Milpitas Wash Wilderness

Milpitas Wash Wilderness is a protected wilderness area to the south of the Palo Verde Mountains and to the west of Cibola National Wildlife Refuge and the Colorado River in Imperial County, California. Established in 2019 by the U.S. Congress, the area is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Wildlife includes the desert tortoise, mountain lion, long-eared owl, leaf nosed bat, Merriam's and desert kangaroo rat, long-tailed and little pocket mice, Bullock's and hooded orioles, towhees, white-crowned sparrow, Brewer's sparrow, warbler, black-headed grosbeak, diamondback rattlesnake, and the endangered Gila woodpecker. Home to the largest Sonoran desert woodland in North America, trees in Milpitas Wash include mesquite, acacia, palo verde, and ironwood.[1]

Milpitas Wash Wilderness
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)
Location	Imperial County, California, USA
Nearest city	Blythe, CA
Coordinates	33.1043005°N 114.9604996°W / 33.1043005; -114.9604996
Area	17,250 acres (70 km2)
Established	2019 (2019)
Governing body	U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management