El Rio Bonito: An Ethnoecological Study of the Bonita Creek Watershed, Southeastern Arizona
Creators: name: Hadley, Diana
name: Ahlstrom, Richard V.N.
name: Mills, Scott
Publisher: name: Arizona State Office of the Bureau of Land Management
Year: 1993
Subjects: Safford, AZ
Graham (County)
Bonita Creek
San Carlos Apache Reservation
Gila River
Southeastern Arizona Region
Arizona (State / Territory)
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Prehistoric
Mimbres
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Ceremonial Cave
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Old Lady Gay Place
Farrell Place
Colored George's Cabin
Chinaman's Place
Toppy Johnson Place
Honeymoon Cabin
Moore Place
Christensen Place
Safford-Morenci Trail
Pueblo Devol
Bonita Creek Cabin
Jones Ranch
1st Chinamen Place
Serna Place
Ray Claridge's Place
Bianes-Chacon-Baker-Earven-Claridge Ranch
Kearny Campsite
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Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
Agricultural or Herding
Canal or Canal Feature
Archaeological Feature
Corral
Artifact Scatter
Non-Domestic Structures
Fence
Hearth
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
Settlements
Encampment
Hamlet / Village
Domestic Structures
Cave
House
Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features
Pit House / Earth Lodge
Rock Alignment
Rock Art
Trail
Shell
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Ethnoecology
Environment Research
Ethnographic Research
Architectural Documentation
Archaeological Overview
Historic Background Research
Collections Research
Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis

description: The Bureau of Land Management is aware of the evidence for long-term human habitation along Bonita Creek. It has been said that, at times during the last century, Bonita Creek was home to perhaps dozens of families. Details of this period of occupation are, however, wanting. In addition, the town of Safford has been drawing substantial quantities of water from Bonita Creek for many years. How has this history of human use affected the environment of Bonita Creek? To answer this question, the Bureau of Land Management instituted the Bonita Creek Watershed Ethnoecology Study.The goals of this study were set out in the Bureau's solicitation of proposals. This report addresses the ecological condition of the Bonita Creek Watershed since around A.D. 1800. It is concerned with two contiguous study areas. The primary study area is the lower portion of the watershed, south of the San Carlos Apache Reservation. The Bureau of Land Management has the responsibility for the present and future conditions of this area. A secondary study area is the upper watershed, that is, the part on Apache land. In the primary study area, our report deals with specific places (including archaeological sites), peoples, and events. For the secondary study area, the discussion is less site specific; it focuses instead on general patterns of land use.