NFWF Grant Profile

Restore 1,110 acres of riparian and floodplain habitat in the Robbins Butte Wildlife Area in Maricopa County, Arizona to benefit the desert pupfish and galia topminnow, and to provide habitat for the southwestern willow flycatcher, ridgway rail, and western yellow-billed cuckoo. Project will engage high school youth from low-income communities in conservation-focused internships to restore critical areas at the Robbins Butte Wildlife Area in the Rio Reimagined corridor of the Gila River.