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- Library Collection RecordThis document serves as the final report to the Arizona Department of Water Resources on a restoration project undertaken along the Puerto Cito Wash. The project involved the construction of gabions…Publication Date 1999
- erosion control
- revegetation
- restoration
- Library Collection RecordThis presentation includes photos from 1999 and 2015 of gabions constructed in the Altar Valley located south of Tucson, Arizona.Publication Date 2015
- erosion control
- Altar Valley
- 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 document presents several options for restoration projects along Brawley Wash in the Altar Valley. The main objective of the study was to develop alternatives to control erosion along the…Publication Date 1992
- erosion control
- watershed management
- Altar Valley
- Library Collection RecordThis document includes maps of vegetation cover, precipitation, land ownership, air quality, and other landscape components in the Altar Valley from the Rapid Watershed Assessment (RWA) for the…Publication Date 2008
- watershed management
- erosion control
- Altar Valley
- Library Collection RecordThe proceedings of the High Altitude Revegetation Workshop include various articles presented at the conference regarding oil, gas, and mining reclamation, wetland and riparian area concerns,…Publication Date 2008
- revegetation
- reclamation
- invasive species
- mining
- erosion control
- Soil improvement
- Library Collection RecordThis short presentation includes a description of the drop structure installed on Greenbush draw at Naco, Arizona and includes several photos of the erosion control structure and the surrounding…Publication Date 2015
- erosion control
- riparian vegetation
- Library Collection RecordWorld Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT) is focused on the development and dissemination of sustainable land management (SLM) practices. The organization is recognized by…Publication Date 2015
- sustainable land management
- erosion control
- Sustainable development
- sustainable agriculture
- management techniques
- Best Practices
- 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 RecordAbstract: Gully erosion attracts increasing attention from scientists as reflected by two recent international meetings [Poesen and Valentin (Eds.), Catena 50 (2–4), 87–564; Li et al., 2004.…Publication Date 2005
- gully erosion
- land use
- Sediment
- soil crusts
- erosion control
- Reservoirs
- 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 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 RecordIn this letter, Steve Carson gives a brief overview of the history of roads in the West and the role they have played in altering watershed dynamics. With the widespread damage to watersheds that…Publication Date 2014
- erosion control
- drainage systems
- road construction
- watershed management
- Library Collection RecordThis document details Sierrita Gas Pipeline LLC's plan to mitigate impacts within the project area resulting from construction. Short-term goals include minimizing erosion and sedimentation…Publication Date 2014
- reclamation
- erosion control
- revegetation
- endangered species
- Altar Valley
- Library Collection RecordThis press release covers an agreement signed by the Altar Valley Conservation Alliance (Alliance) and Sierrita Gas Pipeline, LLC (Sierrita) regarding the Sierrita Lateral Pipeline Project in Altar…Publication Date 2014
- erosion control
- revegetation
- ecological restoration
- Library Collection RecordThis proposal outlines several projects aimed at evaluating the impacts of the Sierrita Gas Pipeline on vegetation, erosion, and the geomorphic characteristics of washes bisected by the construction.Publication Date 2014
- revegetation
- erosion control
- reclamation
- Pima Pineapple Cactus
- ecological restoration
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: This paper describes a partnership of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), the University of Arizona, and the Arizona Department of Water Resources…
- watershed management
- erosion control
- restoration
- Library Collection RecordThis article gives a brief overview of the social, ecological and managerial concerns surrounding Jaguar conservation along the U.S./Mexico border.Publication Date 2003
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- conservation
- Jaguar
- New Mexico
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis article describes Ranch Road Workshops led by Bill Zeedyk and hosted by the Quivira Collalition, as well as some of the water harvesting techniques they cover.Publication Date 2007
- erosion control
- New Mexico
- United States
- water harvesting
- Library Collection RecordThis book addresses the construction and maintenance of unpaved rural roads including strategies, techniques and practices for dealing with problems frequently encountered by landowners,…Publication Date 2006
- erosion control
- New Mexico
- soil erosion
- United States
- water harvesting
- Library Collection RecordThis book addresses the construction and maintenance of unpaved rural roads including strategies, techniques and practices for dealing with problems frequently encountered by landowners,…Publication Date 2006
- erosion control
- New Mexico
- soil erosion
- United States
- water harvesting
- Library Collection RecordThis book addresses the construction and maintenance of unpaved rural roads including strategies, techniques and practices for dealing with problems frequently encountered by landowners,…Publication Date 2006
- erosion control
- New Mexico
- soil erosion
- United States
- water harvesting
- Library Collection RecordThis book addresses the construction and maintenance of unpaved rural roads including strategies, techniques and practices for dealing with problems frequently encountered by landowners,…Publication Date 2006
- erosion control
- New Mexico
- soil erosion
- United States
- water harvesting
- Library Collection RecordGrasslands of central and southern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico and northern Mexico, an area known as the Apache Highlands Ecoregion, have undergone dramatic vegetation changes over the last 130…Publication Date 2003
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- conservation planning
- Desert Grassland
- native grasslands
- New Mexico
- Sonoran Desert
- United States
- Vegetation Change
- 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 RecordAbstract—The Apache Highlands ecoregion incorporates the entire Madrean Archipelago/Sky Island region. We analyzed the current distribution of 223 target species and 26 terrestrial ecological…Publication Date 2004
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- biodiversity
- fire regime
- grasslands
- native plant diversity
