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- Library Collection RecordThe Sonoita Valley Planning Partnership (SVPP) is a forum for stakeholder reporting and working together to perpetuate naturally functioning ecosystems while preserving the rural, grassland character…Publication Date 2014
- land use
- land management
- land
- land use planning
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThe Forest Health staff of the Southwestern Region provides assistance and expertise to Federal, State, Tribal and private land managers in Arizona and New Mexico concerning forest health conditions…Publication Date 2014
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordFounded in 1952, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is widely recognized throughout the world as a model institution for innovative presentation and interpretation of native plants and animals featured…Publication Date 2014
- Arizona
- educational resources
- environmental research
- Sonoran Desert
- United States
- Library Collection RecordA brief overview of the lifestyle, importance and variety of butterflies that reside in the Sonoran Desert.Publication Date 2014
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Butterflies
- Lepidoptera
- Sonoran Desert
- United States
- Library Collection RecordIf feeding poor-quality forages (less than 7% crude protein and 50% TDN) are a necessary part of your livestock operation, exposing replacement females to poor-quality roughage early in life with…Publication Date 2014
- forage
- Diet preferences
- livestock raising
- Library Collection RecordThe Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum's Digital Library includes a catalog of images, narrative, and scientific nomenclature of plants, animals, minerals, and biotic communities of the Sonoran Desert…Publication Date 2014
- animal taxonomy
- Arizona
- educational materials
- native species
- photography
- plant taxonomy
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe Sonorensis is a magazine published by the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Over the years it's articles have focused on a variety of topics central to the conservation of the flora and fauna of…Publication Date 2014
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- climate change
- conservation
- cultural traditions
- edible plants
- Jaguar
- Sea of Cortez
- tradional foods
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis page provides information and photographs of the tortoise and its habitat and ecology.Publication Date 2014
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Gopherus morafkai
- Sonoran Desert Tortoise
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serivice's Species Profile page for the Pima Pineapple Cactus provides general information on the cactus as well as an occurrence map, and links to related documentsPublication Date 2014
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Coryphantha scheeri
- Pima Pineapple Cactus
- United States
- Library Collection RecordArchaeology Southwest is a private 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization headquartered in Tucson, Arizona. For three decades, Archaeology Southwest has practiced a holistic, conservation-based approach to…Publication Date 2014
- archaeology
- Arizona
- non-profit organization
- Southwest
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center directory of water expertsPublication Date 2014
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordQuaking aspen are widely revered by range and wildlife managers alike for their diverse and nourishing array of understory plants. Young aspen sprouts are particularly favored by deer, elk, cattle,…Publication Date 2014
- livestock feed
- forage
- 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 RecordThe Encyclopedia Britannica defines range or rangeland as any extensive area of land that is occupied by native herbaceous or shrubby vegetation which is grazed by domestic or wild herbivores.†A…Publication Date 2013
- Arizona
- V bar V Experiment Station
- Yavapai County
- Library Collection RecordAbstract—Conservation biologists, NGOs, and the USFWS have established a goal of returning a viable population of jaguars into the United States. The source population for this recovery will come…Publication Date 2013
- jaguars
- Arizona
- wildlife management
- population dynamics
- Library Collection RecordThis webpage contains press releases, internal investigation transcripts, a timeline of events, and additional information on Macho B, a male jaguar captured by Arizona Game and Fish Officials which…Publication Date 2013
- jaguars
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThis webpage includes information related to Macho B, a male jaguar captured by Arizona Game and Fish Department officials in February 2009 who later died as a result of capture related injuries.Publication Date 2013
- jaguars
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThis page contains mammal abstracts containing the taxonomy, biology, distribution, population trends, and management status of a wide variety of Arizona mammals.Publication Date 2013
- taxonomy
- biology
- distribution
- population change
- management
- wildlife
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThe Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is a 117,464-acre refuge that sits within the Altar Valley. Established in 1985, the refuge is primarily made up of semi-desert grasslands, ribboned by a…Publication Date 2013
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordIn general, the more livestock eat, the more weight they gain or milk they produce. Thus, forage intake is key to animal performance. Agronomists manage for plant density and height to ensure…Publication Date 2012
- forage harvesters
- forage
- livestock raising
- Library Collection RecordIncreasing world human population, declining reserves of cheaply extracted fossil fuels, fresh water scarcity, and climatic instability will put tremendous pressure on world rangelands as the…Publication Date 2012
- forage
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordThe Altar Valley Conservation Alliance (AVCA) is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization focused on addressing the issues facing the Altar Valley watershed through collaborative, science-based, and…Publication Date 2010
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe Baboquivari Mountains, long considered to be a sacred space by the Tohono O'odham people who are native to the area, are the westernmost of the so-called Sky Islands. The mountains form the…Publication Date 2010
- botany
- plant communities
- Botanical description
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Plant Identification
