The Central Arizona Highlands

Flagstaff Lab

The Central Arizona Highlands are a distinct biogeographic, climatic, and physiographic province that forms a diverse ecotone between the larger Colorado Plateau to the north and the Sonoran Desert ecoregions to the south.

Climate
Erosion and Sedimentation
Historical Perspective on Central Arizona Water
Watershed Management Research
Prescott Active Management Area
History of Watershed Research in the Central Arizona Highlands (pdf and html versions of a publication by the Forest Service)

Vegetation Types Mixed Conifer Forests	Research Watersheds Seven Springs (Apache-Sitgreaves NF) Thomas Creek (Apache-Sitgreaves NF) Willow Creek (Apache-Sitgreaves NF)
Ponderosa Pine Forests	Beaver Creek Watershed (Coconino NF) Castle Creek (Apache-Sitgreaves NF)
Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands	Beaver Creek Watershed (Coconino NF)
Chaparral Shrublands	Battle Flat Demonstration Area (Prescott NF) Brushy Basin Demonstration Area (Tonto NF) Mingus Mountain Watersheds (Prescott NF) Sierra Ancha Experimental Forest (Tonto NF) Parker Pocket Workman Creek Three-Bar Watersheds (Tonto NF) Whitespar Watersheds (Prescott NF)
Semi-Desert Shrublands	Walnut Gulch - USDA/ARS project (links to outside site)
Grasslands	(no research watersheds)
Riparian Ecosystems	(no research watersheds)

Other Resources:

Baker, Jr., Malchus B., compiler 1999. History of watershed research in the Central Arizona Highlands. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-29. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 56 p.

Vegetation Types

Research Watersheds