WICKENBURG, Ariz. (AP) - A conservation organization is donating land along the Hassayampa River south of Wickenburg in west-central Arizona for use as a natural preserve.
The Maricopa Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to accept the Nature Conservancy’s donation of two parcels of land totaling approximately 710 acres (287 hectares) with a riparian corridor with trails, large trees and hundreds of nesting and migrating bird species.
Officials say the preserve will serve as a gateway to a much larger recreation area to the west and south of the preserve.
That larger area is owned by the federal Bureau of Land Management and officials say it’ll be cooperatively managed by the county and the bureau in the future.
Wickenburg is located approximately 50 miles (80 kilometers) northwest of Phoenix.
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