Tonto National Monument

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Address:HC02 Box 4602
Roosevelt, AZ 85545
Phone:928-467-2241
Fax:928-467-2225
Web: www.nps.gov/tont/
Size: 1,120 acres.
Established: Proclaimed on December 19, 1907; transferred from Forest Service on August 10, 1933.
Location:110 miles east of Phoenix, Arizona, and 4 miles east of Roosevelt Dam. Accessible via AZ 88/188 west from Globe, AZ 188 east from AZ 87 (Beeline Hwy.), or AZ 88 (Apache Trail) beginning at Apache Junction.
Facilities:Picnic area, rest rooms (é), visitor center (é), museum/exhibit, self-guided tour/trail. Entrance fee required.
Activities:Hiking, ranger-led tours.
Special Features:These well-preserved cliff dwellings were occupied during the 13th, 14th, and early 15th centuries by the Salado Culture who farmed the Salt River Basin.

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We set mist-nets at Montezuma Castle unit, Montezuma Well Unit, Tonto National Monument, and Tuzigoot National Monument (i.e., Tavasci Marsh) 24, 19, 35, and 9 times, respectively, during 2001-2003.

Overall activity (passes/min) at Tonto National Monument differed across vegetational associations ([F.sub.2,105] = 18.37, P < 0.001).

We captured one additional species at Montezuma Castle unit, one at Montezuma Well Unit, and three at Tonto National Monument that were not documented by acoustic monitoring at mist-nets or in vegetational associations.

Occurrence and activity of bats at three national monuments in Central Arizona

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