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Babocomari River
Babocomari River Preserve
The Babocomari Preserve not only protects a portion of the
Babocomari River, which will soon be a healthy ecosystem of
native cottonwoods and willows again, but it also protects 160
acres of native Sonoran desert grasslands.
The Babocomari area is severely damaged. To get this area on the
way to recovery, we have excluded cattle from the parcel. We've
also begun the process of restoring the battered
cottonwood-willow forest along the river side to its former
glory. It is exciting to see how we can make a real difference.
An ecosystem can recover given time and care.
The Preserve
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Babocomari Preserve was acquired largely as a result of a
landmark legal victory in front of the Arizona Supreme Court.
This victory, won in 2001, overturned a century old policy which
had prohibited non-ranching groups from holding state grazing
leases. We followed up that legal victory by becoming the first
non-ranching entity to successfully obtain a state land lease in
Arizona when we acquired a lease along the Babocomari River.
See ecosystem recovery after cattle
removal..
For specific questions about our conservation efforts,
contact Jim Matison,
River Restoration Director.
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