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- 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 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 RecordUS policies for securing the border with Mexico are driven by multiple political concerns, including the desire to control illegal trade and immigration in a way that conveys “border security†to…Publication Date 2012
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Border Security
- environmental justice
- migration
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Monitoring is a critical component of adaptive management but often weak or missing in practice. We examined grazing allotment files to identify patterns in monitoring and management…Publication Date 2012
- adaptive management
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- coronado national forest
- grazing allotments
- monitoring
- Southern Arizona
- 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 RecordAbstract: Masked bobwhites used sites with more structural diversity than what was available on the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge during 1994-96. Selected habitat variables that adequately…Publication Date 1998
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- desert grasslands
- Gambel's quail
- masked bobwhite quail
- range management
- scaled quail
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis doctoral dissertation lists over 1,000 algae species found as a result of stream sampling throughout the Sonoran Desert in Arizona.Publication Date 1961
- Algae
- Arizona
- Sonoran Desert
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: Revegetation of semi-desert rangeland is dependent on rainfall, weather, and soil factors affecting seed germination and seedling establishment. To aid in predicting seed zone temperature…Publication Date 1992
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- hydrology
- range management
- soil moisture
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: I predicted the likely effects of fire on the abundance of grassland birds by determining which vegetal features influenced the distribution and abundance of grassland birds at the Buenos…Publication Date 1997
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- fire regime
- grassland birds
- mesquite
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: Community structure in backswimmers (Hemiptera: Notonectide), was investigated via extensive sampling throughout southern Arizona, USA, and Sonora, Mexico, from 1980 through 1985. Co-…Publication Date 1986
- Altar Valley
- Aquatic insects
- Arizona
- Sonoran Desert
- tiger salamander
- 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 RecordAbstract: This paper reports on the results of a 3-year field study of the effects of spring/summer burning and cattle grazing on wintering sparrows in the grasslands of southeastern Arizona. The…Publication Date 2000
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Avian conservation
- Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
- desert grasslands
- grazing
- United States
- 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 RecordABSTRACT Larval interactions of four anuran species were experimentally investigated. Artificial pools were used to simulate their temporary pond habitat. A comparison of varied-nutrient and varied-…Publication Date 1985
- Altar Valley
- amphibians
- anuran
- Arizona
- interspecific competition
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe plan summarizes types of land ownership (public, tribal, county and other), vegetation, species, and details for prescribed burns and monitoring. Source: http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/cdm/…Publication Date 2007
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Desert Grassland
- fire management
- Management Plan
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis document is the draft Environmental Assessment for the Altar Valley fire management plan, a required step in the NEPA process.Publication Date 2007
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- fire management
- NEPA
- United States
- Library Collection RecordIncludes appendices. Describes the partnerships with federal, state, local and tribal agencies to clean up damages caused by the illegal immigrants including removal of almost 1.2 million pounds of…Publication Date 2006
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- immigration
- mitigation
- restoration
- 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 RecordThis report focuses on final demand, employment, income and tax revenue effects recreational visitors to refuges have on the economies of local regions. In addition to the economic effects of refuge…Publication Date 2013
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
- ecosystem services
- ecotourism
- United States
- wildlife refuges
- 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 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 RecordA brief article, Czech gives an overview of the ecology and management concerns surrounding the masked bobwhite.Publication Date 2003
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
- endangered species
- masked bobwhite quail
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis article gives a brief overview of the ecology and management concerns surrounding Sonoran Pronghorn along the U.S./Mexico border.Publication Date 2003
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
- conservation
- Sonoran Pronghorn
- United States
- 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 RecordABSTRACT Since the l880's a series of changes has taken place in the hydrologlc regimes of the streams of the desert region of Arizona and Sonora; the vegetation of the area has undergone…Publication Date 1963
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- climate change
- Environmental Changes
- grazing
- United States
- Library Collection RecordABSTRACT Public debate about how, and whether, to graze southern Arizona's desert grasslands has been ongoing for decades. Increases in ecological knowledge and the creation of public…Publication Date 2003
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- grazing
- United States
- Library Collection RecordABSTRACT Â Aim Using a long-term data set we investigated the response of semi-desert grasslands to altered disturbance regimes in conjunction with climate patterns. Specifically, we were…Publication Date 2005
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- climate
- disturbance
- Eragrostis lehmanniana
- fire
- grazing
- Lehmann lovegrass
- long-term monitoring
- non-native plant species
- Semi-Desert Grassland
- United States
- Library Collection RecordABSTRACT Dendroecological, documentary, and ethnoecological evidence were combined to provide an integrated understanding of past natural and cultural fires in the Southwest Borderlands. Fire…Publication Date 1998
- Altar Valley
- Apache
- Arizona
- borderland
- dendrochronology
- dessert grassland
- fire history
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract We examined short-term trends in relative abundance and species richness of breeding and wintering grassland birds before (1996) and after (1997, 1998) a prescribed burn in a mesquite-…Publication Date 2002
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- fire management
- grassland
- grassland birds
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: I determined density and habitat use of desert mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus crooki) on the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, a semidesert grassland in southeastern Arizona, in 1996…Publication Date 1999
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
- grassland
- habitat use
- mule deer
- odocoileus hemionus crooki
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis document sets out recommendations for the recovery of the masked bobwhite, setting the goal of eventually delisting the species.Publication Date 1995
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
- endangered species
- masked bobwhite quail
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract We determined which vegetal features influenced the distribution and abundance of grassland birds at the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona. The density and distribution of…Publication Date 1998
- Altar Valley
- arid grassland
- Arizona
- grassland birds
- mesquite
- United States
- woody invasion
- 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: Between 1865 and 1915, arroyos developed in the southwestern United States across diverse hydrological, ecological and cultural settings. That they developed simultaneously has encouraged…Publication Date 1990
- Arizona
- channel processes
- channel structure
- channel widening
- soil erosion
- 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 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 RecordAbstract Forty-six years of vegetation response to mesquite removal at dry, low elevation sites on the Santa Rita Experimental Range in southern Arizona was only slightly different than the…Publication Date 2006
- Arizona
- burroweed
- competition
- Forage Production.
- mesquite
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- United States
- woody plant
- Library Collection Record[1] This study presents analysis of 34 years of precipitation, runoff, and sediment data collected from eight small (1.1–4.0 ha) semiarid rangeland watersheds in southern Arizona, USA. Average…Publication Date 2010
- Arizona
- erosion
- runoff
- Sediment Yields
- semiarid
- United States
- watershed
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1999
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
- Cattle Ranching
- cultural environment
- Environmental Changes
- Ranching Economy
- United States
- wildlife refuges
- 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 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 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 RecordAbstract: Â Â Â Home range, habitat use, and movements of reintroduced masked bobwhite (Colinus virginianus ridgewayi) were studied during 1986-88 on the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge in…Publication Date 1989
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
- habitat requirements
- masked bobwhite
- quail
- United States
- wildlife management
- Library Collection RecordINTRODUCTION Recent rapid population and industrial growth along the Arizona/Sonora boundary has increased competition for the region's limited water and has created waste disposal problems…Publication Date 1988
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- hydrology
- United States
- Water Distribution
- water rights
- watershed management
- 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 RecordAbstract: This article makes the case for addressing nonhumans as actors in geopolitical processes such as boundary making and enforcement. The challenge of this line of argumentation is to account…Publication Date 2011
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Border Enforcement
- Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis study reviews BLM’s fire management plans for Arizona, assessing the accuracy, standardization, and ecological relevance of current Phase I fire management areas. This second report…Publication Date 2004
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Desert Graslands
- fire management
- fire regime
- United States
- woody encroachment