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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge Enjoy your refuge Roads and Vehicles Fires and Firewood Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge Only street-legal motorcycles and Charcoal or propane stoves are (CPNWR) offers excellent opportunities street-legal all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), recommended for use on the refuge in to explore one of the most biologically as defined by state law, are order to preserve the natural appearance diverse in this country. At first the allowed on the Cabeza Prieta National of the campsite. However, wood fires are Sonoran may seem like a harsh Wildlife Refuge. See www.azgfd.gov/ohv permissible by adhering to the following environment but with quiet observation, rules: the reward will be memories for years Motorcycles and ATVs must be fitted with to come. The information below will help an 80 square inch high-visibility flag that • Only allowed at the designated ensure visitor safety as well as preserve extends a minimum of eight (8) feet above campsites. See refuge map. the integrity of Cabeza Prieta NWR for the ground surface. • Visitors must bring their own wood. future generations. Due to the scarcity of wood and valuable All vehicles (including motorcycles and wildlife habitat, the collection of firewood Wildlife Protection ATVs) must stay on the public roads (see or vegetation of any kind is prohibited CPNWR is home to over 275 different refuge map). Vehicle travel on any other within the refuge with the exception of species of wildlife, including desert roads, trails, or off-road is prohibited. backcountry hikers. Backcountry hikers bighorn sheep and two endangered may use dead and down wood for campfires. species, the pronghorn All public use roads are primitive, and lesser long-nosed bat. Federal law unpaved, and minimally or unmaintained. • Use established fire rings or fire grates. prohibits collecting or disturbing plants, Non-OHV vehicles must be high clearance Do not create new fire rings. Before leaving wildlife, rocks or artifacts. and four-wheel drive to use the El Camino camp make sure the fire is out and cold. del Diablo and Christmas Pass roads. Two- Good News! wheel drive vehicles with high clearance Hunting The refuge was created in 1939 in part may use the Charlie Bell Road. The only permitted hunting on the refuge to help rescue desert bighorn sheep is desert bighorn sheep. Contact the from sharp decline due to over hunting If a road is impassable due to flooding, refuge for additional information. Target and poaching. Today the refuge sheep mud, deep sand or a lawful closure do not shooting or the discharge of a weapon population is doing very well. As of 2014, drive off-road to circumvent such areas. is strictly prohibited except for legally the refuge has over 600 sheep. For this reason, it is best to be prepared licensed and permitted hunters while with enough fuel for unexpected turn actively hunting during the hunt season. In 2003 backs. Visitors should contact the refuge refuge visitor center for the latest travel and Leave No Trace staff lent a safety information including sensitive Practice an outdoor ethic to sustain a hand to the wildlife areas. healthy, vibrant refuge and other public floundering lands for all people to enjoy now and into Sonoran Visitors should be aware of their the future See www.LNT.org surroundings and other vehicular traffic desert • Plan ahead and prepare pronghorn especially law enforcement traffic which herd. Its may, in the course of duty, travel at high • Travel and camp on durable surfaces numbers speeds. • Dispose of waste properly had dwindled If there are more than four vehicles • Leave what you find to a mere in your group, you must apply for a 21 animals Special Use Permit prior to entering the • Minimize campfire impacts when refuge. The issuance of the SUP is at the • Respect wildlife wildlife biologists stepped in. Thanks discretion of the refuge manager. Contact to many partners and helping hands the refuge for more information. • Be considerate of other visitors from a variety of concerned biologists, government agencies and private entities There are no services on the CPNWR; this Unexploded Ordinance the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was able includes fuel, restrooms and cell service. The military used the refuge as a gunnery to save the pronghorn from extinction. and bombing range and many types of Today it is one of the most successful Water ordinance still remain. If you encounter “come-back” stories in wildlife history. There are no sources of safe drinking ordinance leave it alone. DO NOT TOUCH water on the refuge. You must bring your Visitor Permits own water supply. A minimum of 2 gallons Abandoned Mines and Wells A current Visitor Permit is required for per person per day with a 2-day reserve is Abandoned mines and well shafts are each visitor 18 years old and older. Before recommended. unstable and dangerous and are closed to entering the refuge each time, visitors the public. Mines provide excellent habitat must register at one of the entry kiosks to Horseback for several bat species. Both for your Pack and saddle stock are allowed under a validate their permit. safety and the wellbeing of these species Special Use Permit. Contact the refuge for please avoid these sites. Camping more information. Visitors are encouraged to camp at one Garbage and Waste of the established campgrounds on the Pack out all garbage and waste products. refuge, although dispersed camping is Practice “Pack it in, Pack it out.” allowed. The campgrounds are primitive Individual human waste and paper should with no amenities other than picnic tables. be buried well below the soil surface and Please bring your own campfire wood and be at least 200 feet from water sources remove any extra when done camping. and camp areas. The disposal of portable Camping is limited to 14 days in a 28-day toilet contents is illegal to dump anywhere period. No camping within a ¼-mile of any except at approved dumping sites off the game water source. Vehicles must be stay refuge. These sites can usually be found at within 50 feet of the centerline of the road. R.V. or trailer parks. Back country campers may use dead and down wood for fire. Back country campers may not camp within ¼-mile of wildlife Sonoran pronghorn / © Sean Knapp waters. Desert bighorn / © John Kulberg Treasure Hunting/Geocaching In case of an emergency, contact the BLM lnteragency The use of metal detectors or Dispatch at 800/637-9152. Thank you for helping to the excavation or removal of antiques or archeological and preserve the natural resources by staying on the paleontological artifacts is CHILDS MOUNTAIN public-use roads. prohibited. Geocaching or the Barry M. Goldwater Range West- Marine Corps leaving of any personal property 710 Barry M. Goldwater Range East- Air Force is expressly prohibited on any POINT OF THE PINTAS national wildlife refuge. 715 125 126 Charlie Bell Road Permit-Issuing Agencies GRANITE MOUNTAINS Cabeza Prieta National 124 127 Ajo Wildlife Refuge 716 MOUNTAINS 1611 North 2nd Avenue

Lechughulla Desert Ajo, Arizona 85321 Christmas Pass Road Pass Christmas 717 520/387-6483 BRYAN MOUNTAINS www.fws.gov/refuge/cabeza_ 123 702 718 prieta/ Bureau of Land Management 110 Christmas 719 Pass Phoenix Field Office 21605 North 7th Avenue Tule Well SIERRA 720 Bureau of Phoenix, Arizona 85027 111 114 ARIDA Land Management 623/580-5500 115 112 113 www.az.blm.gov 116

TULE MOUNTAINS ANTELOPE HILLS Luke Air Force Base Gila Bend Auxiliary Field Security Operations Building 300 Gila Bend, Arizona 85337

721 928/683-6200 or Recomended Campsite 623/856-5241

Intersection 119 120 121 www.luke.af.mil/rmo.visiting. 117 118 html

Public Roads O'NEIL HILLS Papago (Non-wilderness within 100ft of road centerline) Organ Pipe Cactus Well National Monument U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Range Management Access Roads Department Public Access Equestrian/Pedestrian Main Gate MCAS, P.O. Box 99160 Registration Kiosks Roads open to PUBLIC Intersections will be vehicles will be marked by marked by BROWN signs 864210 Yuma, Arizona 85369-9160 GREEN road signs indicating intersection numbers Miles 928/269-7150 1:385000 Refuge Boundary www.yuma.usmc.mil Wilderness August 2016 Map use as guide only- not for navigational purposes