El Camino Del Diablo, Cabeza Prieta
Photo log from the El Camino Del Diablo... from Tule Well in the west to Bates Well in Organ Pipe National Monument in the east. Photos taken by Mikal Jakubal in early 2013.
Sonoran Desert - CO River Valley
Ajo Peak To Tinajas Altas: Flora Of Southwestern Arizona: An Introduction
An introduction is provided for the modern and fossil vascular plant flora of the contiguous protected areas of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, and the Tinajas Altas Region in southwestern Arizona—the heart of the Sonoran Desert. These three entities encompass 514,242 hectares (1,270,700 acres), approximately 5141 km2 (1985 mi2). Elevation and ecological diversity generally decreases from east (Organ Pipe) to west (Tinajas Altas) while aridity increases from east to west, both correlating with decreasing botanical diversity.
Camp Grip, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
This base was dropped into the middle of nowhere in Cabeza Prieta at a place called Papago Well, and has heavy impact on the local flora and fauna.
Flora Of Tinajas Altas, Arizona - A Century Of Botanical Forays And Forty Thousand Years Of Neotoma Chronicles
This flora of the vascular plants of the Tinajas altas region, within the Lower colorado valley subdivision of the Sonoran desert of southwestern arizona, includes the present-day species as well as fossils recovered from packrat middens. The vegetation and flora are dynamic, changing even now, and have changed dramatically during the past millennia, along with shifting climate and human presences.
Pinacate Biosphere Reserve, west side
This was a long weekend trip to the west side of the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve. We encountered no other humans. The trip went to Sykes Crater, MacDougal Crater, and Tinaja de los Papagos, among other areas. It was a somewhat dry spring.
I'd been wanting to go to the Tinaja de los Papagos for years. I expected a beautiful desert oasis that has harbored and sustained humans and wildlife for millennia in a sea of black rock, desert, and heat.
Death of a Pioneer Trail, the El Camino del Diablo
A caring individual's personal narrative and photos about changes to the Cabeza Prieta Wildlife Refuge and the El Camino del Diablo in southwestern Arizona. These changes happened primarily between the late 1990's and the first few years of the 2000's. See attached PDF.