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- Library Collection RecordThe Elkhorn/Las Delicias Watershed Restoration Demonstration Project (Elk/LD Demo Project) showcases planning, installation, and monitoring of watershed restoration practices in ephemeral arroyos and…Publication Date 2014
- erosion control
- watershed management
- Altar Valley
- Library Collection RecordThis report, based on field investigations completed in 1917, describes the land forms of southwestern Arizona. The authors discuss the processes involved in the production of the present desert…Publication Date 1922
- geology
- desert soils
- Soil formation
- arid soils
- Alluvial soils
- Altar Valley
- Library Collection RecordThis report relates erosion control practices to the broader objective of range conservation. Data was collected in the high summer range of the Manti Forest in central Utah which experiences similar…Publication Date 1918
- erosion
- erosion control
- range management
- Library Collection RecordThis field guide provides extensive examples of soil bio-engineering structures that can be used for slope stabilization including vegetated retaining walls, hedge layering, sodding, gully head…Publication Date 2012
- erosion control
- Erosion control plants
- soil stabilization
- Soil stabilizing plants
- gully erosion
- Library Collection RecordThis research was conducted because of concerns surrounding the fragmentation of Pronghorn habitat in the Big Chino Valley, Arizona. To promote the long-term viability of the resident pronghorn herd…Publication Date 2013
- habitats
- wildlife management
- GIS
- movement
- ecology
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: This document embraces two components. First, a Conservation Assessment describes the current status of the jaguar in the United States, and identifies and assesses risks to the jaguar in…Publication Date 1997
- jaguars
- Arizona
- wildlife conservation
- risk assessment
- Library Collection RecordThis report summarizes the results of the jaguar habitat assessment project and other related activities of the Jaguar Habitat Subcommittee of the AGFD Jaguar Conservation Team.Publication Date 2006
- jaguars
- Arizona
- mapping
- habitats
- Library Collection RecordThis report described the methods used to characterize and map jaguar habitat throughout Arizona and includes numerous maps.Publication Date 2003
- jaguars
- Arizona
- wildlife conservation
- habitats
- Library Collection RecordThis Animal Abstract includes information on the taxonomy, range, biology, population trends, and conservation status of jaguars (Panthera onca) in Arizona.Publication Date 2004
- jaguars
- Arizona
- Panthera onca
- Library Collection Record"A guide to the geology of the area around Brown Canyon in the Baboquivari Mountains of south-central Arizona. The first part introduces some basic geologic principles and concepts to recreate…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordExcerpt from Routes to Desert Watering Places in the Papago Country, Arizona The desert region of the United States forms a great triangle whose base, 800 miles long, is the Mexican border from the…Publication Date 1922
- Library Collection RecordThis document contains pp. 54-59 of the book Arroyos and Environmental Change in the American Southwest. It includes a description of the Altar Wash as of 1976 as well as possible explanations for…Publication Date 1976
- arroyo
- Altar Wash
- channelization
- erosion
- Altar Valley
- Library Collection RecordAbstract A previous report recommended that land cover and land-use change be incorporated into the Pima County Ecological Monitoring Plan (Fonseca 2008). The monitoring plan, currently in the design…Publication Date 2009
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Pima County
- Southern Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordPresents the results of a survey project that seeks to understand the prehistory of the Trincheras culture in northwest Sonora. The 98 sites recorded range from 2,500 B.C. to historic Tohono O'…Publication Date 1993
- Altar Valley
- archaeology
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordSummary not available.Publication Date 1990
- Altar Valley
- archaeology
- Arizona
- Coyote Mountains
- Hohokam
- Native American
- Southern Arizona
- Library Collection RecordSummary not available.Publication Date 1989
- archaeology
- Arizona
- Southwest
- United States
- Library Collection RecordSummary not available. To access this document contact the Arizona Game and Fish department.Publication Date 2003
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- birds of prey
- United States
- Library Collection RecordRanching is as much a part of the West as its wide-open spaces. The mystique of rugged individualism has sustained this activity well past the frontier era and has influenced how we view—and valueâ…Publication Date 2002
- Arizona
- endangered species
- ranching
- Southwest
- United States
- urbanization
- Library Collection RecordThis is the first annual report published on AzGF's inventory of bats on the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge.Publication Date 1993
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- bats
- Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAltar Valley is included in this USGS study examining nitrate and arsenic concentrations in basin-fill aquifers of the southwestern United States.Publication Date 2012
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- arsenic
- nitrates
- United States
- water pollution
- water quality
- Library Collection RecordUsing repeat photography and satellite imagery from the Santa Rita Experimental Range located in Southern Arizona, this chapters describes the vegetation changes that have occurred in the region over…
- Arizona
- Desert Graslands
- invasive species
- repeat photography
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- United States
- woody encroachment
- Library Collection Record"The purpose of this book is to insure a deep appreciation of the eight-valley region in southern Arizona and to raise awareness of the various watershed organizations taking action to improve…Publication Date 2012
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- land management
- land use
- ranching
- United States
- Library Collection RecordWithin these pages are living portraits of fifteen Native American groups of Arizona and northern Mexico. The Navajos, the Western Apaches, the Hualapais, Yavapais, and Havasupais, the Yaquis, the O…Publication Date 1996
- Altar Valley
- American Indians
- Arizona
- southwest United States
- United States
- Library Collection RecordRanching is as much a part of the West as its wide-open spaces. The mystique of rugged individualism has sustained this activity well past the frontier era and has influenced how we view—and valueâ…Publication Date 2006
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
- cattle
- endangered species
- ranching
- restoration
- United States
- urbanization
- Library Collection RecordThis document discusses water quality results for the Brawley Wash pilot surface recharge operations performed from February 1990 through January 1991. The primary goal of the water quality program…Publication Date 1993
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Brawley Wash
- groundwater recharge
- United States
- water quality
- Library Collection RecordThis document provides an anaylsis of the groundwater responses to Brawley Wash pilot recharge operations and includes an introduction to the project, a description of the procedures, and detailed…Publication Date 1993
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Brawley Wash
- groundwater recharge
- United States
- water quality
- Library Collection RecordThis document provides an anaylsis of the groundwater responses to Brawley Wash pilot recharge operations and includes an introduction to the project, a description of the procedures, and detailed…Publication Date 1993
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Brawley Wash
- groundwater recharge
- United States
- water quality
- Library Collection RecordThis interim report presents the results of the hydrogeologic studies performed to date at the Brawley Wash pilot surface recharge site in Pima County, Arizona. Openning with the investigations…Publication Date 1990
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Brawley Wash
- groundwater recharge
- hydrogeological conditions
- soil boring
- United States
- water quality
- Library Collection RecordThis interim report presents the results of the hydrogeologic studies performed to date at the Brawley Wash pilot surface recharge site in Pima County, Arizona. Openning with the investigations…Publication Date 1990
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Brawley Wash
- groundwater recharge
- hydrogeological conditions
- soil boring
- United States
- water quality
- Library Collection RecordThe purpose of this memorandum is to document the evaluation of basin infiltration rates at the Brawley Wash Pilot Project. To accomplish this purpose, this memorandum will discuss the following…Publication Date 1991
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Brawley Wash
- groundwater recharge
- United States
- water quality
- Library Collection RecordThis report provides the results of a pumping test performed at the Brawley Wash Pilot Surface Recharge Site in Pima County, Arizona as well as a brief summary of previous pumping tests, and testing…Publication Date 1990
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Brawley Wash
- groundwater recharge
- United States
- water quality
- Library Collection RecordThis report provides the results of a pumping test performed at the Brawley Wash Pilot Surface Recharge Site in Pima County, Arizona as well as a brief summary of previous pumping tests, and testing…Publication Date 1990
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Brawley Wash
- groundwater recharge
- United States
- water quality
- Library Collection RecordBased on incidents that took place in the southwestern United States and Mexico around 1850, this novel chronicles the crimes of a band of desperados, with a particular focus on one, "the kid,…Publication Date 1985
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordFocuses on the problems and experiences of a small group of Papago Indians who have left the reservation to live in a ghetto in Tucson, Arizona. Source: http://www.worldcat.org/title/yes-is-better-…Publication Date 1977
