
ADOT Nat s Management Section: Prescott
GFD: Region III
LM: Colorado River District
rizona Council of uncil of Governments
ion Types): esertscrub 95.5%
Great Basin Conifer Woodland 4% Semidesert Grassland 0.5%
and Ownership: Bureau of Land Management 63% Private Land 37% Identified Species:
American Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Arizona Toad Bufo microscaphus
Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Bobcat Lynx rufus California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Common Black-hawk Buteogallus anthracinus Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata gracia
Hualapai MouApache Hig
DMohave Sonoran D
County: a Mohave and Yav ADOT En igineering DistrADOT Maintenance: Wikieup
ural Resource A B Congressional District: 1and 2 Council of Government: Northern A
ona CoGovernments and Western Ariz FHWA Engineering: A4 Legislative District: 3 and 4 Biotic Communities (Vegetat AZ Upland Sonoran D L
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 63 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
(Linkage 33: Identified Species continued) Desert Sucker Catostomus clarki
Gambel’s Quail Callipepla gambelii Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus Javelina Tayassu tajacu Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis Longfin Dace Agosia chrysogaster Lowland Leopard Frog Rana yavapaiensis Mohave Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii
Mountain Lion Felis concolor Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii Pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus Ringtail Bassariscus astutus Riparian Obligates Roundtail Chub Gila robusta
Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus Speckled Dace R
Speckled Ra Swainson’s Hawk Buteo swainsoni
Western Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea Yuma Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris yumanensis
Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus Threats: Urbanization
Burro Creek
Kaiser Spring Canyon Wash
Placeritas Creek
Linkage 34 Tres Alamos Wilderness – Prescott National
Forest Apache Highlands Ecoregion
gion
ADOT En and ingDOT tt, Wic enbur nd Wikieup
ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Prescott
GFD
ouncil of
Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Z Upland Sonoran Desertscrub 25% Interior Chaparral 53% ohave Desertscrub 7% Semidesert Grassland 15%
4% 23%
73%
eregrinus anatum
nae
erma suspectum cinctum Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotis
Species continued)
Bat Macrotus californicus lifer
Buteogallus anthracinus a trivirgata gracia ysanodes
epla gambelii stiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus
chrysogaster yotis volans Rana yavapaiensis
se Gopherus agassizii oncolor
emionus red Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
Nyctinomops femorosaccus
ericana tus
Gila robusta Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Sonora Sucker Catostomus insignis Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus Speckled Rattlesnake Crotalus mitchellii
oni Athene cunicularia hypugaea
ted Bat Myotis ciliolabrum uckoo Coccyzus americanus
us longirostris yumanensis manensis
atus
; US 93) Railroad Urbanization
hinichthys osculus
ttlesnake Crotalus mitchellii
Highway (US 93)
Hydrology:
Big Sandy River Bitter Creek Black Canyon Box Canyon Wash Bronco Creek
Gray Wash Natural Corrals
Sonoran Desert Ecore County: Yavapai
gineering District: Prescott K man A Maintenance: Presco k g a
A : Region III, Region IV and Region VI
BLM: Colorado River District and Phoenix District Congressional District: 1 Council of Government: Northern Arizona CGovernments FHWA Engineering: A4 Legislative District: 1 and 4
A
M
Land Ownership:
Bureau of Land Management Private Land State Trust Land Identified Species:
American Peregrine Falcon Falco pArizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Arizona Myotis Myotis occultus Arizona Night Lizard Xantusia arizo
Arizona Toad Bufo microscaphus Banded Gila Monster Helod
(Linkage 34: Identified
Bobcat Lynx rufus California Leaf-nosed Cave Myotis Myotis ve
awk Common Black-hDesert Rosy Boa Charin
s thFringed Myotis MyotilipGambel’s Quail CalaGreater Western M
Javelina Tayassu tajacu tis Kit Fox Vulpes macro
Longfin Dace Agosia Long-legged Myotis M
g Lowland Leopard Frotoi Mohave Desert Tor
Mountain Lion Felis c Mule Deer Odocoileus h
Big-ea Pale Townsend’s pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat
pra amPronghorn AntilocaRingtail Bassariscus astu
Riparian Obligatesail Chub Roundt
Swainson’s Hawk Buteo swains Western Burrowing Owl
Western Small-fooWestern Yellow-billed C occidentalis Yuma Clapper Rail RallYuma Myotis Myotis yuZone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonot
Threats: Highway (SR 97; SR 96
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(Linkage 34: continued)
ydrology: Alkali Wash Ally Wash Antelope Creek Arrastre Creek Ash Creek
Big Shipp Wash Black Canyon Wash
Blackwater Creek Bland Creek Blind Indian Creek Bridle Creek
Copper Basin Wash Cottonwood Canyon Cottonwood Creek Date Creek
East Antelope Creek Eastwood Creek Finch Hassayamp Iron Spring Wash Kirkland Creek
k Little Shipp Wash
Creek
North Fork Date Creek
Quail Spring Wash
Santa Maria River
Skull Valley Wash
Date Creek
eek
H
Wash a River
Lawler Cree
Little Sycamore Creek Loco Creek Logan Wash Martinez Wash Mescal Creek Milk Creek Miller Creek Minnehaha Model Creek Moonville Creek Placeritas Creek Poplar Wash Ritter Creek Sheppard Wash
(Linkage 34: Hydrology continued)
anyon Smith C South Fork South Fork Santa Maria River Sycamore Creek Tank Creek
Tonto Wash Wash Valley
Waterman Cr Weaver Creek Woosley Wash Yarnell Creek
Photo by Bob Miller
Linkage 35 rescott National Forest
ighlands Ecoregion
Prescott des Junction Management Section: Prescott
GFD: Region II and Region III
LM: Phoenix District
ongressional District: 1
ouncil of Government: Central Yavapai Metropolitan planning rganization and Northern Arizona Council of Governments
FHWA Engineering: A4 Legislative District
es (Vegetation Types): Great Basin Conifer Woodland 31%
10% 3%
%
Management 3% 67%
State Land Trust 30%
Identified Species: atum
an Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Arizona Toad Bufo microscaphus
tus leucocephalus Desert Sucker Catostomus clarki
Fringed Myotis Myotis thysanodes
East – West PApache H
County: Yavapai
rict:ADOT Engineering DistADOT Maintenance: CorADOT Natural Resources A B C CO
: 1 and 4 Biotic Communiti Interior Chaparral Petran Montane Conifer Forest Plains & Great Basin Grassland 49 Semidesert Grassland 7% Land Ownership: Bureau of Land
Private Land
American Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus an Americ
Bald Eagle Haliaee
Elk Cervus elaphus
Gambel’s Quail Callipepla gambelii
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(Linkage 35: Identified Species nued) contiJavelina Tayassu tajacu Longfin Dace Agosia chrysogaster
rog Rana yavapaiensis
ericanus
n Hydrology: gua Fria River
h
Wash arral Gulch Arroyo
Dillon Wash Granite Creek Hackberry creek Hitt Wash Horse Wash Little Chino Wash Lynx Creek Manzanita Creek Martin Canyon
(Linkage 35: Hydrology continued)
Miller Creek Mint Wash Mud Tank Wash Spence Creek Strickland Wash Verde River Williamson Valley Wash Willow Creek Yarber Wash
Linkage 36 mp Verde
e: Cordes Junction, Little Antelope and Prescott Section: Prescott
AGFD: BLM: Congr
HWA Engineering: A2 and A4
egislative District: 1
iotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Woodland 0.2%
18.7% er Forest 6.7% rassland 3.1%
Grassland 71.3%
65% 6%
Tribal Land (Yavapai) 1% USDA Forest Service (Coconino, Prescott) 28%
dentified Species:
Arizona Myotis Myotis occultus Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Common Black-hawk Buteogallus anthracinus Desert Sucker Catostomus clarki Elk Cervus elaphus
Fringed Myotis Myotis thysanodes Gambel’s Quail Callipepla gambelii Gila Topminnow Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentalis
Lowland Leopard FMountain Lion Felis concolor
Mule us hemionus Deer Odocoile Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
Pronghorn Antilocapra americana Razorback Sucker Xyrau
Gila robusta chen texanus
Roundtail Chub Sonora Sucker Catostomus insignis
Western Yello Coccyzus amw-billed Cuckoo Occidentalis Threats:
y (SR 69; SR 89; SR 89A) Highwa Urbanizatio
A Aspen creek Bannon Creek Big Bug Creek
g Chino Wash Bi Bottleneck Was Brushy Wash Butte Creek Butte Chap Clipper Wash Cooper Wash Coyote Spring
Coyote Wash
Yeager Canyon – CaApache Highlands Ecoregion
County: Yavapai
DOT Engineering District: Prescott and Flagstaff AADOT MaintenancADOT Natural Resources Management
Region II and Region III
Phoenix District
essional District: 1
Council of Government: Central Yavapai Metropolitan Planning n and Northern Arizona Council of Governments Organizatio
F L B Great Basin Conifer
terior Chaparral In Petran Montane Conif
n G Plains & Great Basi Semidesert Land Ownership: Private Land State Trust Land
I
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(Linkage 3
Longf
s
hamnophis eques megalops
Roundtail Chub Gila robusta
Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus occyzus americanus
occidentalis
ck Hills Apache Highlands Ecoregion
ounty: Yavapai
DOT Engineering District: Prescott
ADOT Section: Prescott
BLM:
Council of
mmunities (Vegetation Types): and 21%
79%
ship: 12% 2% Prescott) 86%
stomus clarki
la gambelii eciliopsis occidentalis occidentalis
ajacu hrysogaster
Lowland Leopard Frog Rana yavapaiensis Mountain Lion Felis concolor
Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Pronghorn Antilocapra americana Speckled Dace Rhinichthys osculus
(Linkage 37Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
ntalis Threats:
Ash Creek eek
Dry Creek Wash
6: Identified Species continued) Javelina Tayassu tajacu
in Dace Agosia chrysogaster Lowland Leopard Frog Rana yavapaiensis Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionuNorthern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Northern Mexican Gartersnake TPronghorn Antilocapra americana Ringtail Bassariscus astutus Riparian Obligates
Sonora Sucker Catostomus insignis
Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo C
hreats: T
Highway (SR 89A) Railroad Urbanization Hydrology: Bitter Creek Blowout Creek Cherry Creek Grandpa Wash Grief Hill Wash Martin Canyon Oak Wash Verde River Walnut Creek
Linkage 37 North - South Bla
C AADOT Maintenance: Cordes Junction
Natural Resources Management AGFD: Region III and Region VI
Phoenix District Congressional District: 1 Council of Government: Northern ArizonaGovernments FHWA Engineering: A4 Legislative District: 1 and 4 Biotic Co Great Basin Conifer Woodl
nd Semidesert Grassla
Land Owner Private Land State Trust Land USDA Forest Service ( Identified Species: Bobcat Lynx rufus
Desert Sucker Cato Elk Cervus elaphus
Gambel’s Quail CallipepGila Topminnow PoJavelina Tayassu tLongfin Dace Agosia c
: Identified Species continued)
occide
Highway (I 17) Urbanization Hydrology:
Cienega Cr
Osborne Spring
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Linkage 38 Bradshaw Mountains – Agua Fria National
Monument Apache Highlands Ecoregion
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
Count
gineering District: Prescott ADOT Mai ordes Junction
Management Section: Prescott
ion III and Region VI
ouncil of Government: Northern Arizona Council of overnments
FHWA Engineering: A4 Legislative District: 4 Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub 47% Semidesert Grassland 53% Land Ownership: Bureau of Land Management 100% Identified Species:
Arizona Toad Bufo microscaphus Bobcat Lynx rufus Desert Sucker Catostomus clarki Gila Topminnow Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentalis Javelina Tayassu tajacu Longfin Dace Agosia chrysogaster Lowland Leopard Frog Rana yavapaiensis Mountain Lion Felis concolor Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Northern Mexican Gartersnake Thamnophis eque megalops
Pronghorn Antilocapra americana
(Linkage 38
hreats: y: Yavapai
ADOT Enntenance: C
ADOT Natural Resources AGFD: Reg BLM: Phoenix District
1 Congressional District: CG
s
: continued) T Highway (I 17) Urbanization Hydrology: Badger Spring Wash Bumble Bee Creek
Linkage 39 SR 260 West from I-17 to SR 87
Apache Highlands Ecoregion Arizona/New Mexico Mountains Ecoregion
d Payson ADOT Nat rescott
AGFD: BLM: Congr
cil of Governments vernments
Types): tscrub 5.5% land 25.6%
25% orest 23.7%
20.2%
20% <1%
e (Coconino, Prescott, Tonto) 80%
Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum oscaphus
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Black Bear Ursus americanus Chiracahua Leopard Frog Rana chiricahuensis Common Black-hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
Desert Sucker Catostomus clarki Elk Cervus elaphus
County: Coconino, Gila and Yavapai ADOT Engineering District: Prescott ADOT Maintenance: Cordes Junction an
ural Resources Management Section: P
Region II, Region III and Region VI
Gila District and Phoenix District
essional District: 1
Council of Government: Central Arizond Northern Arizona Council of Go
na Couna FHWA Engineering: A4 egislative District: 1 and 5 L
Biotic Communities (Vegetation
eser AZ Upland Sonoran D Great Basin Conifer Wood Interior Chaparral Petran Montane Conifer F
nd Semidesert Grassla Land Ownership: Private Land
State Trust LandUSDA Forest Servic
Identified Species: American Peregrine
Arizona Toad Bufo micr
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ntified Species continued) Agosia chrysogaster
avapaiensis
onus
Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis exican Gartersnake Thamnophis eques megalops
Pronghorn Antilocapra americana hub Gila robusta
Sonora Sucker Catostomus insignis Flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus
hys osculus
ericanus occidentalis
0; SR 87)
y Wash
Pine Creek reek
Linkage 40 East – West Mogollon Plateau Arizona/New Mexico Mountains Ecoregion
Holbrook and Prescott tenance: Payson and Winslow
gement Section: Flagstaff and
ongressional District: 1
ouncil of Government: Northern Arizona Council of overnments
HWA Engineering: A4
islative District: 1
iotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Great Basin Conifer Woodland 14% Petran Montane Conifer Forest 85% Plains & Great Basin Grassland 1%
Land Ownership: Private 92% USDA 8% dentified Species:
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum Black Bear Ursus americanus
idomeda vittata
Odocoileus hemionus shawk Accipiter gentilis
Northern Leopard Frog Rana pipiens mericana
Speckled Dace Rhinichthys osculus
Identified Species continued)
Recreation
Jacks Canyon Road
(Linkage 39: Ide
Longfin Dace Lowland Leopard Frog Rana y Mountain Lion Felis concolor
Mule Deer Odocoileus hemi Mexican Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis lucida
Northern M
Roundtail C
Southwestern Willow Speckled Dace Rhinicht Spikedace Meda fulgida Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus am Threats: Highway (SR 26 Urbanization Hydrology: Beaver Creek Corduro
Cherry Creek
Fossil Creek Gaddis Wash Horse Tank Wash
Strawberry C Sycamore Creek Verde River West Clear Creek Wickiup Creek
County: Coconino
DOT Engineering District:AADOT MainADOT Natural Resources Mana Prescott AGFD: Region II BLM: Phoenix District C CG F Leg B
Land Forest Service (Coconino)
I American
Elk Cervus elaphus Lep Little Colorado Spinedace
Little Colorado Sucker Catostomus sp. 3 Mexican Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis lucida Mule Deer Northern Go
Pronghorn Antilocapra a
(Linkage 40: Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
Threats: Highway (SR 87)
Urbanization Hydrology: Clear Creek
Clover Creek
Pine Valley
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Linkage 41 Payson – Heber
Apache Highlands Ecoregion Arizona/New Mexico Mountains Ecoregion
ounty: Coconino, Gila and Navajo
ADOT Engineering District: Prescott ADOT Maintenance: Payson ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Phoenix AGFD: Region I and Region VI BLM: Gila District and Phoenix District Congressional District: 1 Council of Government: Central Arizona Council of Governments and Northern Arizona Council of Governments FHWA Engineering: A4 Legislative District: 1 and 5 Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Great Basin Conifer Woodland 5% Interior Chaparral 19% Petran Montane Conifer Forest 76% Land Ow Pr
USDA Fores 92%
es: is phyllotis
Falco peregrinus anatum
ighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis Ursus americanus
Common Black-hawk Buteogallus anthracinus mus clarki
Elk Cervus elaphus s thysanodes
continued) Javelina Tayassu tajacu
Mexican Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis lucida
Lion Felis concolor
Narrow-headed Gartersnake Thamnophis rufipunctatus hawk Accipiter gentilis
nsis
reen Valley Creek Horton Creek Houston Creek Hunter Creek Mule Creek
Creek
nto Creek
Linkage 42 Aripine – Cibecue
Arizona/New Mexico Mountains Ecoregion
County: Navajo
ADOT Engineering DistDOT Maintenance: Show Low DOT Natural Resources Management Section: Flagstaff
GFD: Region I
LM: Gila District Congressional District:
ouncil of Govern
Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Great Basin Conifer Woodland 66%
Petran Montane Conifer Forest 34%
15%
ericanus Lynx rufus
Javelina Tayassu tajacu
Tassel-eared Squirrel Sciurus aberti Deer Odocoileus virginianus
vo
hreats:
SR 260
C
nership: ivate Land 8%
t Service (Apache-Sitgreaves; Tonto)
dentified SpeciI Allen’s Big-eared Bat Idionycter
American Peregrine FalconArizona Myotis Myotis occultus Arizona Toad Bufo microscaphus BBlack Bear
Desert Sucker Catosto
Fringed Myotis Myoti
(Linkage 41: Identified Species
Long-eared Myotis Myotis evotis Longfin Dace Agosia chrysogaster
Mountain
Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus
Northern GosNorthern Leopard Frog Rana yavapaieSpeckled Dace Rhinichthys osculus Tassel-eared Squirrel Sciurus aberti White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus
Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo Threats: Highway (SR 260) Urbanization Hydrology: Brookbank Canyon Canyon Creek Chevelon Canyon
Christopher Creek East Fork Canyon Creek G
Sharp Creek Spring creek
Stewart To Wildcat Canyon
rict: Globe
AA A B
1
C ment: Northern Arizona Council of Governments FHWA Engineering: A4 Legislative District: 5
Land Ownership: Private Land USDA Forest Service (Apache-Sitgreaves) 85% Identified Species: Black Bear Ursus am Bobcat Elk Cervus elaphus
Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
White-tailed Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopa T Grazing
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(Linka
Hydrology:
Phoenix Park Wash Stinson Wash Willow Wash
ge 42: Threats continued)Highway (SR 260) Urbanization
Cottonwood Wash Day Wash Decker Wash Pearce Wash
Linkage 43 Parker Valley – Cactus Plain
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion County: La Paz ADOT Engineering District: Yuma ADOT Maintenance: Quartzsite ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Prescott AGFD: Region IV BLM: Colorado River District Congressional District: 7
ouncil of Government: Western Arizona Council of Governments
HWA Engineering: A3
egislative District: 3 and 24
Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): 100%
18% rivate Land 3%
Trust Land 15% Tribal Land (Colorado River Indian) 64%
Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotis nadensis
Macrotus californicus
Eumops perotis californicus
Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus
tified Species continued) Gopherus agassizii
s
Threats:
C F L
Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub
Land Ownership: Bureau of Land Management P State Identified Species: Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater
Bald Eagle
Bighorn Sheep Ovis caCalifornia Leaf-nosed Bat
Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Greater Western Mastiff Bat
Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans Mojave Fringe-toed Lizard Uma scoparia Pale Townsend’s pallescens
(Linkage 43: Iden
Sonoran Desert Tortoise Southwest Willow Flycatcher us Empidonax traillii extim Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis Native Fishe
Burros Highway (SR 95) Railroad
Urbanization Hydrology: Bouse Wash
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Linkage 44 Cactus Plain – Plomosa Mountains
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
ounty: La Paz
DOT Engineering District: Yuma DOT Maintenance: Quartzsite DOT Natural Resources Management Section: Prescott
GFD: Region IV
BLM: Colorado River Dist Congressional D
rnment: Western Arizona Council of Governments
mmunities (Vegetation Types): ado River Sonoran Desertscrub 100%
Land Ownership: 100%
Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater
Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Nyctinomops macrotis
Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis t Macrotus californicus
Cave Myotis Myotis velifer s perotis californicus
on Felis concolor t Corynorhinus to
ert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii ax traillii extimus
ydrology: Bouse Wash
C AAA A
rict
istrict: 7 Council of Gove FHWA Engineering: A3 Legislative District: 3 Biotic Co Lower Color
Bureau of Land Management Identified Species:
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Big Free-tailed Bat
California Leaf-nosed Ba
Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumop Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans
Mojave Fringe-toed Lizard Uma scoparia Mountain Li Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Ba wnsendii pallescens
Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus Sonoran Des
Southwest Willow Flycatcher Empidon
(Linkage 44: Identified Species continued) Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
Threats: Highway (SR 72) Railroad
Urbanization H
Photo by Bill Perry
Linkage 45 La Posa Plain
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion County: La Paz ADOT Engineering District: Yuma ADOT Maintenance: Quartzsite ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Prescott AGFD: Region IV BLM: Colorado River District Congressional District: 7 Council of Government: Western Arizona Council of Governments
FHWA Engineeri
Legislative District: 3 Biotic Communities (V 100%
: Bureau of Land Management 50%
50%
Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Nyctinomops macrotis
nadensis Macrotis californicus
velifer Bat Eumops perotis californicus
Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus Gopherus agassizii
Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
ng: A3
egetation Types): Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub
Land Ownership State Trust Land Identified Species: Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Banded Gila
Big Free-tailed Bat Bighorn Sheep Ovis caCalifornia Leaf-nosed Bat Cave Myotis Myotis Greater Western MastiffLong-legged Myotis Myotis volans
Mojave Fringe-toed Lizard Uma scoparia pallescens
Sonoran Desert Tortoise
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Linkage 46
Sonoran Desert EcoRegion
ounty: La Paz
ADOT Engineering District:AADOT Natural Res n: Prescott
V
ment: Western Arizona Council of Governments
AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub 1% oran Desertscrub 99%
99% 1%
cinctued Bat Nyctinomops macrotis
s
ern Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus
us townsendii
rosaccus zii
manensis
hreats: Border Security
Canal
Cunningham Wash
(Linkage 45: continued) Threats: Border Security
ydro
Highway (SR 95) Urbanization H logy:
None identified
Buckskin Mountains – Harcuvar Mountains
C
Kingman DOT Maintenance: Wikieup
ources Management Sectio AGFD: Region I BLM: Colorado River District Congressional District: 2 and 7 Council of Govern FHWA Engineering: A4 Legislative District: 3 Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Lower Colorado River Son Land Ownership:
Bureau of Land Management State Trust Land Identified Species:
Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum m Big Free-tail
Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensiCalifornia Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata gracia
Greater West Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans Mountain Lion Felis concolor
Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus pallescens
Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhin
Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femoSonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassi
continued) (Linkage 46: Identified Speciesyotis Myotis yuYuma M
T
Roadway (Alamo Road) Urbanization Hydrology:
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Linkage 47
Dome Rock Mountains Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
County: La Paz AADOT MaintenancADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Phoenix and
trict: 7
il of Governments
getation Types): Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 100%
and Ownership: nt 88%
State Trust Land 12%
Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum ed Bat Nyctinomops macrotis
s
Myotis Myotis volans orhinus townsendii
Border Security Highway (I 10)
Urbanization
DOT Engineering District: Yuma e: Quartzsite
Prescott AGFD: Region IV BLM: Colorado River District Congressional Dis Council of Government: Western Arizona Counc FHWA Engineering: A3 Legislative District: 3 and 24 Biotic Communities (Ve L Bureau of Land Manageme
Identified Species: Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater
Big Free-tailBighorn Sheep Ovis canadensi
California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer
Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus Long-legged Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Coryn pallescens
orosaccus Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops fem Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii
nensis Yuma Myotis Myotis yuma
continued) (Linkage 47: hreats: T
Hydrology: None identified
Photo by Dr. J. Scott Altenbach
Ranegras Plain ert Ecoregion
ma
strict
7
a ounc of Go ts
: 3 and 24
Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 66%
97% 3% Identif
ater Heloderma suspectum cinctum
nomops macrotis
acrotis californicus ave Myotis Myotis velifer reater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus
Javelina Tayassu tajacu ong-legged Myotis Myotis volans
ountain Lion Felis concolor rhinus townsendii
ssizii
Linkage 48
Sonoran Des County: La Paz ADOT Engineering District: YuADOT Maintenance: Quartzsite ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Prescott
GFD: Region IV A
LM: Colorado River DiB
ongressional District:C
onCouncil of Government: Western Ariz C il vernmen FHWA Engineering: A3 Legislative District Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub 34% Land Ownership:
Bureau of Land Management Private Land
ied Species: Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus Banded Gila Monster
Big Free-tailed Bat NyctiBighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis California Leaf-nosed Bat MCG
LM
Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Coryno pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus aga
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 74 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
(Linka
Threat
Hydro
ge 48: Identified Species continued) Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
s: Border Security Highway (I 10; US 60) Urbanization
logy: Italian Wash Poormans Wash
Photo by Bill & Shirley Freeman
Linkage 49 Gra ttle Harquahala Mountains
ran Desert Ecoregion
DOT Engineering District: Prescott and Yuma DOT Maintenance: Quartzsite and Wickenburg
ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Prescott AGFD: Region IV BLM: Colorado River District Congressional District: 7 Council of Government: Western Arizona Council of Governments FHWA Engineering: A3 and A4 Legislative District: 3 and 24 Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub 45% Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 55% Land Ownership: Bureau of Land Management 72% Private Land 20% State Trust Land 8% Identified Species: Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater
Banded Gila Monster a suspectum cinctum Big Free-tailed Bat crotus
Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis California Leaf-nos californicus CaDeGreater West tis californicus Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans
lor Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus
Corynorhinus townsendii
(Linkage 49: Identified Species continued) ee-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus
Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii manensis
Railroad
None Identified
nite Wash – LiSono
County: La Paz AA
HelodermNyctinomops ma
ed Bat Macrotus ve Myotis Myotis velifer sert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata gracia
ern Mastiff Bat Eumops pero
Mountain Lion Felis conco
Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat pallescens
Pocketed Fr Yuma Myotis Myotis yu Threats:
Highway (SR 72; US 60)
Urbanization Hydrology:
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Linkage 50 Har ntains
d Yavapai
DOT Maintenance: Wickenburg ral Resources Management Section: Prescott
Phoenix District
ongressional District: 1, 2 and 7
Council of Government: ion of Governments, orthern Arizona Council of Governments and Western Arizona
Council of Governme
FHWA Engineering: A4 Legislati
iotic Commesertscrub 5%
Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 95%
%
State Trust Land 64%
Identified Species: ater
Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum mops macrotis
California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus
perotis californicus
na yavapaiensis red Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
t Nyctinomops femorosaccus
cuvar Mountains – Harquahala MouSonoran Desert Ecoregion
County: La Paz, Maricopa an ADOT Engineering District: Prescott AADOT Natu AGFD: Region IV BLM: Colorado River District and C
Maricopa AssociatN
nts
ve District: 3, 4 and 24
B unities (Vegetation Types): AZ Upland Sonoran D Land Ownership: Bureau of Land Management 17 Private Land 19%
Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctino
Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans Lowland Leopard Frog Ra
Pale Townsend’s Big-ea pallescens
Pocketed Free-tailed Ba
(Linkage 50: Identified Species continued)
Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
Threats: Highway (US 60) Railroad Urbanization Hydrology:
Centennial Wash
Linkage 51 Wickenburg
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion County: Maricopa and Yavapai ADOT Engineering District: Prescott ADOT Maintenance: Wickenburg ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Phoenix and Prescott AGFD: Region IV and Region VI BLM: Phoenix District Congressional District: 1 and 2 Council of Government: Maricopa Association of Governments and Northern Arizona Council of Governments
HWA Engineering: A4 Legisl Biotic Communiti 94.5%
Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 5% 0.5%
4% %
State Trust Land 58%
ater
aphus a suspectum cinctum
ns Macrotus californicus
Cave Myotis Myotis velifer
F
ative District: 4
es (Vegetation Types): AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub
Semidesert Grassland Land Ownership: Bureau of Land Management Private Land 38
dentified Species:I
Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus Arizona Skink Eumeces gilberti arizonensis Arizona Toad Bufo microscBanded Gila Monster HelodermBig Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotus
Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis Bobcat Lynx rufus
Bonytail Gila elegaCalifornia Leaf-nosed Bat
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tified Species continued)
ntalis occideassu tajacu
Agosia chrysogaster
apaiensis
wnsendii
Gopherus agassizii Empidonax traillii extimus
azorback Sucker Xyrauchen texanus estern Red Bat Lasiurus blossevillii estern Yellow Bat Lasiurus xanthinus estern Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
occidentalis
Threat
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Flying E Wash
Wash
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ontinued)
Turtleback Wash
(Linkage 51: IdenCommon Black-hawk Buteogallus anthracinus Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus
Cyprinodon macularius Desert Pupfish Gila Topminnow Poeciliopsis occide ntalis Javelina TayLongfin Dace Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans Lowland Leopard Frog Rana yavMountain Lion Felis concolor Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus to pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus Snowy Egret Egretta thula Sonoran Desert Tortoise Southwestern Willow Flycatcher RWWW
Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis s: Highway (SR 89; US 60; US 93) Railroad Urbanization
Hydrology: Antelope Creek Blue Tank Wash B Calamity Wash Cemetery Wash
Daggs Wash Hartman Hassayampa River Jimmie Wash Little San Domingo Was Martinez Wash
(Linkage 51: Hydrology c
Mill Wash Mockingbird Wash
Monarch Wash Ox Wash San Domingo Wash Sols Wash Star Wash Syndicate Wash Trilby Wash
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ce: Wickenburg
Prescott
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ion of Governments and Northern Arizona Council of Governments FHWA Engineering: A4
Types): 100%
4% %
r cinctum
alifornicus
s volans
orhinus townsendii Photo
Linkage 52 Hassayampa River – d a
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion County: Maricopa and Yavapai
DOT Engineering District: Prescott AADOT MaintenanADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Phoenix and
AGFD: Region VI
Phoenix District
essional District: 1 and 2
Council of Government: Maricopa Associat
Legislative District: 4 Biotic Com s (Vegetation
munitieAZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub
Land Ownership: Private Land State Trust Land 96 Identified Species:
te Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus a Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotus
sis Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadenCalifornia Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus cCave Myotis Myotis velifer Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus Long-legged Myotis Myoti
Mountain Lion Felis concolor Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Coryn pallescens
yctinomops femorosaccus Pocketed Free-tailed Bat N
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pecies continued) oise Gopherus agassizii Lasiurus xanthinus
ern Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus s
allus longirostris yumanensis yumanensis
n Road)
y Wash Hamlin Wash Mockingbird Wash
(Linkag Identifie 52: ed S
Sonoran Desert TortWestern Yellow Bat
West occidentali Yuma Clapper Rail R
Myotis Yuma Myotis Threats: Border Security
Highway (Constellatio Urbanization Hydrology:
nk Wash Blue Ta Calamit
Photo by James Gallagher
Linkage 53 North – South Mazatzal Mountains
Apache Highlands Ecoregion
County: Gila and Maricop ADOT En ce and Prescott
DOT Maintenance: Mesa and Payson Management Section: Phoenix
ongressional District: 1 and 5
ouncil of Government: Central Arizona Council of Governments ts
d A4
iotic Communities (Vegetation Types): 76%
Semidesert Grassland 24%
4%
tinomops macrotus Sheep adensis
Ursus americanus
mops perotis californicus ow Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentalis
nsis
Identified Species continued) Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus
ssizii
Slate Creek camore Creek
ek
a
gineering District: Phoenix MaintenanAADOT Natural Resources AGFD: Region VI BLM: Gila District and Phoenix District C Cand Maricopa Association of Governmen FHWA Engineering: A1 an Legislative District: 5 and 23 B Interior Chaparral
and Ownership: L
Private Land USDA Forest Service (Tonto) 96% Identified Species:
a sus ectum cinctu Banded Gila Monster Heloderm p m Big Free-tailed Bat Nyc
Ovis can Bighorn Black Bear Bobcat Lynx rufus California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus
Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eu
Gila TopminnLongfin Dace Agosia chrysogaster
Long-legged Myotis Myotis volansLowland Leopard Frog Rana yavapaieMountain Lion Felis concolor
Linkage 53: (
Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agaYuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
Threats: Highway (SR 87) Urbanization Hydrology: Corral Creek Cottonwood Creek East Fork Sycamore Creek Gold Creek
Sy West Fork Sycamore Cre
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Linkage 54 Sierra Ancha – Superstition Mountains
Apache Highlands Ecoregion
County: Gila ADOT Engi
DOT Maintenance: Globe and Roosevelt esources Management Section: Phoenix
strict: 1 and 5
ment: Central Arizona council of Governments ciation of Governments
etation Types): 85%
l 15%
Monu ent)
p Ovis canadensis
ericanus
Macrotus californicus
thracinus
aster
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w Flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus ed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
s ocoileus virginianus
Campaign Creek Devore Wash Eads Wash Hicks Wash Horseshoe Bend Wash H-Z Wash Murray Wash Pinal Creek Pinto Creek
Poison Springs Wash Quail Springs Wash
Rock Creek Salt River Schoolhouse Wash Spring Creek Tonto Creek Wildcat Creek
55 88
Arizona/New Mexico Mountains Ecoregion Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
Coconino
t: Globe and Prescott ADOT Maintenance: Payson and Roosevelt
AGFD: Region I and Region VI
BLM: Gila District and Phoenix District
Congressional District: 1
Central Arizona Council of Governments
(Vegetation Types): 22% 17%
12% < 0.5%
r Forest 33% 16%
merican Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum rizona Myotis Myotis occultus rizona Toad Bufo microscaphus ald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
and Maricopa
neering District: Globe AADOT Natural R AGFD: Region VI BLM: Gila District and Phoenix District Congressional Di Council of Govern
nd Maricopa Assoa HWA Engineering: A4 F
Legislative District: 5 and 23 Biotic Communities (Veg
AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub Interior Chaparra Land Ownership:
ation National Park Service (Tonto N al m 2% Private Land 1%
USDA Forest Service (Tonto) 97% Identified Species:
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bighorn Shee Black Bear Ursus am
Lynx rufus Bobcat California Leaf-nosed Bat Cave Myotis Myotis velifer
an Common Black-hawk ButeogallusGila Topminnow Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentalis Javelina Tayassu tajacu Longfin Dace Agosia chrysog
(
Southwestern Willo
estern Yellow-bill W occidentali White-tailed Deer Od Threats:
Highway (SR 188)Urbanization
Hydrology: Blevens Wash
Bumblebee Creek
LinkageEast – West Sierra Ancha SR 2
Apache Highlands Ecoregion
County: Gila and ADOT Engineering Distric
ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Phoenix
Council of Government:and Northern Arizona Council of Governments FHWA Engineering: A4 Legislative District: 1 and 5 Biotic Communities AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub
d Great Basin Conifer WoodlanInterior Chaparral
Woodland Madrean Evergreen Petran Montane Conife Semidesert Grassland Land Ownership: Private Land 10%
aves, Tonto) 90% USDA Forest Service (Apache-Sitgre Identified Species:
AAABBighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis Black Bear Ursus americanus
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ued) (Linka
ve Myotis Myotis velifer cahuensis thracinus
ysanodes opminnow Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentalis
assu tajacu ogaster
s Rana yavapaiensis rix occidentalis lucida
oncolor ter gentilis rina nitida maxima
red Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
usta ycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus rus blossevillii
Coccyzus americanus occidentalis
White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
hreats: Grazing
Highway (SR 288) Urbanization
ydrology: Ash Creek Cherry Creek Connor Wash Di E Griffin Wash Haigl Honey Creek H-Z Wash
Hydrology continued)
North Fork Parker Creek
Parker Creek
Pocket Creek
Salt River ek
ge 55: Identified Species continBobcat Lynx rufus
CaChiracahua Leopard Frog Rana chiri
Black-hawk Buteogallus anCommon Elk Cervus elaphus Fringed Myotis Myotis th Gila T Javelina Tay Longfin Dace Agosia chrys
is Myotis volan Long-legged Myot Lowland Leopard Frog Mexican Spotted Owl St Mountain Lion Felis c Northern Goshawk Accipi
u Northern Gray Hawk Ast Pale Townsend’s Big-ea pallescens
Gila Roundtail Chub rob Southwestern Willow Fl Western Red Bat Lasiu Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo
T
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nner Creek ads Wash
er Creek
McFadden Creek
(Linkage 55:
Meddler Wash P. B. Creek
Pinal Creek
Reynolds Creek Rose Creek
Shute Springs CreSouth Fork Parker Creek
Turkey Creek Walnut Creek Warm Creek Workman Creek
56 60
ADOT EnADOT Mai ow ADOT Nat n: Flagstaff and
ouncil of Governments s
0.2% reat Basin Conifer Woodland 51.6%
Interior Chaparral 30.7% Petran Montane Conifer Forest 17%
ssland 0.5%
Land 4% rlos; White Mountain Apache) 62%
USDA Forest Service (Tonto) 34%
dentified Species: American Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum Arizona Toad Bufo microscaphus Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Ursus americanus velifer
cahua Leopard Frog Rana chiricahuensis k Buteogallus anthracinus
Linkage Sevenmile – Sevenmile East US
Apache Highlands Ecoregion County: Gila and Navajo
gineering District: Globe ntenance: Globe, Indian Pine and Show Lural Resources Management Sectio
Phoenix AGFD: Region I and Region VI BLM:
Gila District and Phoenix District
Congressional District: 1 Council of Government: Central Arizona C
entand Northern Arizona Council of Governm FHWA Engineering: A4 Legislative District: 5 Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types):
AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub G
Semidesert Gra Land Ownership: Private
Tribal Land (San Ca
I
Black Bear Cave Myotis MyotisChiraCommon Black-haw
Elk Cervus elaphus
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Linkage 57 Faught Ridge - Baldy SR 73
Apache Highlands Ecoregion Arizona/New Mexico Mountains Ecoregion
County: Navajo ADOT Engineering District: Globe ADOT Maintenance: Indian Pine ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Flagstaff AGFD: Region I BLM: Gila District Congressional District: 1 Council of Government: Northern Arizona Council of Governments FHWA Engineering: A4
egislative District: 5
iotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Great Basin Conifer Woodland 13% Petran Montane Conifer Forest 87%
and Ownership: Tribal Land (White Mountain Apache) 100%
dentified Species: Elk Cervus elaphus Gray Wolf Canis lupus
Javelina Tayassu tajacu Mearns’ Quail Cryt e Mule nctatus Osprey Pand Roundtail Chub Gila robusta
urus aberti White-nosed Coati Nasua narica
Threats:
zation
Bull Creek
Cottonwood Wash
(Linkage 56: Identified Speci
ecilies continued) opsis occidentalis occidentalis
jacu og Rana yavapaiensis
wl Strix occidentalis lucida us hemionus concolor tersnake Thamnophis rufipunctatus
red Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
sta Odocoileus virginianus
Gila Topminnow Po Javelina Tayassu ta
Fr Lowland Leopard Mexican Spotted O Mule Deer Odocoile
lis Mountain Lion Fe Narrow-headed Gar Pale Townsend’s Big-ea
pallescens Roundtail Chub Gila robu Deer White-tailed Threats: Highway (US 60) Hydrology: Ash Creek Cammerman Wash Carrizo Creek Champion Creek Cienega Creek Corduroy Creek Corral Creek Forestdale Creek Ramboz Wash Salt River Sevenmile Wash
L B L I
onyx montezuma Deer Odocoileus hemionus
Narrow-headed Gartersnake Thamnophis rufipuion haliaetus
Tassel-eared Squirrel Sci
(Linkage 57: continued)
Highway (SR 73) Urbani Hydrology:
Corduroy Creek
Diamond Creek North Fork White River
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Linkage 58 State Route 260 East Apache Highlands Ecoregion
Arizona/New Mexico Mountains Ecoregion
tenance: Indian Pine and Springerville s Management Section: Flagstaff
ongr
rizona Counc f overn
: Montane Conifer Forest 85%
balpine Grassland 15%
Private Land 1% Land (White Mountain Apache) 81%
ce (Apache-Sitgreaves) 18%
Apache (Arizona) Trout Oncorhynchus apache Black Bear Ursus a
Chiracahua Leop huensis Elk Cervus elap
Gray Wolf C Gunnison’s Prairie Dog Cynomys gunnisoni
n Felis concolor Odocoileus hemionus
amnophis rufipunctatus piens
Identified Species continued) mericana
Riparian Obligates
White Mountains Ground Squirrel Spermophilus tridecemlineatus monticola
Odocoileus virginianus Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
hreats:
ydro gy:
k
ldier Creek
age 59 ossing – Clifton US 191
ighlands Ecoregion ico Mountains Ecoregion and Ecoregion
Greenlee
Globe and Safford rd, Springerville and Three Way
Management Section: Flagstaff and
nd Region VI
LM: Gila District
ongressional District: 1
ouncil of Government: Northern Arizona Council of overnments and South Eastern Arizona Governments Organization
HWA Engineering: A4
egislative District: 5
Biotic Communities (Veg A % C % Great Basin 11% Interior Chaparral 3%
Woodland 4% Petran Montane Conifer Forest 45%
st < 0.5% d 8%
%
Bureau of Land Management 4% Private Land 34%
5% USDA Forest Service (Apache-Sitgreaves) 57%
Identified Species:
County: Apache and Navajo ADOT Engineering District: Globe ADOT MainADOT Natural Resource AGFD: Region I BLM: Gila District
essional District: 1 C Council of Government: Northern A il oG ments HWA Engineering: A4 F
Legislative District: 5 Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types) Petran Su Land Ownership:
Tribal USDA Forest Servi
cies: Identified Spe
mericana d Frog Rana chirar ica
hus anis lupus
Mountain Lio Mule Deer Narrow-headed Gartersnake Th
Rana pi Northern Leopard Frog Osprey Pandion haliaetus
(Linkage 58: Pronghorn Antilocapra a
Tassel-eared Squirrel Sciurus aberti
White-tailed Deer
T Highway (SR 260; SR 273; SR 373)
Railroad Urbanization H lo Bar H Creek Black Bear Cienega Creek Bog Creek Corduroy Creek Fish Creek Gomez Cree Gooseberry Creek Horseshoe Creek Little Bog Creek McNary Ditch North Fork White River Paradise Creek So
LinkCorrejo Cr
Apache HArizona/New Mex
IslSky
d County: Apache, Graham an ADOT Engineering District:ADOT Maintenance: SaffoADOT Natural Resources Tucson AGFD: Region I, Region V a B C CG F L
etation Types): Z Upland Sonoran Desertscrub 3hihuahuan Desertscrub 3
Conifer Woodland
Madrean Evergreen
Petran Subalpine Conifer Forelan Plains & Great Basin Grass
Semidesert Grassland 23 Land Ownership:
State Trust Land
Allen’s Big-eared Bat Idionycteris phyllotis
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(Linkage 59: Identified Species continued) eregrinus anatum
e Arizona Myotis Myotis occultus
Ovis canadensis
nthracinus
us elaphus corhynchus gilae
s californicus meda vittata itis
aiensis
lor punctatus Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis orthern Leopard Frog Rana pipiens Pronghorn Antilocapra americana Sonora Sucker Catostomus insignis outhwestern Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus
hite-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus
gallopavo
ng
(Linkage 59: continued) Hydrology: Auger Creek Beaver Creek Campbell Blue Creek Castle Creek Chase Creek Cienega Creek Coleman Creek Colter Creek Corduroy Creek Davis Creek Eagle Creek East Eagle Creek Fish Creek Foote Creek Gila River Grant Creek Hannagan Creek Hulsey Creek Juan Miller Creek
K. P. Creek Limestone Gulch Milk Creek Nutrioso Cre Paddy Creek
Pigeon Creek
Creek Creek
Salt House Creek
Sardine Creek
Silver Basin Creek
Stray Horse Creek
Turkey Creek Creek
American Peregrine Falcon Falco pApache (Arizona) Trout Oncorhynchus apach
Bighorn Sheep Black Bear Ursus americanus Chiracahua Leopard Frog Rana chiricahuensisCommon Black-hawk Buteogallus aDesert Sucker Catostomus clarki
Elk Cerv Gila Trout On
Gray Wolf Canis lupus Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops peroti
Little Colorado Spinedace LepidoLittle Colorado Sucker Catostomus sp. 3 Loach Minnow Tiaroga cobLongfin Dace Agosia chrysogaster Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans
Lowland Leopard Frog Rana yavap Mexican Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis lucida Mountain Lion Felis conco
Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Narrow Headed Gartersnake Thamnophis rufi
N
S Speckled Dace Rhinichthys osculus rti Tassel-eared Squirrel Sciurus abe
White-nosed Coati Nasua narica W
Wild Turkey Meleagris
hreats: T Grazi
Highway (US 191) Mining
Railroad Urbanization
North Corral Creek North Fork Black Wallow Creek
ek
Picnic Creek
Pipestem Creek Raspberry creek Riggs Creek
Right Fork Foote Creek Rousensock Rudd San Francisco River
Sheep Wash Squaw Creek
(Linkage 59: Hydrology continued)
Thomas Creek
Watts Whitewater Creek
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Linkage 60 Black Hills – Tollgate Canyon
Sky Island Ecoregion
ounty: Graham and Greenlee
DOT Engineering District:DOT Maintenance: Safford and Three Way DOT Natural Resources Management Section: Tucson
GFD: Region V
LM: Gila District
Congressional District: 1 Council o ents Organizatio
: A2
emidesert Grassland 95%
Bureau of Land Management 98% 2%
Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis
Mountain Lion Felis concolor eus hemionus
Highway (US 191)
Hydrology:
Black Hills – Peloncillo Mountains gion
DOT Natural Resources Management Section: Tucson
ongressional District: 1
ouncil of Government: South Eastern Arizona Governments rganization
iotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Semidesert Grassland 100%
and Ownership: Bureau of Land Management 60% Private Land 15.5%
State Trust Land 24.5% Identified Species: Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis Javelina Tayassu tajacu Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Threats: Highway (US 70) Urbanization Hydrology: Shoat Tank Wash Slick Rock Wash
Linkage 62
Apache Highlands Ecoregion
ounty: Greenlee
DOT Engineering District: Safford DOT Maintenance: Three Way DOT Natural Resources Management Section: Tucson
AGFD: Region V
LM: Gila District
Congressional District: 1 Council of Governm Governments Organization FHWA Engineerin Legislative District: 5
Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): 59%
9% %
Bureau of Land Management 2% 19%
State Trust Land 79%
ajacu mionus
C A Safford AA A B
f Government: South Eastern Arizona Governmn
FHWA Engineering Legislative District: 5 Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub 5% S Land Ownership: Private Land Identified Species:
Javelina Tayassu tajacu
Mule Deer Odocoil Threats: Urbanization
Tollgate Wash
Linkage 61
Sky Island Ecore County: Graham and Greenlee
d ADOT Engineering District: SafforADOT Maintenance: Safford and Three Way A AGFD: Region V
BLM: Gila District C CO FHWA Engineering: A2 Legislative District: 5 B L
State Route 75
C AAA
B
ent: South Eastern Arizona
g: A2
Chihuahuan Desertscrub Madrean Evergreen Woodland Semidesert Grassland 32 Land Ownership: Private Land
dentified Species: I
Black Bear Ursus americana Common Black-hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
