WEB Pacheta Falls, falling down from the Mogollon Rim country. Pacheta Creek is prime Apache Trout habitat and its steep drop prevent introduce species from migrating up-stream. The surrounding rim country is also prime bighorn sheep country and the tribe manages the hunting. The White Mountain Apaches have received special attention for their stream and lake restoration programs. Here in the Salt River drainage the tribe is monitoring fish populations to guage affect of upstream post-forest fire run-off in the aftermath of the Rodeo Chedeski fire. Fort Apache Indian Reservation, White Mountians, Arizona Contact: John Caid 928 338 4385 office, 928 521 0496 cell.
WEB Heavy fog during rainstorm surrounds Salt River CanyonÍs buttes with the foreground framed by Sotols, Dasylirion wheeleri, on the canyon rim. The Reservation's high country of Douglas Firs and ponderosa pines falls away at the Mogollion Rim. The White Mountain Apaches have received special attention for their stream and lake restoration programs. Here in the Salt River drainage the tribe is monitoring fish populations to guage affect of upstream post-forest fire run-off in the aftermath of the Rodeo Chedeski fire. Fort Apache Indian Reservation, White Mountians, Arizona Contact: John Caid 928 338 4385 office, 928 521 0496 cell.
Honey Bee Canyon, Oro Valley, AZ, with lush stand of saguaro cacti, Carnegiea gigantea, at sunset against the Santa Catalina Mountains.
