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- Library Collection RecordWatersheds are complex systems that are influenced by many factors including geomorphology, climate, soil, vegetation, and land management. Due to this complexity, a watershed assessment that…Publication Date 2017
- watershed management
- greenline
- intermittent stream
- plant species composition
- rangeland health
- riparian
- Library Collection RecordIn this publication, we will walk through the steps of an easy to use framework that will help you develop a contingency plan for drought and any other ranching or natural…Publication Date 2017
- drought
- management
- climate
- rangelands
- contingency plan
- Library Collection RecordJust as identifying plants is the baseline skill for rangeland professionals, the ability to assess the condition of grazing livestock by observing them is critical to their…Publication Date 2017
- cattle
- body condition
- Library Collection RecordModern range scientists and managers are tasked with feeding more people than ever before while maintaining or improving the ecological function of over half of the world's land surface. Often, these…Publication Date 2017
- Grazing Cattle
- mixed grass prairie
- Wheatgrass
- plant community composition
- prairie dog
- ecological site
- Library Collection RecordObituary for Pete Phelps.Publication Date 2017
- Library Collection RecordThis technical reference (TR) provides instructions for the application of the PFC protocol. It is not intended to serve as a textbook addressing every aspect of stream and riparian function and…Publication Date 2017
- Library Collection RecordThis study looks at the cost and return estimates for typical cow/calf operations in each of the five ranching regions of Arizona.Publication Date 2017
- Arizona
- ranching
- budgets
- economics
- investment
- assets
- Library Collection RecordThe redeveloped DroughtView is a web-based decision-support tool that combines satellite-derived measures of surface greenness with additional geospatial data so that users can visualize and evaluate…Publication Date 2017
- drought
- monitoring
- assessment
- satellite imagery
- Library Collection RecordKnowing how much and when precipitation fell in your pasture, allotment or land management unit is a key variable for sound decision making and requires collecting precipitation data directly at…Publication Date 2017
- rain gauges
- precipitation
- monitoring
- Best Practices
- best management practice (BMP)
- Library Collection RecordThe University of Arizona Cooperative Extension participated in cooperative efforts to monitor rangeland recovery and assess forage availability after the Wallow Fire that provided critical…Publication Date 2017
- wildfires
- GIS
- economic analysis
- grazing
- USFS
- Library Collection RecordNowhere in the United States are there more rare and unusual native plants than in Arizona. Most of them are many years old and cannot be replaced. Many people desire to use these "wonders of…Publication Date 2016
- protected species
- plants
- endangered species
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordSurface coal mining has taken place in North Dakota for many decades. Upon the mining process, the mined lands need to be reclaimed to a better state than pre-mining. The reclamation process is a…Publication Date 2016
- soil compaction
- reclaimed mineland
- vegetative composition
- reclamation
- surface coal mine
- heterogeneity
- Library Collection Record
63 Easements
Easements are the right to use the land of another for a special purpose. Unlike a lease, an easement does not give the holder a right of “possession†of the property, only a right of use.Publication Date 2016- easement
- conservation easements
- Library Collection Record"The overall goal of the Pima County MSCP is to balance the need to comply with the ESA while allowing for the future growth of the built environment. The biological goal of the Pima County MSCP…Publication Date 2016
- land management
- Library Collection RecordPlant Materials Technical Note No. 66. This technical note is a useful summary of information about rangeland fuel breaks based on current science and lessons learned in practice. Written for…Publication Date 2016
- wildfires
- fuels
- sagebrush
- greenstrip
- plant materials
- fuel break
- Great Basin
- Library Collection RecordThis article details the capture of Macho B, a male jaguar, in the Atascosa Mountains of Arizona on February 18, 2009 and the controversy that followed his death from capture-related stress less than…Publication Date 2016
- endangered species
- jaguars
- Arizona
- Endangered Species Act