Javelina Tayassu t Mule Deer Odocoileus he Small Mammals Threats: Highway (SR 75) Railroad Urbanization
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(Linkage 62: continued) H logy: ydro Apache Creek
nd Wash Lop Ear Creek
Sand Wash Sanders Wash Sandia Wash Skully Creek
Bitter Creek Cottonwood Creek
Dromedary Creek Gila River
Greaser Wash Harris Wash Kaywood Wash Linden Creek Little Sa
Stove Wash Wampoo Wash Waters Wash Willow Creek
Linkage 63 ins – Kofa Mountains n Desert Ecoregion
DOT Engineering District: Yuma DOT Maintenance: Quartzsite DOT Natural Resources Management Section: Phoenix
AGFD: Region IV BLM: Colorado R Congressional Distr
t: Western Arizona Council of Governments Metropolitan Planning Organization
n Types): 100%
agement 92% of Defense (Yuma Test Range) 2.5%
Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum mops macrotus
Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis californicus
Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans on Felis concolor
t Corynorhinus to
(Linka
Threat
Hydrology: French Creek Indian Wash Tyson Wash
Trigo MountaSonora
County: La Paz and Yuma AAA
iver District
ict: 7 Council of Governmen
nd Yuma a FHWA Engineering: A3 Legislative District: 24 Biotic Communities (Vegetatio
Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub and Ownership: L
Bureau of Land Man Department National Wildlife Refuge (Kofa) 3.5% Private Land 2%
Identified Species: Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctino
California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus
Mountain Li Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Ba wnsendii pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus
Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii
ge 63: Identified Species continued) Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
s: Border Security Highway (US 95)
Urbanization
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Linkage 64
Sonoran Desert EcoRegion Coun ADOT Engineering District: ADOT Maintenance: Gila Bend
ral Resources Management Section: Prescott
trict: 2 and 7
ent: Maricopa Association of Governments
ypes): Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 100%
Land Ownership: 1%
State Trust Land 27%
Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotus Ovis canadensis
ops perotis californicus
Myotis Myotis volans
red Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
morosaccus agassizii
Linka e 64: Identified Species continued) Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
hreats:
Bighorn Belmont – Saddle Mountain
ty: Maricopa
Yuma
ADOT Natu AGFD: Region IV BLM: Phoenix District Congressional Dis Council of Governm FHWA Engineering: A3 Legislative District: 25 Biotic Communities (Vegetation T
Bureau of Land Management Private Land 72%
Identified Species: Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum
Bighorn Sheep Bobcat Lynx rufus California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus
Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eum
Long-legged Mountain Lion Felis concolor Pale Townsend’s Big-ea pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops fe
Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus
g(
T Border Security
Central Arizona Project Canal Highway (I 10) Urbanization
Hydrology: Delaney Wash Old Camp Wash
Photo by Doug Duncan
Linkage 65
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
County: Maricopa ADOT Engineering nce and Yuma
DOT Maintenance: Avondale and Gila Bend Resources Management Section: Phoenix and
Prescott
LM: Phoenix District
ongressional District: 2
ouncil of Government: Maricopa Association of Governments
HWA Engineering: A3
istrict: 4
etation Types): AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub 11%
iver Sonoran Desertscrub 89%
19%
ert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii
White Tanks – Hassayampa River
District: Phoenix MaintenaAADOT Natural
AGFD: Region VI B C C F Legislative D Biotic Communities (Veg Lower Colorado R
Land Ownership: Private Land 81%
State Trust Land Identified Species: Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis Bobcat Lynx rufus Javelina Tayassu tajacu Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Mountain Lion Felis concolor Sonoran Des Threats: Border Security
way) Highway Threat (Sun Valley Park Urbanization
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(Linkage 65: continued)
ydrology: Hassayampa River H
Photo by Eric Vondy
Apache Highlands Ecoregion Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
Globe and Superior ources Management Section: Phoenix
6
enix District
ouncil of Government: Central Arizona Council of Governments
HWA Engineering: A4
egislative District: 5 and 23
iotic AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub 45%
parral 37%
8%
State Trust Land 12.5% t Service 49%
Identif
aricopa Leaf-nosed Snake Phyllorhynchus browni lucidus ted Owl Strix occidentalis lucida
lor mionus
artersnake Thamnophis eques megalops Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus
ran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Shovel-nosed Snake Chionactis occipitalis klauberi
t Lasiurus blossevillii ooted Myotis Myotis ciliolabrum
w-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Nasua narica
hreats: Highway (US 60) Mining Railroad Urbanization
ydrology: Arnett Creek Bloody Tanks Was Pinto Quee Reymert Was Russell Gulch
Linkage 66 Superior - Miami
US 60
County: Gila and Pinal ADOT Engineering District: Globe
DOT Maintenance:AADOT Natural Res AGFD: Region 5 and Region BLM: Gila District and Pho Congressional District: 1 C F L B Communities (Vegetation Types):
Interior Cha Madrean Evergreen Woodland 10% Semidesert Grassland
Land Ownership: Bureau of Land Management 2% Private Land 36.5%
USDA Fores
ied Species: Black Bear Ursus americanus Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-owl Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum Common Black-hawk Buteogallus anthracinus Desert Pupfish Cyprinodon macularius
Gila Topminnow Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentalis
(Linkage 66: Identified Species continued)
ops perotis californicus Greater Western Mastiff Bat EumLowland Leopard Frog Rana yavapaiensis
Javelina Tayassu tajacu M Mexican Spot Mountain Lion Felis conco Mule Deer Odocoileus he Northern Mexican G Pocketed Free-tailed Sono Tucson Western Red Ba Western Small-f Western Yello occidentalis White-nosed Coati Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis T
H
h Creek n Creek
h
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Linkage 67 Gila River - El Capitan
rict: Globe Globe and Superior
Section: Phoenix and
nd Region 6
BLM:
ouncil of Governments
FHWA Engi
Biotic Com
0.2% Land O 20%
Land 68% State Trust Land 11%
dentified Species: Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-owl Glaucidium brasilianum
Longfin Dace Agosia chrysogaster ssissippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
color
Linkage 67: Identified Species continued) Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Northern Gray Hawk Asturina nitida maxima Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Sonora Sucker Catostomus insignis Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus Spikedace Meda fulgida Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus occidentalis
Threats: De-watering of rivers
Highway (SR 77) Mining Railroad Urbanization Hydrology: Ash Creek Gila River Hackberry Wash Indian Camp Wash Romero Wash San Pedro River Smith Wash Steamboat Wash
Sky Island Ecoregion Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
County: Gila and Pinal ADOT Engineering DistADOT Maintenance: ADOT Natural Resources Management Tucson AGFD: Region 5 a
Gila District Congressional District: 1 Council of Government: Central Arizona C
neering: A4 Legislative District: 5 and 23
munities (Vegetation Types): AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub 99.8% Semidesert Grassland
wnership: Bureau of Land ManagementBureau of Reclamation 1%
Private
I
California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus
cactorum Common Black-hawk Buteogallus anthracinus Desert Sucker Catostomus clarki Loach Minnow Tiaroga cobitis
MiMountain Lion Felis con
(
Linkage 68 Saddle Mountain - Gila Bend Mountains
uma
Section: Phoenix
GFD
LM:
A3
iotic 100%
14% 75%
cies: Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater
Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotus
Ovis canadensis
californicus
a lecontei
t ctinomops femorosaccus
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion County: Maricopa ADOT Engineering District: YADOT Maintenance: Gila Bend ADOT Natural Resources Management A
: Region 4
B Phoenix District Congressional District: 7
Council of Government: Maricopa Association of Governments HWA Engineering:F
Legislative District: 25 B Communities (Vegetation Types):
Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub
Land Ownership: Bureau of Land Management Private Land State Trust Land 11% Identified Spe
Bighorn Sheep Bobcat Lynx rufus California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus LeConte’s Thrasher Toxostom
Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans Mountain Lion Felis concolor Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Ba Ny
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Linka
ma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
nte)
ization
( ge 68: Identified Species continued)
Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Yu
Threats:
Agriculture Border Security Highway (Agua Calie Railroad Urban Hydrology: Centennial Wash
Photo by Fred Labounty
Linkage 69 Laguna Mountains – Muggins Mountains
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion County: Yuma ADOT Engineering District: Yuma ADOT Maintenance: Yuma ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Phoenix AGFD: Region 4 BLM: Colorado River Dist
Council of Govern anning
rganization
HWA Engineering: A3
rtscrub 100%
26% se (Yuma Test Range) 24%
4%
lla Sauromalus ater Heloderma suspectum cinctum
Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotus
s liforni
Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata gracia Bat Eumops perotis californicus
s
(Linkawnsendii
agassizii
Athene cunicularia hypugaea Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
Occidentalis Yuma Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris yumanensis
Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
stle Dome Wash
rict
Congressional District: 7
ment: Yuma Metropolitan PlO F Legislative District: 24
iotic Communities (Vegetation Types): B Lower Colorado River Dese Land Ownership:
Bureau of Land Management Department of Defen Bureau of Reclamation Private Land 34% State Trust Land 12% Identified Species: Arizona Chuckwa Banded Gila Monster
Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotu ca cus
Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Greater Western Mastiff Long-legged Myotis Myotis volan Mountain Lion Felis concolor
ge 69: Identified Species continued) d Bat Corynorhinus toPale Townsend’s Big-eare
pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus
mericana Pronghorn Antilocapra a Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus
tum Spotted Bat Euderma maculan Burrowing Owl Wester
Western
Threats: Border Security Canal Highway (US 95) Railroad Urbanization Hydrology: Ca
Dome Canal Protective Channel Dome
Gila Gravity Main Canal Gila River
Wellton Mohawk Canal
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Linkage 70 Arizona Service Highway (ASH)
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion County: Yuma ADOT Engineering District: Yuma ADOT Maintenance: Yuma
DOT Natural Resources Management Section: Phoenix
GFD: Region IV
LM: Colorado River District
Congressional District: 7 Co
FHWA Engineering:
: 24
Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 100%
14%
Goldwater Air Force Range) 26% mation 20%
28% 12%
Macrotus californicus
Flat-tailed Horned Lizard Phrynosoma mcallii at Eumops perotis californicus
Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans ynorhinus townsendii
Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus rrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea
a notata rufopunctata
Threat Canal
A Canal B Canal
E Main Canal Main Drain South Drain
A A B
uncil of Government: Yuma Metropolitan Planning Organization
A3 Legislative District Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Land Ownership:
Bureau of Land Management Department of Defense
(Barry Bureau of Recla Private Land State Trust Land Identified Species:
Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotus California Leaf-nosed Bat Cave Myotis Myotis velifer
Greater Western Mastiff B
Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Cor pallescens
Western Bu
(Linkage 70: Identified Species continued)Yuma Hispid Cotton Rat Sigmodon hispidus eremicusYuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
UmYuman Desert Fringe-toed Lizard s:
Highway (SR 195) Railroad Urbanization Hydrology:
South Gila Valley Main Canal W Main Canal
Linkage 71
County: Yuma
ADOT Engineering District: Yuma
Phoenix
GFD: Region IV
LM: Colorado River District
ongressional District: 7
Yuma Metropolitan Planning
unities (Vegetation Types): ertscrub 100%
2%
f-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus
us
Mountain Lion Felis concolor Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
North - South Gila Mountains Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
ADOT Maintenance: Yuma ADOT Natural Resources Management Section:
A
B
C
ouncil of Government:COrganization HWA Engineering: A3 F
egislative District: 24 L
iotic CommB
Lower Colorado River Sonoran Des Land Ownership:
Bureau of Land Management 92% Private Land State Trust Land 6% Identified Species: Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotus
Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis California Lea Cave Myotis Myotis velifer
acia Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata grGreater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicLong-legged Myotis Myotis volans
pallescens t Nyctinomops femorosaccus Pocketed Free-tailed Ba
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Linkage 72 Sentinel Plain
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
ADOT District: Yuma end and Yuma
ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Phoenix
GFD: Region IV
LM: Colorado River District and Phoenix District
ongressional District: 7
ouncil of Government: Maricopa Association of Governments and Yuma Metropolitan Planning Organization FHWA Engineering: A3 Legislative District: 24 and 25 Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 100% Land Ownership: Bureau of Land Management 13% Bureau of Reclamation 2% Department of Defense (Barry Goldwater Air Force Range) 2% Private Land 46% State Trust Land 37% dentified Species:
Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotus Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer
Flat-tailed Horned Lizard Phrynosoma mcallii Great Egret Ardea alba Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
ified Species continued) Myotis Myotis volans
t Corynorhinus townsendii
Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii
nghorn Antilocapra americana sonoriensis Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus
retta thula Euderma maculatum
Western Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus occidentalis White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
l Rallus longirostris yumanensis ed Lizard Uma notata rufopunctata
Threats: Border Security
Canal
Railroad Urbanization
Baragan Wash Wash
Sentinel Wash
anensis
ta
Border Security
Railroad
(Linkage 71: Identified Species continued) Pronghorn Antilocapra americana
ulatum Spotted Bat Euderma mac Yuma Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris yum Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
Yuman Desert Fringe-toed Lizard Uma notata rufopuncta Threats:
Highway (I 8)
Urbanization Hydrology: None Identified
County: Maricopa and Yuma
EngineeringADOT Maintenance: Gila B
A B C C
I
(Linkage 72: Ident
Long-legged Mountain Lion Felis concolor Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Ba pallescens
Sonoran Pro Snowy Egret Eg Spotted Bat
Yuma Clapper RaiYuman Desert Fringe-to
Highway (I 8)
Hydrology:
Clanton Columbus Wash
Copper Wash Deadman Wash Farmers Canal Gila River Gravel Wash Hoodoo Wash Mohawk Canal Nottbusch Wash Owl Wash San Cristobal Wash
Tenmile Wash Texas Hill Canal
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 91 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
(Linkage 72: Hydrology continued) The Lagoon Wellton Mohawk Main Channel Yaqui Wash
Linkage 73 Gila Bend Mountains - North Maricopa
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
ADOT Engine ring District: Yuma
ce: Gila Bend on: Phoenix
GFD
a Association of Governments
FHWA Engi
unities (Vegetation Types): AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub 0.3% Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 99.7%
Land Ownership: 1%
76% 23%
malus ater cinctum
Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer
sert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata gracia ff Bat Eumops perotis californicus
Myotis volans
color
Linka continued) Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Pale Townsend's Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Yuma Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris yumanensis Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis Threats: Border Security
Canal Highway (SR 85) Urbanization Hydrology: Arlington Canal Enterprise Canal Gila River Rainbow Wash
Mountains
County: Maricopa
eADOT MaintenanADOT Natural Resources Management Secti A Region IV and Region VI : BLM: Phoenix District Congressional District: 7 Council of Government: Maricop
neering: A3 Legislative District: 25 Biotic Comm
Bureau of Land Management Private Land
State Trust Land Identified Species: Arizona Chuckwalla Sauro Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotus
Ovis canadensis Bighorn Sheep California Leaf-nosed Bat
DeGreater Western Masti
Javelina Tayassu tajacu Long-legged Myotis Mountain Lion Felis con
( ge 73: Identified Species
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 92 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 74 ra Estrella
Mountains Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
County: Maricopa
District: Phoenix Maintenance, Tucson and
Avondale, Casa Grande and Gila Bend ADOT Nat
I BLM:
ounc
A3
egislative District: 12 and 25
iotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 100%
anagement 3% 56%
State Trust Land 41% dentif
Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotus Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis Bobcat Lynx rufus California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus
Javelina Tayassu tajacu Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans Mountain Lion Felis concolor
Linkage 74: Identified Species continued) Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus Sonoran De ii
Yuma Myoti
Hydrology: Wash
West Prong Waterman Wash
North Maricopa Mountains – Sier
ADOT Engineering Yuma ADOT Maintenance:
ural Resources Management Section: Phoenix AGFD: Region IV and Region V
Phoenix District Congressional District: 2 and 7 C il of Government: Maricopa Association of Governments FHWA Engineering: A2 and L B Land Ownership:
Bureau of Land M Private Land
I ied Species:
(
sert Tortoise Gopherus agassizs Myotis yumanensis
Threats: Agriculture Border Security Highway (Rainbow Valley) Urbanization
Waterman
Linkage 75 State Route 85
ert Ecoregion Count ADOT En
DOTDOT Natural Resources Management Section: Phoenix and
Tucson AGFD: Region IV and Region V
sociation of Governments ts
and A3
n Types): rtscrub 38%
Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 62%
and Ownership: Bureau of Land Management 21% Department of Defense (Barry Goldwater Air Force Range) 33% National Park Service (Organ Pipe) 32% Private Land 13% State Trust Land 1% Identified Species: Ajo Mountain Whipsnake Masticophis bilineatus lineolatus
Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotis Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis Bobcat Lynx rufus Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-owl Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum
Sonoran Des
y: Maricopa and Pima
gineering District: Tucson and Yuma A Maintenance: Gila Bend and Three Points A
BLM: Phoenix District
Congressional District: 7 Council of Government: Maricop
f Governmena As
and Pima Association o HWA Engineering: A2F
Legislative District: 25 Biotic Communities (Vegetatio
an Dese AZ Upland Sonor L
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 93 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 75: Identified Species continued) California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata gracia Giant Spotted Whi burti stictogrammus
Greater Western M s perotis californicus Great Plains ophryne olivacea Javelina Taya Kit Fox Vulpe
Lesser Long yerbabuenae s Myotis volans
Phyllorhynchus browni lucidus rgata trivirgata
is organica
end’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens
ee-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus Red-back Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti xanthonota Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Sonoran Pronghorn Antilocapra americana sonoriensis
Tiger Rattlesnake Crotalus tigris Underwood’s Bonneted Bat Eumops underwoodi Western Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea
tis yumanensis
h
sh sh
continued)
Rio Cornez
(
ptail Aspidoscelis
astiff Bat EumopNarrow-mouthed Toad Gastrssu tajacu s macrotis
-nosed Bat Leptonycteris curasoae Long-legged Myoti
Maricopa Leaf-nosed Snake Mexican Rosy Boa Charina trivi Mountain Lion Felis concolor Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Organ Pipe Shovel-nosed Snake Chionactis palarostr
Pale Towns
Pocketed Fr
Yuma Myotis Myo Threats: Agriculture Border Security
Highway (SR 85) Urbanization Hydrology: Alamo Was Cherioni Wash Cuerda de Lena Darby Arroyo Gibson Arroyo Gunsight Wa Kuakatch Wa
(Linkage 75: Hydrology
Midway Wash
Tenmile Wash
Linkage 76 ricopa Mountains– Sand Tanks
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
on: Phoenix
g: A3
(Vegetation Types): 71%
Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 29%
100%
suspectum cinctum Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotis Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis Bobcat Lynx rufus
Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-owl Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer
Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus reat Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad Gastrophryne olivacea
Javelina Tayassu tajacu crotis
Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae Myotis volans
South Ma
County: Maricopa ADOT Engineering District: Yuma ADOT Maintenance: Gila Bend
DOT Natural Resources Management SectiA
GFD: Region IV A
LM: Phoenix District B Congressional District: 7 Council of Government: Maricopa Association of Governments FHWA Engineerin
Legislative District: 25 Biotic Communities AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub
Land Ownership: Bureau of Land Management Identified Species: Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater
Banded Gila Monster Heloderma
G
Kit Fox Vulpes ma Lesser Long-Nosed Bat Long-legged Myotis
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 94 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 77 Quijotoa Valley
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
ral Resources Management Section: Tucson
: 25
Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 82%
1% 99%
osternon arizonense Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum
Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotis Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis Bobcat Lynx rufus
Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-owl Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum
d Bat Macrotus californicus ve Myotis Myotis velifer
astiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus ad Gastrophryne olivacea
u tajacu otis
ntinued) s
Mountain Lion Felis concolor eus hemionus
Pale Townsend's Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus e Gopherus agassizii
Sonoran Pronghorn Antilocapra Americana tigris
manensis
Border Security
Gunsight Wash Hickiwan Wash San Simon Wash
Sikort Chuapo Wa
ecies continued) oncolor hemionus eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
at Nyctinomops femorosaccus
Gopherus agassizii yumanensis
Hydrology: Bender Wash
(Linkage 76: d Sp
cIdentifie
Mountain Lion Felis Mule Deer Odocoileus
- Pale Townsend’s Big pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed B Sonoran Desert Tortoise Yuma Myotis Myotis Threats: Agriculture Border Security Highway (I 8) Urbanization
County: Pima ADOT Engineering District: Tucson ADOT Maintenance: Three Points
DOT NatuA
GFD: Region V A
LM: Phoenix District B Congressional District: 7 Council of Government: Pima Association of Governments FHWA Engineering: A2 Legislative District Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub 18% Land Ownership: Private Land Tribal Land (Tohono O’odham)
Identified Species: Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Arizona Mud Turtle Kin
California Leaf-nose Ca Greater Western M Great Plains Narrow-mouthed To Javelina Tayass Kit Fox Vulpes macr
(Linkage 77: Identified Species co
s Myotis volanLong-legged Myoti
Mule Deer Odocoil
pallescens
Sonoran Desert Tortois
Tiger Rattlesnake Crotalus yu Yuma Myotis Myotis
Threats:
Highway (SR 86) Urbanization Hydrology:
sh
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Linkage 78 State Route 79
rt Ecoregion
County:
ADOT En
ment: Central Arizona Council of Governments FHWA Engineering: A2
Biotic Com 100%
Private Land 4% State Trust Land 96%
dentified Species:
dium brasilianum
ule Deer Odocoileus hemionus us agassizii
Tucson Shovel-nosed Snake Chionactis occipitalis klauberi
Threats:
ed)
Sonoran Dese
Pinal
gineering District: Tucson ADOT Mai Oracle ADOT Nat ent S ction: ucso
ntenance:ural Resources Managem e T n
AGFD: Region V BLM: Gila District Congressional District: 1 Council of Govern
Legislative District: 23
munities (Vegetation Types): AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub Land Ownership:
I Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis Lynx rufus Bobcat
Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-owl Glauci cactorum
Tayassu tajacu Javelina Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis Mountain Lion Felis concolor M
Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopher Tiger Rattlesnake Crotalus tigris
Border Security
nu(Linkage 78: Threats contiHighway (SR 79)
Urbanization Hydrology: Tom Mix Wash
Photo by Erik F. Enderson
Linkage 79 Ironwood – Tortolita
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
ounty: Pima and Pinal
DOT Engineering District: Tucson DOT Maintenance: Oracle, Three Points and Tucson North DOT Natural Resources Management Section: Tucson
GFD: Region V
LM: Gila District
ongressional District: 1 and 7
ouncil of Government: Central Arizona Council of Governments nd Pima Association of Governments
HWA Engineering: A2
egislative District: 23 and 25
Biotic Communities (Veg AZ Up 29% Lower 71% Land Ownership:
and Management 4.5% Bureau of Reclamation 1.5%
43% 51%
eep Ovis canadensis Lynx rufus
uginous Pygmy-owl Glaucidium brasilianum orum
Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Javelina Tayassu tajacu
crotis
Odocoileus hemionus Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii
Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea
C AAA A B C Ca F L
etation Types): land Sonoran Desertscrub Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub
Bureau of L
Private Land State Trust Land dentified Species: I
Bighorn Sh Bobcat
Cactus Ferr cact
Kit Fox Vulpes maMountain Lion Felis concolor Mule Deer
Western Burrowing
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Linkage 80 Saguaro – Tortolita
Sky Island Ecoregion Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
ounty: Pima and Pinal
DOT Engineering District: Tucson DOT Maintenance: Oracle, Tucson North and Tucson South DOT Natural Resources Management Section: Tucson
GFD: Region V
LM: Gila District
ongressional District: 1, 7 and 8
Council of Government: Central Arizona Council of Governments and Pima Association of G FHWA Engineering:
rict: 23, 25, 26 and 27
s): 92%
%
Bureau of Land Management 1% 68%
State Trust Land 31%
Identified Species:
Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-owl Glaucidium brasilianum
Cave Myotis Myotis velifer
Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii
roject) ad)
gy:
(Linkage 79: continued) Threats: Agriculture Border
Urbanization
Security Canal (Central Arizona Project) Highway (I 10; Avra Valley) Railroad
Hydrology: Blanco Wash Cocio Wash Los Robles Wash Santa Cruz River
C AAA A B C
overnments
A2 Legislative Dist Biotic Communities (Vegetation Type AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub
Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 3 Semidesert Grassland 5% Land Ownership: Private Land
Bobcat Lynx rufus
cactorum
Javelina Tayassu tajacu Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis
Mountain Lion Felis concolor Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus
(Linkage 80: continued)Threats: Agriculture Canal (Central Arizona P Highway (I 1 o0; Picture R Railroad Urbanization Hydrolo Santa Cruz River
Photo by John Hoffman
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 97 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 81 Santa Catalina - Tortolita
Sky Island Ecoregion Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
County: Pima and Pinal ADOT Engineering District: Tucson ADOT Maintenance: Oracle and Tucson South ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Tucson AGFD: Region V BLM: Gila District Congressional District: 1 and 8
ouncil of Government: Central Arizona Council of Governments nd Pima Association of Governments
HWA Engineering: A2
egislative District: 23 and 26
iotic Communities (Vegetation Types): AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub 4%
Interior Chaparral 3% Semidesert Grassland 93%
Land Ownership: Private Land 34% State Trust Lan 66% dentified Species:
ynx rufus California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus
elis burti stictogrammus
Odocoileus hemionus Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii
Tiger Rattlesnake Crotalus tigris
) Threats:
Hydrology: ash
Carpas Wash
ta Wash usalito Creek
Wash
Ca F L B
d
I Bobcat L
Giant Spotted Whiptail Aspidosc Javelina Tayassu tajacu Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis Mountain Lion Felis concolor Mule Deer
Linkage 82
Sky Island Ecoregion
ounty: Cochise, Graham, Pima and Pinal
DOT Engineering District: Safford and Tucson DOT Maintenance: Oracle, Safford, St. David and Tucson South DOT Natural Resources Management Section: Tucson
GFD: Region V
LM: Gila District
Congressional District: 1 Council of Governm rnments,
ments Organization
ring: A2
30
AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub 56% Desertscrub 1%
Interior Chaparral 1% ergreen Woodland 2%
Grassland 40%
73%
anus
alis lucida Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus
rn Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus
(Linkage 81: continued
Agriculture Highway (SR 77; Tangerine Road) Urbanization
Batamote W Big Wash Canada del Oro
Chalk Wash Chirreon wash Copper Wash Dodge Tank Wash Faraway Wash Honey Bee Canyon Wash Indian Town Wash Sahuari Sa Sutherland Wash Twentynine Wash
Twentyseven
Santa Catalina - Galliuro
C AAA A B
and 8
ent: Central Arizona CouPima Association of Governments and South Eastern Govern
ncil of Gove
FHWA Enginee Legislative District: 5, 23, 25, 26 and Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Chihuahuan
Madrean Ev Semidesert and Ownership: L
Bureau of Land Management 2% Private Land 25% State Trust Land Identified Species: Black Bear Ursus americ Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis Mexican Spotted Owl Strix occident
Mountain Lion Felis concolor
Southweste Native Fishes White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 98 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
(LinkaThreats:
ydrol Alder Wash Bollen Wash Buehman Canyon Catalina Wash Chimney Rock Creek Clark Wash Copper Creek Flag Wash
bb Wash Gust James Wash
Wash
North Fork Clark Wash Peppersauce Wash
Wash Redfield Canyon
San Pedro River Scanlon Wash
South Fork Clark wash Soza Wash Stratton Wash
ge 82: continued)
Agriculture s) Highway (Several Small Road
Railroad Urbanization
ogy: H
Gi Little Gust James Mulberry Wash
Peters Wash Ray Spring
Linkage 83 Galliuro - Pinaleno
Sky Island Ecoregion County: Cochise and Graham ADOT Engineering District: Safford and Tucson ADOT Maintenance: Oracle and Safford ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Tucson AGFD: Region V and Region VI BLM: Gila District
ongressional District: 1 and 8
ouncil of Government: Central Arizona Council of Governments nd South Eastern Arizona Governments Organization
HWA Engineering: A2
egislative District: 5, 23 and 26
Biotic Communities (Veg AZ 1% Gr 3% Interior 5%
Madrean Evergreen Woodland 3% ssland <1%
Semidesert Grassland 89%
7%
: eregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum
Oncorhynchus apache us
ain Lion Felis concolor Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus
shawk Accipiter gentilis
leucophaeus Deer Odocoileus virginianus
Highway (SR 266; Small Roads) Urbanization
Gardner Creek Goudy Canyon Wash Grant Creek Grapevine Canyon Wash High Creek Hog
londyke Wash
ft Branch Long Hollow
Mud Springs Wash Oak Creek
Pitchfork Canyon Wash
C Ca F L
etation Types): Upland Sonoran Desertscrub <eat Basin Conifer Woodland
Chaparral Plains & Great Basin Gra
Land Ownership: Private Land 3 State Trust Land 63% dentified SpeciesI
American PApache (Arizona) Trout Black Bear Ursus americanCave Myotis Myotis velifer
Javelina Tayassu tajacu Mexican Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis lucida Mount
Northern Go
(Linkage 83: Identified Species continued)
Pronghorn Antilocapra americana Western Red Bat Lasiurus blossevillii White-bellied Long-tailed Vole Microtus longicaudus
White-tailed Threats:
Hydrology: Aravaipa Creek Ash Creek Bar-X Wash Big Creek Box Spring Creek Crazy Horse Wash Deer Creek Fourmile Creek
Fresnal Wash
Canyon Wash Horton Creek
Jesus Canyon Wash Kennedy Falls Wash K
Le Long Hollow Low Creek Martin Wash North Oak Creek Paddys River
Rattlesnake Creek Reiley Creek
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(Linkage 83: Hydrology continued)
Right Branch Long Hollow Sand Wash Sheep Wash
South Fork Ash Creek South Oak Creek South Taylor Wash
Squaw Creek Telegraph Wash Turkey Creek
Linkage 84 – San Simon Valley
County:
ADOTDOT nt Section: Tucson
AGFD:
LM: Gila District
ongressional District: 1
South Eastern Arizona Governments
unities (Vegetation Types): n Desertscrub 14% scrub 0.5%
85.5%
and Ownership: Bureau of Land Management 13%
Private Land 12% State Trust Land 75%
dentified Species: Bobcat Lynx rufus
Javelina Tayassu tajacu Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae Mexican Long-tongued Bat Choeronycteris mexicana Mountain Lion Felis concolor Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Threats: Highway (US 191) Urbanization
Linkage 84: continued) ydrology:
Dial Wash Gold Gulch Jacobson Creek Marijilda Wash Oak Draw Owl Wash Stockton Wash WA Wash
Two E Wash Underwood Wash
PinalenoSky Island Ecoregion
Graham ADOT Engineering District: Safford
Maintenance: Safford A Natural Resources Manageme
Region V B C Council of Government:
tion Organiza FHWA Engineering: A2 Legislative District: 5 Biotic Comm AZ Upland Sonora Chihuahuan Desert Semidesert Grassland L
I
(H
Willow Spring Wash
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 100 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 85 Avra Valley
Tucson South ADOT Nat on: Tucson
BLM: trict and Phoenix District
ongressional District: 7
ouncil of Government: Pima Association of Governments
egisla
on Types): ran Desertscrub 34%
r Sonoran Desertscrub 66%
ship: Bureau of Land Management 1%
77% 22%
Identified Species: Bobcat Lynx rufus
Pygmy-owl Glaucidium brasilianum Javelina Tayassu tajacu Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis
Mountain Lion Felis concolor Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii
hreats:
Agriculture Canal (Central Arizona Project)
Highway (Sandario Road) Urbanization
(Linkage 85: continued) Hydrology: Brawley Wash
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion County: Pima ADOT Engineering District: Tucson ADOT Maintenance: Three Points and
ural Resources Management Secti AGFD: Region V
Gila Dis C C FHWA Engineering: A2
L tive District: 25 and 27 Biotic Communities (Vegetati AZ Upland Sono Lower Colorado Rive Land Owner
Private Land State Trust Land
Cactus Ferruginous cactorum
T
age 86
DOT Engineering District: Tucson DOT Maintenance: Three Points
ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Tucson
AGFD:
Pima Association of Governments
FHWA egisla 25
etation Types): rtscrub 9% dland 28%
d 63%
1% ham) 99%
Pygmy-owl Glaucidium brasilianum Aspidoscelis burti stictogrammus ake Phyllorhynchus browni lucidus Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus
Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii
hreats: Border Security
Highway (SR 86; SR 386) Urbanization
LinkKitt Peak
Sky Island Ecoregion region Sonoran Desert Eco
County: Pima AA
Region V
BLM: Phoenix District Congressional District: 7 Council of Government:
Engineering: A2
L tive District: Biotic Communities (Veg AZ Upland Sonoran Dese
Woo Madrean Evergreenn Semidesert Grassla
Land Ownership: Private Land Tribal Land (Tohono O’d
Identified Species:
Cactus Ferruginous cactorumGiant Spotted Whiptail Maricopa Leaf-nosed Sn
T
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 101 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
(Linkage 86: continued)Hydrology: Pa San Vicente Viopuli
n Tak Wash Pavo Kug Wash
Wash Wash
Linkage 87
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
ounty: Pima
DOT Engineering District: Tucson son South Management Section: Tucson
ongressional District: 7
Pima Association of Governments
trict: 25 and 27
iotic Communities (Vegetation Types): AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub 100%
and Ownership: Bureau of Land Management 4%
Private Land 88% State Trust Land 5%
Tribal Land (Pascau Yaqui; San Xavier) 3% Identified Species: Bobcat Lynx rufus
California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer
Giant Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti stictogrammus Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus Mountain Lion Felis concolor Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Western Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea
(Linkage 87: continued) Threats: Border Security Highway (SR 86) Urbanization Hydrology: Santa Cruz River West Branch Santa Cruz River
Tucson Mountains – San Xavier (San Robles Pass)
C AADOT Maintenance: Tuc
atural ResourcesADOT N
GFD:A Region V BLM: Gila District C Council of Government: FHWA Engineering: A2 Legislative Dis B L
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 102 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 88 Galliuro – Winchester - Dragoons
Sky Island Ecoregion County: Cochise and Graham
DOT Engineering District: Safford AADOT Maintenance: Safford, St. David and Willcox
BLM:
trict: 5 and 25
iotic Communities (Vegetation Types): <1%
29% 4%
midesert Grassland 67%
anagement 2% 24% 74%
nus Rana chiricahuensis
jacu Choeronycteris mexicana
Mountain Lion Felis concolor Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus
Ornate Box Turtle Terrapene ornata Plains Leopard Frog Rana blairi Texas Horned Lizard Ph a cornutum
Linkage 88: Identified Species continued) White-nosed Coati Nasua narica White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus
Threats: Highway (I 10) Ra Urbanization
Walnut Wash
ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Tucson AGFD: Region V
Gila District Congressional District: 1 and 8 Council of Government: South Eastern Arizona Governments Organizatio
n
FHWA Engineering: A2 egislative DisL
B Chihuahuan Desertscrub Madrean Evergreen Woodland
Plains & Great Basin Woodland Se Land Ownership:
M Bureau of Land Private Land State Trust Land Identified Species: Black Bear Ursus america
rd Frog Chiracahua Leopa Grassland Birds
su ta Javelina TayasMexican Long-tongued Bat
rynosom
(
ilroad
Hydrology:
Ash Creek Canyon Dragoon Wash Hot Springs Canyon South Fork Canyon Teran Wash Tres Alamos Wash
Linkage 89 Wil o – Dos
County:
ADOT En
ral Resources Management Section: Tucson
GFD: Region V
na Governments Organizatio
munities (Vegetation Types): 6%
ssland 94%
Private Land 57% 43%
rog Rana chiricahuensis u
Strix occidentalis lucida lor
mionus Terrapene ornata
Plains Leopard Frog Rana blairi Pronghorn Antilocapra americana Texas Horned Lizard Phrynosoma cornutum Western Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea
lcox Playa – Winchester – PinalenCabezas
Sky Island Ecoregion
Cochise and Graham
gineering District: Safford ADOT Mainte
DOT Natunance: Safford, St. David and Willcox
A
A BLM: Gila District Congressional District: 1 and 8 Council of Government: South Eastern Arizo
n FHWA Engineering: A2 Legislative District: 5 and 25 Biotic Com Madrean Evergreen Woodland Semidesert Gra Land Ownership:
State Trust Land Identified Species: Bobcat Lynx rufus
Chiracahua Leopard FJavelina Tayassu tajacKit Fox Vulpes Macrotis
Mexican Spotted Owl Mountain Lion Felis conco Mule Deer Odocoileus he
Ornate Box Turtle
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 103 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
(Linkage 89: continued)
hreats: Border Security
Highway (I 10; SR 186) Railroad Urbanization Hydrology: Ash Creek
Bee Canyon Wash
T
Sacaton Wash
Wood Canyon Wash
90 Pin y
d Ecoregion
ADOT Enillcox
tion: Tucson
GFD: Region V
LM: Gila District
a Governments
ngineering: A2
ypes): ahuan Desertscrub 70%
odland 3% 27%
and Ownership: Bureau of Land Management 6%
Private Land 37% State Trust Land 57%
Identified Species: California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Fringed Myotis Myotis thysanodes Jaguar Panthera onca Javelina Tayassu tajacu Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans
Mexican Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis lucida Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Ornate Box Turtle Terrapene ornata Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens
Texas Horned Lizard Phrynosoma cornutum
Linkage 90: Identified Species continued) White-nosed Coati Nasua narica Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat Sigmodon ochrognathus
Threats: Highway (I 10 Railroad Urbanization
River Wash
Wood Canyon Stream
Linkage aleno – Dos Cabezas – San Simon Valle
Sky Islan County: Cochise and Graham
gineering District: Safford ADOT Maintenance: Safford and WADOT Natural Resources Management Sec A B Congressional District: 1 and 8 Council of Government: South Eastern ArizonOrganization FHWA E
nd 25Legislative District: 5 a
iotic Communities (Vegetation TB Chihu Madrean Evergreen Wo Semidesert Grassland L
(
; US 191)
Hydrology: Dial Wash East Whitetail Creek Gold Gulch Happy Camp Wash Sacaton Wash San Simon Vanar
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 104 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 91 ns
Count
ADOT Mail Resources Management Section: Tucson
GFD: Region V
LM: Gila District and Phoenix District
rnments
Biotic Com 11%
89%
and Ownership: tional Wildlife Refuge Area (Buenos Aires) 27%
13% 60%
dentified Species: Arizona Mud Turtle Kinosternon arizonense
dramus bairdii ygmy-owl Glaucidium brasilianum
cactorum California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus
Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Gila Topminnow Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentalis Jaguar Panthera onca
Javelina Tayassu tajacu Masked Bobwhite Colinus virginianus ridgwayi
Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus Pronghorn Antilocapra americana
Identified Species continued) mops underwoodi
evillii Lasiurus xanthinus
occidentalis
hreats:
Border Security
Wash tidero
Wash
as Wash
Thomas Canyon Wash
Linkage 92 San Xavier – Sierrita – Santa Rita
Sky Island Ecoregion Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
gineering District: Tucson s, Three Points and Tucson South
agement Section: Tucson
istrict
ongr d 8
ouncil of Government: Pima Association of Governments
FHWA Engineering: A2 Legislative District: 25 and 30 Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub 23% Semidesert Grassland 77% Land Ownership: Bureau of Land Management 2% Private Land 48% State Trust Land 50% Identified Species: Black Bear Ursus americanus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Giant Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti stictogrammus Gila Topminnow Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentalis Jaguar Panthera onca
Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae Lowland Leopard Frog Rana yavapaiensis
Mountain Lion Felis concolor Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat Sigmodon ochrognathus
Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus occidentalis
Baboquivari - San Luis MountaiSky Island Ecoregion
y: Pima ADOT Engineering District: Tucson
ntenance: Three Points ADOT Natura A B Congressional District: 7 Council of Government: Pima Association of Gove FHWA Engineering: A2 Legislative District: 25
munities (Vegetation Types): Madrean Evergreen Woodland Semidesert Grassland L Na Private Land State Trust Land I
Baird’s Sparrow AmmoCactus Ferruginous P
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Underwood’s Bonneted Bat EuWestern Red Bat Lasiurus bloss
Western Yellow Bat Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
T Agriculture
Highway (SR 286) Urbanization
Hydrology: Aros Arroyo del Compar Asolido Wash Bailey Wash Chiltepines Cuadro Wash La Osa Wash Las Moras Wash Legunita Wash Little Thom
Los Encinos Wash Placeritos Wash Santa Margarita Wash
County: Pima ADOT EnADOT Maintenance: NogaleADOT Natural Resources Man AGFD: Region V BLM: Gila D C essional District: 7 an C
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 105 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Urbanization
ydrology: Wash
Demetrie Wash
(Linkage 92: continued) Threats: Border Security Canal (Central Arizona Project) Highway (I 19) Railroad
H Box Canyon
Esperanza WashSanta Cruz River
Linkage 93 Tumacacori – Santa Rita
Sky Island Ecoregion
ADOTDOT Maintenance: Nogales, Three Points and Tucson South
atural Resources Management Section: Tucson
BLM:
ongressional District: 7 and 8
Association of Governments and ments Organization
egislative District: 25 and 30
iotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Madrean Evergreen Woodland 3%
Semidesert Grassland 97% and Ownership:
Private Land 69% State Trust Land 31%
dentified Species: Gila Topminnow Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentalis Jaguar Panthera onca Javelina Tayassu t Longfin
Mexica Mountain Lion F Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus
ay Hawk Asturina nitida maxima Northern Mexican Gartersnake Thamnophis eques megalops
Empidonax traillii extimus tris
Species continued) Odocoileus virginianus
Security Highway (US 19)
Urbanization
Hydrology:
Josephine Canyon
County: Pima and Santa Cruz
Engineering District: Tucson AADOT N AGFD: Region V
Gila District C Council of Government: Pima South Eastern Arizona Govern FHWA Engineering: A2 L B
L
I
ajacu Dace Agosia chrysogaster n Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis lucida
elis concolor
Northern Gr Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassiros Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus occidentalis
(Linkage 93: Identified
White-tailed Deer Threats: Border
Railroad
Diablo Wash
Santa Cruz River Tubac Creek
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 106 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 94 Rincon – Whetstone – Santa Rita
sland Ecoregion
Safford and Tucson ADOT Maintenance: Nogales, St. David, Tucson North and
ucson South DOT Natural Resources Management Section: Tucson
GFD: Region V
BLM: Gila District Congressional District: 8 Council of Government: Pima Association of Governments and South Eastern Arizona Governments Organization FHWA Engineering: A2 Legislative District: 25 and 30 Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Chihuahuan Desertscrub 19.5% Madrean Evergreen Woodland 2% Semidesert Grassland 78.5% Land Ownership: Bureau of Land Management 3% Private Land 29% State Trust Land 68%
Identified Species: Black Bear Ursus Chi Gia mus Gila Chub Gila Topminnow Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentalis
yassu tajacu Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae
Lowland Leopard Frog Rana yavapaiensis Mexican Long-tongued Bat Choeronycteris mexicana
Identified Species continued) Strix occidentalis lucida
Mountain Lion Felis concolor
Turtle Terrapene ornata Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii
asiurus blossevillii Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americana
White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus
Border Security 0; SR 83)
Creek
nkage 95 Santa Rita – Empire Complex
Sky Island Ecoregion
ounty: Pima and Santa Cruz
DOT Engineering District: Tucson DOT Maintenance: Nogales DOT Natural Resources Management Section: Tucson
GFD: Region V
LM: Gila District
ongressional District: 8
ouncil of Government: Pima Association of Governments and outh Eastern Arizona Governments Organization
HWA Engineering: A2
egislative District: 30
iotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Madrean Evergreen Woodland 44% Plains & Great Basin Grassland 16%
Semidesert Grassland 40%
and Ownership: 15%
51% d 3%
USDA Forest Service (Coronado) 31%
Identified Species: Black Bear Ursus
Giant Sp grammus Jaguar P Javelina Tayassu ta
esser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae Dace Agosia chrysogaster
Northern Gray Hawk Asturina nitida maxima entalis lucida
olor
Sky I County: Cochise and Pima
DOT Engineering District:A
TA A
americanus racahua Leopard Frog Rana chiricahuensis nt Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti stictogram
Gila intermedia
Javelina Ta Longfin Dace Agosia chrysogaster
(Linkage 94:
Mexican Spotted Owl
Northern Gray Hawk Asturina nitida maxima Ornate Box Western Red Bat L occidentalis
Threats:
Highway (I 1 Railroad Urbanization Hydrology:
Agua Verde Apache Canyon Stream Ash Creek Cienega Creek Cumaro Wash Fortynine Wash Martinez Wash Mescal Arroyo Montosa Canyon Stream Pantano Wash
Li
C AAA A B C CS F L B
L Bureau of Land Management
Private Land State Trust Lan
americanus otted Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti stictoanthera onca
jacu L Longfin Mexican Spotted Owl Strix occid Mountain Lion Felis conc Pronghorn Antilocapra americana
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 107 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Identified Species continued) ke Lampropeltis getula nigrita
