DOCSLIB.ORG

Apache Trail Project

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

Apache Trail Project In Cooperation with Arizona Department of Transportation and Tonto National Forest AZ FLAP SR 88(1) MARICOPA COUNTY, AZ ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT/ DRAFT INDIVIDUAL 4(F) EVALUATION Prepared By: U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration Central Federal Lands Highway Division Lakewood, Colorado May 13, 2021 This page intentionally left blank U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration Central Federal Lands Highway Division In Cooperation with Arizona Department of Transportation and Tonto National Forest ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT/DRAFT INDIVIDUAL 4(f) EVALUATION Submitted Pursuant to: (Federal) 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(c) for Apache Trail Project AZ FLAP SR 88(1) Maricopa County, AZ Additional information may be obtained from the following individuals: Dustin Robbins Kurtis J. Harris Project Manager Assistant SE District Engineer Federal Highway Administration Arizona Department of Transportation 12300 West Dakota Avenue, Suite 380 PO Box 2717 Lakewood, CO 80228 Globe, Arizona 85502 [email protected] [email protected] ____________________________ __________________05/13/2021 Curtis Scott, P.E. Date FHWA-CFLHD, Chief of Engineering This page intentionally left blank EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Environmental Assessment (EA) documents the impact studies for a proposed project to improve the Apache Trail Roadway. The Federal Highway Administration, Central Federal Lands Highway Division (CFLHD), in cooperation with the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) and the United States Forest Service, Tonto National Forest (TNF), has been planning roadway improvements to 11.20 miles of State Route (SR) 88, the Apache Trail, between mileposts (MP) 229.20 and 240.60, Maricopa County, Arizona. The project is located on TNF lands and an ADOT easement crossing TNF lands. Recent disaster events resulted in significant damage to this roadway facility that affected the preliminary ongoing design. Funding for the project is through the Federal Lands Access Program (FLAP), in conjunction with a local funding match as well as supplemental funding from the Emergency Relief (ER) program as detailed below. FHWA-CFLHD is the lead federal agency for this project and is designing and constructing the project. The Apache Trail is a 42‐mile, winding historic road that links Apache Junction with Roosevelt Lake through the Superstition Mountains and TNF. The Apache Trail is paved from Apache Junction to approximately MP 220, while the remainder of the road is unpaved until just west of Theodore Roosevelt Dam and the junction of Apache Trail and SR 188. The proposed improvements would begin at MP 229.2 and extend approximately 11.16 miles east‐northeast to MP 240.6. Within the project limits, the roadway surface consists of decomposed granite (DG), which requires frequent blading to maintain an effective surface. Contractor staging and use areas are proposed to occur within the ADOT right of way or in previously disturbed areas. On June 8, 2019, the human-caused Woodbury Fire began in the Superstition Wilderness near the Woodbury Trailhead. This Forest Service land is full of rugged terrain with virtually no access which limited the ability of firefighters to safely confront the fire on land. Over the course of the summer, the fire grew burning a total of 123,875 acres. Within Tonto National Monument, 88% (989 acres) of the land was burned. Although previous fires had burned small sections of the Monument, this was the largest in recorded history. Large and severe wildfires present a major threat to watershed health, because they can impair watershed condition, alter hydrologic and geomorphic processes, and ultimately degrade water quality. Wildfires can lead to changes in flow regimes, flood frequency, erosion, and debris flows. Wildfires can also lead to significant changes in stream water chemistry, and post-fire sediment-driven transport can lead to increases in contaminant loads. The historic Woodbury Fire reached full containment in the summer of 2019. However, on September 23, 2019 and November 19, 2019 severe thunderstorms originating from the remnants of Tropical Storms Lorena and Raymond respectively moved over the project area for the Apache Trail project. Excessive rainfall over this denuded and degraded watershed resulted in significant flooding of the Apache Trail roadway. Much of the roadways drainage features, many which were historic character defining features for the Apache Trail (SR 88), were damaged or destroyed. The Apache trail has qualified for funding under the Emergency Relief program. Congress authorized in Title 23, United States Code (U.S.C.), Section 139(1), a special program from the Highway Trust Fund for the repair or reconstruction of Federal-aid highways and roads on Federal lands which have suffered serious damage as a result of (1) natural disasters or (2) catastrophic failures from an external cause. This program, commonly referred to as the emergency relief or ER program, supplements the commitment of resources by States, their political subdivisions, or other Federal agencies to help pay for unusually heavy expenses resulting from extraordinary conditions. In response to changing hydraulic conditions and recent failure events, the FHWA-CFLHD in partnership with the ADOT and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) reassessed the ongoing design approach to the Apache Trail project. Damage to the roadway surface, embankments, culverts and other drainage features have been documented within the project limits. Within the project limits, the scope of the proposed activities would include, roadway paving; replacing, repairing, upsizing, extending and/or cleaning roadway culverts; placement of decomposed granite aggregates to reestablish roadway crown and drainage paths; standardizing roadway width; cutting back slopes to improve line of sight distance; removing decomposed aggregate berms along roadway margins; general maintenance activities; various culvert treatments; and installation of erosion control elements, consisting of constructing gabion baskets in existing roadway ditches and placing rip-rap within existing drainage channels. The total cost of the project is estimated at $13.4 million. What’s in this Document WHAT’S IN THIS DOCUMENT The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Central Federal Lands Highway Division (CFLHD), in cooperation with Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) and Tonto National Forest (TNF), has prepared the Apache Trail Project Environmental Assessment (EA), which examines the potential environmental impacts of the alternatives being considered for a 11.16-mile section of the Apache Trail located within TNF, Arizona. This document describes why the Apache Trail Project is being proposed, alternatives for the project, the existing environment that could be affected by the project, the potential impacts from each of the alternatives, and the proposed avoidance, minimization and/or mitigation measures. What You Should Do . In accordance with 23 CFR 771.119 this EA will be available for public review and comment for 30-days. Please read this document by accessing the project’s web site: https://highways.dot.gov/federal-lands/projects/az/apache-trail. Or you can access via ADOT’s web site at https://azdot.gov/projects/southeast-district-projects or TNF’s web site at https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/tonto/alerts-notices. We welcome your comments. If you have any comments about the proposed project, please send your written comments to: Dustin Robbins Project Manager, FHWA-CFLHD 12300 West Dakota Ave, Suite 380 Lakewood, Colorado 80228 or by e-mail to: [email protected]. Before including a personal address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in written comments, anyone providing written comment should be aware their entire comment – including their personal identifying information – may be made publicly available at any time. While anyone wishing to comment may ask the FHWA-CFLHD in their comment to withhold their personal identifying information from public review, the FHWA-CFLHD cannot guarantee it will be able to do so. Send comments by the deadline: June 19, 2021 For individuals with sensory disabilities, this document can be made available in Braille, large print, on audiocassette, or on computer disk. To obtain a copy in one of these alternate formats, please call, email or write to Dustin Robbins at 720-963- 3586, [email protected] or 12300 West Dakota Ave., Suite 380, Lakewood, CO 80228. i APACHE TRAIL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT What Happens Next After comments are received from the public and reviewing agencies, CFLHD, in cooperation with ADOT and TNF, will respond to comments, prepare the final environmental decision document and may: (1) give environmental approval to the proposed project, (2) conduct additional environmental studies, or (3) abandon the project. If the project is given environmental approval, part, or all, of the project can be designed and constructed after all of the required permits or agreements are obtained. Following public and agency review of the EA, FHWA-CFLHD in coordination with ADOT and TNF, will update the environmental analysis, if necessary, in response to comments received during the 30-day public review of the EA. Mitigation measures may be replaced with equal or more effective measures prior to project approval. If the impacts of the proposed project remain less than significant, then CFLHD will conclude the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process
Recommended publications
  • Climatology, Variability, and Return Periods of Tropical Cyclone Strikes in the Northeastern and Central Pacific Ab Sins Nicholas S

