Arizona
Petrified Forest National Park
Petrified Forest National Park
PO Box 2217
Petrified Forest National Park
AZ 86028
Phone 928
524-6228
Web Site http://www.nps.gov/pefo/
E-mail PEFO_Superintendent@nps.gov
Description 90,000 acres with petrified wood, archaeological sites, Painted desert, fossils, 2 visitor centers, & museum with paelontological collection
Type of Resource
Nature
Primary Focus Park
Field of Study/Science Facility Paleontology
Phoenix
Desert Botanical Garden
1201 North Galvin Parkway
Phoenix AZ 85008
Phone 480 941-1225
Web Site http://www.dbg.org/
Description collection of desert plants includes more than half the cactus, century plant & aloe species in the world, night tours, water & energy conservation
Type of Resource Nature
Primary Focus Garden
Last changed: 02/20/2003
Arizona
Safford
Roper Lake State Park
101 E Roper Lake Road
Safford AZ 85546
Phone 520 428-6760
Web Site http://www.pr.state.az.us/parkhtml/roper.html
Description stocked fishing lake, pond, trails, camping
Type of Resource Nature
Primary Focus Park
Industry /Profession Fishing
New or Updated: 07/01/2003
Show Low
Fool Hollow Lake Recreation Area
1500 N Fool Hollow Lake
Show Low AZ 85901
Phone 928 537-3680
Web Site http://www.pr.state.az.us/parkhtml/foolhollow.html
Description 800 acre camping, fishing & boating area with 150 acre lake
Type of Resource Nature
Primary Focus Park
Kind of Activity Trail
Field of Study/Science Facility Outdoor Recreation
New or Updated: 03/31/2003
Arizona
Superior
Boyce Thompson Arboretum
37615 East US Highway 60
Superior AZ 85273
Phone 520 689-2811
Web Site
Description
Type of Resource
Nature
Field of Study/Science Facility Arboretum
Tempe
SCENE Southwest Center for Education & Natural
Environment
907 S Mill Avenue
ASU Center for
Environmental Studies POS Box 873211
Tempe AZ 85287
Phone 602 965-4179
Web Site
Description Environmental education, library, habitat restoration
Type of Resource Nature
Research /Reading Library
Last changed: 03/17/2003
AZ
Tucson
Tucson
Botanical Gardens
2150 N Alvernon Way
Tucson
AZ
85712
Phone
520 326-9686
Web Site
www.tucsonbotanical.org
Description
Historical, herb, cactus * succulent, xeriscape,
butterfly, Native
American
Crop, wildflower gardens & more
Type of
Resource
Nature
Primary
Focus Garden
Field of
Study/Science Facility
Botanical
New or
Updated: 11/7/2006 Wenden
Alamo Lake State Park
PO Box 38
Wenden AZ 85357
Phone 928 669-2088
Web Site http://www.pr.state.az.us/parkhtml/alamo.html
Description lake in the desert, camping, fishing
Type of Resource Nature
Primary Focus Park
New or Updated: 07/02/2003
Arizona
Winslow
Homolovi Ruins State Park
N Highway 87
Winslow AZ 86047
Phone 520 289-4106
Web Site http://www.pr.state.az.us/parkhtml/homolovi.html
E-mail mailto:homolovi@pr.state.az.us
Description
state run archaeological park with over 340 sites on 4500 acres, visitor center
Type of Resource
Natre
Primary Focus Park
Field of Study/Science Facility Archaeology
Group Identity Native American
Era 1200-1425 |