Western Red Bat Lasiurus blossevillii
Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat Sigmodon ochrognathus
Border Security
Urbanization
Hydrology:
(Linkage 95:
Western Black Kingsna White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus Threats:
Highway (SR 83)
Fortynine Wash Gardner Canyon Stream
Linkage 96 agonia – Santa Rita Sky Island Ecoregion
son
agement Section: Tucson
Council of Government: South Eastern Arizona Governments ganization
HWA Engineering: A2
Legislative District: 25 Biotic Communities (V Madrean Eve 10% Semidesert Grassland 90%
and Ownership: 96% 4%
lack-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis -owl Glaucidium brasilianum
k Buteogallus anthracinus Catostomus clarki
Aspidoscelis burti stictogrammus
is curasoae yerbabuenae Longfin Dace Agosia chrysogaster
Choeronycteris mexicana
identalis lucida onus
ay Hawk Asturina nitida maxima xican Gartersnake Thamnophis eques megalops
phus aglaiae hys osculus
annus crassirostris Amazilia violiceps
Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus alis
Deer Odocoileus virginianus chrognathus Threats: Border Security
w Creek Sonoita Creek
Pat
County: Santa Cruz ADOT Engineering District: Tuc
les ADOT Maintenance: NogaADOT Natural Resources Man AGFD: Region V BLM: Gila District Congressional District: 7 and 8
O
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F
and 30
egetation Types): rgreen Woodland
L Private Land State Trust Land Identified Species: B Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy cactorum
Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Chiracahua Leopard Frog Rana chiricahuensis Common Black HawDesert Sucker Giant Spotted Whiptail Gila Topminnow Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentalis
Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycter
Mexican Long-tongued Bat
(Linkage 96:
Mexican Spotted Owl Strix occIdentified Species continued)
Mule Deer Odocoileus hemi Northern Gr Northern Me Rose-throated Becard Pachyram Speckled Dace Rhinicht
Thick-billed Kingbird Tyr Violet-crowned Hummingbird Western Yellow-billed occident White-tailed
Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat Sigmodon o
Highway (SR 82) Urbanization
Hydrology: Harsha
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 108 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 97 Whetstone – San Pedro River
Sky Island Ecoregion
DOT Engineering District: Safford aintenance: St. David
nagement Section: Tucson AGFD
District: 8
Council of Government: South Eastern Arizona Governments Organization
Legislative District: 25 Biotic Communities (V Chihuahuan Desertscrub 27%
ert Grassland 73%
29% 1%
: Arizona Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake Crotalus willardi willardi Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Giant Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti stictogrammus Javelina Tayassu tajacu
Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae Mexican Long-tongued Bat Choeronycteris mexicana Mexican Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis lucida Mountain Lion Felis concolor Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Northern Gray Hawk Asturina nitida maxima Texas Horned Lizard Phrynosoma cornutum Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus occidentalis
0)
County: Cochise AADOT MADOT Natural Resources Ma
: Region V BLM: Gila District Congressional
FHWA Engineering: A2
egetation Types):
Semides Land Ownership: Private Land State Trust Land 7 Identified Species
(Linkage 97: Identified Species continued)
docoileus virginianus White-tailed Deer O Threats:
Border Security 9 Highway (SR
Railroad Urbanization
Hydrology: California Wash Middle Canyon Wash
Linkage 98 negas – Huachuca
Sky Island Ecoregion County: Cochise and Santa Cruz ADOT Engineering District: Safford and Tucson ADOT Maintenance: Nogales and St. David ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Tucson AGFD: Region V BLM: Gila District Congressional District: 8 Council of Government: Pima Association of Governments and South Eastern Arizona Governments Organization FHWA Engineering: A2 Legislative Distric
iotic Communities (Vegetation Types): dland 7%
87% 6%
2% d 89.5%
Trust Land 8.5%
Baird’s Sparrow Ammodramus bairdii
Black Bear Ursus americanus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer
Mountain Lion Felis concolor Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Pronghorn Antilocapra Americana
esnake Crotalus willardi willardi Sprague’s Pipit Anthus spragueii
ii
Las Cie
t: 25 and 30
B Madrean Evergreen Woo
Plains & Great Basin Grassland Semidesert Grassland Land Ownership:
Bureau of Land Management Private Lan State Identified Species:
Chiracahua Leopard Frog Rana chiricahuensis Mexican Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis lucida
Ridge-nosed Rattl
Western Red Bat Lasiurus blossevill
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Iden(Linkage 98: tified Species continued) a
nus
White-nosed Coati Nasua naricWhite-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginia
Threats:
Agriculture Border Security Grazing Highway (SR 82) Urbanization Hydrology: Babocomari River Blacktail Wash
Mescal Creek Slaughterhouse Wash
Creek Turkey
Linkage 99 oon – San Pedro River
sland Ecoregion
County:
DOT Engineering District: Safford ADOT Maintenance: Douglas and St. David ADOT Natu on: Tucson AGFD: Region V BLM: Gila District
Congressional District: 8
South Eastern Arizona Governments Organization FHWA Engineering: A2 Legislative District: 25 Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types):
Chihuahuan Desertscrub 77% Madrean Evergreen Woodland 4% Semidesert Grassland 19%
Bureau of Land Management 7% 19%
Land 74%
ster
Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Asturina nitida maxima
e Thamnophis eques megalops
ed Lizard Phrynosoma cornutum
(LinkaThreats:
Highway (SR 80) Urbanization Hydrology: Clifford Wash
DragSky I
Cochise
A
ral Resources Management Secti
Council of Government:
Land Ownership: Private Land State Trust Identified Species: Javelina Tayassu tajacu Longfin Dace Agosia chrysoga Mountain Lion Felis concolor
Northern Gray Hawk Northern Mexican Gartersnak
tle Terrapene ornata Ornate Box Tur Texas Horn Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus occidentalis White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus
ge 99: continued)
Border Fences
Security
Haberstock Wash Walnut Gulch Willow Wash
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 110 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 100 Fort Huachuca - San Pedro River
Sky Island Ecoregion County: Cochise ADOT Engineering District: Safford ADOT Maintenance: St. David ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Tucson AGFD: Region V BLM: Gila District Congressional District: 8 Council of Government: South Eastern Arizona Governments Organization HWA Engineering: A2
Legislative District: Biotic Com Semidesert Gra 100%
Department of Defense (Fort Huachuca) 55% 38%
7%
dentified Species: Ursus americanus
Cave Myotis Myotis velifer yassu tajacu
Lion Felis concolor ne ornata
Hydrology:
inkage 101 icahuas - Peloncillos Sky Island Ecoregion
County: Cochise ADOT Engineering District: Safford ADOT Maintenance: Douglas ADOT Natural cson AGFD: Region V
nts Organization
HWA Engineering: A2
egislative District: 25
Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types):
an Evergreen Woodland 3% Semidesert Grassland 85%
and Ownership: 35%
State Trust Land 65%
Identified Species: s bairdii
Black Bear Myotis velifer
Chiracahua Leopard Frog Rana chiricahuensis Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii
Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus a onca ongued Bat Choeronycteris mexicana
a cornutum
F
25 and 30
munities (Vegetation Types): ssland
Land Ownership: Private Land State Trust Land I Black Bear
Javelina Ta Mountain
Ornate Box Turtle Terrape White-nosed Coati Nasua narica White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo Threats: Border Security Highway (SR 90) Military Usage
(Linkage 100: Threats continued)
Railroad Urbanization
Soldier Creek
LChir
Resources Management Section: Tu
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BLM: Gila District Congressional District: 8 Council of Government: South Eastern Arizona Governme
F L
Chihuahuan Desertscrub 12% Madre
L Private Land
Baird’s Sparrow AmmodramuUrsus americanus
Cave Myotis
Desert Massasauga
Jaguar Pantherg-t Mexican Lon
Mountain Lion Felis concolor Ornate Box Turtle Terrapene ornata
rd PhrynosomTexas Horned LizaWhite-nosed Coati Nasua narica
Sommerhalder
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 111 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Threat
order Security ighway (SR 80) Railroad Urbanization
y Hollow Wash
Sycamore Creek at Wash
(Linkage 101: continued)s:
Agriculture BH
Hydrology: Black Draw Buck Creek Cottonwood Creek Danger Wash
Hackberry Wash Ha Indian Creek
Mulberry Draw Silver Creek
Wildc
Linkage 102 Western International Border
Sky Island Ecoregion Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
County: Pima, Santa Cruz and Yuma ADOT Engineering District: Tucson and Yuma ADOT Maintenance: Three Points and Yuma ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Phoenix and Tucson AGFD: Region IV and Region V BLM: Colorado River District, Gila District and Phoenix District
Congressional District: 7 Council of Government: Pima Association of Governments and Yuma Metropolitan Planning Organization FHWA Engineering: A2 and A3
t: 24 and 25
es): b
Note: Linkage extends into Mexico
Land Ownership: and Management
National Parks Tribal Land (Tohono O’dham)
State Trust Land *Note: Linkage extends into Mexico dentified Species:
Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Arizona Mud Turtle Kinosternon arizonense
ter Heloderma suspectum cinctum Ovis canadensis
California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus
pecies continued) rgata gracia
lis burti stictogrammus n Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus
astrophryne olivacea
cteris curasoae yerbabuenae
i lucidus
ke Chionactis palarostris organica
Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus
rotalus willardi obscurus thonota
Sonoran Pronghorn Antilocapra americana sonoriensis Underwood’s Bonneted Bat Eumops underwoodi
estern Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea manensis
Border Security
Highway 2) e Urbanization
ydrology: Aguajita Wash
Chukut Kuk Wash La Jolla Wash
San Simon Wash Vamori Wash
Legislative Distric Biotic Communities (Vegetation Typ AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscru Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub Semidesert Grassland *
Bureau of L
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Banded Gila MonsBighorn Sheep
Cave Myotis Myotis velifer
(Linkage 102: Identified S
Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivihiptail AspidosceGiant Spotted W
terGreater Wes Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad G
Tayassu tajacu Javelina Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis
Lesser Long ptony -nosed Bat LeMyotis volan Long-legged Myotis s
Maricopa Leaf-nosed Snake Phyllorhynchus brown Massasauga Sistrurus catenatus
Mexican Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata trivirgata Mountain Lion Felis concolor
nus Mule Deer Odocoileus hemio Organ Pipe Shovel-nosed Sna
Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake C Red-back Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti xan
Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii
W Yuma Myotis Myotis yu
Threats:
Burros Fencing/Grazing
Highway (SR 85; MexicoMilitary Usag
H
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 112 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 103 Altar Valley – Mexico
Sky Island Ecoregion
ounty: Pima
DOT Engineering District: Tucson DOT Maintenance: Three Points DOT Natural Resources Management Section: Tucson
AGFD: Region V BLM: Gila District a
ongressional District
ent: Pima Association of Governments
unities (Vegetation Types): ergreen Woodland Grassland
*Note: Linkage extends into Mexico
Land Ownership:
Land State Trust Land
to Mexico
Arizona Mud Turtle Kinosternon arizonense ii
Glaucidium brasilianum
otus californicus
Giant Spotted Whiptail pidoscelis burti strictogrammus now Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentalis
mops underwoodi Western Red Bat Lasiurus blossevillii Western Yellow Bat Lasiurus xanthinus Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
occidentalis rognathus
rder Security
o del Sasabe
C AAA
nd Phoenix District
C : 7 Council of Governm FHWA Engineering: A2 Legislative District: 25 Biotic Comm Madrean Ev Semidesert
National Wildlife Refuge Area (Buenos Aires) Private
*Note: Linkage extends in
Identified Species:
Baird’s Sparrow Ammodramus bairdCactus Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
cactorum cr California Leaf-nosed Bat Ma
Cave Myotis Myotis velifer As
Gila Topmin Jaguar Panthera onca
jacu Javelina Tayassu ta
Linkage 104 Tumacacori – Mexico
Sky Island Ecoregion County: Pima and Santa Cruz ADOT Engineering District: Tucson ADOT Maintenance: Nogales and Three Points ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Tucson AGFD: Region V BLM: Gila District Congressional District: 7 Council of Government: South Eastern Arizona Governments Organization and Pima Association of Governments
HWA Engineering: A2
Legislative District: 25 Biotic Com Madrean Eve Semidesert Grassland
ends into Mexico
Land Ownership:
Identified Species: Baird’s Sparrow Ammodramus bairdii Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-owl Glaucidium brasilianum
cactorum California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer
Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans Giant Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti strictogrammus Gila Topminnow Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentalis Jaguar Panthera onca
Javelina Tayassu tajacu Frog Rana yavapaiensis
Agosia chrysogaster
(Linkage 103: Identified Species continued)
Lowland Leopard Frog Rana yavapaiensis Masked Bobwhite Colinus virginianus ridgwayi
hemionus Mule Deer Odocoileus Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus
ana Pronghorn Antilocapra americ Underwood’s Bonneted Bat Eu
Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat Sigmodon och Threats: Agriculture
BoHighway (SR 286)Urbanization
Hydrology: Arroy
La Osa Wash
F
munities (Vegetation Types): rgreen Woodland
*Note: Linkage ext
Private Land *Note: Linkage extends into Mexico
Lowland Leopard Longfin Dace
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 113 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 105 Santa Cruz – Mexico
Sky Island Ecoregion
ounty: Santa Cruz
DOT Engineering District: Tucson ADOT Maintenance: NADOT AGFD: Region V
ts Organization
FHWA Engineering: A2 Legislative District: 25 Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types):
Semidesert Grassland to Mexico
Private Land
Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis d Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti strictogrammus
Jaguar Panthera oncassu tajacu Agosia chrysogaster
nsis
egalops
(Linkage 105: continued) ricanus
White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus ellow-nosed Cotton Rat Sigmodon ochrognathus
Threats:
(Linkage 104: Identified Species continued)
Mexican Long-tongued Bat Choeronycteris mexicana Mexican Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis lucida
Mountain Lion Mule Deer Odoc
Felis concolor oileus hemionus
a s megalops
imus Coccyzus americanus
s
anoa Wash antina Wash
Fresnal Wash Potrero Creek
Northern Gray Hawk Asturina nitida maxim Northern Mexican Gartersnake Thamnophis eque Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii ext
Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo occidentalis White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat Sigmodon ochrognathu
Threats: Border Security Urbanization Hydrology:
CC
Sycamore Canyon Tres Bellotas Canyon
C A
ogales Natural Resources Management Section: Tucson
BLM: Gila District Congressional District: 7 Council of Government: South Eastern Arizona Governmen
Madrean Evergreen Woodland
*Note: Linkage extends in Land Ownership:
*Note: Linkage extends into Mexico Identified Species:
Giant Spotte Gila Topminnow Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentalis Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad Gastrophryne olivacea
Javelina TayaLongfin Dace Lowland Leopard Frog Rana yavapaieNorthern Gray Hawk Asturina nitida maxima
s eques mNorthern Mexican Gartersnake ThamnophiSonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii
Identified SpeciesWestern Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus ame
occidentalis
Y
Border Security De-watering of the River Urbanization Hydrology:
Santa Cruz River
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 114 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 106 Patagonia/Huachuca – Mexico
Sky Island Ecoregion County: Cochise and Santa Cruz ADOT Engineering District: Safford and Tucson ADOT Maintenance: Douglas and Nogales ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Tucson AGFD: Region V
LM: Gila District Congress
ouncil of Govern na Governments
Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Madrean Evergreen Woodland Plains & Great Plains Grassland
Note: Linkage extends into Mexico
and Ownership: Private Land
USDA Forest Service (Coronado) to Mexico
Arizona Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake Crotalus willardi willardi ii
s
hera onca
tted Owl Strix occidentalis lucida
pygmaeus
White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat Sigmodon ochrognathus
hreats: Border Security
Hydrology:
Joaquin Creek
B
ional District: 7 and 8
C ment: South Eastern ArizoOrganization FHWA Engineering: A2 Legislative District: 25
Semidesert Grassland* L
*Note: Linkage extends in Identified Species:
Baird’s Sparrow Ammodramus bairdChiracahua Leopard Frog Rana chiricahuensiDesert Massasauga Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii Jaguar Pant
TaJavelina yassu tajacu Longfin Dace Agosia chrysogaster Mexican Spo Mountain Lion Felis concolor Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus
(Linkage 106: Identified Species continued)
Empidonax fulvifrons Northern Buff-breasted Flycatcher
Northern Gray Hawk Asturina nitida maxima nake Thamnophis eques megalops Northern Mexican Garters
Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake Crotalus willardi willardi Texas Horned Lizard Phrynosoma cornutum Violet-crowned Hummingbird Amazilla violiceps
ccyzus americanus Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo Co occidentalis
T
Urbanization
Bear Creek
Santa Cruz River
Linkage 107 o River – Mexico
Island Ecoregion
gineering District: Safford uglas
ral Resources Management Section: Tucson
trict: 8
: A2
Legisla Biotic
Land
*Note: Linkage extends into Mexico Identif
rizona Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake Crotalus willardi willardi aird’s Sparrow Ammodramus bairdii obcat Lynx rufus lack-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
Cave Myotis Myotis velifer uensis
ysogaster Rana yavapaiensis
Northern Gray Hawk Asturina nitida maxima
San PedrSky
County: Cochise ADOT EnADOT Maintenance: Do
DOT NatuA
GFD: Region V A
LM: B Gila District Congressional Dis Council of Government: South Eastern Arizona Governments Organization FHWA Engineering
tive District: 25
Communities (Vegetation Types): Semidesert Grassland *Note: Linkage extends into Mexico
Ownership: Bureau of Land Management
Private Land
ied Species: ABBB
Chiracahua Leopard Frog Rana chiricahDesert Sucker Catostomus clarki Jaguar Panthera onca Longfin Dace Agosia chrLowland Leopard Frog Mountain Lion Felis concolor
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 115 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
(Linkage 107: Identified Species continued) Thamnophis eques mNorthern Mexican Gartersnake egalops
o Coccyzus americanus occidentalis virginianus Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat Sigmodon ochrognathus Threat
Urbanization Hydro
Western Yellow-billed Cucko
White-tailed Deer Odocoileus
s: Border Security
Highway (SR 92)
logy: San Pedro River
Linkage 108 San Bernadino - Mexico
Sky Island Ecoregion
District: Safford Douglas ces Management Section: Tucson
BLM: Congressional District: 8
: A2
Legisla Biotic
Land (San Bernadino) *Note: Linkage extends into Mexico Identified Species: Baird’s Sparrow Ammodramus bairdii Bobcat Lynx rufus
Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Rana chiricahuensis Bat Eumops perotis californicus
Choeronycteris mexicana Mountain Lion Felis concolor
County: Cochise ADOT Engineering ADOT Maintenance: ADOT Natural Resour AGFD: Region V
Gila District
Council of Government: South Eastern Governments Organization FHWA Engineering
tive District: 25
Communities (Vegetation Types): Chihuahuan Desertscrub *Note: Linkage extends into Mexico
Ownership: Bureau of Land Management National Wildlife RefugePrivate Land State Trust Land
Black Bear Ursus americanus
Chiracahua Leopard Frog Desert Massasauga Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii Greater Western Mastiff
Jaguar Panthera onca Mexican Long-tongued Bat
(Linkage 108: Identified Species continued)
cornutum Texas Horned Lizard Phrynosomarica White-nosed Coati Nasua na
Threats:
Agriculture Border Security Urbanization
Hydrology: Black Draw Hay Hollow Wash Silver Creek
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 116 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 109 Peloncillo – Mexico
Safford
ction: Tucso
GFD
ona Governments
HWA
Biotic Com
and Ownership: Bureau of Land Management
Private Land State Land Note: Linkage extends into Mexico
Identified Species:
ird’s Sparrow Ammodramus bairdii nus
rog Rana chiricahuensis Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii stiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus
Panthera onca Bat Choeronycteris mexicana color
Linkage 109: Identified Species continued) Texas Horned Lizard Phrynosoma cornutum
White-nosed Coati Nasua narica
Threats: Agriculture
Border Security Urbanization Hydrology: Guadalupe Canyon
Sky Island Ecoregion County: Cochise ADOT Engineering District:ADOT Maintenance: Douglas ADOT Natural Resources Management Se n
: Region V A BLM: Gila District Congressional District: 8 Council of Government: South Eastern ArizOrganization F Engineering: A2 Legislative District: 25
munities (Vegetation Types): Chihuahuan Desertscrub Madrean Evergreen Woodland
Semidesert Grassland *Note: Linkage extends into Mexico L
*
BaBlack Bear Ursus america
s Myotis velifer Cave Myoti Chiracahua Leopard F Desert Massasauga
Western Ma Greaterar Jagu
Mexican Long-tongued Mountain Lion Felis con
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Linkage 110 Beaver Dam Slope East – West
Flagstaff
Flagsta
rnments
FHWA Legisla
66% State Trust Land 16% Note: Linkage extends into Utah
dentified Species:
Allen’s Big-eared Bat Idionycteris phyllotis American Peregrine Falcon Falco pergrinus anatum
icroscaphus
er Heloderma suspectum cinctum nadensis
Bat Macrotus californicus ack-hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
Bat Lasiurus cinereus s Rana yavapaiensis
Maricopa Tiger Beetle Cicindela oregona maricopa Mohave Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii
Mohave Desert Ecoregion County: Mohave ADOT Engineering District:ADOT Maintenance: Fredonia ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: ff AGFD: Region II BLM: Arizona Strip District Congressional District: 2
cil of GoveCouncil of Government: Western Arizona Coun
Engineering: A2
tive District: 3
Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Mohave Desertscrub 82%*Note: Linkage extends into Utah Land Ownership: Bureau of Land Management
*
I
Arizona Toad Bufo mobcat Lynx rufus B
Banded Gila MonstBighorn Sheep Ovis ca
d California Leaf-nosen Bl Commo
y HoarKit Fox Vulpes macrotiLowland Leopard Frog
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 117 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 111 aneda Hills
ADOT En Kingman ADOTADOT Prescott AGFD:
BLM:
ongr
Western Arizona Council of Governments HWA ngineering: A4
egislative District: 3
iotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Desertscrub 93% 7%
of Land Management 99% 1%
pecies: alcon Falco peregrinus anatum
Sauromalus ater Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotus Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis Bobcat Lynx rufus California Leaf-Nosed Bat Macrotus californicus
Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata gracia
Fringed Myotis Myotis thysanodes Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus
Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans
Mohave Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii
(Linkage 111: Identified Species continued) Mountain Lion Felis concolor
Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens
Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii
Speckled Rattlesnake Crotalus mitchellii Swainson’s Hawk Buteo swainsoni
Western Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
hreats: Recreation Urbanization
ydrology: Crozier Wash Middle Mohave Wash Mohave Wash Stand
Linkage 110: Identified Species continued) Mountain Lion Felis concolor Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus
Spotted Bat Euderma maculatum
hreats: County Road
Livestock Recreation
Urbanization
ydrology: Beaver Dam Wash
Castle Cliff Wash
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T
H
Mohave Mountains – CastMohave Desert Ecoregion
County: Mohave
