In developing this plan, the BLM coordinated with agencies and governments including Prescott National Forest, Tonto National Forest, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Luke Air Force Base, Federal Highway Administration, Arizona Department of Transportation ( ADOT ), Arizona Game and Fish Department ( AGFD ), Arizona State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), Maricopa County, Yavapai County, City of Phoenix, Town of Wickenburg, Town of Buckeye, and City of Peoria.

The BLM initiated consultation with American Indian tribes who have oral traditions or cultural concerns relating to the planning area, or who are documented as having occupied or used portions of the area during prehistoric or historic times. These tribes include the Hopi Tribe, Yavapai Prescott Indian Tribe, Yavapai-Apache Tribe at Camp Verde, Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Gila River Indian Community, Ak-Chin Indian Community, Tohono O’odham Nation, Colorado River Indian Tribes, and Fort Mojave Indian Tribe. Follow-up meetings were conducted, at their request, with the Hopi Tribe, Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe, and the Four Southern Tribes cultural resources group (representing the Salt River, Gila River, Ak-Chin, and Tohono O’odham tribes).