Appendix H: Terrestrial Conservation Opportunity Areas (COAs) | Arizona Wildlife Conservation Strategy

COA Name	County	Primary Site Owner/Manager	AZGFD Region
4 FRI Rim Country	Coconino	USFS, private	R6
Agua Fria National Monument	Yavapai	NPS	R6
Anderson Mesa	Coconino	USFS	R2
Appleton-Whittell and Las Cienagas	Pima, Santa Cruz	BLM, ASLD, USFWS, Private	R5
Aravaipa Canyon Ecosystem	Graham, Pinal	BLM	R5
Atascosa Highlands	Pima, Santa Cruz	USFS	R5
Aubrey Valley	Coconino, Yavapai	AZGFD, ASLD, Private	R3
Bear Springs	Navajo	USFS, AZGFD	R1
Bill Williams Complex	Mohave, Yavapai, La Paz	BLM, ASLD, AZGFD, USFWS, AZSP, USACE	R3, R4
Black Mountains	Mohave	BLM, NPS, AZGFD, ASLD	R3
Black River	Apache, Graham, Greenlee	AZGFD, USFS	R1
Bouse Dunes	La Paz	BLM	R4
Buenos Aires NWR and Alter Valley	Pima	USFWS	R5
Bush Fire and Three Bar Research Area	Maricopa	USFS, private	R6
Canyon Creek	Gila	USFS, Private	R6
Central Arizona Springsnails	Coconino, Gila, Yavapai	USFS, private, AZGFD	R6
Central Yavapai County	Yavapai	ASLD, private, USFS	R3
Chiricahua Mountains	Cochise	USFS, NPS	R5
Coal Mine Spring	Santa Cruz	AZGFD	R5
Colorado River Nature Center Wildlife Area	Mohave	AZGFD, BLM	R3
Cottonwood Seep	Navajo	USFS	R1
Coyote-Baboquivari	Pima	BLM	R5
Coyote-Maimie	Apache	USFS, ASLD, private	R1
Desert Mountains Complex	Yuma	ASLD, BLM, DOD	R4
Dos Cabezas	Cochise	BLM	R5
Dragoon Mountains	Cochise	USFS, private, ASLD	R5
Eagle Creek	Graham, Greenlee	USFS	R1
East Verde River	Coconino, Gila, Yavapai	USFS, private	R6
Escudilla	Apache	USFS	R1
Estrella Maricopa Corridor	Pinal	BLM, ASLD	R4
Galiuro-Winchester	Cochise, Graham, Pinal	USFS	R5
Garland Prairie	Coconino	USFS, ASLD, private	R2
Gila Box	Graham, Greenlee	USFS	R5
Gila River	Maricopa, Pinal	BLM, Gila River Indian Community, private	R6
Grasslands Habitat Initiative	Coconino, Mohave, Yavapai	BLM, ASLD, private	R3
Goodwin and Contreras Mesas	Mohave, Yavapai	BLM, ASLD, private	R3
Grand Wash Cliffs North	Mohave	BLM	R2, R3
Grasslands Wildlife Area	Apache	AZGFD	R1
Harquahala Plains	Maricopa, La Paz	BLM, ASLD, private	R4
Hassayampa	Maricopa	BLM, private	R4, R6
House Rock Valley	Coconino	AZGFD, BLM, USFS, private	R2
Huachuca Mountains	Cochise, Santa Cruz	DOD, USFS	R5
Hualapai Valley Connectivity	Mohave	BLM, ASLD, private	R3
Imperial-Cibola	La Paz, Yuma	USFWS, BLM, AZGFD, USBR	R4
Ironwood National Monument	Pima, Pinal	NPS	R5
Joshua Tree	Mohave	BLM, ASLD, private	R3
Kaibab Plateau	Coconino	USFS, NPS, PVT	R2
King Valley	Yuma	USFWS, DOD	R4
Kofa Mountains	La Paz, Yuma	USFWS	R4
Lake Havasu	Mohave, La Paz	USFWS, USBR, BLM	R3, R4
Leslie Canyon	Cochise	USFWS	R5
Little Dragoons	Cochise	ASLD, private, BLM	R5
Lower Gila River	Yuma	USBR, BLM, Yuma Crossing Heritage Area	R4
Lower Little Colorado River	Apache, Navajo	ALSD, BLM, private	R1
Lower Oak Creek	Yavapai	USFS, AZGFD, private	R2
Lower Salt and Gila Rivers	Maricopa	BLM, USBR, ASLD, USACE, AZGFD	R6
