Hassayampa River Preserve

May 31 (Saturday) we went to Hassayampa River Preserve & Wickenburg for a day trip. HRP is located in 90km northwest of downtown Phoneix, on the west side near Mile Post 114 in US Highway 60. It is a piece of natural sanctuary that is protected and managed by National Conservancy. It is on the Hassayampa River so green plants were grown and wild lives thrived because of the abundant of plants.

According to the guide found in the preserve, 250 different species of birds can be found inside there. We first found a javelina in the path, but were too slow to capture it with the camera.

Inside the preserve, there are 6 different trails, one man-made lake made by the irrigation of water from the river. The temperature was very cool, considering the surrounding landscape was mainly desert.

The office visitor center was a really small, by informative, nice buildings. It had a section talking about the history of the preserve, a section displaying certain specimen of the lives that exists inside the preserve, and a television with VCR to show videos about the nature.

I am glad that Nature Conservancy bought the land and maintained it into the current state. Human had took so much from the nature, it is now our for us to give something to the nature back.