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Papago Indian Reservation
- Tohono O'Odham Indians
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe arrival of Anglo settlers in the 1870s marked the beginning of major vegetation changes in southeastern Arizona, including an increase in woody plants in rangelands, the degradation of riparian…Publication Date 1991
- Arizona
- Environmental Changes
- human impact
- landscape assessment
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis book examines the "arroyo problem" faced by much of the American Southwest. With many of the chapters focused on conditions in southern California and Arizona, the Altar Valley…Publication Date 1976
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Arroyos
- California
- Entrenchment
- Environmental Changes
- erosion
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis book is the most up to date and thorough account of the natural history of the plants that comprise the most important food crop on Earth, the grasses and grasslands. Source: OCLC WorldCat (http…Publication Date 2009
- grasses
- grassland ecology
- grasslands
- Library Collection RecordWith the Midwest under water, America had a chance to see how effectively it had "improved" its rivers. We've straightened and dredged them, revetted and rerouted them, made massive…Publication Date 1994
- Geomorphology
- river channels
- rivers
- sediment transport
- Library Collection RecordThe mixed grass and shrub vegetation known to scientists as desert grassland is common to the basins and valleys that skirt the mountain ranges throughout southwestern North America, extending from…Publication Date 1995
- desert grasslands
- deserts
- Southwestern United States
- United States
- Library Collection RecordSavannas are ecosytems with a continuous grass layer and scattered trees or shrubs. These lands occupy nearly a third of the earth’s land surface and are an important resource not only in world…Publication Date 1997
- range management
- Savanna ecology
- savannas
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAs a guide to determining historic reference conditions of a landscape, this text makes connections between past and future ecosystems, bringing together leading experts to offer an introduction to…Publication Date 2001
- biotic communities
- conservation
- human ecology
- Library Collection RecordAims to advance the science behind the practice of restoring ecosystems, while exploring ways in which restoration ecology can inform basic ecological questions. This work provides a comprehensive…Publication Date 2006
- restoration ecology
- Library Collection RecordDryland degradation and desertification now affect almost a billion people around the world. Tragically, the biological resources and productivity of millions of acres of land are lost to…Publication Date 2007
- arid ecosystems
- deserts
- restoration ecology
- United States
- Library Collection RecordRangeland ecosystems support half of the world's livestock while also providing habitats for some of the most charismatic of wildlife species. This book examines the pressures on rangeland…Publication Date 2010
- grassland animals
- grazing
- livestock
- range management
- Library Collection Record"There is a story almost totally unknown outside the West, but urgently discussed every day now in the western press: the story of a steadily growing number of local agreements among western…Publication Date 2003
- New Mexico
- ranching
- range management
- rangeland ecology
- United States
- Library Collection RecordBy the mid-1990s, debates over the region's damaged land had devolved into political wrangling, bitter lawsuits, and even death-threats. Those who wanted to work the land and those who wanted to…Publication Date 2008
- Arizona
- conservation
- grassland restoration
- New Mexico
- ranching
- United States
- Library Collection RecordBy the mid-1990s, debates over the region's damaged land had devolved into political wrangling, bitter lawsuits, and even death-threats. Those who wanted to work the land and those who wanted to…Publication Date 2008
- Arizona
- conservation
- grassland restoration
- New Mexico
- ranching
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis book tackles an increasingly crucial question: What can we do about the seemingly intractable challenges confronting all of humanity today, including climate change, global hunger, water…Publication Date 2014
- biodiversity
- carbon sequestration
- climate change
- Composting
- conservation
- no-tillage
- soil carbon
- United States
- water scarcity
- Watershed Restoration
- Library Collection RecordEchoes of the Conquistadores tells the story of the Aguirres family, one of the first families to live in the Altar Valley. The Aguirres played an important role in the valley, running a store, a…Publication Date 1983
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Buenos Aires Ranch
- history
- ranching
- settlement
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAdventures in the Apache Country: A Tour through Arizona and Sonora provides a description of the Arivaca and Altar Valleys as well as the Papagueria.Publication Date 1974
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- cultural resources
- history
- United States