    Climatology, Variability, and Return Periods of Tropical Cyclone Strikes in the Northeastern and Central Pacific Ab Sins Nicholas S

    Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Master's Theses Graduate School March 2019 Climatology, Variability, and Return Periods of Tropical Cyclone Strikes in the Northeastern and Central Pacific aB sins Nicholas S. Grondin Louisiana State University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses Part of the Climate Commons, Meteorology Commons, and the Physical and Environmental Geography Commons Recommended Citation Grondin, Nicholas S., "Climatology, Variability, and Return Periods of Tropical Cyclone Strikes in the Northeastern and Central Pacific asinB s" (2019). LSU Master's Theses. 4864. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/4864 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Master's Theses by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. CLIMATOLOGY, VARIABILITY, AND RETURN PERIODS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE STRIKES IN THE NORTHEASTERN AND CENTRAL PACIFIC BASINS A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in The Department of Geography and Anthropology by Nicholas S. Grondin B.S. Meteorology, University of South Alabama, 2016 May 2019 Dedication This thesis is dedicated to my family, especially mom, Mim and Pop, for their love and encouragement every step of the way. This thesis is dedicated to my friends and fraternity brothers, especially Dillon, Sarah, Clay, and Courtney, for their friendship and support. This thesis is dedicated to all of my teachers and college professors, especially Mrs.
  • A Comprehensive Multilocus Assessment of Sparrow (Aves: Passerellidae) Relationships ⇑ John Klicka A, , F

