To ensure public safety along a remote stretch of the historic Camino del Diablo, the management of Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge has closed the eastern portion of the roadway due to impassable road conditions. Until repairs can be made to ensure safe passage through the area, the Refuge has closed 25-miles of the roadway from the eastern boundary of the refuge to the Pinacate Lava Flow to help ensure the safety of the public.
Located along the southern border of the refuge, El Camino del Diablo traverses an area with no facilities. Cellular telephones and other communication systems are usually ineffective in this area as well. For more information on this closure or locations for alternative travel into the refuge, the public may contact the Refuge headquarters at 520-387-6483.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The Service manages the 94-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System which encompasses more than 535 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. It also operates 70 national fish hatcheries, 64 fishery resource offices and 78 ecological services field stations. The agency enforces Federal wildlife laws, administers the Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign governments with their conservation efforts. It also oversees the Federal Aid program that distributes hundreds of millions of dollars in excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment to state fish and wildlife agencies.
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