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Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area is a National Conservation Area located along the Gila River in southern Graham and Greenlee counties in southeastern Arizona in the United States. Administered by the Bureau of Land Management , the conservation area is approximately 23,000 acres (93 km 2 ) in size.
The riparian area, where some 40 miles (64 km) of the upper San Pedro River meanders, was, through the efforts of congressman Jim Kolbe, [1] designated by Congress as a Riparian National Conservation Area on November 18, 1988, and assigned to the protection of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM). [2]
Double rainbow at San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Arizona. National Conservation Area is a designation for certain protected areas in the United States.They are nature conservation areas managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the National Landscape Conservation System.
The San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (SPRNCA) was established in 1988 to protect some forty miles of the upper San Pedro valley. [21] The Nature Conservancy also owns several preserves in the watershed, including the San Pedro River Preserve , Aravaipa Canyon Preserve, Muleshoe Ranch Preserve, Ramsey Canyon Preserve, and most ...
The National Wilderness Preservation System includes 806 wilderness areas protecting 111,889,002 acres (174,826.566 sq mi; 452,798.73 km 2) of federal land as of 2023. They are managed by four agencies: National Park Service (NPS) United States Forest Service (USFS) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
The San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge is a protected area of along the San Joaquin River in the northern San Joaquin Valley, California. It is within San Joaquin County and Stanislaus County. It protects more than 7,000 acres (28 km 2) of riparian woodlands, wetlands, and grasslands and hosts a diversity of native wildlife.
A riparian zone or riparian area is the interface between land and a river or stream. [2] In some regions, the terms riparian woodland, riparian forest, riparian buffer zone, riparian corridor, and riparian strip are used to characterize a riparian zone. The word riparian is derived from Latin ripa, meaning "river bank". [3]
The Columbia National Wildlife Refuge is colocated with the Drumheller Channels. Adjacent areas are included in the Seep Lakes Wildlife Area. More than 200 species of mammals and birds can be found in the cliffs, marshes, grasslands, lakes, seeps, and other riparian areas. [4] [9]