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- Library Collection RecordIn this memorandum to the Pima County Board of Supervisors, C.H. Huckelberry, the current Pima County Administrator, clarifies the County's perspective on the continuation of ranching activities…Publication Date 2016
- endangered species
- ranching
- Endangered Species Act
- open space
- Library Collection RecordAfter providing a brief introduction to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the Section 10 permitting process, this memorandum continues on to detail the origins and successes of the Sonoran Desert…Publication Date 2016
- endangered species
- land management
- Endangered Species Act
- mitigation
- Library Collection RecordThis document serves as the final report to the Arizona Department of Water Resources on a restoration project undertaken along the Puerto Cito Wash. The project involved the construction of gabions…Publication Date 1999
- erosion control
- revegetation
- restoration
- Library Collection RecordThis article describes how the listing of the ferruginous pygmy owl in 1997 led to the development of the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan, a comprehensive and innovative approach to species…Publication Date 2015
- endangered species
- land management
- Endangered Species Act
- open space
- conservation
- Library Collection RecordThis booklet explains the purpose and benefits of the Multi-Species Conservation Plan (MSCP) and the Section 10 permit that Pima County applied for with the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Maps of the…Publication Date 2016
- endangered species
- development
- permits
- Endangered Species Act
- 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 RecordAbstract: This paper describes a partnership of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), the University of Arizona, and the Arizona Department of Water Resources…
- watershed management
- erosion control
- restoration
- 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 RecordMedusahead (Elymus caput-medusae [L.] Nevski) is a highly damaging invasive annual grass in California rangelands. While it has been shown that prescribed fire can be a successful tool in…Publication Date 2016
- invasive
- medusahead
- prescribed fire
- rangeland ecology
- rangeland management
- restoration
- Library Collection RecordSeedling recruitment plays a crucial role in recovering plant communities after disturbance. As a natural disturbance, fire canmediate species composition in fescue prairie. However, little was known…Publication Date 2016
- fire cues
- restoration
- seedling density
- species composition
- species richness
- Library Collection RecordIn northern New Mexico, complex interactions among climate, land use, and the associated reduction of surface fire in forest and savanna communities facilitated the expansion of piñon-juniper…Publication Date 2016
- juniper
- Land cover change
- piñon pine
- restoration
- woodland
- Library Collection RecordMillions of hectares of sagebrush (Artemisia L.) plant communities have been degraded by past improper management, resulting in dense sagebrush stands with depleted herbaceous understories. Rest from…Publication Date 2016
- Artemisia tridentata
- defoliation
- herbivory
- livestock grazing
- recovery
- restoration
- Library Collection RecordMaintaining self-sustaining populations of desired plants is fundamental to rangeland management, and understanding the relationships among plant growth, seed production, and seedling recruitment is…Publication Date 2016
- fecundity
- nitrogen
- phosphorus
- restoration
- water amendment
- Library Collection RecordSagebrush steppe ecosystems in the western United States are characterized by harsh environmental conditions with high annual and seasonal variability in both precipitation and temperature.…Publication Date 2016
- model
- mortality
- restoration
- Seedbed
- temperature
- water availability
- Library Collection RecordThurber's needlegrass (Achnatherum thurberianum [Piper] Barkworth) is a key restoration species in the Great Basin and surrounding areas, yet comprehensive studies of how climate relates to…Publication Date 2017
- climate
- GEnecology
- Great Basin
- plant adaptation
- restoration
- seed zones
- Library Collection RecordInvasive winter annual grasses such as downy brome (Bromus tectorum L.) are a threat to native ecosystems throughout the United States. Downy brome is able to exploit moisture and nutrients…Publication Date 2017
- cheatgrass
- downy brome
- imazapic
- indaziflam
- restoration
- seed bank
- Library Collection RecordPerennial bunchgrasses are critical to maintaining sagebrush plant communities, but seeding of native bunchgrasses following fire has had limited success. Previous research indicated that blackened…Publication Date 2017
- bluebunch wheatgrass
- islands of fertility
- rehabilitation
- restoration
- Seedling
- wildfire
