Arizona Wilderness Land Tenure Adjustment Plan: Investing in Nature's Legacy

摘要

The Bureau of Land Management, Arizona, is proposing the acquisition of certainlands which are non-federal inholdings within congressionally designated Arizona Wilderness Areas. The purpose of the acquisitions is to protect the wilderness characteristics including threatened/endangered species and critical wildlife habitat, wetland and riparian values, and backcountry recreational opportunities. The acquisitions will also ensure incompatible uses such as development, structures, roads, mining, and range improvements are prevented. Of the wilderness areas designated in Arizona, twenty wilderness areas contain private and/or state surface and subsurface inholdings. These wilderness areas are Aravaipa Canyon, Arrastra Mountain, Cottonwood Point, Eagletail Mountains, Harcuvar Mountains, Hassayampa River Canyon, Hells Canyon, Hummingbird Springs, Mount Logan, Mount Nutt, Mount Tipton, North Maricopa Mountains, Paiute, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs, Rawhide Mountains, Redfield Canyon, Signal Mountains and Wabayuma Peak.