Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge
Surrounded by the Swisshelm Mountains to the north and the Pedregosa Mountains in the south and east, Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge is a year-round home to wildlife.
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Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge Details
Surrounded by the Swisshelm Mountains to the north and the Pedregosa Mountains in the south and east, Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge is a year-round home to wildlife including at least 34 plant and wildlife species that are close to becoming endangered. The 2,770-acre refuge houses a unique velvet ash-cottonwood-black walnut gallery forest, and native fish in the Rio Yaqui watershed. The two-mile Leslie Canyon Trail includes desert grassland and scrub habitats plus an abandoned mine, and is ideal for nature photographers.
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