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The El Paso Mountains Wilderness was created in 1994 and now has a total of 23,780 acres (96.2 km 2). All of the wilderness is in the northern Mojave Desert in eastern Kern County, California and is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. It is located south of Ridgecrest, California.
The Colorado state wildlife areas are managed for hunting, fishing, observation, management, and preservation of wildlife. The Colorado Parks and Wildlife division of the U.S. State of Colorado manages more than 300 state wildlife areas with a total area of more than 860 square miles (2,230 km 2 ) in the state.
North Franklin Mountain, looking northeast from South Franklin Mountain Caves on the Ron Coleman Trail. Franklin Mountains State Park is a state park in El Paso, Texas, United States. The park is named after the Franklin Mountains, a mountainous range that extends 23 mi (37 km) from El Paso to New Mexico.
The El Paso Mountains Wilderness Area is within the range, managed by the BLM−Bureau of Land Management.The Last Chance Archaeological District, within the wilderness area, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Kern County, California.
Residence Section and Mt. Franklin, El Paso, Texas, c. 1912. For centuries, Native Americans and other travellers have used the vegetation and wildlife in the Franklins when crossing the Paso del Norte—the gap between the Franklin Mountains and the Juarez Mountains that is now the site of Ciudad Juárez and El Paso.
The Ron Coleman Trail rises up the mountain toward a cave behind an El Paso Fire Department ambulance at the scene of a hiking death on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024, in McKelligon Canyon in El Paso, Texas.
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El Paso County took over the land in the mid-1960s. [9] Rock painting of a deer at Hueco Tanks. In 1968, it was discussed whether or not the park should be turned over to the Tiguas. [15] In 1969, the El Paso County commissioners decided to deed the park to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. [16] It was made a Texas State Park in 1970. [3]