- New Mexico
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract—The Apache Highlands ecoregion incorporates the entire Madrean Archipelago/Sky Island region. We analyzed the current distribution of 223 target species and 26 terrestrial ecological…Publication Date 2004
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- biodiversity
- fire regime
- grasslands
- native plant diversity
- New Mexico
- United States
- Library Collection RecordIn this letter, Patricia King and Mary Miller of the Altar Valley Conservation Alliance communicate their concerns over the lack of specific watershed stability standards and monitoring protocol…Publication Date 2014
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- energy development
- erosion control
- monitoring techniques
- restoration
- United States
- Watershed Stability
- Library Collection RecordEmphasizing the critical role watershed stability monitoring will play in ensuring the success of post-construction restoration efforts, the Altar Valley Conservation Alliance (AVCA) urges the…Publication Date 2013
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- energy development
- erosion control
- United States
- Watershed Stability
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Desert grasslands of the southwestern United States have experienced an increase in the abundance and distribution of woody plant species over the past century. Shrub encroachment has caused…Publication Date 2013
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- black grama
- Bouteloua eriopoda
- broom snakeweed
- Gutierrezia sarothrae
- invasive species
- Lehmann lovegrass
- New Mexico
- perennial grasses
- prescribed burn
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract This conference was designed to provide a non-confrontational setting for a variety of people from differing viewpoints to discuss the threats facing arid grasslands of the Southwest.…Publication Date 1996
- arid grasslands
- Arizona
- Arizona grassland
- erosion control
- exotic species
- invasive species
- United States
- water quality
- wildfire management
- wildlife
- Library Collection RecordThis field guide is intended to inform those who depend on the soil and its life-giving properties. This guide discusses ways to regenerate soil so that it holds more water, supports more vegetation…Publication Date 2009
- Arizona
- erosion control
- Landscape degradation
- New Mexico
- United States
- water harvesting
- Library Collection RecordThis field guide is intended to inform those who depend on the soil and its life-giving properties. This guide discusses ways to regenerate soil so that it holds more water, supports more vegetation…Publication Date 2009
- Arizona
- erosion control
- Landscape degradation
- New Mexico
- United States
- water harvesting
- Library Collection RecordThis field guide is intended to inform those who depend on the soil and its life-giving properties. This guide discusses ways to regenerate soil so that it holds more water, supports more vegetation…Publication Date 2009
- Arizona
- erosion control
- Landscape degradation
- New Mexico
- United States
- water harvesting
- Library Collection RecordThis field guide is an introduction to grazing management designed to help landowners, contractors, and agency personnel make better grassland management decisions. Grazing can have a deleterious…Publication Date 2009
- Arizona
- grazing
- New Mexico
- range management
- rangeland health
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis field guide is an introduction to grazing management designed to help landowners, contractors, and agency personnel make better grassland management decisions. Grazing can have a deleterious…Publication Date 2009
- Arizona
- grazing
- New Mexico
- range management
- rangeland health
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis field guide is an introduction to grazing management designed to help landowners, contractors, and agency personnel make better grassland management decisions. Grazing can have a deleterious…Publication Date 2009
- Arizona
- grazing
- New Mexico
- range management
- rangeland health
- United States
- Library Collection Record"Between 2001 and 2005, a collaborative, science-based restoration treatment project - called Rincon Ortiz CFRP - was successfully implemented on three hundred acres of ponderosa/pinon-juniper…Publication Date 2006
- Community involvement
- forest health
- New Mexico
- restoration
- United States
- Library Collection Record"Between 2001 and 2005, a collaborative, science-based restoration treatment project - called Rincon Ortiz CFRP - was successfully implemented on three hundred acres of ponderosa/pinon-juniper…Publication Date 2006
- Community involvement
- forest health
- New Mexico
- restoration
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis report examines the issues surrounding public land ranching and current grazing policy and practice. Calling for broader environmental justice in Northern New Mexico, Atencio discusses the…Publication Date 2004
- collaborative management
- grazing
- New Mexico
- public lands
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis report examines the issues surrounding public land ranching and current grazing policy and practice. Calling for broader environmental justice in Northern New Mexico, Atencio discusses the…Publication Date 2004
- collaborative management
- grazing
- New Mexico
- public lands
- 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 Record"This curriculum provides opportunities for youth to learn many aspects of science, including some principles of forest restoration, observation and measurement skills, problem solving, and how…
- educational materials
- forest health
- New Mexico
- United States
- Library Collection Record
45 Resilience
Resilience, published by the Quivira Coalition, is focused on current topics within the organization and its annual conference. Journal 39 2% Solutions for Hunger, Thirst and CO2 In this issue of…- Australia
- California
- New Mexico
- New York
- no-tillage
- Pennsylvania
- soil carbon
- solar energy
- sustainable agriculture
- sustainable ranching
- 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 RecordThis field guide aims to provide landowners and managers with the techniques necessary to prevent and reverse soil erosion.Publication Date 2010
- erosion control structures
- New Mexico
- soil erosion
- soil loss
- United States
- water harvesting
- 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 RecordLet the Water Do the Work is an important contribution to riparian restoration. By "thinking like a creek," one can harness the regenerative power of floods to reshape stream banks and…Publication Date 2009
- Arizona
- erosion control
- erosion control structures
- New Mexico
- stream restoration
- United States