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- Library Collection RecordIn 1969 Congress passed The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), a statute that substantially altered the manner in which agencies of the U.S. government make decisions regarding projects that…Publication Date 2013
- environment
- policies
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe NRCS Photo Gallery contains natural resource and conservation related photos from across the USA. The Gallery is a joint project between NRCS Conservation Communications and the NRCS Information…Publication Date 2013
- natural resources
- photography
- conservation
- United States
- Library Collection RecordA collection of plant images by scientific and common name.Publication Date 2013
- plants
- photography
- United States
- Library Collection RecordABSTRACT: Residents of the region just north of the U.S.-Mexico border experience migration and smuggling activities through constantly changing found objects on the desert landscape--a pair of…Publication Date 2013
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Border Enforcement
- cultural impact
- human activity
- illegal immigration
- litter
- United States
- Library Collection RecordUsing Science to Improve the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program: A Way Forward reviews the science that underpins the Bureau of Land Management's oversight of free-ranging horses and burros on…Publication Date 2013
- herbivory
- appropriate management level
- Fertility Management
- genetic diversity
- United States
- Western United States
- wild burros
- wild horses
- Library Collection RecordA chronological overview of significant events related to the Mexican Wolf Recovery Program. Â Last updated in July 2013.Publication Date 2013
- wolves
- Arizona
- Mexican gray wolf
- New Mexico
- Southwest
- United States
- wildlife management
- Wolf management
- wolf reintroduction
- Library Collection RecordThis article briefly details some of the tribe's objections to the Sierrita pipeline project which would run through the Altar Valley.Publication Date 2013
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- cultural sites
- development
- United States
- Library Collection RecordGrasslands of the Sky Islands region once covered over 13 million acres in southeastern Arizona and adjacent portions of New Mexico, Sonora, and Chihuahua. Roughly two-thirds of these remain as…Publication Date 2013
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Desert Graslands
- grassland restoration
- New Mexico
- United States
- Vegetation Change
- Library Collection RecordDiscussing the major themes and political tensions of the 1960s and 70s, Mary Kasulaitis tells us the story of Arivaca in the late sixties as "the hippies" began to arrive, focusing in on…Publication Date 2013
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordWilliam M. Marteny and his family settled at the headwaters of Arivaca Creek, filing for a homestead while trading cattle and horses. In 1919 Marteny sold the homestead, purchasing the Robles Ranch…Publication Date 2013
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordIn 1952 Don Rowley purchased the Rancho Seco from Peggy and Jack Rubel, establishing the Carrow Cattle Company several years later after acquiring additional parcels. After his death, his sons sold a…Publication Date 2013
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAn updated and revised version of an article published in 2010, Mary Kasulaitis presents us with a brief biography of some of the doctors who called the Arivaca area home between 1860 and 1940, many…Publication Date 2013
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis article tells the story of Lucretia Roberts, the first female deputy sheriff in the state. Lucretia was elected to office in 1912 in Canelo, Arizona.Publication Date 2013
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Law enforcement
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis article tells the story of the Santa Lucia Ranch and the people who called it home. Originally homesteaded by Gabriel E. Angulo, Jr. in 1921, the Santa Lucia was located near the confluence of…Publication Date 2013
- ranching
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordIn this featured article, Bree Collins explores the role the ranching community plays in environmental stewardship in the Southwest. Touching on the issues of endangered species protection, the…Publication Date 2013
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- conservation
- endangered species
- energy development
- New Mexico
- Ranching Economy
- United States
- wildfire
- Library Collection RecordLamar Smith, a retired professor of rangeland management, explains what variability in rangeland ecosystems is and how it affects the monitoring data that you may be collecting. Source: Autonomy…Publication Date 2012
- United States
- variation
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: CBP proposes to maintain and repair existing tactical infrastructure along the U.S./Mexico international border in Arizona. The existing tactical infrastructure includes fences and gates…Publication Date 2012
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Border Enforcement
- Environmental Impact Statement
- masked bobwhite quail
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: CBP proposes to maintain and repair existing tactical infrastructure along the U.S./Mexico international border in Arizona. The existing tactical infrastructure includes fences and gates…Publication Date 2012
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Border Enforcement
- Environmental Impact Statement
- masked bobwhite quail
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: CBP proposes to maintain and repair existing tactical infrastructure along the U.S./Mexico international border in Arizona. The existing tactical infrastructure includes fences and gates…Publication Date 2012
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Border Enforcement
- Environmental Impact Statement
- masked bobwhite quail
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis memorandum discusses the proposed designation of Critical Habitat as required by the Endangered Species Act for the jaguar in Pima County.Publication Date 2012
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Critical Habitat
- endangered species
- Endangered Species Act
- Jaguar
- Pima County
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis Image Gallery is provided as a complimentary source of high quality digital photographs available from the Agricultural Research Service Information Staff. Source: USDA Agricultural Research…Publication Date 2012
- agriculture
- agricultural research
- photography
- Agricultural services
- United States
- Library Collection RecordKaren Hickman of Oklahoma State University takes us on a tour of the TNC's Tall Grass Prairie reserve. She explains the relations between historical Bison grazing, periodic fire, and drought in…Publication Date 2012
- grasslands
- fire ecology
- fires
- invasive species
- Oklahoma
- United States
- Library Collection RecordKaren Hickman of Oklahoma State University gives an up close and personal look at a wildfire raging across her family's land. With her background in range ecology, it is the perfect opportunity…Publication Date 2012
- wildfires
- grasslands
- Oklahoma
- United States
- Library Collection RecordPat Johnson and Roger Gates of South Dakota State University explain how to correctly estimate utilization of forage in a rangeland setting. Source: Autonomy ProductionsPublication Date 2012
- utilization
- forage
- grazing
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis article follows the Ronstadts, a prominent family in early Southern Arizona history, from Frederick Augustus Ronstadt's arrival in Mexico in the 1850s to the present day.Publication Date 2012
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordSome ecosystems in North America have been so radically transformed by human activity, that they have often been described as domesticated. Chris Call of Utah State University examines how cheatgrass…Publication Date 2012
- range management
- sagebrush
- juniper
- Bromus tectorum
- cheatgrass
- United States
- woody encroachment
- Library Collection RecordThis article provides a brief overview of what life was like in Arivaca from its early years in the 1860s to 1912 when Arizona gained statehood.Publication Date 2012
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis article provides a brief overview of what life was like in Arivaca after 1912. Arivaca was essentially a company town of the Arivaca Land and Cattle Company (ALCC). The ALCC owned the town store…Publication Date 2012
- ranching
- history
- cattle
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordIn this installment of Arivaca Yesterdays Mary Kasulaitis investigates the question of Arivaca's origins through a dissection of "Harvey's Historic Hyperbole," a claim made by…Publication Date 2012
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis article provides the background for the construction of Ruby Road and details the politics surrounding its placement and maintenance over the years. As with many of the road projects in the late…Publication Date 2012
- mining
- road construction
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordEarly in 1896 the owners of the Montana Mine requested the contruction or repair of a road over which they could haul ore. This led Pima County to declare the road from Amado to Oro Blanco a County…Publication Date 2012
- road construction
- erosion
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis article provides an overview of the notable events of 1918 including the filming of two westerns, The Trail to Yesterday and The Light of Western Stars, the drafting of several Arivaca residents…Publication Date 2012
- Altar Valley
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- history
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis article provides a brief history of several major roads in the Altar Valley from the initial community-led push for the development of improved roads to facilitate use of the newly available…Publication Date 2012
- Altar Valley
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- erosion
- history
- road construction
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis article provides a brief but entertaining overview of life in the Arivaca area in 1917. Many of the more exciting events were born of the tensions surrounding the impending prohibition of…Publication Date 2012
- Altar Valley
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- history
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAround the world, grasslands systems are converting into woody shrubland systems. In southern New Mexico, a combination of federal, state, and scientific agencies and institutions have teamed up to…Publication Date 2012
