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STUDY AREA DESCRIPTION
The Study Area for the Superstition Area Land Plan includes 105 square miles.
The area is bordered on the north by the Superstition Wilderness Area, on the
east by the Tonto National Forest,
and by a line a mile southwest and south of U.S. 60.
Regional Context
The SALT study area is located at the eastern edge of
the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area.
The total area of
State Trust Lands
recommended to be set aside for preservation represents a small percentage of the State Trust Lands located
within the surrounding region.
Pinal County could transfer development/density rights from those lands set aside for preserve to State Trust
Lands in the region that are suitable for development.
This type of development/density transfer would increase the economic value of other development-suitable State
Trust Lands, compensating for conservation-suitable lands set aside for preservation.
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