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- 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 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 RecordA list of names of historic and contemporary residents of the Altar Valley area.Publication Date 2015
- history
- Altar Valley
- Library Collection RecordThis report was compiled from data reported by the Arizona State Land Department, the US Forest Service, Arivaca Fire, and the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge.Publication Date 2014
- prescribed burning
- fires
- Altar Valley
- 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 settlement agreement details the arrangement between Altar Valley Conservation Alliance (AVCA) and Sierrita Gas Pipeline, LLC which provides $1,000,000 to AVCA to oversee projects that promote…Publication Date 2014
- ecological restoration
- Altar Valley
- Library Collection RecordThis document contains pp. 54-59 of the book Arroyos and Environmental Change in the American Southwest. It includes a description of the Altar Wash as of 1976 as well as possible explanations for…Publication Date 1976
- arroyo
- Altar Wash
- channelization
- erosion
- Altar Valley
- Library Collection RecordDetails of Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan's focus areas.Publication Date 2000
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Pima County
- Sonoran Desert
- Tucson
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2020
- Altar Valley
- climate change
- grassland restoration
- Library Collection RecordThe Altar Valley has been identified as an important conservation area for wildlife, plants and the ranching way of life. Debate over issues related to open space, urban development, urban planning,…Publication Date 2001
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Southern Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordEmphasizing water's importance to Pima County's plant, animal and human populations, this report aimed to establish priorities for a possible expansion of the county's aquifer…Publication Date 2008
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- 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 annotated bibiography brings together the available literature on Lehmann lovegrass (Eragrostis lemanniana Nees.), an influential invasive species in the Altar Valley and across the West.Publication Date 2010
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- 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 RecordPresents the results of a survey project that seeks to understand the prehistory of the Trincheras culture in northwest Sonora. The 98 sites recorded range from 2,500 B.C. to historic Tohono O'…Publication Date 1993
- Altar Valley
- archaeology
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordABSTRACT The U. S. Geological Survey has been collecting hydrologic and geologic data in the major irrigated basins of Arizona for many years as part of a statewide ground-water survey. The…Publication Date 1966
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- groundwater
- United States
- Library Collection RecordABSTRACT The U. S. Geological Survey has been collecting hydrologic and geologic data in the major irrigated basins of Arizona for many years as part of a statewide ground-water survey. The…Publication Date 1966
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- groundwater
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis document was complied to highlight the crucial role ranching can play in conservation efforts in Pima County. It includes sections covering the history and current practice of ranching in…Publication Date 2000
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Cattle Ranching
- conservation
- open space
- United States
- urban planning
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Conservation and human rights are currently threatened by direct and indirect effects of border enforcement practices on the Arizona-Sonora border. Increased border enforcement in urban…Publication Date 2010
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Border Enforcement
- conservation
- Human Rights
- United States
- Library Collection RecordDesignated by the Arizona Desert Wilderness Act of 1990, the Baboquivari Peak Wilderness and Coyote Mountains Wilderness areas total 7,145 acres and are located approximately 40 miles southwest of…Publication Date 2012
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Baboquivari Peak
- Coyote Mountains
- United States
- wilderness
- wilderness management
- Library Collection RecordSummary not available.Publication Date 1990
- Altar Valley
- archaeology
- Arizona
- Coyote Mountains
- Hohokam
- Native American
- Southern Arizona
- 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 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 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 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 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 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: 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: 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 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 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