Arizona Public Areas
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You might not know it to look at our bustling cities and towns, but only 17.6 percent of Arizona's lands is privately owned. More than a quarter of Arizona is owned by the state's 21 Indian tribes, while more than half of the Grand Canyon State is held by the federal and state governments and administered through agencies such as the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Arizona Game and Fish Department, and the U.S. Forest Service. Arizona's public lands are the lasting domain of the American people, and thoughtful visitors take great care to preserve and protect them for future generations. When you travel through them, please treat them as you would a precious heirloom: leave artifacts, stones, plants, and animals where they are, and leave no trace of your presence.

Arizona State Parks

Catalina State Park Patagonia Lake State Park Roper Lake State Park Picacho Peak State Park Alamo Lake State Park Lyman Lake State Park Oracle State Park Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park Tonto Natural Bridge State Park Yuma Crossing State Historic Park Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park Buckskin Mountain State Park Lost Dutchman State Park Kartchner Caverns State Park McFarland State Historic Park Tubac Presidio State Historic Park Cattail Cove State Park Lake Havasu State Park Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park Dead Horse Ranch State Park Fool Hollow Lake Recreation Area Fort Verde State Historic Park Homolovi Ruins State Park Jerome State Historic Park Red Rock State Park Slide Rock State Park Riordan Mansion State Historic Park

National Parks
Saguaro National Park Petrified Forest National Park Grand Canyon National Park Coronado National Memorial Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Geezer Rock natural landmark

National Forests
Apache and Sitgreaves National Forests Coconino National Forest Coronado National Forest Kaibab National Forest Prescott National Forest Tonto National Forest Madera Canyon Recreation Area

Arizona Wildlife Areas

Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge Arroyo-Camino Interpretive Garden Sipe White Mountain Wildlife Area Gray Hawk Nature Center Willcox Playa Wildlife Area Grasslands Wildlife Area Mittry Lake Wildlife Area Powers Butte Wildlife Area Upper Verde River Wildlife Area Luna Lake Wildlife Area Enders Wildlife Area - Becker Lake Colorado River Nature Center Quigley Wildlife Area Alamo Lake Wildlife Area Bog Hole Wildlife Area Raymond Ranch Wildlife Area Cluff Ranch Wildlife Area Arlington Wildlife Area Page Springs Fish Hatchery Tonto Creek Fish Hatchery Robbins Butte Wildlife Area Chevelon Canyon Wildlife Area Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area May Memorial Wildlife Area Wenima Wildlife Area Base and Meridian (B&M) Wildlife Area

Arizona Lakes

Parker Canyon Lake Lake Arivaca Pena Blanca Lake Patagonia Lake Rose Canyon Lake Rigg's Flat Lake Roper Lake Dankworth Pond San Carlos Lake Roosevelt Lake Canyon Lake Apache Lake Bartlett Lake Lake Pleasant Saguaro Lake Horseshoe Lake Tempe Town Lake Lake Powell Lake Mead Alamo Lake Big Lake Crescent Lake Lake Havasu Lyman Lake Mormon Lake A-1 Lake Ackre Lake Becker Lake Black Canyon Lake Bog Tank Bootleg Lake Chevelon Canyon Lake Concho Lake Fool Hollow Lake Hulsey Lake Lee Valley Lake Luna Lake Rainbow Lake Show Low Lake Sunrise Lake Tunnel Reservoir Nelson Reservoir Horseshoe Cienega Martinez Lake Mittry Lake Cluff Pond Ashurst Lake Hawley Lake Kinnikinick Lake Lake Mary (Lower) Lake Mary (Upper) Marshall Lake Stoneman Lake

Arizona Hunting Areas

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Public Lands
     You might not know it to look at our bustling cities and towns, but only 17.6 percent of Arizona's lands is privately owned. More than a quarter of Arizona is owned by the state's 21 Indian tribes, while more than half of the Grand Canyon State is held by the federal and state governments and administered through agencies such as the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Arizona Game and Fish Department, and the U.S. Forest Service. Arizona's public lands are the lasting domain of the American people, and thoughtful visitors take great care to preserve and protect them for future generations. When you travel through them, please treat them as you would a precious heirloom: leave artifacts, stones, plants, and animals where they are, and leave no trace of your presence.

BLM
    BLM Arizona administers 12.2 million surface acres of public lands, and another 17.5 million subsurface acres within the state. With 7 field offices throughout the state providing on-the-ground field management, BLM balances recreational, commercial, scientific and cultural interests; striving for long-term protection of renewable and nonrenewable resources, including range, timber, minerals, recreation, watershed, fish and wildlife, wilderness, wild horses and burros, and natural, scenic, scientific and cultural values.

Arizona Game & Fish
    The Arizona Game and Fish Department Mission is to conserve, enhance, and restore Arizona's diverse wildlife resources and habitats through aggressive protection and management programs, and to provide wildlife resources and safe watercraft and off-highway vehicle recreation for the enjoyment, appreciation, and use by present and future generations.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
The Mission of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is to work with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people

USDA Forest Service
    Established in 1905, the Forest Service is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Forest Service manages public lands in national forests and grasslands.

     Gifford Pinchot, the first Chief of the Forest Service, summed up the mission of the Forest Service— "to provide the greatest amount of good for the greatest amount of people in the long run."

     National forests and grasslands encompass 191 million acres (77.3 million hectares) of land, which is an area equivalent to the size of Texas.

Arizona National Forests

National Park Service
     As of 1999 the national park system comprises 379 areas in nearly every state and U.S. possession. In addition to managing these parks—as diverse and far-flung as Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and the Statue of Liberty National Monument—the Park Service supports the preservation of natural and historic places and promotes outdoor recreation outside the system through a range of grant and technical assistance programs. Major emphasis is placed on cooperation and partnerships with other government bodies, foundations, corporations, and other private parties to protect the parks and other significant properties and advance Park Service programs.

    Public opinion surveys have consistently rated the National Park Service among the most popular federal agencies. The high regard in which the national parks and their custodians are held augurs well for philanthropic, corporate, and volunteer support, present from the beginnings of the national park movement but never more vital to its prosperity.

Arizona State Parks
    Arizona State Parks mission is Managing and conserving Arizona's natural, cultural and recreational resources for the benefit of the people, both in our Parks and through our Partnerships.