Cabeza Prieta Wilderness

Infobox_protected_area | name = Cabeza Prieta Wilderness
iucn_category = Ib

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caption =
locator_x = 47
locator_y = 121
location = Arizona, USA
nearest_city = Yuma, AZ
lat_degrees = 32
lat_minutes = 16
lat_seconds = 5
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 113
long_minutes = 25
long_seconds = 11
long_direction = W
area = 803,418 acres (3,251 km²)
established = 1990
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
governing_body = U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceThe Cabeza Prieta Wilderness is located in the Sonoran Desert in southwestern Arizona in the United States. Cabeza Prieta Wilderness Area has the distinction of being Arizona's largest Wilderness Area, encompassing nearly 93 percent of the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge and covering 803,418 acres—larger than the land area of the state of Rhode Island. It may be temporarily closed for training exercises of the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range.It is also the reputed burial ground of famed environmentalist and author Edward Abbey.

Visitors to Cabeza Prieta Wilderness need to be careful not to touch any unexploded ordnance found, and no vehicle travel is permitted off of designated public use roads.

References

* [http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/arizona/cabeza.html US Fish & Wildlife Service] - Cabeza Prieta NWR
* [http://www.defenders.org/habitat/refuges/map/az.html Defenders of Wildlife]

ee also

*List of Arizona Wilderness Areas
*List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
*Wilderness Act

External links

[http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&wname=Cabeza%20Prieta Cabeza Prieta at wilderness.net]