Arizona Wilderness Area Featured in BLM Poster
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The Eagletail Mountains Wilderness in west-central Arizona is featured in a poster and postcard prepared by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to recognize National Conservation Lands. available as posters & postcards. The Eagletail Mountains Wilderness is 97,880 acres, located south of Interstate 10 about 65 miles west of Phoenix. It offers scenic trails for day hiking, backpacking, and horseback riding. The vintage-style drawing featured on the poster and postcard is Courthouse Rock, which is a dominant feature of the area. Other similarly styled posters feature the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument in central Montana and the Headwaters Forest Reserve in northern California.BLM Arizona manages five national monuments, three national conservation areas, portions of two national historic trails, a portion of the Arizona Trail, and 47 wilderness areas- all of which are part of the National Conservation Lands system. 2014 is the 50th anniversary of passage of the Wilderness Act, which protected 9 million acres of federal land and established a mechanism for designating wilderness. Information about National Conservation Lands in Arizona is available at blm gov/az/st/en/prog/blm_special_areas.html. Information about the BLM-managed wilderness areas is available at blm gov/az/st/en/prog/blm_special_areas/wildareas.html#yfo.Copies of the posters and postcards are available. They are free, but if shipping is required, a fee will be charged to cover the costs. They may be obtained through these methods: In person at the BLM Arizona State Office, Suite 800 (8th floor), 1 North Central Avenue, Phoenix 85004, Order by phone by calling (602) 417-9300, or Order by email at ASOWEB_AZ@blm.gov.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states, including Alaska, on behalf of the American people. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. Our mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.