    A Comprehensive Multilocus Assessment of Sparrow (Aves: Passerellidae) Relationships ⇑ John Klicka A, , F

    Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 77 (2014) 177–182 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ympev Short Communication A comprehensive multilocus assessment of sparrow (Aves: Passerellidae) relationships ⇑ John Klicka a, , F. Keith Barker b,c, Kevin J. Burns d, Scott M. Lanyon b, Irby J. Lovette e, Jaime A. Chaves f,g, Robert W. Bryson Jr. a a Department of Biology and Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Box 353010, Seattle, WA 98195-3010, USA b Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, 100 Ecology Building, 1987 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA c Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota, 100 Ecology Building, 1987 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA d Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA e Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, NY 14950, USA f Department of Biology, University of Miami, 1301 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA g Universidad San Francisco de Quito, USFQ, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, y Extensión Galápagos, Campus Cumbayá, Casilla Postal 17-1200-841, Quito, Ecuador article info abstract Article history: The New World sparrows (Emberizidae) are among the best known of songbird groups and have long- Received 6 November 2013 been recognized as one of the prominent components of the New World nine-primaried oscine assem- Revised 16 April 2014 blage. Despite receiving much attention from taxonomists over the years, and only recently using molec- Accepted 21 April 2014 ular methods, was a ‘‘core’’ sparrow clade established allowing the reconstruction of a phylogenetic Available online 30 April 2014 hypothesis that includes the full sampling of sparrow species diversity.
  • HURRICANE LORENA (EP152019) 17–22 September 2019

    HURRICANE LORENA (EP152019) 17–22 September 2019

    NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER TROPICAL CYCLONE REPORT HURRICANE LORENA (EP152019) 17–22 September 2019 Lixion A. Avila National Hurricane Center 30 October 2019 GOES WEST GEOCOLOR IMAGE AT 1940 UTC 20 SEPTEMBER SHOWING HURRICANE LORENA APPROACHING BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR. Lorena was a category 1 hurricane (on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale) that made landfall near Chamela-Cuixtala, Jalisco, and a second landfall near the town of La Ventana, Baja California Sur. Lorena then weakened and reached the coast of mainland Mexico just north of Guaymas as a broad area of low pressure and dissipated. Hurricane Lorena 2 Hurricane Lorena 17–22 SEPTEMBER 2019 SYNOPTIC HISTORY A tropical wave moved westward off the west coast of Africa on 4 September, accompanied by fairly well-organized convection with some cyclonic rotation in the middle levels of the atmosphere. The wave had a large envelope with two distinct convective areas. The two areas merged as the wave moved westward, but by the time the wave was crossing the Lesser Antilles around 13 September, the thunderstorm activity decreased significantly. The wave continued westward across the Caribbean Sea, and as soon as it crossed Central America between 15 and 16 September, the shower activity increased markedly and gained organization. In fact, although there was no well-defined center of circulation at that time, the disturbance was already producing tropical-storm-force winds late on 16 September. By 17 September, visible satellite imagery indicated that the disturbance had developed a well-defined center, and it is estimated that Tropical Storm Lorena formed at 0600 UTC 17 September about 290 n mi southeast of Acapulco.
  • Artificial Water Catchments Influence Wildlife Distribution in the Mojave

    Artificial Water Catchments Influence Wildlife Distribution in the Mojave

    The Journal of Wildlife Management; DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.21654 Research Article Artificial Water Catchments Influence Wildlife Distribution in the Mojave Desert LINDSEY N. RICH,1,2 Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California- Berkeley, 130 Mulford Hall 3114, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA STEVEN R. BEISSINGER, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California- Berkeley, 130 Mulford Hall 3114, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA JUSTIN S. BRASHARES, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California- Berkeley, 130 Mulford Hall 3114, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA BRETT J. FURNAS, Wildlife Investigations Laboratory, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670, USA ABSTRACT Water often limits the distribution and productivity of wildlife in arid environments. Consequently, resource managers have constructed artificial water catchments (AWCs) in deserts of the southwestern United States, assuming that additional free water benefits wildlife. We tested this assumption by using data from acoustic and camera trap surveys to determine whether AWCs influenced the distributions of terrestrial mammals (>0.5 kg), birds, and bats in the Mojave Desert, California, USA. We sampled 200 sites in 2016–2017 using camera traps and acoustic recording units, 52 of which had AWCs. We identified detections to the species-level, and modeled occupancy for each of the 44 species of wildlife photographed or recorded. Artificial water catchments explained spatial variation in occupancy for 8 terrestrial mammals, 4 bats, and 18 bird species. Occupancy of 18 species was strongly and positively associated with AWCs, whereas 1 species (i.e., horned lark [Eremophila alpestris]) was negatively associated. Access to an AWC had a larger influence on species’ distributions than precipitation and slope and was nearly as influential as temperature.
  • Positively Apache Junction

    Positively Apache Junction

    POSITIVELY APACHE JUNCTION A COLLABORATIVE REPORT OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY’S PROJECT CITIES & THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION This report represents original work prepared for the City of Apache Junction by students participating in courses aligned with Arizona State University’s Project Cities program. Findings, information, and recommendations are those of students and are not necessarily of Arizona State University. Student reports are not peer reviewed for statistical or computational accuracy, or comprehensively fact-checked, in the same fashion as academic journal articles. Project partners should use care when using student reports as justification for future actions. Text and images contained in this report may not be used without permission from Project Cities. TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 Acknowledgments PART 1 5 Foreword from Apache Junction’s Mayor GET ACQUAINTED 6 About Project Cities WITH THE PROJECT 7 About Apache Junction 8 Map of Apache Junction and Greater Phoenix 9 Executive Summary 11 Course Goals and Recommendations 11 TDM 372 Tourism Planning: Planning Tourism’s Future in Apache Junction: Adventure Awaits 15 TWC 544 User Experience: Creating a Rewarding Website Experience for Potential Visitors 17 Planning Tourism’s Future in Apache Junction: PART 2 Adventure Awaits GO IN-DEPTH: 18 Acknowledgments TOURISM PLANNING 19 Introduction 20 Problem 20 Methods 24 Findings 27 Recommendations 31 Areas for Further Exploration 32 Conclusion 33 Creating a Rewarding Website Experience PART 3 for Potential Visitors GO IN-DEPTH: 34 Acknowledgments
  • Storm Report : Sep. 23-27, 2019

    Storm Report : Sep. 23-27, 2019

    Pass Mountain Diversion Channel, Sep. 23, 2019 8:30 AM MST, Courtesy FCDMC Kevin Clint Flood Control District of Maricopa County Engineering Division, Flood Warning Branch Storm Report : Remnants of Hurricane Lorena September 23-27, 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS Meteorology ............................................................................... 3 Precipitation .............................................................................. 7 Runoff & Impoundment Summary .................................................... 17 Public Outreach Summary ............................................................. 27 Data Sources ............................................................................. 30 Appendix A – Storm-total Hourly Rainfall Amounts for All FCD Rain Gages ...... 31-120 TABLES Table I Selected Rainfall Values & Return Periods ................................... 13 Table II Significant Runoff Measurements .............................................. 17 Table III Notable Impoundments at FCD Structures .................................... 25 FIGURES Figure 1 4-Panel 12Z (5am MST) Synoptic Setup 09/23/2019 .......................... 5 Figure 2 Observed Skew-T/log P Diagram ................................................. 6 Figure 3 5-day precipitation amounts at FCD ALERT Rain Gages ...................... 7 Figure 4 NWS WPC QPF Map, 120-hours ending 9/25/19 5am MST .................... 8 Figure 5 NWS MRMS 168-hr Gage-corrected Precip. Analysis ending 9/27 6am ..... 8 Figure 6 Maricopa Co. 1-day Precipitation Map ending
  • It's About Overcoming Adversity Through Activity and Determination

