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- Library Collection RecordTrichomoniasis (or Trich, as it is commonly referred to in the industry) is a reproductive disease in cattle that can seriously impact the bottom line of Arizona ranches and the cow…Publication Date 2020
- cattle
- Arizona
- health
- economics
- Cow and Calf
- impacts
- Library Collection RecordWith the long-term goal of preserving the Altar Valley as a working landscape while maintaining ecosystem and watershed function, this document outlines a set of goals and guidelines for…Publication Date 2019
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- collaborative management
- conservation
- land management
- United States
- working landscapes
- Library Collection RecordSUMMARY The two-part Science Framework for Conservation and Restoration of the Sagebrush Biome published by the U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station is a new, multi-scale approach to…Publication Date 2019
- Sage
- grouse
- sagebrush
- management
- conservation (storage)
- planning
- conservation
- Library Collection RecordDr. Mike Crimmins discusses the current state of drought in Southeast Arizona and where the region is headed. He examines trends in rainfall within the region. WSARE Brush Management Workshop 1,…Publication Date 2018
- brush control
- management
- climate change
- drought
- rainfall
- Arizona
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- WSARE Brush Management Workshop 1
- Library Collection RecordMark Heitlinger discusses the significance of the Santa Rita region. Mark provides historic information that illustrates the significance of the range and it's importance to the research mission…Publication Date 2018
- brush control
- management
- history
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- WSARE Brush Management Workshop 1
- Library Collection RecordThe Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) was historically distributed throughout the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Extensive predator removal campaigns during the early 20th…Publication Date 2018
- Arizona
- conservation genomics
- gray wolves
- hybridization
- New Mexico
- single nucleotide polymorphisms
- Library Collection RecordA story map about ranch management for cows and quail in Texas. NRCS Conservation Roadtrip.Publication Date 2018
- quails
- ranching
- management
- wildlife
- wildlife conservation
- wildlife management
- Texas
- Library Collection RecordDan Robinett discusses the various kinds of vegetation that thrive in Southeastern Arizona. Dan also talks about the effects of mesquite encroachment within the region that alter vegetation cover.…Publication Date 2018
- brush control
- management
- vegetation
- mesquite
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- WSARE Brush Management Workshop 1
- January 22
- 2018
- Altar Valley
- Library Collection RecordA series of 3 workshops on brush management funded by WSARE. Links to presentations, handouts and videos.Publication Date 2018
- brush control
- management
- video
- WSARE Brush Management Workshop 1
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- Library Collection RecordDr. Mitch McClaran and Elise Gornish discuss the Santa Rita's history as a grassland and the changing nature of mesquite populations within it. The nature of how this change effects wildlife is…Publication Date 2018
- brush control
- management
- mesquite
- grassland management
- grasslands
- wildlife
- history
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- WSARE Brush Management Workshop 1
- Library Collection RecordAmy Ganguli details the changing nature of grassland vegetation within New Mexico and the Mexican state of Chihuahua. She provides information on how grasslands can be restored and other treatment…Publication Date 2018
- brush control
- management
- vegetation
- grassland management
- grasslands
- New Mexico
- Chihuahua
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- WSARE Brush Management Workshop 1
- Library Collection RecordIn this publication, we will walk through the steps of an easy to use framework that will help you develop a contingency plan for drought and any other ranching or natural…Publication Date 2017
- drought
- management
- climate
- rangelands
- contingency plan
- Library Collection RecordObservation is a simple method of acquiring information and is a critical step in the scientific method for both developing and investigating testable hypotheses. Cameras have long played a role in…Publication Date 2017
- Arizona
- cattle
- elk
- grazing
- riparian
- time-lapse photography
- Library Collection RecordFire used to be as natural on the landscape as rain. After years of fire suppression, the vegetation on the landscape has shifted. In Arizona, places like Altar Valley have found that a unique group…Publication Date 2017
- brush control
- management
- vegetation
- fire suppression
- Library Collection RecordThe Endangered Species Act (ESA) continues to serve as one of the most powerful and contested federal legislative mandates for conservation. In the midst of heated debates, researchers, policy makers…Publication Date 2017
- adaptive management
- collaboration
- cooperative conservation
- endangered species management
- human dimensions of natural resource
- management
- resilience
- Library Collection RecordOver the last 100 years, woody species have invaded grassland around the globe.Dr. Steven Archer at the University of Arizona is working to understand the potential of grasslands to be invaded so…Publication Date 2017
- brush control
- woody plants
- grasslands
- management
- Library Collection RecordThis study looks at the cost and return estimates for typical cow/calf operations in each of the five ranching regions of Arizona.Publication Date 2017
- Arizona
