The San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area is one of the most important riparian areas in the United States, providing invaluable habitat to 250 species of migratory and wintering birds.
The La Posa Long-Term Visitor Area near Quartzsite, Arizona, becomes home to more than 40,000 recreational vehicle users who spend their winters on public lands.
The BLM's Phoenix District manages the nation's second largest saleable minerals program, permitting more than a million tons of sand, gravel, and crushed stone worth about $10-20 million to the Arizona economy annually.
BLM Arizona partners with the Peregrine Fund, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Arizona Game & Fish Department to reintroduce endangered condors on the Vermilion Cliffs. Only 22 condors were known to remain in the wild in the world in 1982; today, more than 75 condors live in the Vermilion Cliffs alone.