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ARIZONAARIZONA’’SS WILDLIFEWILDLIFE LINKAGESLINKAGES ASSESSMENTASSESSMENT Workgroup Prepared by: The Arizona Wildlife Linkages ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT 2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT Arizona’s Wildlife Linkages Assessment Prepared by: The Arizona Wildlife Linkages Workgroup Siobhan E. Nordhaugen, Arizona Department of Transportation, Natural Resources Management Group Evelyn Erlandsen, Arizona Game and Fish Department, Habitat Branch Paul Beier, Northern Arizona University, School of Forestry Bruce D. Eilerts, Arizona Department of Transportation, Natural Resources Management Group Ray Schweinsburg, Arizona Game and Fish Department, Research Branch Terry Brennan, USDA Forest Service, Tonto National Forest Ted Cordery, Bureau of Land Management Norris Dodd, Arizona Game and Fish Department, Research Branch Melissa Maiefski, Arizona Department of Transportation, Environmental Planning Group Janice Przybyl, The Sky Island Alliance Steve Thomas, Federal Highway Administration Kim Vacariu, The Wildlands Project Stuart Wells, US Fish and Wildlife Service 2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT First Printing Date: December, 2006 Copyright © 2006 The Arizona Wildlife Linkages Workgroup Reproduction of this publication for educational or other non-commercial purposes is authorized without prior written consent from the copyright holder provided the source is fully acknowledged. Reproduction of this publication for resale or other commercial purposes is prohibited without prior written consent of the copyright holder. Additional copies may be obtained by submitting a request to: The Arizona Wildlife Linkages Workgroup E-mail: [email protected] 2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT The Arizona Wildlife Linkages Workgroup Mission Statement “To identify and promote wildlife habitat connectivity using a collaborative, science based effort to provide safe passage for people and wildlife” 2006 ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE LINKAGES ASSESSMENT Primary Contacts: Bruce D. Eilerts Siobhan E. Nordhaugen Arizona Department of Transportation Office of Environmental Services Statewide Natural Resources Management Group Ray Schweinsburg Arizona Game and Fish Department Research Branch E-mail: [email protected] Photo by Kelly Roberts ARIZONA'S WILDLIFE LINKAGES 1 1 0 22 4 430 470 1 1 0 610 4 550 450 20 30 510 440 600 Page 300 410 460 10 Mexican 1 10 Fredonia 420 Water 1 Littlefield 3 20 590 540 3 540 310 400 500 570 Kayenta 410 560 550 400 580 580 530 490 66 530 320 390 5 380 3807 5 590 520 340 7 480 330 350 370 470 600 360 510 360 88 350 460 610 500 9 340 9 North Rim Tuba 450 490 City Chinle 330 Grand Canyon 440 260 480 320 250 240 270 330 10 280 340 360 430 290 470 11 0 0 230 11 3 3 350 400 20 Cameron 370 430 420 380 390 410 420 Window 460 450 Rock 220 440 30 400 460 Ganado 410 260 450 470 40 Peach Springs 110 210 250 390 400 100 120 11 2 2 90 11 1 1 440 50 200 240 390 80 380 70 Seligman 11 8 8 430 60 120 140 230 110 190 380 60 130 1 4 370 Williams 1 4 1 7 70 350 20 100 140 220 1 7 11 9 9 10 50 60 150 420 90 170 180 210 330 340 22 0 0 70 80 160 220 Bullhead Ash Fork 190 11 6 6 200 60 Kingman 360 1 5 Flagstaff 230 360 320 360 City 40 22 1 1 1 5 240 240 Winslow 310 430 