- ranching
- budgets
- economics
- investment
- assets
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Livestock numbers have been declining since the early 1930s but many of the same resource concerns are still present today. • We must change the way we think about and manage…Publication Date 2016-12-01
- grazing
- rangelands
- management
- Utah
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • State-and-transition models (STMs) are useful tools for management, but they can be difficult to use and have limited content. • STMs created for groups of related ecological sites…Publication Date 2016-12-01
- database
- ecological sites
- management
- soil survey
- Library Collection RecordNowhere in the United States are there more rare and unusual native plants than in Arizona. Most of them are many years old and cannot be replaced. Many people desire to use these "wonders of…Publication Date 2016
- protected species
- plants
- endangered species
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordIn Arizona, invasive and noxious plants have a significant impact on native vegetation and ecosystem health. Because invasive plants are competitive against native plants, once invasive plants…Publication Date 2016
- invasive species
- invasives
- acreage
- Arizona
- vegetation
- Small Landowners
- Library Collection RecordA knowledge of the functions of the roots, stems and leaves of grass plants is of value to continued, profitable range manaegment since grasses are living organisms, they are affected by all…Publication Date 2016
- grasses
- plants
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThis article details the capture of Macho B, a male jaguar, in the Atascosa Mountains of Arizona on February 18, 2009 and the controversy that followed his death from capture-related stress less than…Publication Date 2016
- endangered species
- jaguars
- Arizona
- Endangered Species Act
- Library Collection RecordAlthough grazing lands are more profitable at higher land conditions, rehabilitation of D condition land requires mechanical or chemical intervention (B. Shepherd, pers comm). These interventions…Publication Date 2015
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangelands Cluster Project has been working to facilitate the inclusion of climate change science in natural resource management planning across some of the driest and hottest country on earth…Publication Date 2015
- climate change
- research
- adaptation
- Australia
- collaboration
- knowledge broker
- NRM planning
- Library Collection RecordObjectively monitoring trend in the state of Australia’s grazed rangelands has proven elusive because of their extensive area and considerable spatial and temporal variability. National archives of…Publication Date 2015
- state
- Australia
- change
- cover deficit
- ground cover
- Landsat
- persistence
- state
- Library Collection RecordBeef producers in northern Australia are struggling to cope with climate extremes and have experienced poor and declining profitability over the last decade. Producers on their own have difficulty…Publication Date 2015
- Australia
- benchmarking
- business analysis
- climate change
- profitability
- Library Collection RecordRangeland pastoralism has existed in Australia for almost as long as white settlement. While the basic products have not changed over time, beef, sheep meat and wool, the production processes have…Publication Date 2015
- Australia
- change
- debt.
- financial literacy
- Library Collection RecordThe VegMachine software was developed in 2002 by a national team of RD&E providers, and funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA). The software was designed primarily as a vegetation cover…Publication Date 2015
- remote sensing
- Australia
- ground cover
- Queensland
- remote sensing
- VegMachine
- Library Collection RecordThe National Rangeland NRM Alliance (The Alliance) is a collaboration of 14 rangelands natural resource management bodies operating across 81 per cent of Australia’s landmass. The group works…Publication Date 2015
- investment
- Australia
- collaboration
- policy
- rangeland
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: The designation of jaguar critical habitat in April 2014 in southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico created concern for livestock ranchers in the region. We interviewed ranchers to…Publication Date 2015
- jaguars
- Arizona
- endangered species
- management
- wildlife conservation
- attitudes
- human dimensions
- Endangered Species Act
- Panthera onca
- Library Collection RecordPastoral Profit is a new extension program which directly addresses the challenges posed by many pastoral livestock producers by targeting business management skills to improve bottom lines,…Publication Date 2015
- Australia
- Windorah
- Queensland
- Wool Innovation
- Library Collection RecordThe management of ground cover is central for sustainable pastoral production in the Australian rangelands. Where changes in management achieve an increase in ground cover above the expected, then…Publication Date 2015
- Australia
- ground cover
- market-based instrument
- western New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordAbstract In this study, hydrological processes are evaluated to determine impacts of stream restoration in the West Turkey Creek, Chiricahua Mountains, southeast Arizona, during a summer-monsoon…Publication Date 2015
- Arizona
- Check dam
- restoration
- runoff ratio
- semi-arid watersheds
- United States
- water budget
- Library Collection RecordThis paper reports on a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) completed for the Queensland Government’s Reef Plan Grazing Best Management Practice (BMP) extension project in the Burdekin catchment,…Publication Date 2015
- Australia
- extension and education
- grazing bmp.