- ecological restoration
- grassland restoration
- New Mexico
- shrub encroachment
- United States
- Library Collection RecordWhile finalizing the Multi-species Conservation Plan (MSCP), Pima County created this 18 page summary to enhance the public's understanding of the extensive plan. The MSCP was created to…Publication Date 2012
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- conservation
- endangered species
- Endangered Species Act
- National Environmental Policy Act
- Pima County
- United States
- Library Collection RecordRangelands are dynamic ecosystems that produce a wide variety of goods and services desired by society, including livestock forage, wildlife habitat, water, mineral resources, wood products,…Publication Date 2012
- classification
- ecology
- succession
- disturbance
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe City of Tucson owns 21,000 acres within Avra Valley which sits west of the City limits and supports several federally recognized species. In order to comply with the Endangered Species Act, the…Publication Date 2012
- Arizona
- Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
- Desert Tortoise
- endangered species
- lesser long-nosed bat
- pale Townsend's big-eared bat
- Tucson shovel-nose snake
- United States
- western burrowing owl
- western yellow-billed cuckoo
- Library Collection RecordThis poster presents the findings of a study that examined the relationship between perennial grass biomass and mesquite density on the Santa Rita Experimental Range in southern Arizona. The study…Publication Date 2012
- Arizona
- mesquite
- Percent Cover
- perennial grass
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 requires the USDA Forest Service to conduct assessments of resource conditions. This report fulfills that need and focuses on quantifying extent,…Publication Date 2012
- remote sensing
- grazing
- livestock
- rangeland health
- Renewable Resources Planning Act
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis biological opinion was issued in response to a request for formal consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regarding the potential impacts resulting from the proposed Multi-Unit Burn…Publication Date 2012
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Chiricahua leopard frog
- Colinus virginianus ridgwayi
- Coryphantha scheeri var. robustispina
- endangered species
- Endangered Species Act
- masked bobwhite quail
- Pima Pineapple Cactus
- Rana chiricahuensis
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract The rangeland science profession in the United States has its roots in the widespread overgrazing and concurrent severe droughts of the late 19th century. These drivers contributed to…Publication Date 2012
- applied science
- Arizona
- ecosystem management
- range science history
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: CBP proposes to maintain and repair existing tactical infrastructure along the U.S./Mexico international border in Arizona. The existing tactical infrastructure includes fences and gates,…Publication Date 2012
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Border Enforcement
- environmental impacts
- illegal immigration
- NEPA
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: CBP proposes to maintain and repair existing tactical infrastructure along the U.S./Mexico international border in Arizona. The existing tactical infrastructure includes fences and gates,…Publication Date 2012
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Border Enforcement
- environmental impacts
- illegal immigration
- NEPA
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis document includes the Biological Opinion issued by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service regarding the potential impacts of the proposed multi-unit burn plan on species of concern within…Publication Date 2012
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Chiricahua leopard frog
- endangered species
- Endangered Species Act
- masked bobwhite
- Pima Pineapple Cactus
- prescribed fire
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: CBP proposes to maintain and repair existing tactical infrastructure along the U.S./Mexico international border in Arizona. The existing tactical infrastructure includes fences and gates,…Publication Date 2012
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Border Enforcement
- environmental impacts
- illegal immigration
- NEPA
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis guide provides basic information about wetlands in an effort to support enhanced understanding and cooperation between land management professionals and landowners. It includes reference…Publication Date 2012
- New Mexico
- United States
- wetland ecology
- wetland management
- Library Collection RecordLamar Smith, a retired range professor, dips into his vast knowledge of geology and ecology to explain how patterns on soil and plants develop across the landscape and how this "ecological sites…Publication Date 2012
- ecological sites
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis narrated powerpoint presentation summarizes a study that centers on aspens as an indicator species of landscape-level ecological conditions.Publication Date 2012
- Aspen
- United States
- Library Collection RecordPat Johnson and Roger Gates of South Dakota State University explain how to correctly measure species frequency in a rangeland setting. Source: Autonomy ProductionsPublication Date 2012
- United States