- Library Collection RecordBrine is a by-product of oil and gas extraction that can have profound impacts on soil chemistry and vegetation assemblages when discharged onto the soil surface. Brine spill remediation aims to…Publication Date 2016
- brine
- remediation
- electrical conductivity
- topsoil excavation
- chemical amendment
- Halophytic Plants
- Glycophytic Grasses
- vegetation recovery
- Library Collection RecordA factsheet-style overview of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) intended for rangeland users. Contains information on how the ESA applies to private lands, what landowners can do to prevent or prepare…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordUtilization has been an important “tool†in range management since its beginnings. On the surface the concept appears simple, referring to the percentage of current forage removed by…Publication Date 2016
- livestock
- forage
- monitoring
- Library Collection RecordIn this memorandum to the Pima County Board of Supervisors, C.H. Huckelberry, the current Pima County Administrator, clarifies the County's perspective on the continuation of ranching activities…Publication Date 2016
- endangered species
- ranching
- Endangered Species Act
- open space
- Library Collection RecordThis booklet explains the purpose and benefits of the Multi-Species Conservation Plan (MSCP) and the Section 10 permit that Pima County applied for with the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Maps of the…Publication Date 2016
- endangered species
- development
- permits
- Endangered Species Act
- Library Collection RecordA knowledge of the functions of the roots, stems and leaves of grass plants is of value to continued, profitable range manaegment since grasses are living organisms, they are affected by all…Publication Date 2016
- grasses
- plants
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordAfter providing a brief introduction to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the Section 10 permitting process, this memorandum continues on to detail the origins and successes of the Sonoran Desert…Publication Date 2016
- endangered species
- land management
- Endangered Species Act
- mitigation
- Library Collection RecordIn Arizona, invasive and noxious plants have a significant impact on native vegetation and ecosystem health. Because invasive plants are competitive against native plants, once invasive plants…Publication Date 2016
- invasive species
- invasives
- acreage
- Arizona
- vegetation
- Small Landowners
- Library Collection RecordThe Southwest is considered to be one of the most “climate-challenged†landscapes in the United States (Garfin et al. 2013) and the Colorado Plateau will not be exempt from the impacts of a…Publication Date 2016
- climate
- drought
- adaptation
- monitoring
- Library Collection RecordLand managers are responsible for developing effective strategies for conserving and restoring Great Basin ecosystems in the face of invasive species, conifer expansion, and altered fire regimes. A…Publication Date 2016
- invasive species
- Annual Plants
- conifers
- wildfires
- grazing management
- fuels
- Seeding (seed)
- sagebrush
- aspen (tree)
- Great Basin
- Library Collection RecordPurpose: To outline important considerations and options for post-fire seeding, including the selection of seed mixes and seeding equipment for restoring sagebrush communities following fire. The…Publication Date 2016
- Seeding (seed)
- sagebrush
- Rehabilitation of natural resources
- Sagebrush community
- Great Basin
- Library Collection RecordFoot and mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious viral disease that primarily affects cloven-hooved livestock and wildlife. Although adult animals generally recover, the morbidity rate is very…Publication Date 2015
- Library Collection RecordTo provide managers with tools and strategies to reestablish perennial-dominated plant communities in medusahead-invaded sagebrush rangelands.Publication Date 2015
- reseeding
- perennials
- invasive species
- Rehabilitation of natural resources
- sagebrush
- medusahead
- Library Collection RecordPurpose: To provide land managers with a brief summary of the effects of conifer expansion and infill in sagebrush ecosystems and of potential management strategies.Publication Date 2015
- sagebrush
- Rehabilitation of natural resources
- conifers
- Brush Removal
- Library Collection RecordPurpose: To provide a framework for the placement, use, and effectiveness of established fuel breaks for protecting sagebrush ecosystems.Publication Date 2015
- Fire Prevention
- sagebrush
- fuel break
- Great Basin
