Arizona Strip Wildlife and Livestock Habitat Improvement
Project Information
Year Awarded: Fiscal Year 2024
USDA Funding: $1,219,512.00
Partner-Contributed Funding: $1,919,269.44
Project Timeline: 2024-2029
RCPP Conservation Activities: Land Management Contracts
Arizona Counties: Portions of Mohave and Coconino Counties
Lead Partner: Mule Deer Foundation
Collaborating Partners: Arizona Deer Association, Arizona Game and Fish Department Habitat Branch, and Arizona Game and Fish Department Development Branch.
Summary
The goal of this project is to address inadequate habitat, water, food availability, and connectivity for a suite of wildlife species. Funded projects will focus on objectives in two main resource areas. First, plant diversity and productivity will be addressed on approximately 3,000 acres of areas encroached by juniper and pinyon. Second, water distribution across approximately 253,000 acres will be increased. Improvements will give added flexibility to wildlife managers, agricultural producers, and rangeland managers in implementing conservation practices.
Resource Concerns
Terrestrial habitat, degraded plant condition, livestock production limitation
Conservation Practices Offered
- 614 - Watering Facility
- 516 - Pipeline
- 533 - Pumping Plant
- 642 - Water Well
- 645 - Upland Wildlife Habitat Management
- 636 - Water Harvesting Catchment
- 384 - Woody Residue Treatment
- 643 - Restoration of Rare or Declining Natural Communities
- 314 - Brush Management
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