Arizona

Cedar Springs is just 30 minutes from downtown Flagstaff and 45 minutes from the Grand Canyon. TPL successfully approached the landowner--who had a long, dedicated history of conservation--with the proposal that Cedar Springs become Arizona's first FLP project.

The high-quality native grasslands of southeast Arizona provide critical wildlife habitat in one of the most biologically diverse corners of North America. Birds, bats, deer, and the endangered jaguar are only some of the species that live in and around the Chiricahua and Dos Cabezas mountain ranges, known as “sky island” mountains because of the way they rise abruptly above the surrounding countryside, supporting a diversity of natural habitat. The area is also is home to popular outdoor recreation destinations, such as Fort Bowie National Historic Site and Chiricahua National Monument.

The City of Prescott asked The Trust for Public Land to help implement an open space plan to help protect the Granite Dells, massive boulders of ancient, weathered rock just outside the city.

This historic ranch headquarters is wholly surrounded by the 71,000-acre Aqua Fria National Monument, which contains critical wildlife habitat and an extensive network of Native American sites.

Fewer than 10 miles from Clarkdale lies the 139-acre Packard Ranch, a side door into the Coconino and Prescott National Forests and a "hole in the donut" of protected lands.

Working with the town and a local developer, The Trust for Public Land purchased an 80-acre site for a new community park and recreation complex.

The gateway to Rogers Lake is now protected through the purchase of a key 80-acre property by The Trust for Public Land and Coconino County Parks. This will ensure quality access to an extraordinary wetland area surrounded by ponderosa pine and gambel oak forest. Recreational amenities include a 6 mile non-motorized trail system (hiking, mountain biking and equestrian), two trailheads, and a watchable wildlife viewing platform, to enjoy bald eagles, migratory waterfowl, mule deer, pronghorn, elk, and more.

The Santa Teresa Wilderness Area is a majestic landscape of peaks, canyons, and picturesque rock formations, is part of Arizona's Sky Island region—but its remote location has made access difficult even for experienced wilderness visitors. The Trust for Public Land worked with Bureau of Land Management, Arizona Game and Fish, and a local sportsmen group to acquire an adjacent 600-acre ranch and construct a primitive road up to the wilderness boundary. The ranch is now protected by the Bureau of Land Management.

In 2001, TPL purchased one of the largest remaining tracts of undeveloped land in the Tucson Mountains, at the request of the Tucson Mountain Association. TPL held the property until 2004, when Pima County voters approved a $174-million open space measure, funding its addition to the Sweetwater Preserve.