"The San Pedro River:"

	The San Pedro River:
	A LAST  GREAT PLACE:
	An intact, high quality ecosystem that has a chance of survival.
	“The earth’s biologically richest lands”

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...CREATING INCREDIBLE BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

	A GLOBALLY IMPORTANT BIRD AREA - 400 SPECIES
	THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF MAMMAL SPECIES IN NORTH AMERICA
	FOUR GLOBALLY IMPERILED NATURAL COMMUNITIES

…AND IT’S ALSO OF HEMISPHERIC IMPORTANCE:

	THE MAIN NEOTROPICAL FLYWAY IN THE WEST - TEN TIMES THAT OF ANY OTHER WESTERN CORRIDOR.
	CRUCIAL POLLINATOR CORRIDOR FOR THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.
	THE LONGEST CONTINUOUS ARCHEAOLOGICAL RECORD IN THE CONTINENTAL U.S.
	CONCLUSION: THE SAN PEDRO RIVER BASIN IS A “KEYSTONE” TRANSITION ZONE THAT SUSTAINS BIODIVERSITY IN OTHER ECO-REGIONS.

THE LOWER SAN PEDRO :

	BASEFLOW CONDITIONS ARE INDEPENDENT FROM THE UPPER RIVER.
	THE HIGHEST QUALITY RIPARIAN AREA IN THE SONORAN DESERT ECOREGION.
	A LARGELY UNFRAGMENTED LANDSCAPE.
	WILDLIFE CORRIDORS CON-NECT “SKY ISLANDS”.

HOT SPRINGS CANYON:

	ONE OF SAN PEDRO RIVER’S LARGEST TRIBUTARIES - OVER 100 SQ. MI. DRAINAGE
	MEETING PLACE OF TWO ECOREGIONS - SONORAN AND APACHE HIGHLANDS
	A MAJOR WILDLIFE CORRIDOR - CONNECTS GALIURO MTS. AND SAN PEDRO RIVER