Ranches and Riparian Conservation Area

I walked 5.3 miles around my neighborhood today, so I am getting back on track.

On the virtual route from San Diego to Washington D.C., this brings me close to Roger's Heaven Sent Ranch, The San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Banderilla Ranch, and Kelsey Canyon.

Roger's Heaven Sent ranch is a ranch for award-winning quarter horses, miniature horses, Angus beef, and organic alfalfa.

(The San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area), where some 40 miles of the upper San Pedro River meanders, was designated by Congress as a Riparian National Conservation Area on November 18, 1988. The primary purpose for the special designation is to protect and enhance the desert riparian ecosystem, a rare remnant of what was once an extensive network of similar riparian systems throughout the American Southwest. One of the most important riparian areas in the United States, the San Pedro River runs through the Chihuahuan Desert and the Sonoran Desert in southeastern Arizona. The river’s stretch is home to more than 80 species of mammals, two native species and several introduced species of fish, more than 40 species of amphibians and reptiles, and 100 species of breeding birds. It also provides invaluable habitat for 250 species of migrant and wintering birds and contains archaeological sites representing the remains of human occupation from 13,000 years ago.

Kelsey Canyon looks like this.