NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):
America the Beautiful Challenge
Project Title: Adaptive Management of Water Resources in the Fort Huachuca Sentinel Landscape (AZ)
Organization:
City of Sierra Vista
Project ID:
5200.24.080194
Description:

Protect and restore groundwater essential for sustaining 43 miles of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area in the Fort Huachuca Sentinel Landscape. Project will coordinate hydrologic and ecological modeling to support essential groundwater recharge projects needed to sustain hydrologic function for the riparian ecosystem.

Award Amount:
$1050000.00
Location:
The project benefits the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area in Cochise County, in Southeastern Arizona. It contains 56,000 acres and 43 miles of the San Pedro River from the international border with Mexico, north to the unincorporated town of St. David, Arizona, near Interstate 10.