    It's About Overcoming Adversity Through Activity and Determination

    ON THE COVER PHOTO BY BOB BROWN, MEDIA DIRECTION We Love A SW Autumn BY CAROL L. ALLEN In many parts of our country, sum- mer warmth has turned into crisp, cool fall weather. However, in the South- west, we have an extended season of It’s About Overcoming Adversity time to spend in and on the water and to enjoy many other outdoor activities. It’s a wonderful transition season Through Activity And Determination with temperatures neither too hot nor too cold, and there are so many adven- tures for us still in October: boating, Paralyzed Veterans of America hiking, RVing, camping, off-roading, is on a mission – partnering with fishing, and more. If we want a touch of fall, we can the 8th Annual Sand-Water-RV head north to the awesome colors of Expo, Lake Havasu. autumn in the high country and enjoy many activities still available in those Outdoor recreation, whether it’s on land or water, is an activity cooler climes. enjoyed by millions of people, sometimes even more than you may It’s up to us, but the bottom line realize. That’s why the 8th Annual Sand-Water-RV Expo in Lake is this: Celebrate your options in the Havasu, sponsored by Jet Renu and co-sponsored by Sunshine RV, wonderful outdoors of the Southwest. is proud to announce our 2019 charity partnership with Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA). This is the second consecutive year “Staying indoors” is for another time, that the Nov. 16-17 Sand-Water-RV Expo at Lake Havasu State n another place.
  • Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Effects of Fire on Fauna

    Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Effects of Fire on Fauna

    United States Department of Agriculture Wildland Fire in Forest Service Rocky Mountain Ecosystems Research Station General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-42- volume 1 Effects of Fire on Fauna January 2000 Abstract _____________________________________ Smith, Jane Kapler, ed. 2000. Wildland fire in ecosystems: effects of fire on fauna. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-42-vol. 1. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 83 p. Fires affect animals mainly through effects on their habitat. Fires often cause short-term increases in wildlife foods that contribute to increases in populations of some animals. These increases are moderated by the animals’ ability to thrive in the altered, often simplified, structure of the postfire environment. The extent of fire effects on animal communities generally depends on the extent of change in habitat structure and species composition caused by fire. Stand-replacement fires usually cause greater changes in the faunal communities of forests than in those of grasslands. Within forests, stand- replacement fires usually alter the animal community more dramatically than understory fires. Animal species are adapted to survive the pattern of fire frequency, season, size, severity, and uniformity that characterized their habitat in presettlement times. When fire frequency increases or decreases substantially or fire severity changes from presettlement patterns, habitat for many animal species declines. Keywords: fire effects, fire management, fire regime, habitat, succession, wildlife The volumes in “The Rainbow Series” will be published during the year 2000. To order, check the box or boxes below, fill in the address form, and send to the mailing address listed below.
  • Flora and Fauna List.Xlsx

    Flora and Fauna List.Xlsx

    Birds*** Species Name (scientific) Species Name (common) Year(s) Species observed Sign* Melozone aberti Abert's Towhee 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 live animal Falco sparverius American Kestrel 2010, 2013 live animal Calypte anna Anna's Hummingbird 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 live animal Myiarchus cinerascens Ash‐throated Flycatcher 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 live animal Vireo bellii Bell's Vireo 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 live animal Thryomanes bewickii Bewick's Wren 2010, 2011, 2013 live animal Polioptila melanura Black‐tailed Gnatcatcher 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 live animal Setophaga nigrescens Black‐throated Gray Warbler 2011, 2013 live animal Amphispiza bilineata Black‐throated Sparrow 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 live animal Passerina caerulea Blue Grosbeak 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 live animal Spizella breweri Brewer's Sparrow 2009, 2011, 2013 live animal Myiarchus tryannulus Brown‐crested Flycatcher 2013 live animal Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus Cactus Wren 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 live animal Melozone fusca Canyon Towhee 2009 live animal Tyrannus vociferans Cassin's Kingbird 2011 live animal Spizella passerina Chipping Sparrow 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 live animal Corvus corax Common Raven 2011, 2013 live animal Accipiter cooperii Cooper's Hawk 2013 live animal Calypte costae Costa's Hummingbird 2011, 2012, 2013 live animal Toxostoma curvirostre Curve‐billed Thrasher 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 live animal Sturnus vulgaris European Starling 2012 live animal Callipepla gambelii Gambel's
  • The Superstition Mountains: What Future Use Will Best Serve Arizona?

    The Superstition Mountains: What Future Use Will Best Serve Arizona?

