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- 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 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 RecordPowell, Summary While we may view climate change issues as a more global or national problem, our unique Sonoran Desert ecosystem is a recognized global resource; hence climate change is an important…Publication Date 2010
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Pima County
- Southern Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordToday Pima County manages over 230,000 acres of natural areas for conservation due to supportive taxpayers, visionary County leadership, hardworking staff, willing property owners and resourceful…Publication Date 2011
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Pima County
- Southern Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordSue Chilton has lived and worked in the Altar Valley for many years, helping to run the Chilton Ranch and Cattle Company, a historic ranching operation with land at both the northern and southern…Publication Date 1999
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Pima County
- Southern Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis document is made up of numerous resource reports that were submitted to the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan Steering Committee regarding the natural and cultural resources of the Altar Valley…Publication Date 2000
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Pima County
- Southern Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordA synthesis of resource assessments, this report details the unique characteristics that make the Altar Valley of special conservation importance including the highest number of priority vulnerable…Publication Date 2000
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Pima County
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe details of Pima County's acquisition of the Bucklew Farm properties which sit at the northern end of the Altar Valley.Publication Date 2004
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Pima County
- Southern Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis report represents several years of field-based studies performed in Southern Arizona centering on the population dynamics of the Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl. The Altar Valley is among the study…Publication Date 2000
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Pima County
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis document represents a compilation of expert writings by professionals in the field of natural resource management. Chapters address a variety of topics, centering on the ecological and economic…Publication Date 2000
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Pima County
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis article aims to show how communities with severe river flooding can develop sustainable flood plans that remediate environmental problems caused by previous river straightening and other…Publication Date 2005
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Pima County
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: The modern American West is one of the most contested landscapes in the world, yet anthropologists are just beginning to grapple with its dynamic political ecology. Since World War II, the…Publication Date 2007
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- endangered species
- ranching
- United States
- urban sprawl
- Library Collection RecordThis document is the transcript of a presentation given by Thomas Sheridan for one of the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan Steering Committee's Education Sessions. In this presentation Dr.…Publication Date 1999
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- conservation
- open space
- ranching
- United States
- urban planning
- urbanization
- Library Collection RecordThis commentary compares two regions of the United States that differ drastically in physical attributes, but, in the authors' eyes, are united by a common "environment of risk."…Publication Date 2011
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- cultural landscapes
- ranching
- risk environment
- rural anthropology
- social sustainability
- Library Collection RecordApproaching rangelands as working landscapes begins from the premise that people and the environment shape each other over time. Sustainable management is therefore not only an ecological but also a…Publication Date 2007
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- ranching
- United States
- working landscapes
- 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 RecordIn this article, Sayre gives a history of the cattle boom in Southern Arizona, examining its political and environmental impacts.Publication Date 1999
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- cattle
- environmental impacts
- political ecology
- ranching
- Southern Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordA brief opinion piece, this article takes a closer look at the increasingly common policy debate surrounding the urban-rural interface, focusing particularly on the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan…Publication Date 2003
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- open space
- public policy
- ranching
- United States
- urban sprawl
- 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 RecordEXECUTIVE SUMMARY Compared to more productive rangelands, both domestic livestock grazing impacts and grazing management strategies are poorly documented in the scientific literature for the Sonoran…Publication Date 2005
- Arizona
- environmental impact
- grazing
- grazing management strategies
- ranching
- Sonoran Desert
- 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 RecordGeneral information on the endangered cactus and its status in Pima County.
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Coryphantha scheeri
- Pima County
- Pima Pineapple Cactus
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis handout provides a brief description of the Pima Pineapple Cactus, its habitat needs, range, current management strategies and reasons for its decline.
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Coryphantha scheeri
- Pima County
- Pima Pineapple Cactus
- United States
- 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 RecordThe Quivira Coalition has published 28 newsletter since 1997 until switching to a journal format in 2006. The newsletters cover a wide range of topics related to ranching and conservation.
- Arizona
- conservation
- grazing
- 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 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 RecordPart of the National Environmental Policy Act process, this Environmental Impact Statement presents a number of alternative action options related to endangered species management within Pima County…Publication Date 2012
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- endangered species
- National Environmental Policy Act
- natural resource management
- Pima County
- 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 RecordThis document provides answers to some of the more common questions that arise during discussions of the Multi-species Conservation Plan.
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- development
- endangered species
- grazing
- management
- Pima County
- 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 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 RecordPowerful case studies from the borderlands indicate people’s willingness and ability to move beyond simplistic dichotomies of ‘use’ vs. ‘conservation,’ and toward a working West that…Publication Date 1995
- collaboration
- conservation
- grazing
- management
- ranching
- United States
- Library Collection RecordPowerful case studies from the borderlands indicate people’s willingness and ability to move beyond simplistic dichotomies of ‘use’ vs. ‘conservation,’ and toward a working West that…Publication Date 1995
- collaboration
- conservation
- grazing
- management
- ranching
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis presentation provides a brief summary of Feldman's Master's thesis work in the Altar Valley.Publication Date 2013
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- culture
- ranching
- United States
- Library Collection RecordIn this article Kasulaitis follows Eugenio and Angelita Pina and their children as they make a new life for themselves in Southern Arizona in the early 1900s. Typical of the area, ranching and…Publication Date 2006
- Altar Valley
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- farming
- history
- ranching
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAs Kasulaitis puts it, in the early 1800s "Arivaca was a ranch, not a town." The Ortis family had a 8,896 acre land grant that covered most of the valley and raised cattle, but when three…Publication Date 2014
- ranching
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis article continues the story of the Kellner family, opening just as John F. Kellner leases his ranch, and sells the store and boarding house before moving the family to Casa Grande.Publication Date 2011
- ranching
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- 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 RecordAn isolated and beautiful valley located on the west side of the Atascosa Mountains, Bear Valley was first settled by John “Yank†Bartlett who, along with his partner Henry “Hank†Hewitt and…Publication Date 2011
- ranching
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordBefore being purchased by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1985, the Buenos Aires Ranch was home to one of the largest cattle operations in the United States. This article focuses on the Gill…Publication Date 2005
- ranching
- 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 RecordThis webpage provides a brief history of the Chilton family and their historic ranch. Also included on the site is information on the positive impacts of controlled grazing, a lawsuit filed by the…
- ranching
- endangered species
- grazing
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- United States