gineering District: Maintenance: Needle Mountain
gement Section: Natural Resources Mana
Region III
Colorado River District C essional District: 2
Council of Government:
F
E
L B AZ Upland Sonoran Mohave Desertscrub Land Ownership: Bureau Private Land Identified S
American Peregrine FArizona Chuckwalla
T
H
ard Wash
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 118 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 112
e: Quartzsite ction: Prescott
GFD BLM: Congr
a Council of Governments
egisla Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): ower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 100% Land Ownership:
100%
dentifizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater
er Heloderma suspectum cinctum eucocephalus nomops macrotis
Sheep Ovis canadensis d Bat Macrotus californicus elifer
Bat Eumops perotis californicus Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans
Mojave Fringe-toed Lizard Uma scoparia Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Southwest Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus
Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
Linkage 112: continued) hreats:
Burros Central Arizona Project Canal
Recreation Road (Osborne Well Road)
Hydrology: Osborne Wash
Linkage 113
Count ADOT
ADOT Nat
BLM:
ongressional District: 1
ouncil of Government: Northern Arizona Council of overnments
unities (Vegetation Types): pland Sonoran Desertscrub 100%
Bureau of Land Management 95% Private Land 1% State Trust Land 4% dentified Species:
American Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Arizona Myotis Myotis occultus Arizona Night Lizard Xantusia arizonae
Arizona Toad Bufo microscaphus Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotis Bobcat Lynx rufus California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Common Black-hawk Buteogallus anthracinus Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata gracia Fringed Myotis Myotis thysanodes
Gibraltar Mountain – Cactus Plain Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
County: La Paz ADOT Engineering District: Yuma ADOT MaintenancADOT Natural Resources Management Se A : Region IV
Colorado River District
essional District: 7
Council of Government: Western Arizon FHWA Engi
neering: A3
L tive District: 3
L
Bureau of Land Management
ied Species: I Ar
Banded Gila MonstBald Eagle Haliaeetus l
e-tailed Bat NyctiBig Frern Bigho
California Leaf-nose Cave Myotis Myotis v
Greater Western Mastiff
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Poachie Range – Black Mountains Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
y: Yavapai
Engineering District: Kingman ADOT Maintenance: Wikieup
ural Resources Management Section: Prescott AGFD: Region III and Region IV
Colorado River District C CG
ngineering: A4 FHWA E
4 Legislative District:
iotic CommB AZ U and Ownership: L
I
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 119 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 113: Identified Species continued) Gambel’s Quail Callipepla gambelii Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus Javelina Tayassu tajacu
Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis Longfin Dace Agosia chrysogaster Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans Lowland Leopard iensis
Mohave Desert
Pale Townsend’s Big-ea wnsendii pallescens
Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus a
Ringtail Bassariscus astutus Riparian Obligates
Roundtail Chub Gila robusta Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Sonora Sucker Catostomus insignis Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus Speckled Rattlesnake Crotalus mitchellii
Swainson’s Hawk Buteo swainsoni Western Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea
Western Small-footed Bat Myotis ciliolabrum Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
Yuma Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris yumanensis
Threats:
Urbanization
ydrology:
ar Mountains – Black Mountains on
County:
man
ement Section: Prescott
strict and Phoenix District
ongressional District: 1
ouncil of Government: Northern Arizona Council of
FHWA Legisla Biotic
AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub 7% ohave Desertscrub 93%
and O 85% Private Land 6%
Trust Land 9%
American Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Arizona Myotis Myotis occultus Arizona Night Lizard Xantusia arizonae
Arizona Toad Bufo microscaphus Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotis Bobcat Lynx rufus California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Common Black-hawk Buteogallus anthracinus Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata gracia
Linkage 114: Identified Species continued) Fringed Myotis Myotis thysanodes Gambel’s Quail Callipepla gambelii Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus Javelina Tayassu tajacu
Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis Longfin Dace AgoLong-legged Myotis
Mountain Lion Mule Deer O
Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii lescens
Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus a
sert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Catostomus insignis
lycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus Crotalus mitchellii
k Buteo swainsoni Athene cunicularia hypugaea
Western Small-footed Bat Myotis ciliolabrum
occidentalis Rallus longirostris yumanensis
Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis Buteo albonotatus
Recreation
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Frog Rana yavapaTortoise Gopherus agassizii
Mountain Lion Felis concolor Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus
red Bat Corynorhinus to
Pronghorn Antilocapra american
occidentalis
Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
Recreation
H Peoples Creek Santa Maria River
Linkage 114 Harcuv
Sonoran Desert Ecoregi
Yavapai ADOT Engineering DistrADOT Mai
ict: Prescott and Kingntenance: Wickenburg and Wikieup
ADOT Natural Resources Manag AGFD: Region IV BLM: Colorado River Di C CGovernments
Engineering: A4
tive District: 4
Communities (Vegetation Types): M L wnership:
Bureau of Land Management
State dentified Species: I
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sia chrysogaster Myotis volans
Lowland Leopard Frog Rana yavapaiensis Mohave Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii
Felis concolor docoileus hemionus
pal
Pronghorn Antilocapra americanRingtail Bassariscus astutus
Riparian Obligates Roundtail Chub Gila robusta Sonoran DeSonora Sucker Southwestern Willow FSpeckled Rattlesnake
Swainson’s Haw Western Burrowing Owl
Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
Yuma Clapper Rail
Zone-tailed Hawk
Threats:
Roads (Alamo Road; Palmerito Ranch Road) Urbanization
Hydrology: Bullard Wash Date Creek Miller Wash
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 120 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 115 Cunningham Pass
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion County: La Paz ADOT En
ADOT Nat
GFD: Region IV
LM: Colorado River District
Western Arizona Council of Governments
tation Types): pland Sonoran Desertscrub 98%
noran Desertscrub 2%
and Ownership: Bureau of Land Management 89% Private Land 11% dentified Species:
Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotis California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus
Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus
Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans Lowland Leopard Frog Rana yavapaiensis Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii
Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
Linkage 115: Identified Species continued) hreats:
Powerline Corridor Recreation
Roads (Alamo Ro Urbanization Hydrology: None identifie
gineering District: Prescott ADOT Maintenance: Wickenburg
ural Resources Management Section: Prescott A B Congressional District: 2 and 7
ouncil of Government:C FHWA Engineering: A4 Legislative District: 3
nities (VegeBiotic Commu AZ U Lower Colorado River So L
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ma nance: Quartzsite
DOT atural Resources Management Section: Prescott
AGFD: Region IV
Congr
of Government: Western Arizona Council of Governments
unities (Vegetation Types):
er Sonoran Desertscrub 100%
and Ownership: Bureau of Land Management 100% dentified Species:
Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotis Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotis californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans
Mojave Fringe-toed Lizard Uma scoparia Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus
Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
LNorth – South Plumosa Mountai
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion County: La Paz ADOT Engineering District: YuADOT MainteA N
BLM: Colorado River District
essional District: 7 Council FHWA Engineering: A3 Legislative District: 3
Biotic Comm Lower Colorado Riv L
I
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 121 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
(Linkage 116: continued) Threats: Urbanization
None identified
Recreation Road (Plumosa Road)
Hydrology:
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
DOT Engineering District: Yuma DOT Maintenance: Quartzsite DOT Natural Resources Management Section: Phoenix
AGFD:
do River District
ongressional District: 7
ouncil of Government: Western Arizona Council of Governments
HWA Engineering: A3
egislative District: 24
iotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 100%
and Ownership: Department of Defense (Yuma Test Range) 98%
State Trust Land 2% dentified Species:
Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotus Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans
Mountain Lion Felis concolor Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
Linkage 117: continued) Threats: Milit
Urbanization
Hydrology:
Linkage 117 South Trigo Peaks – Trigo Mountains
z County: La Pa
AAA
Region IV BLM: Colora C C F L B L
I
(
ary Usage Recreation Roads (Cibola East Road)
Mohave Wash
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 122 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 118 Indian Well – Livingston Hills
ount
DOT Engineering District: Yuma DOT Maintenance: Quartzsite DOT Natural Resources Management Section: Phoenix
BLM: strict
ct: 7
estern Arizona Council of Governments
HWA Engineering: A3
egislative District: 24
iotic Communities (Vegetation Types): AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub 20%
Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 80% Land Ownership: National Wildlife Refuge (Kofa) 95% Private Land 5% Identified Species: Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater
Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotus
Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus Javelina Tayassu tajacu Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans
Mountain Lion Felis concolor Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii
Linkage 118: Identified Species continued) Yuma Myotis Myo
Threat Recreation
Roads (Pipeline Road)
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
C y: La Paz AAA AGFD: Region IV
Colorado River Di Congressional Distri Council of Government: W F L B
(tis yumanensis
s:
Hydrology: Cave Creek French Creek
fa Mountains egion
ounty: La Paz and Yuma
DOT Engineering District: Yuma DOT Maintenance: Quartzsite
ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Phoenix
AGFD:
na Council of Governments
iotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Upland Sonoran Desertscrub 46%
Sonoran Desertscrub 54%
100% Identified Species:
eloderma suspectum cinctum Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotus Bighorn Sheep Ovis canCalifornia Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus
Long-legged My Mountain Lion Felis concolor
nd’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii scens
nomops femorosaccus erus agassizii
Linkage 119
Livingston Hills – KoSonoran Desert Ecor
C AA
Region IV
BLM: Colorado River District Congressional District: 7 Council of Government: Western Arizoand Yuma Metropolitan Planning Organization FHWA Engineering: A3 Legislative District: 24 B AZ Lower Colorado River
Land Ownership: National Wildlife Refuge (Kofa)
Banded Gila Monster H
adensis
Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus
otis Myotis volans
Pale Townse palle Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nycti
ophSonoran Desert Tortoise GYuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 123 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
(Linkage 119: continued) Threats:
Recreation
French Creek
e 120 ton Hills – Little
ert Ecoregion
ount
DOT Engineering District: Yuma Gila Bend and Quartzsite
s Management Section: Phoenix and
on IV
ongressional District: 7
ouncil of Government: Maricopa Association of Governments, estern Arizona Council of Governments and Yuma Metropolitan
Planning Organization FHWA Engineering: A3 Legislative District: 24 and 25 Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub 27% Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 73% and Ownership:
Bureau of Land Management 96% Private Land 4% dentified Species:
Arizona Chuckwal Banded Gila Mon pectum cinctum Big
Bigh Bobcat Lynx rufus
af-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Myotis velifer
umops perotis californicus ans
(Linkage 120: Identified Species continued) concolor
Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus rtoise Gopherus agassizii
Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
Off Road Usage
Roads Hydrology:
LinkagEagletail Mountains – Clan
Horn Mountains Sonoran Des
C y: La Paz, Maricopa and Yuma
AADOT Maintenance:
ural ResourADOT Nat cePrescott
AGFD: Regi
LM: B Colorado River District C CW
L
Ila Sauromalus ater
ster Heloderma susFree-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotus orn Sheep Ovis canadensis
California Le Cave Myotis Greater Western Mastiff Bat E Long-legged Myotis Myotis vol
Mountain Lion Felis
pallescens
Sonoran Desert To
hreats: T
Off Road Usage Recreation Roads (Palomas Harquahala Road)
Hydrology: Deadman Wash
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 124 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 121 Harquahala Mountains – Little Harquahala
Mountains Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
Paz
DOT Engineering District: Prescott DOT Maintenance: Wickenburg DOT Natural Resources Management Section: Prescott
GFD: Region IV
LM: Colorado River District
ongressional District: 7
ouncil of Government: Western Arizona Council of Governments
HWA Engineering: A4 L Biotic Communities
AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub 51% ado River Sonoran Desertscrub 49%
85% %
State Trust Land 4%
alla Sauromalus ater
Heloderma suspectum cinctum yctinomops macrotis
Macrotus californicus
Myotis Myotis volans Rana yavapaiensis
Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus
Myotis yumanensis
Hydro
Linkage 122 Harquahala Mountains – Belmont Mountains –
Big Horn Mountains Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
County: Maricopa ADOT Engineering District: Prescott and Yuma ADOT Maintenance: Gila Bend and Wickenburg ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Prescott AGFD: Region 4
LM: Phoenix District
ongressional District: 2
ouncil of Government: Maricopa Association of Governments
HWA Engineering: A3 and A4
Legislative District: 4 a Biotic Commun 78%
Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 22%
Land Ownership: 99%
1%
dentified Species: uckwalla Sauromalus ater
Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum tinomops macrotus adensis
Bat Macrotus californicus
californicus egged Myotis Myotis volans
Felis concolor red Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
pallescens
County: La AAA A B C C F
egislative District: 24
(Vegetation Types): Lower Color Land Ownership: Bureau of Land Management Private Land 11
dentified Species:I
Arizona ChuckwBanded Gila Monster
Big Free-tailed Bat NCalifornia Leaf-nosed Bat
Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus Long-legged Lowland Leopard Frog pallescens
(Linkage 121: Identified Species continued)
Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Yuma Myotis Threats: Off Road Usage
Recreation Roads (Salome Road, Sorefinger Road) Urbanization logy:
Centennial Wash
B C C F
nd 25
ities (Vegetation Types): AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub
Bureau of Land Management State Trust Land I Arizona Ch Big Free-tailed Bat Nyc
Bighorn Sheep Ovis can Bobcat Lynx rufus California Leaf-nosed Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis Long-l Mountain Lion Pale Townsend’s Big-ea
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 125 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
continued) ee-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus
County: La P ADOT trict: Yuma
Quartzsite s Management Section: Phoenix
AGFD: Region IV
BLM:
7
Western Arizona Council of Governments
Legislative District: 24
iotic Communities (Vegetation Types): olorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 100%
and Ownership: est Range) 100%
eloderma suspectum cinctum at Nyctinomops macrotus
is canadensis California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans
Mountain Lion Felis concolor Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
Threats: Military Usage
(Linkage 123: Threats continued) Off Road Usage
Hyd McAllister Wa
Linkage 122: Identified Species(
Pocketed FrSonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
Threats:
Off Road Usage Recreation Roads Urbanization Hydrology: Tiger Wash
Linkage 123 Mohave Peak – Chocolate Mountains
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
az
Engineering DisADOT Maintenance: ADOT Natural Resource
Colorado River District
Congressional District:
t:Council of Governmen FHWA Engineering: A3
B Lower C L Department of Defense (Yuma T
Identified Species: Banded Gila Monster H
Big Free-tailed BBighorn Sheep Ov
rology: sh
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 126 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 124 e
Yuma DOT Maintenance: Quartzsite
ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Phoenix
AGFD: BLM:
litan Planning
FHWA Engineering: A3
:
Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 35%
e Refuge (Kofa) 100%
Heloderma suspectum cinctum
ensis d Bat Macrotus californicus
Cave Myotis Myotis velifer er Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus
otis volans concolor g-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
d Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
Linkage 124: continueThreats:
Roads Hydrology:
ntified
Kofa Mountains – Castle DomSonoran Desert Ecoregion
County: Yuma
DOT Engineering District:AA
Region IV
Colorado River District Congressional District: 7
MetropoCouncil of Government: Yuma Orgainization
Legislative District: 24 Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types) AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub 65% Land Ownership: National Wildlif Identified Species: Banded Gila Monster Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotus
Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadCalifornia Leaf-nose
GreatLong-legged Myotis My
Mountain Lion Felis Pale Townsend’s Bi pallescens Pocketed Free-taile
( d)
Off Road Usage Recreation
None ide
Tank Mountains – Palomas Mountains
DOT Engineering District: Yuma DOT Maintenance: Yuma
on: Phoenix
Biotic :
nership: ement 51.5%
e (Yuma Test Range) 45% Land 3.5%
Identified Species: Sauromalus ater
Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum ee-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotus
Ovis canadensis California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer
Flat-tailed Horned Lizard Phrynosoma mcallii Great Egret Ardea alba Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans Mountain Lion Felis concolor
Linkage 125
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
ounty: Yuma C AAADOT Natural Resources Management Secti
AGFD: Region IV
BLM: Colorado River District Congressional District: 7
etropolitan Planning Council of Government: Yuma MOrganization FHWA Engineering: A3 Legislative District: 24
Communities (Vegetation Types)Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 100%
Land Ow Bureau of Land Manag Department of Defens State Trust
Arizona Chuckwalla Big Fr
Bighorn Sheep
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 127 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
(Linkage 125: Identified Species continued) Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Sonoran Pronghorn Antilocapra americana sonoriensis Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus Snowy Egret Egretta thula Spotted Bat Euderma maculatum Western Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea White-faced Ibis Pl Yuma Clapper Rail is yumanensis
Yuman Desert Fringe-toed Lizard Uma notata rufopunctata
None identified
Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus occidentalis
egadis chihi Rallus longirostr
Threats: Military Usage
Off Road Usage Recreation
Roads (Old Palomas – Yuma Road) Hydrology:
Linkage 126 Bunyan Peak – Painted Rock Mountains
Count ADOTADOT MaiADOT Nat AGFD:
ongressional District: 7
ouncil of Government: Maricopa Association of Governments
Legislative District: 25
43%
98%
m
California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer
Flat-tailed Horned Lizard Phrynosoma mcallii
iff Bat Eumops perotis californicus Ixobrychus exilis
Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans Mountain Lion Felis concolor
Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
(Linkage 125: Identified Species continued) Pocketed Free-tailed Ba Nyctinomops femorosaccus Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Sonoran Pronghorn Antilocapra americana sonoriensis Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus Snowy Egret Egretta thula Spotted Bat Eude Western Burrowing Owl gaea
White-facedpper Rail Rallus longirostris yumanensis
ert Fringe-toed Lizard Uma notata rufopunctata
Roads
Hydrology:
Painted Rock Reservoir
Sky Island Ecoregion
y: Maricopa
Engineering District: Yuma ntenance: Gila Bend ural Resources Management Section: Phoenix
Region IV BLM: Phoenix District C C FHWA Engineering: A3
pes): Biotic Communities (Vegetation Ty
AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub Lower Colorado River Desertscrub 57% Land Ownership: Bureau of Land Management State Wildlife Area (Painted Rock) 2% Identified Species: Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctu Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotus
Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis
Great Egret Ardea alba Greater Western Mast Least Bittern
Pale pallescens
t
rma maculatum
Athene cunicularia hypu Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus occidentalis
Ibis Plegadis chihi Yuma Cla
Yuman Des Threats: Off Road Usage Recreation
Gila River
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 128 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 127
ount
uma
ADOT Nat
Region VI
LM: Phoenix District
Congressional District: 7 Council of Government: Maricopa Association of Governments
Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): %
44%
100%
Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotus
Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata gracia Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus
Javelina Tayassu tajacu Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans Mountain Lion Felis concolor
Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Pale Townsend's Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus
dentified Species continued) Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii
girostris yumanensis
Off Road Usage
Roads
Hydrology:
Linkage 128 North Maricopa – South Maricopa Mountains
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
d Yuma
nagement Section: Phoenix
ments
gineering: A2 and A3
Legislative District: 25
es): AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub 54% Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 46% and Ownership:
Bureau of Land Management 100% Identified Species: Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotus
Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata gracia Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus
Javelina Tayassu tajacu Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans Mountain Lion Felis concolor
Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Pale Townsend's Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops fe orosaccus
Margies Peak – Sheep Mountain Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
C y: Maricopa ADOT Engineering District: YADOT Maintenance: Gila Bend
ural Resources Management Section: Phoenix AGFD: Region IV and B
FHWA Engineering: A3 Legislative District: 25
AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub 56 Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub Land Ownership: Bureau of Land Management Identified Species:
(Linkage 127: I Yuma Clapper Rail Rallus lon Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis Threats: Recreation
None identified
County: Maricopa ADOT Engineering District: Tucson anADOT Maintenance: Casa Grande and Gila Bend ADOT Natural Resources Ma AGFD: Region IV BLM: Phoenix District Congressional District: 7
ociation of GovernCouncil of Government: Maricopa Ass FHWA En
Biotic Communities (Vegetation Typ
L
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2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 129 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 129 Southern Colorado River
