History of the Tucson Mountain Wildlife Area: A Chronology
Fonseca J. 2019. History of the Tucson Mountain Wildlife Area: A Chronology
Chronological presentation (1890-2019) and PowerPoint slides of the history of the Tucson Mountain Wildlife Area. By 1900 unregulated hunting of big game species and severe overgrazing by livestock was driving several species of wildlife to extinction in the Tucson area. In 1912 Arizona became a state, with powers to regulate hunting and trapping. The Tucson Game Protective Association was organized at a meeting in 1916 which was addressed by Aldo Leopold. The following year, the Arizona Legislature created four game refuges to promote recovery of game species. Subsequently, at the request of U. S. Senator Carl Hayden, the Department of the Interior issued Recreational Withdrawal Order for areas within the Tucson Mountains which prevented mineral and homesteading entries. Presidential Declaration of 1961 signed by President Kennedy enlarging Saguaro National Monument to create the Tucson Mountain District is included in the PowerPoint slides.
- Type
- Presentation
- Authors
- Fonseca, Julie
- Date of Issue
- 2019
- Units
- SAGU
- Keywords
- Aldo Leopold, Arizona Fish and Game, bighorn sheep, Carl Hayden, Central Arizona Project, Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, Rep. Morris Udall, Saguaro National Monument, Senator Barry Goldwater, Tucson Game Protective Association, Tucson Mitigation Corridor, Tucson Mountain Park, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation