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- Library Collection RecordWith a cover letter written by C. H. Huckelberry, the Pima County Administrator, this letter of opposition outlines the county's arguement regarding the economic impacts of the planned Sierrita…Publication Date 2014
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- energy development
- natural gas
- Sonoran Desert
- United States
- 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 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 RecordFERC issues Final Environmental Impact Statement on Sierrita Pipeline Project (Docket Nos. CP13-73-000 and CP13-74-000) Issued: March 28, 2014 The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission…Publication Date 2014
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- endangered species
- energy development
- Environmental Impact Statement
- Sonoran Desert
- United States
- Library Collection Record
56 Butterflies
A 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 RecordAbstract: Erosion dynamics in semiarid environments is defined by high magnitude, low frequency rainfalls that produce runoff with high sediment concentration. Check dams are widely used in this…Publication Date 2014
- Arizona
- Check dam
- erosion
- runoff
- Santa Rita Mountains
- sediment yield
- semiarid
- United States
- watershed
- 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 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 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 RecordThis article provides a brief history of the Rancho de la Osa, a guest ranch located in Southern Arizona, intermixed with commentary on the current owners' plans to sell the property. The first…Publication Date 2014
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Cattle Ranching
- Historical Site
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe Drought Calculator (DC), a spreadsheet-based decision support tool, was developed to help ranchers and range managers predict reductions in forage production due to drought. Forage growth…Publication Date 2013-09-01
- cross validation
- forage
- precipitation
- rangeland drought
- stocking decisions
- 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 RecordThis article tells the story of Lucretia Roberts, the first female deputy sheriff in the state. Lucretia was elected to office in 1912 in Canelo, Arizona.Publication Date 2013
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Law enforcement
- United States
- Library Collection RecordFederal Register 50 CFR Part 17. Proposed rule, extension of public comment period, and annoucement of public hearing.Publication Date 2013
- wolves
- endangered species
- wildlife management
- Arizona
- Mexican gray wolf
- New Mexico
- Wolf management
- wolf reintroduction
- Library Collection RecordAn updated and revised version of an article published in 2010, Mary Kasulaitis presents us with a brief biography of some of the doctors who called the Arivaca area home between 1860 and 1940, many…Publication Date 2013
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordTranscript of the public hearing held on December 3, 2013 in Pinetop, Arizona.Publication Date 2013
- wolves
- endangered species
- wildlife management
- Arizona
- Mexican gray wolf
- New Mexico
- Wolf management
- wolf reintroduction
- Library Collection RecordIn 1952 Don Rowley purchased the Rancho Seco from Peggy and Jack Rubel, establishing the Carrow Cattle Company several years later after acquiring additional parcels. After his death, his sons sold a…Publication Date 2013
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordFederal Register 50 CRF Part 17. Proposed rule.Publication Date 2013
- wolves
- endangered species
- wildlife management
- Arizona
- Mexican gray wolf
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordWilliam M. Marteny and his family settled at the headwaters of Arivaca Creek, filing for a homestead while trading cattle and horses. In 1919 Marteny sold the homestead, purchasing the Robles Ranch…Publication Date 2013
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordArticle and video by NBC News Investigators regarding the controversy and taxpayer cost of conducting wild horse roundups.Publication Date 2013
- Arizona
- BLM
- California
- holding facility
- Nevada
- roundup
- slaughter
- Utah
- Western United States
- wild horses
- Library Collection RecordThis is a summary report from a workshop held at the Santa Rita Experiment Range on February 27-28, 2013.Publication Date 2013
- drought
- seasonality
- Arizona
- Apache county
- Cochise County
- Coconino County
- Pima County
- Yavapai County
- Gila County
- Santa Cruz County
- Palmer Drought Severity Index
- 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 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 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 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 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 RecordDiscussing the major themes and political tensions of the 1960s and 70s, Mary Kasulaitis tells us the story of Arivaca in the late sixties as "the hippies" began to arrive, focusing in on…Publication Date 2013
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arivaca
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis article briefly details some of the tribe's objections to the Sierrita pipeline project which would run through the Altar Valley.Publication Date 2013
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- cultural sites
- development
- United States
- Library Collection RecordMany regions of the globe are experiencing a simultaneous change in the dominant plant functional type and regional climatology. We explored how atmospheric temperature and precipitation control leaf…Publication Date 2013
- eddy covariance
- landscape position
- mesquite (Prosopis velutina)
- photosynthesis
- plant-climate interactions
- semi-arid
- temperature optima
- Vegetation Change
- woody plant encroachment
- indigenous encroaching species
- climate change
- temperature
- ecosystem ecology
- carbon flux
- rainfall
- grasslands
- savanna
- carbon dioxide
- San Pedro River
- Arizona
- USA
- Library Collection RecordIn this comment letter submitted by the Altar Valley Conservation Alliance, the authors express their concern over the narrow range of alternatives considered by the draft and the gaps in information…Publication Date 2013
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- energy development
- mitigation
- restoration
- United States
- 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 RecordIn this comment letter submitted by the Arizona Game and Fish Department, the author suggests additional steps that should be taken in order to minimize the impact of the project on the local…Publication Date 2013
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- energy development
- mitigation
- restoration
- United States
- wildlife
- Library Collection RecordIn this comment letter submitted by the PNRCD, the author asserts that the draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) is incomplete to the extent that it does not provide adequate information on the…Publication Date 2013
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- energy development
- grazing
- illegal immigration
- restoration
- United States
- Library Collection RecordIn this letter, the authors provide a well supported introduction to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process, specifically the role alternatives play in the decision making process. From…Publication Date 2013
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- energy development
- National Environmental Policy Act
- NEPA
- United States
- Library Collection RecordMexican Wolf Blue Range Reintroduciton Project Statistics. Â Data Current as of December 31, 2013.Publication Date 2013
- endangered species
- wildlife management
- wolves
- Arizona
- Mexican gray wolf
- New Mexico
- Southwestern United States
- Wolf management
- wolf reintroduction
- Library Collection RecordCauses of documented Mexican wolf mortalities in the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area, Arizona and New Mexico, 1998-2013. Management-related permanent removals, including lethal control, are not…Publication Date 2013
- endangered species
- wildlife management
- wolves
- Arizona
- Mexican gray wolf
- New Mexico
- Southwestern United States
- Wolf management
- wolf reintroduction
- Library Collection RecordIn this featured article, Bree Collins explores the role the ranching community plays in environmental stewardship in the Southwest. Touching on the issues of endangered species protection, the…Publication Date 2013
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- conservation
- endangered species
- energy development
- New Mexico
- Ranching Economy
- United States
- wildfire
- Library Collection RecordIn this letter, Nathan Sayre states his strong opposition to the Sierrita Pipeline Project. Having worked in and written about the area for many years,his firsthand experience complements his well…Publication Date 2013
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- endangered species
- energy development
- fire regimes
- restoration
- revegetation
- United States
- 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 RecordIn this letter, commissioned by the Altar Valley Conservation Alliance and Santa Margarita Ranch, Inc., Robertson urges the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission not to advance the issue date of the…Publication Date 2013
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- energy development
- Environmental Impact Statement
- National Environmental Policy Act
- NEPA
- United States
- Library Collection RecordIn this letter, commissioned by the Altar Valley Conservation Alliance and Santa Margarita Ranch, Inc., Robertson urges the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission not to advance the issue date of the…Publication Date 2013
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- energy development
- Environmental Impact Statement
- National Environmental Policy Act
- NEPA
- United States
- Library Collection RecordA decrease in fire frequency and past grazing practices has led to dense mountain big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt. subsp. vaseyana [Rydb.] Beetle) stands with reduced herbaceous understories…Publication Date 2012-05-01
- annual grass
- Artemisia tridentata
- brush management
- disturbance
- forage
- range improvement
- Library Collection RecordThis article provides a brief overview of what life was like in Arivaca from its early years in the 1860s to 1912 when Arizona gained statehood.Publication Date 2012
- history
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- United States