NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Sonoran Desert National Park, Arizona: A Proposal

COVER

NEWS RELEASE

INTRODUCTION

Background and Purpose of Study
Acknowledgments

DESCRIPTION

The Study Area
The Sonoran Desert
Climate

AREA RESOURCES AND SIGNIFICANCE

Plants and Animals
Geology
Prehistory and History

SUITABILITY AND FEASIBILITY

National Park Qualifications
Recreation Demands
Potential for Research

ADVERSE LAND USES

Threats to Park Resources
Military Use of the Game Range

CONCLUSIONS

SONORAN DESERT NATIONAL PARK
ARIZONA

A PROPOSAL

A Study of the National Park Potential of
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
and the
Cabeza Prieta Game Range
and
An Analysis of Adverse Uses

United States
Department of the Interior

National Park Service
Southwest Region

May 1965