- Library Collection RecordPurpose: Wind erosion is a problem in Great Basin shrublands, particularly following large wildfires or other disturbances that remove the protective cover plants provide to soil. This fact sheet…Publication Date 2015
- wind erosion
- wildfires
- sagebrush
- Great Basin
- Library Collection RecordPurpose: To provide guidelines for maintaining productive sagebrush steppe communities in grazed areas after fire. The focus is on plant communities that, prior to fire, were largely intact and had…Publication Date 2015
- grazing management
- wildfires
- Great Basin
- Library Collection RecordThis timeline includes the dates of major events that have affected the Altar Valley watershed.Publication Date 2015
- watershed management
- Altar Valley
- Library Collection RecordThis document sets out to evaluate the potential for treating 230 acres of abandoned farmland in the Northern Altar Wash Project Area and contains an assessment of treatment techniques used in the…Publication Date 2015
- erosion control
- revegetation
- floodplains
- desert soils
- Library Collection RecordThis tour takes participants to several stops throughout the Altar Valley including the Contest Well, the San Simone Fan Structure, the Timber Draw Dam Site,the Goat Well Drop Structure, and the San…Publication Date 2015
- watershed management
- erosion control
- grassland management
- Library Collection RecordTo provide managers with strategies to reduce the spread and impact of medusahead.Publication Date 2015
- invasive species
- Annual Weeds
- medusahead
- spread
- Library Collection RecordPurpose: Bareroot or container seedlings can be used to quickly re-establish big sagebrush and other native shrubs in situations where direct seeding is not feasible or unlikely to succeed.…Publication Date 2015
- Library Collection RecordPurpose: To define wildland fuels and review some of the approaches used to assess fuel loads in Great Basin ecosystems. Assessing wildland fuel loading is important for quantifying potential fire…Publication Date 2015
- fuels
- sagebrush
- juniper
- wildfires
- Great Basin
- PJ
- pinyon-juniper
- Library Collection RecordPurpose: To provide land managers with state-of-the-art information on the establishment of big sagebrush through direct seeding.Publication Date 2015
- Seeding (seed)
- sagebrush
- Great Basin
- Intermountain West
- Library Collection RecordPurpose: To provide an overview of the immediate and short-term hydrologic impacts of fire on infiltration, runoff, and erosion by water, and of the effectiveness of various mitigation treatments in…Publication Date 2015
- erosion
- wildfires
- sagebrush
- runoff
- Great Basin
- Library Collection RecordPurpose: To provide land managers with information that can help them identify different aspen types, assess the condition of aspen stands, and prioritize stands for restoration using appropriate…Publication Date 2015
- aspen (tree)
- management
- Great Basin
- Library Collection RecordThis map depicts the predicted distribution of jaguars (Panthera onca) in Arizona and includes the locations of recent sightings.Publication Date 2015
- distribution
- jaguars
- Arizona
- Panthera onca
- Library Collection RecordOn Saturday 17 October 2015, over 60 people attended the 12th Annual RISE (Research Insights in Semi-Arid Environments) Symposium in the Marley Building on the University of Arizona (UA) campus (http…Publication Date 2015
- Library Collection RecordIn any supplementation program, it is essential that the forage resource be stocked in such a manner so there is adequate forage quantity available per animal unit. If forage quantity is insufficient…Publication Date 2015
- nutritive value
- forage
- Arizona
- supplements
- nutrition
- cows
- Library Collection RecordNutritional challenges placed upon the lactating cow can be extreme in Arizona. One challenge placed upon the cow is the extra nutritional requirements caused by lactation. Figure 1 illustrates the…Publication Date 2015
- Nutritional disorders
- nutrition
- reproduction
- Arizona
- Challenges
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2015
- Library Collection RecordDescription not available.Publication Date 2015
- water quality
- Library Collection RecordPurpose: To discuss consequences and options for woody plant fuel reduction in Wyoming big sagebrush plant communities of the Intermountain West.Publication Date 2015
- fuels
- woody plants
- wildfires
- sagebrush
- Great Basin
- Wyoming big sagebrush
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2015
- browse plants
- Arizona
- rangelands
- nutrition
- Browsers
- characteristics