- Project evaluation
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordAccess to reliable digital communication technology is the norm for most Australians. The exponential growth of smartphone use continues to revolutionise the way in which Australians conduct their…Publication Date 2015
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordLivestock producers desire improved tools to assess the quality and quantity of pasture on offer to adjust stocking rates and provide timely protein and energy supplementation. The NDVI (Normalised…Publication Date 2015
- Australia
- diet quality
- livestock productivity
- Mitchell grass
- NDVI
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordIntroduction: Data emerging from the Living River Project shows that important changes are taking place in the Lower Santa Cruz River. The attached Second annual Living River Report provides the…Publication Date 2015
- Altar Valley
- aquatic biota
- Arizona
- ecosystem health
- flow
- riparian
- United States
- water quality
- Library Collection RecordIntroduction: Data emerging from the Living River Project shows that important changes are taking place in the Lower Santa Cruz River. The attached Second annual Living River Report provides the…Publication Date 2015
- Altar Valley
- aquatic biota
- Arizona
- ecosystem health
- flow
- riparian
- United States
- water quality
- Library Collection RecordThis map depicts the predicted distribution of jaguars (Panthera onca) in Arizona and includes the locations of recent sightings.Publication Date 2015
- distribution
- jaguars
- Arizona
- Panthera onca
- Library Collection RecordThis project seeks to improve the evidence base and modelling capacity underpinning recommendations for the use of wet season spelling to recover poor condition grazing land and design more reliable…Publication Date 2015
- Australia
- basal area
- pasture yield
- Library Collection RecordPurpose: To provide land managers with information that can help them identify different aspen types, assess the condition of aspen stands, and prioritize stands for restoration using appropriate…Publication Date 2015
- aspen (tree)
- management
- Great Basin
- Library Collection RecordThe basalt is an area of productive grazing country north and west of Charters Towers. Graziers regard it as a resilient land type and pasture community (Bothriochloa spp. and Heterpogon contortus…Publication Date 2015
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2015
- browse plants
- Arizona
- rangelands
- nutrition
- Browsers
- characteristics
- Library Collection RecordThere is a need for beef businesses to regularly collect and analyse data about cattle and pasture performance, to benchmark and improve business performance, to set and adjust stocking rates, to…Publication Date 2015
- Australia
- decision support system
- precision agriculture
- technology development
- Library Collection RecordIn any supplementation program, it is essential that the forage resource be stocked in such a manner so there is adequate forage quantity available per animal unit. If forage quantity is insufficient…Publication Date 2015
- nutritive value
- forage
- Arizona
- supplements
- nutrition
- cows
- Library Collection RecordNutritional challenges placed upon the lactating cow can be extreme in Arizona. One challenge placed upon the cow is the extra nutritional requirements caused by lactation. Figure 1 illustrates the…Publication Date 2015
- Nutritional disorders
- nutrition
- reproduction
- Arizona
- Challenges
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordThis poster is a case study on the changes in pasture yield, cover and defoliation after the establishment of a new bore. This case study is part of a larger, long-term stocking rate and wet season…Publication Date 2015
- Australia
- cover
- Mitchell grass
- pasture spelling
- stocking rate
- yield
- Library Collection RecordLarge, extensively grazed paddocks in Australian rangelands are often poorly watered, which causes overgrazing close to water and relatively ungrazed areas further from water. To adjust for watered…Publication Date 2015
- Australia
- grazing radius
- watered area
- Library Collection RecordBeef producers throughout Australia’s rangelands commonly identify predation by wild dogs as a significant threat to calf survival. Lethal control of wild dogs is often advocated as a means to…Publication Date 2015
- predation
- 1080
- Australia
- Dingo
- mesopredator
- wild dog