Pristine Property in Arizona's White Mountains

The Environmental Protection Agency created an article and video describing how Jim Crosswhite, owner of the EC Bar Ranch which includes a three mile section of Nutrioso Creek, participated in the Arizona Department of Environmental Water Quality Improvement Program that resulted in the first instance in Arizona where water quality standards were met due to [...]

The EC Bar Ranch Conservation Easement protects 94 acres of restored riparian habitat along a three-mile stretch of Nutrioso Creek, an important perennial stream and tributary of the Little Colorado River. Nutrioso Creek and the surrounding riparian area provide significant habitat for a variety of fish and wildlife, including several state and federally threatened and [...]

It’s taken Jim Crosswhite almost 15 years to make sure the three-mile section of Nutrioso Creek that runs through his EC Bar Ranch Estates subdivision meets the government’s standards for water quality and aquatic/ wildlife habitat. Now that he has achieved that goal through a lot of hard work, time and money, he is making sure [...]