Arizona Wildlife Conservation Strategy

Cottonwood Spring COA

The Cottonwood Spring management unit in the Goldfield Mountains will be managed primarily to maintain the refuge population of Gila topminnow in the spring box. The site will be surveyed at least every three years to assess species status. More Gila topminnow will be stocked every 5-10 years to maintain genetic variation.

Watershed

Santa Cruz River

Map

Conservation Potential

High

Management Priority

Native Aquatic Species Management (Native Fish Refugia)

Primary Strategy Species

Fish

Gila Topminnow

Secondary Strategy Species