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe Southwest Climate Change Network is designed to foster dialog and exchange of reliable science and policy information among climate experts and other scientists, natural resource managers,…Publication Date 2009
- climate change
- climate data
- Impact assessment
- Arizona
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- Texas
- United States
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordAZ DroughtWatch is a tool designed to collect, summarize and display timely observations of drought impacts across Arizona. The tool was developed to support drought monitoring efforts spearheaded…Publication Date 2008
- drought
- monitoring
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThe tropical savannas of northern Australian are characterised by high climatic variability, withcorresponding impacts on annual resource availability. The native biota is adapted to these patterns,…Publication Date 2004
- cattle
- Rainfall patterns
- forage
- north-eastern Queensland
- Library Collection RecordTraditional natural resource monitoring systems have failed to establish clear links between fieldmeasurements and on- ground management actions required to maintain the resource.Stocktake is…Publication Date 2004
- resources
- tools
- forage
- Practical
- Library Collection RecordThe purpose of this website is to provide graziers with tropical grass and legume information compiled from research station and on-ranch field plot projects conducted by the Hawaii Cooperative…Publication Date 2003
- grasses
- forage
- legumes
- aphids
- Hawaii
- Library Collection RecordABSTRACT An overview of the 4 native species of quail in Arizona, their distribution, and habitats is presented. Possible threats to their longterm existence are explored. A discussion on harvest…Publication Date 2002
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Gambel's quail
- habitat
- management
- masked bobwhite
- Montezuma quail
- scaled quail
- United States
- Library Collection RecordABSTRACT Five native quail species inhabit arid and semi-arid ecosystems in the southwestern United States. One species is endangered, one species is declining throughout it’s historic range,…Publication Date 2002
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Callipepla gambelli
- Callipepla squamata
- Callipepla v. ridgwayi
- Callipepla virginianus
- Cyrtonyx montezumae
- Eradication
- exotic grasses
- management
- native vegetation
- northern bobwhite
- United States
- Library Collection RecordProvides information and resources on Arizona rangeland inventory and monitoring programs and techniques. Includes an extensive glossary.Publication Date 1997
- Arizona
- inventory
- monitoring
- Library Collection RecordRange monitoring workshops have been offered for several years by the University of Arizona, yet range monitoring as a standard operating procedure on Arizona ranches had been sporadically adopted.…
- Arizona
- Gila County
- Library Collection RecordThis project is in conformance with management direction provided within the Coconino National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan. Management Areas 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, and 12, are within the…
- projects
- management
- environment
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThe Walker Basin Allotment Plan Environmental Assessment in March, 1990.
- assessment
- environment
- Allotments
- Alternative methods
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordFinding of no significant impact for Walker Basin Cattle Allotment Management Plan.
- assessment
- management
- environment
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordAn image of Landsat TM satellite draped over terrain model.
- satellite imagery
- Landsat
- models
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThe archive of Landsat and other remote sensing imagery at Arizona Regional Image Archive.
- area
- Archives
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordAn Environmental Assessment (EA) dealing with the development of a revised allotment management plan for the Walker Basin Allotment on March 21, 1991.
- cattle
- assessment
- management
- Plans
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThis research center addresses environmental, wildlife and domestic livestock issues applicable to Arizona and the Southwest.
- ranches
- research
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordListings by county for the state of Arizona. From the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services.
- endangered species
- plants
- Arizona
- animals
- Library Collection RecordOrganization's Mission To develop knowledge and technology for sound management of water, plants and soil in semiarid regions Research Programs Southwest Watershed Research Center (SWRC)…
- watersheds
- watershed management
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordInteractive map tool to find real-time USGS stream-gaging sites throughout Arizona based on river basin.
- watersheds
- water resources
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordContains weed species profiles and lists, the Southwest Exotic Mapping Program, the Alien Plant Ranking system and the Arizona Wildlands Invasive Plant Database.
- invasive species
- mapping
- noxious plants
- Arizona
- Southwest
- species lists
- United States
- Library Collection RecordArizona law prohibits the sale of agricultural, vegetable or ornamental plant seed containing restricted noxious-weed seeds, singly in excess of limitations, as stated per pound, or in combination…
- Arizona
- invasive weeds
- Library Collection RecordA map of the Walnut Gulch Ecological Sites. Website includes access to data.
- Arizona
- Walnut Gulch
- Library Collection RecordOur faculty, students, and scientific staff are engaged in a diverse array of research programs which include fire history and fire ecology, multiproxy paleoclimatology, archaeology, biogeography,…
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordExtension Natural Resource programs for Gila County are varied to meet the many educational needs for the county. They are designed to help the public and resource managers make informed decisions…
- Arizona
- Gila County
- Library Collection RecordThe Regional Center for Sustainable Economic Development (RCSED) was established at the University of Arizona in 2009 as the state's Economic Development Administration-designated University…
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThis paper presents results of over 40 years of experience on rangelands in the central and western parts of the United States. The principal theme is the relationship of drought to vegetation…
- drought
- forage
- Africa
- Colorado
- Midwestern United States
- western U.S.
- Library Collection RecordThe paper writing about the change that is happening in the agriculture and natural resource professions.
- biodiversity
- Arizona
- changes