Lower San Pedro River	Pinal, Pima, Cochise	AZGFD, TNC, BLM, ASLD, private	R5
McDowell-Superstition-Mazatzal Mountains Linkage	Maricopa	USFS, Maricopa County	R6
Marble Canyon and Vermillion Cliffs	Coconino	ASLD, BLM, Private, NPS	R2
Middle Lower Colorado River	Apache	USFS, private, ASLD	R1
Mittry Lake Wildlife Area	Yuma	AZGFD	R4
Mogollon Rim Snow Melt Draws IBA	Coconino	USFS	R1, R2
Mohawks	Yuma	DOD, BLM	R4
Muggins-Laguna-Gila Mt. Complex	Yuma	BLM, ASLD, DOD	R4
Mule Mountains	Cochise	BLM, Private	R5
North Sulphur Springs Valley	Cochise	ASLD, private	R5
Nutrioso Rudd	Apache	USFS, AZGFD	R1
Old Hatchery	Navajo	AZGFD	R1
Palomas Plain	Maricopa	BLM, DOD, USFWS, ASLD	R4
Patagonia Mountains	Santa Cruz	USFS	R5
Peloncillo Mountains North	Cochise, Graham, Greenlee	BLM	R5
Peloncillo Mountains South	Cochise	BLM	R5
Petrified Forest - Puerco River	Apache, Navajo	NPS	R1
Phoenix Area Snails	Maricopa	Various	R6
Pinaleño Mountains	Graham	USFS	R5
Porter Springs Wash and Cold Springs	Graham	BLM	R5
Queen Creek-Gila River Indian Community	Maricopa	AZGFD	R6
Quigley-Achee Wildlife Area	Yuma	AZGFD	R4
Quitobaquito	Pima	NPS	R4
Ranegras Plain	La Paz	BLM, USFWS, ASLD	R4
Raymond Wildlife Area	Coconino	AZGFD, ASLD	R2
Rim 2 River	Coconino, Gila, Navajo	USFS, ASLD, private	R1
Roosevelt Lake Wildlife Area	Gila	USFS	R6
Salt-Verde Ecosystem	Coconino, Gila, Maricopa, Yavapai	USFS	R6
San Bernardino NWR	Cochise	USFWS	R5
San Francisco Blue	Apache, Greenlee	USFS, AZSP, private	R1
San Francisco Peaks	Coconino	USFS	R2
San Pedro Riparian NCA	Cochise	BLM	R5
San Rafael Grasslands	Santa Cruz	USFS, AZGFD, private	R5
Santa Rita Mountains	Pima, Santa Cruz	USFS	R5
Santa Rita Wildlife Area	Pima	USFS	R5
Santa Teresa Wilderness	Graham	USFS, BLM	R5
Silver Creek to Little Colorado River	Navajo	BLM, ASLD, AZGFD, private	R1
Sonoita Creek SNA/Patagonia Lake	Santa Cruz	TNC	R5
Sonoita Creek TNC Preserve	Santa Cruz	AZSP	R5
Sonoran Desert Borderlands	Pima, Yuma	USFWS, NPS, BLM	R4
Table Top Mountains	Maricopa, Pinal	BLM	R4
Telegraph and Mescal Fire	Gila, Pinal	USFS, ASLD	R6
Tonto Creek	Tonto	USFS	R6
Tortolita Mountains	Pima, Pinal	ASLD, private	R5
Tucson Mountains	Pima	NPS, Pima County	R5
Tucson Sky Islands	Pima, Pinal, Cochise	USFS, NPS, Pima County	R5
Tuzigoot	Yavapai	NPS	R2
Upper Little Colorado River Watershed	Apache	AZGFD, USFS, Private	R1
Upper Oak Creek	Coconino	USFS, private	R2
Upper Santa Cruz River	Santa Cruz	private	R5
Upper Verde River Wildlife Area	Yavapai	AZGFD, ASLD, USFS	R2, R3
Vekol Valley	Maricopa, Pinal	BLM, private	R4
Virgin River Springsnail	Mohave	private, BLM, ADOT	R2
Weaver Mountains	Yavapai	BLM, ASLD, private	R4
Whetstone Mountains	Cochise	USFS	R5
White Mountains	Greenlee	AZGFD, USFS, private	R1
Whitewater Draw State Wildlife Area	Cochise	AZGFD	R5
Willcox Playa/Cochise Lakes IBA	Cochise	DOD, ASLD, BLM, AZGFD	R5
Woolhouse	Apache, Navajo	USFS	R1
Yuma Desert	Yuma	DOD, USBR	R4