Services, Getting There Supplies: Beaver Dam State Park to SW Hikes & Trails Related Areas Map Information Tunnel Spring Map (PDF) |
Wilderness Area Status Designated Wilderness Area Management Managing Agency: Bureau of Land Management Area Description Tunnel Springs Wilderness is a land of steep, mountainous canyons, long ridges and rough drainages. Various kinds of volcanic rocks predominate. Located at the head of Beaver Dam Wash, its elevations range from 5,000 to 6,700 feet. Vegetation is mostly pinyon-juniper and sagebrush. The climate is semiarid, with cold winters and hot summers. Fish Recreation Miscellaneous Wildlife Cougars and a variety of raptors frequent the area. The birds include: ferruginous hawk, Swainson's hawk, southern spotted owl, long-billed curlew, mountain plover, western snowy plover, western yellow-billed cuckoo, white-faced biis, Arizona Bell's vireo. Rodents: Merriam's kangaroo rat. Fish: Virgin River spinedance, speckled dace and desert sucker may inhabit Beaver Dam Creek. This wilderness is a component of the Bureau of Land Management's National Conservation Lands. Wildlife: |
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