Location: Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, AZ
Located in southwest Arizona, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge was originally established in 1939 as a Game Range "for the conservation and development of natural wildlife resources". In March of 1975, Cabeza Prieta Game Range was re-established as Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge and became part of the National Wildlife Refuge System. Encompassing 860,000 acres, CPNWR provides valuable habitat for Sonoran Desert wildlife. In 1990, the passage of the Arizona Desert Wilderness Act designated 803,418 acres (93 percent) of CPNWR as wilderness. It is the ancestral homeland of the Hia C-ed O'odham.
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Location: Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, AZ
Located in southwest Arizona, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge was originally established in 1939 as a Game Range "for the conservation and development of natural wildlife resources". In March of 1975, Cabeza Prieta Game Range was re-established as Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge and became part of the National Wildlife Refuge System. Encompassing 860,000 acres, CPNWR provides valuable habitat for Sonoran Desert wildlife. In 1990, the passage of the Arizona Desert Wilderness Act designated 803,418 acres (93 percent) of CPNWR as wilderness. It is the ancestral homeland of the Hia C-ed O'odham.
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