100 390 350 400 350 330 250 300 2 8 340 290 2 8 350 3022 9 9 2 2 2 3 260 230 2 2 380 2 3 270 Holbrook 420 110 340 Sedona 320 330 280 320 370 310 340 20 30 30 Clarkdale 310 320 10 330 360 330 120 2 5 310 380 33 0 0 340 2 4 2 5 20 Wikieup 3 5 350 2 4 310 330 200 3 5 330 300 22 7 7 340 320 30022 6 6 130 210 300 370 350 190 33 3 3 3 6 290 10 3 6 290 320 140 Prescott Snowflake Lake Havasu City 290 10 Camp Verde 350 St. Johns 33 1 1 10 44 0 0 3 1 180 150 310 220 310 360 20 280 280 Heber 370 380 370 11 1 1 1 1 3 7 230 240 250 330 3 7 300 320 170 300 280 350 160 270 270 33 9 9 44 2 2 360 380 270 3 2 3 4 290 270 290 310 Show 33 2 2 1 1 3 3 4 Cordes Junction 280 320 1 1 3 260 Low 160 170 260 260 330 390 280 350 360 4 1 340 370 400 150 33 8 8 Payson 4 1 380 390 180 250 350 Parker 11 1 1 4 4 270 250 Young 310 330 390 1 1 2 360 410 1 1 2 100 240 380 140 370 390 190 260 5 2 410 44 3 3 20 90 5 2 300 320 55 8 8 Wickenburg 240 130 230 5 7 350 380 400 44 4 4 44 6 6 80 55 1 1 270 310 5 7 420 30 11 1 1 5 5 110 90 5 3 55 5 5 290 390 705 0 100 230 220 5 3 430 5 0 10 300 320 120 40 60 20 260 340 44 5 5 120 30 250 280 290 11 1 1 6 6 50 210 44 9 9 250 55 6 6 330 110 40 130 11 5 5 2 2 220 240 20 30 Hope 4 7 10 11 2 2 1 1 20 30 270 280 4 7 40 11 2 2 2 2 140 240 50 200 240 230 100 Quartzsite 60 260 270 44 8 8 70 150 210 40 190 230 80 10 220 66 4 4 90 10 10 210 55 4 4 230 220 11 1 1 8 8 100 6 5 180 260 6 5 160 20 220 901 1 9 110 130 50 200 210 55 9 9 6 3 1 1 9 140 250 1 1 7 6 3 120 10 Globe 200 1 1 7 200 200 240 150 190 30 11 2 2 0 0 11 5 5 1 1 Phoenix 180 230 170 60 80 66 8 8 160 40 210 220 260 190 50 66 6 6 270 11 2 2 3 3 11 2 2 4 4 140 160 280 160 290 180 70 190 7 3 180 170 220 160 7 3 150 7 4 150 300 130 7 4 40 140 170 170 1 2 7 30 150 11 2 2 5 5 1 2 7 10 160 60 11 2 2 6 6 180 Clifton 170 140 140 Florence 140 310 Gila Bend 160 11 2 2 8 8 10 130 140 11 3 3 0 0 110 66 7 7 100 120 190 330 130 130 130 150 50 90 170 140 6 2 390 11 3 3 1 1 80 140 160 120 Safford 6 2 77 2 2 70 120 6 0 77 6 6 120 6 0 60 10 7 8 120 40 150 160 170 7 8 340 6 1 380 66 9 9 50 1 4 8 200 120 110 350 6 1 1 2 9 30 40 1 4 8 360 1 2 9 20 370 20 30 380 20 210 100 110 10 140 120 Yuma 77 1 1 11 5 5 0 0 110 220 130 8 4 10 11 4 4 9 9 100 88 3 3 120 8 4 30 110 100 11 3 3 8 8 11 4 4 3 3 230 90 77 0 0 88 1 1 88 2 2 77 9 9 1 3 3 11 4 4 6 6 90 1 3 3 40 240 88 0 0 11 4 4 1 1 Ajo 80 350 11 3 3 9 9 11 3 3 5 5 11 4 4 4 4 50 88 9 9 99 0 0 11 3 3 2 2 11 3 3 6 6 250 340 360 7 5 70 370 7 5 60 Tucson Willcox 330 380 11 3 3 4 4 70 8 5 340 390 11 4 4 0 0 80 90 8 5 170 88 8 8 11 4 4 2 2 260 330 1 4 7 60 7 7 160 1 4 7 7 7 K1008 7 350 8 7 270 60 11 3 3 7 7 150 K90 320 100 140 280 130 Benson 11 4 4 5 5 70 290 310 50 50 300 60 110 120 40 K80 9 4 50 1 0 2 88 6 6 K70 9 4 40 1 0 2 80 10 290 40 Lukeville Green Valley 50 300 50 30 40 99 2 2 K60 300 310 40 9 7 30 410 40 9 7 60 Tombstone 20 30 K50 99 5 5 50 99 9 9 320 30 310 400 K40 20 30 99 8 8 99 1 1 10 20 320 Legend 20 99 3 3 99 6 6 330 330 390 1 0 0 K30 20 1 0 0 380 10 Sierra 340 10 K20 Bisbee 11 0 0 1 1 10 Vista 330 350 11 0 0 3 3 10 370 10 K10 340 350 360 Nogales Douglas Potential Linkage Zone 1 0 8 11 0 0 9 9 11 0 0 4 4 11 0 0 5 5 11 0 0 6 6 11 0 0 7 7 1 0 8 Habitat Block 015 30 60 90 120Kilometers Fracture Zone Miles 012.5 25 50 75 100 Note: Linkage numbers are for identification purposes only.
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