    [c. 1962] THE SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS What Future Use Will Best Serve Arizona? A Special Report By Rep. Morris K. Udall The population of Arizona is increasing by some 60,000 people every year -- equivalent to the 1960 populations of Flagstaff, Prescott, Yuma and Safford combined. By 1970 our population will move well beyond 2,000,000. Additional land for commercial and residential purposes will be required. Existing facilities for every public need, including recreation and parks, will feel increasing pressures. Those of us entrusted with present day leadership in Arizona affairs ought to peer ahead now and then, as best we can, and take a long-range view. This report is an attempt to fulfill part of that responsibility. The press of population and our nation's diminishing recreational resources throughout the country have made Congress and the President anxious to undertake a long-range program of resource planning. If Arizona has any aspirations and needs in this field, the next few years will be the time to act. I expect that more new national parks, monuments and recreation areas will be created in the next 5 years than in the last 30. By 1964 a new National Recreation Area will come into being around Powell Lake behind Glen Canyon Dam. The 87th Congress has established Cape Cod National Seashore; it is considering and will probably establish new national parks at Point Reyes, California, Padre Island, Texas, and the Utah Canyonlands within the near future. The Wilderness Bill, a central part of this bi-partisan effort, has already passed the Senate and should pass the House before adjournment.
  • Snowbird Rally Trip to Tortilla Flats and Canyon Lake, Arizona April 7

    Snowbird Rally Trip to Tortilla Flats and Canyon Lake, Arizona April 7

    Snowbird Rally trip to Tortilla Flats and Canyon Lake, Arizona April 7, 2016 This report describes a day trip on April 7th, 2016. It was an event led and arranged by Marlene and Chris Carty, hosts of the spring Snowbird Trailer rally. The Snowbird International Travel Club has been around since about 1992. They gather twice a year, spring and fall. They have met in places as far afield as Gettysburg, PA, Calgary, Dollyland, Anacortes, Washington state, Santa Fe, NM, Toronto, San Diego, Galveston, Oklahoma City, now the Phoenix area and many other places. They have had as many as 105 rigs but are now down to 17 plus a few older "lifetime" members. They are a group of close, longtime friends who enjoy getting together and having a good time. The group departed the Canyon Vista RV Park in Gold Canyon, Arizona with the destinations of Tortilla Flats for lunch and a boat ride on the Dolly on Canyon Lake. After departing the RV Park we accessed Rt. 60 and then turned onto Rt. 88, also known as the Apache Trail. It was originally known as the Yavapai Trail. The Apache Trail in Arizona was a stagecoach trail that ran through the Superstition Mountains. It was named the Apache Trail after the Apache Indians who originally used this trail to move through the Superstition Mountains. Today, much of the Apache Trail is paved, and the section east of Apache Junction is known officially as State Route 88. Prior to the completion of the Superstition Freeway in 1992, the Apache Junction portion of the Apache Trail was part of US Highway 60, which was rerouted to the Superstition Freeway once it was completed.
  • Geologic Map of the Goldfield Quadrangle and the Northern Part of the Superstition Mountains

    Geologic Map of the Goldfield Quadrangle and the Northern Part of the Superstition Mountains

    Geologic map of the Goldfield Quadrangle and the northern part of the Superstition Mountains. SW Quadrangle, Maricopa and Pinal Counties, Arizona Authors Skotnicki, S.J.; Ferguson, C.A. Citation Skotnicki, S.J. and Ferguson, C.A., 1995, Geologic map of the Goldfield Quadrangle and the northern part of the Superstition Mountains. SW Quadrangle, Maricopa and Pinal Counties, Arizona. Arizona Geological Survey Open File Report, OFR-95-09, 2 map sheets, map scale 1:24,000, 26 p. Publisher Arizona Geological Survey (Tucson, AZ) Rights Arizona Geological Survey. All rights reserved. Download date 03/10/2021 02:07:42 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/630781 GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GOLDFIELD QUADRANGLE AND THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SUPERSTITTON MTS. SW QUADRANGLES, MARICOPA AND PINAL COUNTIES, ARIZONA by Steven J. Skotnicki and Charles A. Ferguson Arizona Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-9 August, 1995 Arizona Geological Survey 416 W. Congress, Suite #100, Tucson, Arizona 85701 Includes 26 page text and 1:24,000 scale geologic map (2 sheets). Jointly funded by the Arizona Geological Survey and the U.S. Geological Survey STATEMAP Program. Contract #1434-94-A-1222 This report is preliminary and has not been edited or reviewed for conformity with Arizona Geological Survey standards INTRODUCTION The Goldfield Quadrangle and Superstition Mountains are located about 40 km due east of Phoenix, Arizona, and a few miles east of Apache Junction, and include part of the Superstition Wilderness Area (Figure 1). Aerially extensive exposures of welded tuff fonn steep, rugged cliffs in the Superstition Mountains and overlie tilted felsic and mafic volcanic rocks, pre-volcanic cconglomerate, and Precambrian granite and Pinal Schist.