Private

• 62.6% of the land is held privately.
• The largest concentration of private lands is along Highway 191, the major route through the basin.
• This basin contains the largest percentage of private land ownership of any basin in the planning area. 
• Primary land uses are farming, domestic, commercial and mining.

State Trust

• 32.1% of the land in this basin is held in trust for public schools and 13 other beneficiaries under the State Trust Land system.
• State land ownership in this basin is relatively fragmented.
• Primary land use is grazing.

U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

• 3.8% of land is federally owned and managed by the Safford Office of the BLM.
• BLM lands are interspersed throughout the private and state owned lands in this basin and there is little continuity.
• Primary land use is grazing.

National Forest

• 0.7% of land is federally owned and managed by the United States Forest Service (USFS). 
• All forest lands in the basin are in the Douglas Ranger District of the Coronado National Forest.
• Primary land uses are recreation, grazing and timber production.

Wildlife Refuge

• 0.4% of land is federally owned and managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).
• All USFWS lands are within the Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge.  The refuge also includes private and state trust lands.
• Primary land uses are wildlife protection and recreation.

Other

• 0.4% of land is state owned and managed by the Arizona Game and Fish Department.
• All Game and Fish lands are within the Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area.
• Primary land uses are wildlife protection and recreation.

U.S. Military

• 0.1% of the land is federally owned and managed by the U.S. Military.
• Primary land use is for military activities.