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
nagement Section: Phoenix
Organization FHWA Engineering: A3 Legislative District: 24
nities (Vegetation Types): Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 53% *Note: Linkage extends into California
Land Ownership: Bureau of Land Management 13%
National Wildlife Refuge (Imperial Mountain) 4% Private Land 25%
State Trust Land 7% Tribal Land 5%
* Identified Species: Arizona
Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotus
Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis rotus californicus
ifer Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata gracia Great Egret Ardea alba Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus
(Linkage 129: Identified Species continued)
Long-legged Bat Myotis volans Mountain Lion Felis concolor Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus
apra americana Snowy Egret Egretta thula
agassizii
Western Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea low-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
nsis
a notata rufopunctata
nal;
a Main
oad S24; Fishers
ation Hydrology:
All American Canal
dentified Species continued) Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii
girostris yumanensis
Off Road Usage
Roads (SR 238)
None identified
(Linkage 128: I Yuma Clapper Rail Rallus lon Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis Threats: Railroad
Urbanization Hydrology:
County: Yuma ADOT Engineering District: Yuma ADOT Maintenance: Yuma ADOT Natural Resources Ma AGFD: Region 4 BLM: Colorado River District Congressional District: 7 Council of Government: Yuma Metropolitan Planning
Biotic Commu
(Cocopah; Fort Yuma)
Note: Linkage extends into California
Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater
California Leaf-nosed Bat Mac Cave Myotis Myotis vel
pallescens
Pronghorn Antiloc
Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus Spotted Bat Euderma maculatum Western Yel Occidentalis
Yuma Clapp er Rail Rallus longirostris yumane Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis Yuman Desert Fringe-toed Lizard Um Threats:
Border Security Main Canal; Main CaCanal (All American Canal; East
Main Outlet Drain; North Drain; North Gileral; West Main Canal) Canal; Thacker Lat
Highways and Roads (California County RLanding Road; I 8; Laguna Dam Road; Red CloudMine Road)
Military Usage Off Road Usage
Railroad ion Recreat
Urbaniz
Araz Wash
Colorado River East Main Canal Ferguson Wash Gila Riv er
Indian Wash Los Angeles Wash Main Canal Main Outlet Drain
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 130 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
(Linkage 129: Hydrology continued)
McAllister Wash
acker Lateral
North Drain North Gila Main Canal Th
West Main Canal
Chocolate Mountains – Trigo Mountains – Laguna Mountains
Yuma
DOT Natural Resources Management Section: Phoenix
GFD
er District
: 7
Counc ouncil of Governments and Yu FHWA
Biotic Com
National Wildlife Refuge Private Land 2% State Trust Land 12% *Note: Linkage extends into California
cinctum macrotus
Desert Rosy Boa
ued) ps perotis californicus
ng-legged Bat Myotis volans color
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nomops femorosaccus
y Egret Egretta thula Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii
Spotted Bat Euderma maculatum Western Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea
Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Occidentalis Yuma Clapper Rai s yumanensis Yuma Myotis Myo Yuma punctata hreats:
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Military Usage
ed Cloud Mine Road)
n
Hydrology: Colorado River
Linkage 130
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
ounty: La Paz and Yuma C
DOT Engineering District:AADOT Maintenance: Yuma A
A : Region 4 BLM: Colorado Riv
Congressional District
il of Government: Western Arizona Cma Metropolitan Planning Organization
Engineering: A3
Legislative District: 24
munities (Vegetation Types): noran Desertscrub 100% Lower Colorado River So
Land Ownership:
20% Bureau of Land Management Department of Defense (Yuma Test Range) 43%
(Imperial Mountain) 18%
Identified Species: Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater
ma suspectumBanded Gila Monster Heloder Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops
Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis at Macrotus californicus California Leaf-nosed B
Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Charina trivirgata gracia
Great Egret Ardea alba
(Linkage 130: Identified Species contin
Greater Western Mastiff Bat EumoLoMountain Lion Felis con
Big-ePale Townsend’s pallescen Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nycti Pronghorn Antilocapra americana Snow
l Rallus longirostritis yumanensis
n Desert Fringe-toed Lizard Uma notata rufo
T Border S Canals
Off Road Usage Recreation Roads (Fishers Landing Road; Imperial Dam Road; R
Urbanizatio
Indian Wash Los Angeles Wash McAllister Wash Yuma Wash
2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 131 Section VII Potential Linkage Zones
Linkage 131 Cast e Do Mou s
Muggins Mountains Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
Count ADOT En ADOT Mai
DOT
Council of Government: Yuma Metropolitan Planning Organization FHWA Engineering: A3 Legislative District: 24
%
1%
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at Macrotus californicus fer
Charina trivirgata gracia rned Lizard Phrynosoma mcallii
gret Ardea alba Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus
s exilis
(Linkage 131: Identified Species continued)
Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans Mountain Lion Felis concolor
Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens
Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Sonoran Pronghorn Antilocapra americana sonoriensis Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus Snowy Egret Egretta thula Spotted Bat Euderma maculatum
Western Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
occiden White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi Yuma Clapper Ra yumanensis
ta Threats:
Security Military Usage
oad; 90O Road; North Boundary
l me Mountains – Red Bluff ntain–
y: Yuma
gineering District: Yumantenance: Yuma
A Natural Resources Management Section: Phoenix AGFD: Region 4
LM: B Colorado River District Congressional District: 7
Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 100% Land Ownership: Department of Defense (Yuma Test Range) 88
11% National Wildlife Refuge (Kofa) Private Land
Identified Species: Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater
suspectum cinctum
California Leaf-nosed BeliCave Myotis Myotis v
Desert Rosy Boa Flat-tailed Ho Great E Greater Least Bittern Ixobrychu
talis
il Rallus longirostrisYuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis Yuman Desert Fringe-toed Lizard Uma notata rufopuncta
Border
Off Road Usage Roads (Down Range R
Road) Urbanization Hydrology: Big Eye Wash
Linkage 132 Tinajas Altas Mountains – Cabeza Prieta
Count
DOTADOT Nat
BLM: Colorado River District Congressional District: 7 Council of Government: Yuma Metropolitan Planning
rganization
FHWA Engineering: A3
Biotic Com
54%
Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus aterBanded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis
at Macrotus californicus er
harina trivirgata gracia Aspidoscelis burti stictogrammus
Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad Gastrophryne olivacea
u
Mountains Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
y: Yuma
ADOT Engineering District: Yuma A Maintenance: Yuma
ural Resources Management Section: Phoenix AGFD: Region 4
O
Legislative District: 24
munities (Vegetation Types): Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 100% Land Ownership: Department of Defense
(Barry Goldwater Air Force Range) National Wildlife Refuge 46% Identified Species:
California Leaf-nosed BCave Myotis Myotis velif
Desert Rosy Boa C Giant Spotted Whiptail
Javelina Tayassu tajac Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis
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Lesser Long yerbabuenae Myotis volans
Phyllorhynchus browni lucidus ata
organica Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
escens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus
nota
Antilocapra americana sonoriensis Bonneted Bat Eumops underwoodi
Hydrology:
Wash
Copper Mountains – Cabeza Prieta Mountains Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
County: Yuma
t Section: Phoenix
HWA Engineering: A3
etation Types):
Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 100%
Land Ownership: Department of Defense
(Barry Goldwater Air Force Range) 73% National Wildlife Refuge (Cabeza Prieta) 27%
dentified Species:
Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer
Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata gracia Giant Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti stictogrammus
Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad Gastrophryne olivacea Javelina Tayassu tajacu Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans
(Linkage 133: Identified Species continued)
Maricopa Leaf-nosed Snake Phyllorhynchus browni lucidus Mexican Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata trivirgata
Mountain Lion Felis concolor Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Organ Pipe Shovel-nosed Snake Chionactis palarostris organica Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens Pocketed Free-tai s femorosaccus Red-back Whiptai xanthonota
Underwood’s Bonn underwoodi Western Burr a hypugaea Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
hreats:
gy: sh
Identified Species continued) -nosed Bat Leptonycteris curasoae
Long-legged Myotis Maricopa Leaf-nosed Snake Mexican Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata trivirg Mountain Lion Felis concolor Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Organ Pipe Shovel-nosed Snake Chionactis palarostris pall Red-back Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti xantho
Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Sonoran Pronghorn Underwood’s Western Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis Threats: Border Security Military Usage Off Road Usage Roads (El Camino del Diablo)
Coyote La Jolla Wash
Linkage 133
ADOT Engineering District: Yuma ADOT Maintenance: Yuma ADOT Natural Resources Managemen AGFD: Region 4 BLM: Colorado River District Congressional District: 7 Council of Government: Yuma Metropolitan Planning Organization F
Legislative District: 24
Biotic Communities (Veg
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led Bat Nyctinomopl Aspidoscelis burti
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eted Bat Eumopsowing Owl Athene cuniculari
T Border Security Military Usage Off Road Usage Hydrolo Coyote Wa
Photo by Ron Horloff
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Linkage 134 Ca
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
Count ADOTADOTADOT Nat : Phoenix
AGFD
District: 7
ouncil of Government: Yuma Metropolitan Planning
FHWA
esertscrub 100%
cinctum
a gracia Giant Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti stictogrammus
Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad Gastrophryne olivacea Javelina Tayassu tajacu
acrotis Bat Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae
Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans opa Leaf-nosed Snake Phyllorhynchus browni lucidus
harina trivirgata trivirgata
(Linkag
M Mule Deer
ipe Shovel-nosed Snake Chionactis palarostris
Corynorhinus townsendii
Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus
Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii onghorn Antilocapra americana sonoriensis
Underwood’s Bonneted Bat Eumops underwoodi ing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea
Myotis yumanensis
beza Prieta Mountains – Tule Mountains
y: Yuma
Engineering District: Yuma Maintenance: Yuma
ural Resources Management Section
: Region 4 BLM: Colorado River District Congressional COrganization
Engineering: A3
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pes): Biotic Communities (Vegetation Ty Lower Colorado River Sonoran D Land Ownership: National Wildlife Refuge (Cabeza Prieta) 100% Identified Species:
Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectumBighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer
Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgat
Kit Fox Vulpes m Lesser Long-nosed
Maric Mexican Rosy Boa C
e 134: Identified Species continued) ountain Lion Felis concolor
Odocoileus hemionus Organ P organica Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat pallescens
Red-back Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti xanthonota Sonoran Pr
Western Burrow Yuma Myotis Threats: Border Security
Off Road Usage Recreation Roads (El Camino del Diablo) Hydrology: None identified
Linkage 135 Sierra Pinta – Cabeza Prieta Mountains
County: Yuma
DOT Engineering District: Yuma
ADOT t Section: Phoenix
etation Types): Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 100%
(Cabeza Prieta) 100% dentified Species:
Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer
Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata gracia Giant Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti stictogrammus
Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad Gastrophryne olivacea Javelina Tayassu tajacu Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis
Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans Maricopa Leaf-nosed Snake Phyllorhynchus browni lucidus
Mexican Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata trivirgata
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
AADOT Maintenance: Yuma
Natural Resources Managemen AGFD: Region 4 BLM: Colorado River District Congressional District: 7 Council of Government: Yuma Metropolitan Planning Organization HWA Engineering: A3 F
Legislative District: 24 Biotic Communities (Veg Land Ownership:
National Wildlife Refuge
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Mule Deer ke Chionactis palarostris
nus townsendii
onoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Sonoran Pronghorn Antilocapra americana sonoriensis
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otis yumanensis
Border Security
age 135: Identified Species continued) Mountain Lion Felis concolor
Odocoileus hemionus Organ Pipe Shovel-nosed Sna organica Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhi pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus Red-back Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti xanthonota S
Underwood Yuma Myotis My
Threats:
Off Road Usage Recreation Roads (Christmas Pass Road) Hydrology: Mohawk Wash
Photo by Robert Suplee
Linkage 136 ryan Mountains – North
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
ounty: Yuma
ADOT MaiADOT Nat
Region 4
BLM: Colorado River District
Organizatio
munities (Vegetation Types): onoran Desertscrub 100%
of Defense (Barry Goldwater Air Force Range) 1%
ge (Cabeza Prieta) 99%
Identified Species: Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Banded Gila Mons pectum cinctum Bighorn Sheep O
Desert Rosy Boa iant Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti stictogrammus
Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad Gastrophryne olivacea Javelina Tayassu tajacu
Identified Species continued) Bat Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae Myotis volans
Maricopa Leaf-nosed Snake Phyllorhynchus browni lucidus
Mountain Lion Felis concolor eus hemionus
Organ Pipe Shovel-nosed Snake Chionactis palarostris
Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
rosaccus Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii
a norie underwoodi
Western Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea Threat Border Security
Hydrology:
Mohawk Mountains/BSierra Pinta
C ADOT Engineering District: Yuma
ntenance: Yuma u hoenix ral Resources Management Section: P
AGFD:
Congressional District: 7 Council of Government: Yuma Metropolitan Planning
n FHWA Engineering: A3 Legislative District: 24 Biotic Com Lower Colorado River S Land Ownership: Department National Wildlife Refu
ter Heloderma susvis canadensis
California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer
Charina trivirgata gracia G
Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis
(Linkage 136:
Lesser Long-nosed Long-legged Myotis
Mexican Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata trivirgata
Mule Deer Odocoil
organica pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femo
Red-back Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti xanthonota
Sonoran Pronghorn Antilocapra american so nsis Underwood’s Bonneted Bat Eumops
Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
s:
Military Usage Off Road Usage Recreation
None identified
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Linkage 137
d Yuma DOT Maintenance: Three Points and Yuma
atural Resources Management Section: Phoenix and
AGFD:
strict and Phoenix District
: 7
Council of Government: Pima Association of Governments and Yuma metropolitan Planning Organization FHWA Engineering: A2 and A3 Legislative District: 24 and 25 Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 100% Land Ownership: National Wildlife Refuge (Cabeza Prieta) Identified Species:
Arizona Chuckwalla Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer
Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata gracia Giant Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti stictogrammus
Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad Gastrophryne olivacea Javelina Taya Kit Fox Vulpes m
ong-nosed Bat Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae ged Myotis Myotis volans
yllorhynchus browni lucidus
(Linkage 137: Identified Species continued) Charina trivirgata trivirgata
Mountain Lion Felis concolor s hemionus
Organ Pipe Shovel-nosed Snake Chionactis palarostris
Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
t Nyctinomops femorosaccus l Aspidoscelis burti xanthonota
Gopherus agassizii Sonoran Pronghorn Antilocapra americana sonoriensis
ops nderw odi Athene cunicularia hypugaea
Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
Roads (El Camino del Diablo)
Hydro
South Sierra Pinta – Papago Well Sky Island Ecoregion
County: Pima and Yuma ADOT Engineering District: Tucson anAADOT NTucson
Region 4 BLM: Colorado River Di Congressional District
Sauromalus ater
ssu tajacu acrotis
Lesser L Long-leg Maricopa Leaf-nosed Snake Ph
Linkage 138
Colorado River District and Phoenix District
7
Council of Government: Yuma Metropolitan Planning Organization HWA Engineering: A3
Legislative District: 2 Biotic Communities (Vegetation T % and Ownership:
Goldwater Air Force Range) 100%
Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis eaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Myotis velifer
Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata gracia hiptail Aspidoscelis burti stictogrammus
Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus mouthed Toad Gastrophryne olivacea
Javelina Tayassu tajacu
cteris curasoae yerbabuenae s
e Phyllorhynchus browni lucidus
Mexican Rosy Boa
Mule Deer Odocoileu organica pallescens
Pocketed Free-tailed Ba Red-back Whiptai
Sonoran Desert Tortoise
Underwood’s Bonneted Bat Eum u o Western Burrowing Owl
Threats: Border Security Off Road Usage Recreation
logy: Papago Wash
Northern Mohawk Mountains Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
County: Yuma ADOT Engineering District: Yuma ADOT Maintenance: Yuma ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Phoenix AGFD: Region 4 BLM: Congressional District:
F
4
ypes): Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 100
L Department of Defense
(Barry Identified Species:
Sauromalus aterArizona Chuckwalla Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum
California LCave Myotis
Giant Spotted W
Great Plains Narrow-
Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptony Long-legged Myotis Myotis volan Maricopa Leaf-nosed Snak
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Linkasy Boa Charina trivirgata trivirgata
s alaro
nsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii cens
xanthonota sonoriensis ops underwoodi Athene cunicularia hypugaea
Threat
ion
ydrology: None identified
( ge 138: Identified Species continued)
Mexican Ro Mountain Lion Felis concolor Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Organ Pipe Shovel-nosed Snake Chionacti p stris organica Pale Tow palles
Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus Red-back Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Sonoran Pronghorn Antilocapra americanaUnderwood’s Bonneted Bat EumWestern Burrowing Owl
Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
s: Border Security Military Usage Off Road Usage Recreat
H
Photo by Brian Kenney
Linkage 139 Mohawk Mountains – Bryan Mountains
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion County: Yuma
Yuma
s Management Section: Phoenix
4
ongressional District: 7
ouncil of Government: Yuma Metropolitan Planning rganization
FHWA Engineering: A3
nities (Vegetation Types): Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 100%
00%
: Sauromalus ater
nster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Ovis canadensis
California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus velifer
Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata gracia s
Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus w-mouthed Toad Gastrophryne olivacea
Javelina Tayassu tajacu crotis
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nchus row
docoileus hemionus nactis palarostris
rosaccus
onota
anensis
Security Off Road Usage
Recreation Roads
: ADOT Engineering District
ADOT Mai umantenance: YADOT Natural Resource AGFD: Region BLM: Colorado River District C CO
Legislative District: 24 Biotic Commu Land Ownership: National Wildlife Refuge (Cabeza Prieta) 1 Identified Species
Arizona Chuckwalla Banded Gila MoBighorn Sheep
Cave Myotis Myotis Giant Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti stictogrammu
Great Plains Narro
Kit Fox Vulpes maLesser Long
Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans lor Maricopa Leaf-nosed Snake Phyl hy b ni lucidus
Mexican Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata trivirgata
(Linkage 139: continued)
Mountain Lion Felis concolor Identified Species
Mule Deer O Organ Pipe Shovel-nosed Snake Chio
organica Pale Townsend’s Big-ea Corynorhinus townsendiired Bat pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femo
Red-back Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti xanthGopherus agassizii Sonoran Desert Tortoise
Sonoran Pronghorn Antilocapra americana sonoriensis Underwood’s Bonneted Bat Eumops underwoodi Western Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea Yuma Myotis Myotis yum Threats: Border
Hydrology: None identified
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Linkage 140 an Mountains – Antelope Hills
Desert Ecoregion
ADOT Engineering District: Tucson and Yuma ADOT Maintenance: Three Points and Yuma ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Tucson and Phoenix AGFD: Region 4 BLM: Colorado River District and Phoenix District Congressional District: 7 Council of Government: Pima Association of Governments and Yuma Metropolitan Planning Organization FHWA En Legislative District:
s (Vegetation Types): Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 100%
0%
: Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater
nster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Ovis canadensis
d Bat Macrotus californicus er
Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad Gastrophryne olivacea
Tayassu tajacu crotis
Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae
orh nchus row
larostris
ccus
zii
Border Security Off Road Usage
Recreation
BrySonoran
County: Pima and Yuma
gineering: A2 and A3
24 and 25 Biotic Communitie Land Ownership: National Wildlife Refuge (Cabeza Prieta) 10
Identified Species
Banded Gila MoBighorn Sheep California Leaf-noseCave Myotis Myotis velif
Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata gracia Giant Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti stictogrammus
Javelina Kit Fox Vulpes ma Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans Maricopa Leaf-nosed Snake Phyll y b ni lucidus
(Linkage 140: Identified Species continued)
Mexican Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata trivirgata Mountain Lion Felis concolor
Odocoileus hemionus Mule Deer Organ Pipe Shovel-nosed Snake Chionactis pa
organica Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosa
Aspidoscelis burti xanthonota Red-back Whiptail Sonoran Desert Tortoise G opherus agassi
Sonoran Pronghorn Antilocapra americana sonoriensis Underwood’s Bonneted Bat Eumops underwoodi Western Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea Yuma Myotis Myotis yum
anensis
Threats:
Hydrology: None identified
Linkage 141 Gran ns – Mohawk Mountains/Bryan
Mountains Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
ounty: Pima and Yuma ADOT Engineering Dist uma AD
ucson
oenix District
sociation of Governments and Yuma Metropolitan Planning Organization
FHWA Engineering: A2 and A3
Legislative District: 24 and 25
Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 100%
Department of Defense ange) 31%
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alus ater
cinctu
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ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Phoenix and T AGFD: Region 4 BLM: Colorado River District and Ph Congressional District: 7 Council of Government: Pima As
Land Ownership: (Barry Goldwater Air Force R National Wildlife Refuge (Cabeza e 69%
