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This lush streamside habitat is home to some of the desert's most spectacular wildlife. Yet many of them have become dangerously imperiled as riparian areas have disappeared from the
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642:Gila County
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814:Bouse Wash
786:Blue River
753:Gila River
705:Salt River
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514:Black Draw
491:Zuni River
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354:33°55′58″N
308:2015-01-19
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262:2008-04-02
222:References
168:Wickenburg
156:Hassayampa
152:Gila River
148:Wickenburg
136:Hasaya:mvo
119:Gila River
743:Ash Creek
607:Oak Creek
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