Surface Management Agencies Along the Salt River

The river flows westward through a mountainous area in the Tonto National Forest until it reaches Saguaro Lake.

Along the way, it passes the Sunflower Allotment to the north and the Reavis, Tortilla, Superstition and Goldfield Allotments to the south.

Then it flows west southwest through Goldfield before crossing into BIA land.

The Saguaro WBT overlaps the southern portion of Sunflower but it is inactive, the equivalent of an HA on BLM land.

Sunflower is permitted for cattle according to the ArcGIS viewer.

Reavis, Tortilla and Superstition are vacant and Goldfield has been closed.

In years past, wild horses were spotted around the lake, including the Butcher Jones Recreation Area at the southern edge of Sunflower.

They can also be found at Coon Bluff and the Phon D Sutton Recreation Area, both of which are at the western end of Goldfield.

Robbing forage from Sunflower livestock would be unacceptable but there are probably fences keeping them out of that area so there must be some other reason the advocates are sterilizing the mares with PZP.

Surface Management Agencies Along the Salt River 03-10-25

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