Identified Species:Arizona Chuckwalla SauromBanded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum m Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis CaliforniCave Myotis Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata gracia Giant Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis buGreater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californic
ophryne olivGreat Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad GastrJavelina Tayassu tajacu
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nae
sy Boa Charina trivirgata trivirgata Mountain Lion Felis concolor Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus
Organ Pipe Shovel-nosed Snake Chionactis palarostris
wnsendii
unicularia hypugaea
Off Road Usage
San Cristobal Wash
(Linkage 141: Identified Species continued) Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabueLong-legged Myotis Myotis volans
a Leaf-nosed Snake Phyllorhynchus browni lucidus MaricopMexican Ro
organica ed Bat Corynorhinus toPale Townsend’s Big-ear pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus
rti xanthonota Red-back Whiptail Aspidoscelis bu Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii
oriensis Sonoran Pronghorn Antilocapra americana son umops underwoodi Underwood’s Bonneted Bat E
Western Burrowing Owl Athene c Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis Threats: Border Security Military Usage
Recreation
Hydrology:
Linkage 142 Granite Mountains – Antelope Hills
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion County: Pima ADOT Engineering District: Tucson ADOT Maintenance: Three Points ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Tucson AGFD: Region 4 BLM: P
Congressional District: 7
iation of Governments
Legislative District:
Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 100%
National Wildlife Refuge (Cabeza Prieta) 100%
Identified Species: Sauromalus ater
Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum is canadensis
California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus
a g acia Giant Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti stictogrammus
stern Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus
Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae
(Linka
Pocketed t Nyctinomops femorosaccus Red-back Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti xanthonota
Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Sonoran Pronghorn Antilocapra americana sonoriensis Underwood’s Bonneted Bat Eumops underwoodi
ria hypugaea
hoenix District
Council of Government: Pima Assoc FHWA Engineering: A2
25
Land Ownership:
Arizona Chuckwalla
Bighorn Sheep Ov
Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgat r
Greater We Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad Gastrophryne olivacea Javelina Tayassu tajacu
macrotis Kit Fox Vulpes
Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans nchus browni lucidus Maricopa Leaf-nosed Snake Phyllorhy
Mexican Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata trivirgata Mountain Lion Felis concolor
ge 142: Identified Species continued) Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus
Organ Pipe Shovel-nosed Snake Chionactis palarostris organica Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens
Free-tailed Ba
Western Burrowing Owl Athene cunicula anensis Yuma Myotis Myotis yum Threats: Border Security Off Road Usage Recreation Hydrology: San Cristobal Wash
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Linkage 143 Aguila Mountains – Granite Mountains
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion County: Maricopa, Pima and Yuma ADOT Engineering District: Tucson and Yuma ADOT Maintenance: Gila Bend, Three Points and Yuma
: 7
ion of Governments, Pima Association of Governments and Yuma Metropolitan Planning
%
Land Ownership: of Defense
na trivirgata gracia Aspidoscelis burti stictogrammus
erotis californicus astrophryne olivacea
Lesser d Bat Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae
ynchus browni lucidus ata trivirgata
onactis palarostris
nsis
estern Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea
Threats: Border Military Off Ro Hydrology:
ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Phoenix andTucson AGFD: Region 4 BLM: Phoenix District Congressional District Council of Government: Maricopa Associat
Organization FHWA Engineering: A2 and A3 Legislative District: 24 and 25 Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 100
Department (Barry Goldwater Air Force Range) 100% Identified Species:
Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer
Desert Rosy Boa Chari Giant Spotted Whiptail
Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops p Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad G Javelina Tayassu tajacu
Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis Long-nose
(Linkag Identified Speciese 143: continued)
Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans orh Maricopa Leaf-nosed Snake Phyll
irg Mexican Rosy Boa Charina triv Mountain Lion Felis concolor
nus Mule Deer Odocoileus hemio Organ Pipe Shovel-nosed Snake Chi organica Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens
emorosaccus Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops f Red-back Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti xanthonota
opherus agassizii Sonoran Desert Tortoise G Sonoran Pronghorn Antilocapra americana sonorie
Underwood’s Bonneted Bat Eumops underwoodi W Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
Security Usage ad Usage
Roads
Growler Wash
Linkage 144 Growler Mountains – Granite Mountains
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion Count
ct: Tucson ADOT Maintenance: Three Points ADOT es Management Section: Tucson AGFD: BLM: Congr 7
vernment: Pima Association of Governments
FHWA Engineering: A2 Legislative District: 25 Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 100% Land Ownership: National Wildlife Refuge (Cabeza Prieta) 100% Identified Species:
Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer
Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata gracia Giant Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti stictogrammus
Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad Gastrophryne olivacea Javelina Tayassu tajacu Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans Maricopa Leaf-nosed Snake Phyllorhynchus browni lucidus Mexican Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata trivirgata Mountain Lion Felis concolor
y: Pima
ADOT Engineering Distri
Natural Resourc
Region 4
Phoenix District
essional District:
ouncil of GoC
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Linkage 144:
Chionactis palarostris
ptail Aspidoscelis burti xanthonota Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii
ericana sonoriensis Underwood’s Bonneted Bat Eumops underwoodi
Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
( Identified Species continued) Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Organ Pipe Shovel-nosed Snake
organica Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus Red-back Whi Sonoran Pronghorn Antilocapra am
Western Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea
hreats: T
Border Security Military Usage Off Road Usage Roads Recreation Hydrology: Growler Wash
Photo by Bill Broyles
Linkage 145 Bates Mountains/Cipriano Hills – Agua Dulce
Mountains/Quitobaquito Hills Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
ADOT EnADOT MaiADOT Nat
Phoenix District Congressional District: 7
Council of Government: Pima Association of Governments
Legislative District: Biotic Com pes):
33% ertscrub 67%
e) 84%
Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater ma suspectum cinctum
us
us nicus olivacea
Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae
(Linkage 145: Identified Species continued) Myotis volans
aricopa Leaf-nosed Snake Phyllorhynchus browni lucidus Mountain Lion Felis concolor
mionus
s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus
Red-back Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti xanthonota an Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii
orn Antilocapra americana sonoriensis d Bat Eumops underwoodi
Athene cunicularia hypugaea Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
Hydrology:
County: Pima
gineering District: Tucson ntenance: Three Points ural Resources Management Section: Tucson
AGFD: Region 4 BLM:
FHWA Engineering: A2
25
munities (Vegetation Ty AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub Lower Colorado River Sonoran Des Land Ownership: National Park Service (Organ Pip National Wildlife Refuge (Cabeza Prieta) 16% Identified Species:
Banded Gila Monster HeloderBighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicCave Myotis Myotis velifer
Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata gracia idoscelis burti stictogramm Giant Spotted Whiptail Asp
Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis califor Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad Gastrophryne
Javelina Tayassu tajacu Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis
Long-legged Myotis M
Mexican Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata trivirgata
Mule Deer Odocoileus he Organ Pipe Shovel-nosed Snake Chionactis palarostris
organica Pale Townsend’ pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed
Sonor Sonoran Prongh Underwood’s Bonnete Western Burrowing Owl
Threats: Border Security Off Road Usage Recreation Roads
San Cristobal Wash
Photo by Jack Dykinga
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Linkage 146 Childs Mountain – Growler Mountains
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
Tucson and Yuma Gila Bend and Three Points
DOT Natural Resources Management Section: Phoenix and ucson
GFD: Region 4
LM: Phoenix District
ongressional District: 7
ouncil of Government: Maricopa Association of Governments nd Pima Association of Governments
HWA Engineering: A2 and A3
egislative District: 25
iotic Communities (Vegetation Types): Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 100%
and Ownership: Department of Defense
(Barry Goldwater Air Force Range) 4% National Wildlife Refuge (Cabeza Prieta) 96% Identified Species:
Ajo Mountain Whipsnake Masticophis bilineatus lineolatus Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotis Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis Bobcat Lynx rufus Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-owl Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer
Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata gracia Giant Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti stictogrammus
(Linkage 146: Identified Species continued)
Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad Gastrophryne olivacea Javelina Tayassu tajacu Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans Maricopa Leaf-nosed Snake Phyllorhynchus browni lucidus Mexican Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata trivirgata Mountain Lion Felis concolor Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Organ Pipe Shovel-nosed Snake Chionactis palarostris organica Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus Red-back Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti xanthonota Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Sonoran Pronghorn Antilocapra americana sonoriensis Underwood’s Bonneted Bat Eumops underwoodi Western Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis Threats: Border Security Military Usage Off Road Usage Recreation Roads Hydrology: Daniels Arroyo
Linkage 147 Growler Mountains – Bates Mountains
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion County: Pima ADOT Engineering District: Tucson ADOT Maintenance: Three Points ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Tucson AGFD: Region 4 BLM: Phoenix District Congressional District: 7 Council of Government: Pima Association of Governments FHWA Engineering: A2 Legislative District: 25 Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub 77% Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 23% Land Ownership: Bureau of Land Management <1% National Park Service (Organ Pipe) 88% National Wildlife Refuge (Cabeza Prieta) 3% State Trust Land 9% Identified Species:
Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer
Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata gracia Giant Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti stictogrammus
Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad Gastrophryne olivacea Javelina Tayassu tajacu Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae
County: Maricopa and Pima ADOT Engineering District:
DOT Maintenance: AAT A B C Ca F L B L
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(Linkage 147: Identified Species continued)
Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans Maricopa Leaf-nosed Snake Phyllorhynchus browni lucidus Mexican Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata trivirgata Mountain Lion Felis concolor Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Organ Pipe Shovel-nosed Snake Chionactis palarostris organica Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus Red-back Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti xanthonota Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Sonoran Pronghorn Antilocapra americana sonoriensis Underwood’s Bonneted Bat Eumops underwoodi Western Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis Threats: Border Security Off Road Usage Recreation Roads (Bates Well Road) Hydrology: Cherioni Wash Cuerda de Lena Growler Wash
Linkage 148 Round Butte – Javelina Mountain
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion County: Maricopa ADOT Engineering District: Yuma ADOT Maintenance: Gila Bend ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Phoenix AGFD: Region 4 BLM: Phoenix District Congressional District: 7 Council of Government: Maricopa Association of Governments FHWA Engineering: A3 Legislative District: 25 Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub 100% Land Ownership: Department of Defense (Barry Goldwater Air Force Range) 100% Identified Species:
Ajo Mountain Whipsnake Masticophis bilineatus lineolatus Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotis Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis Bobcat Lynx rufus Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-owl Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer
Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata gracia Giant Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti stictogrammus Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad Gastrophryne olivacea Javelina Tayassu tajacu
(Linkage 148: Identified Species continued)
Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans Maricopa Leaf-nosed Snake Phyllorhynchus browni lucidus Mexican Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata trivirgata Mountain Lion Felis concolor Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Organ Pipe Shovel-nosed Snake Chionactis palarostris organica Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus Red-back Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti xanthonota Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Sonoran Pronghorn Antilocapra americana sonoriensis Underwood’s Bonneted Bat Eumops underwoodi Western Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis Threats: Border Security Military Usage Off Road Usage Roads Hydrology: Sand Tank Wash
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Linkage 149 Sand Tank Mountains – Sauceda Mountains
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion County: Maricopa ADOT Engineering District: Yuma ADOT Maintenance: Gila Bend ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Phoenix AGFD: Region 4 and Region 5 BLM: Phoenix District Congressional District: 7 Council of Government: Maricopa Association of Governments FHWA Engineering: A3 Legislative District: 25 Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub 100% Land Ownership: Department of Defense (Barry Goldwater Air Force Range) 70% Tribal Land (Tohono O’odham) 30% Identified Species:
Ajo Mountain Whipsnake Masticophis bilineatus lineolatus Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotis Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis Bobcat Lynx rufus Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-owl Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer
Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata gracia Giant Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti stictogrammus Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad Gastrophryne olivacea
(Linkage 149: Identified Species continued)
Javelina Tayassu tajacu Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans Maricopa Leaf-nosed Snake Phyllorhynchus browni lucidus Mexican Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata trivirgata Mountain Lion Felis concolor Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Organ Pipe Shovel-nosed Snake Chionactis palarostris organica Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus Red-back Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti xanthonota Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Sonoran Pronghorn Antilocapra americana sonoriensis Underwood’s Bonneted Bat Eumops underwoodi Western Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis Threats: Border Security Grazing Military Usage Off Road Usage Roads Hydrology: Sauceda Wash
Linkage 150 Little Table Top – Vekol Mountains
Sonoran Desert Ecoregion County: Pinal ADOT Engineering District: Tucson ADOT Maintenance: Casa Grande ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Tucson AGFD: Region 4 and Region 5 BLM: Phoenix District Congressional District: 7 Council of Government: Central Arizona Council of Governments FHWA Engineering: A2 Legislative District: 25 Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub 100% Land Ownership: Bureau of Land Management 20% Tribal Land (Tohono O’odham) 80% Identified Species:
Ajo Mountain Whipsnake Masticophis bilineatus lineolatus Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotis Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis Bobcat Lynx rufus Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-owl Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer
Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata gracia Giant Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti stictogrammus Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad Gastrophryne olivacea Javelina Tayassu tajacu
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(Linkage 150: Identified Species continued)
Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans Maricopa Leaf-nosed Snake Phyllorhynchus browni lucidus Mexican Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata trivirgata Mountain Lion Felis concolor Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Organ Pipe Shovel-nosed Snake Chionactis palarostris organica Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus Red-back Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti xanthonota Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Sonoran Pronghorn Antilocapra americana sonoriensis Underwood’s Bonneted Bat Eumops underwoodi Western Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis Threats: Border Security Grazing Off Road Usage Recreation Roads Hydrology: Bitter Well Wash
Linkage 151 Gila/Salt River Corridor
Granite Reef Dam – Gillespie Dam Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
County: Maricopa ADOT Engineering District: Phoenix Maintenance and Yuma ADOT Maintenance: Gila Bend, Phoenix Avondale, Phoenix Durango, Phoenix East Metro and Phoenix Mesa ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Phoenix AGFD: Region 4 and Region 6 BLM: Phoenix District Congressional District: 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 Council of Government: Maricopa Association of Governments FHWA Engineering: A1 and A3 Legislative District: 4, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23 and 25 Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub 4% Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 96% Land Ownership: Bureau of Land Management 11% Bureau of Reclamation 2% Game and Fish Land 4% Parks and Recreation 2% Private Land 57% State Trust Land 4%
Tribal Land (Gila River) 18% USDA Forest Service (Tonto) 2% Identified Species: Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Black-bellied Whistling-duck Dendrocygna autumnalis Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-owl Glaucidium brasilianum
cactorum
(Linkage 151: Identified Species continued)
California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Desert Pupfish Cyprinodon macularius Desert Sucker Catostomus clarki Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Lowland Leopard Frog Rana yavapaiensis Roundtail Chub Gila robusta Sonora Sucker Catostomus insignis Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus Western Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea Western Yellow Bat Lasiurus xanthinus Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus occidentalis Yuma Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris yumanensis Threats:
Canals (Arizona Canal; Arlington Canal; Branch San Francisco Canal; Buckeye Canal; Central Arizona Project Canal; Consolidated Canal; Grand Canal; Hayden Canal; Roosevelt Canal; San Francisco Canal; South Extension Canal; Southern Canal; St. Johns Canal; Tempe Canal)
Granite Reef Dam Highways (I 10; I 17; SR 51; SR 85; SR 87; SR 101; SR 143; SR 153; SR 202) Railroad Recreation
Urbanization Hydrology: Agua Fria River Arizona Canal Arlington Canal Branch San Francisco Canal
Buckeye Canal Central Arizona Project Canal Consolidated Canal Corgett Wash Gila River Grand Canal Granite Reef Dam Hayden Canal
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(Linkage151: Hydrology continued) Hassayampa River
Indian Bend Wash Luke Wash Lum Wash
Roosevelt Canal Salt River San Francisco Canal South Extension Canal Southern Canal St. Johns Canal Tempe Canal Waterman Wash
Photo by Drew Stokes
Linkage 152 Central Arizona Project Canal
Sky Island Ecoregion Sonoran Desert Ecoregion
County: La Paz, Maricopa, Pima and Pinal ADOT Engineering District: Phoenix Maintenance and Yuma ADOT Maintenance: Mesa and Quartzsite ADOT Natural Resources Management Section: Phoenix, Prescott and Tucson AGFD: Region 4, Region 5 and Region 6 BLM: Colorado River District, Gila District and Phoenix District Congressional District: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 Council of Government: Central Arizona Council of Governments, Maricopa Association of Governments, Pima Association of Governments and Western Arizona Council of Governments FHWA Engineering: A1 and A3 Legislative District: 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 30 Biotic Communities (Vegetation Types): AZ Upland Sonoran Desertscrub 23% Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub 70% Semidesert Grassland 7% Land Ownership: Bureau of Land Management 25% Bureau of Reclamation 4% County Land 0.2% Department of Defense 0.5% National Park Service (Saguaro) 0.3% National Wildlife Refuge (Havasu) 0.1% Parks and Recreation 0.4% Private Land 35.2% State Trust Land 29% Tribal Land (Pascau Yaqui; Salt River; San Xavier) 5.1% USDA Forest Service (Tonto) 0.2%
(Linkage152: continued) Identified Species:
Arizona Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater Arizona Toad Bufo microscaphus Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotus
Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis Bobcat Lynx rufus Bonytail Gila elegans Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
cactorum California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus Cave Myotis Myotis velifer Clark’s Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii Desert Rosy Boa Charina trivirgata gracia Desert Sucker Catostomus clarki Great Egret Ardea alba Greater Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis californicus
Javelina Tayassu tajacu Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis
Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Longfin Dace Agosia chrysogaster Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans Maricopa Leaf-nosed Snake Phyllorhynchus browni lucidus Mountain Lion Felis concolor Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Pale Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens Pocketed Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops femorosaccus Razorback Sucker Xyrauchen texanus Roundtail Chub Gila robusta Sonora Sucker Catostomus insignis Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus occidentalis Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat Sigmodon ochrognathus Yuma Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris yumanensis
Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
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(Linkage152: continued) Threats:
Canals (Central Arizona Project Canal; Arizona Canal; Beardsley Canal)
Granite Reef Dam Highway (I 10; I 17; SR 51; SR 74; SR 79; SR 86; SR 87;
SR 101; SR 287; US 60) Railroad Recreation Urbanization Hydrology: Agua Fria River Arizona Canal Beardsley Canal Big Granite Wash Bill Williams River Bootlegger Wash Brawley Wash Calcite Wash CAP Canal Cave Creek Centennial Wash Cunningham Wash Daggs Wash Deadman Wash Fourmile Wash Gila River Guild Wash Hassayampa River Jackrabbit Wash Mineral Wash New River Old Camp Wash Osborne Wash Queen Creek Salt River Santa Cruz River Skunk Creek Tiger Wash Trilby Wash Wagner Wash Weekes Wash
(Linkage152: Hydrology continued)
Weir Wash Winters Wash