Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge

Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge

Parks Directory of the United States / National Wildlife RefugesAddress:c/o San Bernardino NWR
PO Box 3509
Douglas, AZ 85608
Phone:520-364-2104
Web: www.fws.gov/Refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=22524
Established: 1988.
Location:Southeast corner of Arizona.
Facilities:Auto tour route.
Special Features:Refuge includes Leslie Creek and its valuable riparian habitat, which supports a rare velvet ash-cottonwood-black willow gallery forest.
Habitats: 2,770 acres of rough mountainous terrain.
Access: A portion of the refuge is open daily during daylight hours; call refuge office for details.
Wild life: Endangered Yaqui chub and Yaqui topminnow. Also provides habitat for mule deer, mountain lion, Madrean alligator lizard, checkered and mexican garter snakes, gila monster and 270 species of birds.
See other parks in Arizona.