- Library Collection RecordRevegetation of exotic annual grass - invaded rangelands is challenging as annuals rapidly reinvade after control treatments. The most effective control of exotic annual grass is usually achieved…Publication Date 2017
- cheatgrass
- herbicide protection pods
- imazapic
- medusahead
- restoration
- seed technologies
- Library Collection RecordIn sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt.) ecosystems, expansion and infilling of conifers decreases the abundance of understory perennial vegetation and lowers ecosystem resilience and resistance of…Publication Date 2017
- Conifer expansion
- fuels management
- Infilling
- juniper
- pinyon
- resilience to disturbance
- resistance to invasive annual grasses
- restoration
- Library Collection RecordExotic annual grasses have invaded millions of hectares of sagebrush (Artemisia L.) steppe in the Great Basin region and degraded wildlife habitat, reduced forage production, and promoted…Publication Date 2017
- Bromus tectorum
- cheatgrass
- medusahead
- restoration
- revegetation
- sagebrush steppe
- Library Collection RecordUtah lotus (Lotus utahensis Ottley) is a North American leguminous forb that may hold promise for rangeland revegetation in the western United States for diversifying planting mixtures, attracting…Publication Date 2017
- Condensed tannin
- Lotus corniculatus
- Lotus utahensis
- Lotus wrightii
- rangeland legumes
- rangeland plant materials
- restoration
- Library Collection RecordMedusahead (Elymus caput-medusae [L.] Nevski) is a highly damaging invasive annual grass in California rangelands. While it has been shown that prescribed fire can be a successful tool in…Publication Date 2016
- invasive
- medusahead
- prescribed fire
- rangeland ecology
- rangeland management
- restoration
- Library Collection RecordSeedling recruitment plays a crucial role in recovering plant communities after disturbance. As a natural disturbance, fire canmediate species composition in fescue prairie. However, little was known…Publication Date 2016
- fire cues
- restoration
- seedling density
- species composition
- species richness
- Library Collection RecordIn northern New Mexico, complex interactions among climate, land use, and the associated reduction of surface fire in forest and savanna communities facilitated the expansion of piñon-juniper…Publication Date 2016
- juniper
- Land cover change
- piñon pine
- restoration
- woodland
- Library Collection RecordMillions of hectares of sagebrush (Artemisia L.) plant communities have been degraded by past improper management, resulting in dense sagebrush stands with depleted herbaceous understories. Rest from…Publication Date 2016
- Artemisia tridentata
- defoliation
- herbivory
- livestock grazing
- recovery
- restoration
- Library Collection RecordMaintaining self-sustaining populations of desired plants is fundamental to rangeland management, and understanding the relationships among plant growth, seed production, and seedling recruitment is…Publication Date 2016
- fecundity
- nitrogen
- phosphorus
- restoration
- water amendment
- Library Collection RecordSagebrush steppe ecosystems in the western United States are characterized by harsh environmental conditions with high annual and seasonal variability in both precipitation and temperature.…Publication Date 2016
- model
- mortality
- restoration
- Seedbed
- temperature
- water availability
- Library Collection RecordSagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt.) plant communities in the Great Basin region are being severely impacted by increasingly frequent wildfires in association with the expansion of exotic annual…Publication Date 2015-11
- bluebunch wheatgrass
- climate variability
- restoration
- wildfire
- Library Collection RecordThe Gunnison sage-grouse (GUSG) is an iconic species recently proposed for protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In Colorado's Upper Gunnison River Basin, ranchers own the majority…Publication Date 2015-11
- conservation
- Endangered Species Act
- Gunnison sage-grouse
- private land
- ranching
- rangeland
- Library Collection RecordThe loss of big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt.) on sites disturbed by fire has motivated restoration seeding and planting efforts. However, the resulting sagebrush establishment is often lower…Publication Date 2015-09
- big sagebrush
- land treatments
- restoration
- seed sources
- seedlings
- Library Collection RecordTree removal is often applied to woodland-encroached rangelands to restore vegetation and improve hydrologic function, but knowledge is limited regarding effects of tree removal on hydrologic…Publication Date 2015-09
- erosion
- infiltration
- juniper
- pinyon
- prescribed fire
- rangeland hydrology
- restoration
- runoff
- sagebrush steppe
- tree mastication
- woodland encroachment
- Library Collection RecordGranivory and soil disturbance are two modes by which burrowing rodents may limit the success of native plant restoration in rangelands. This guild of animals has prolific effects on plant community…Publication Date 2015-07
- Dipodomys
- granivory
- restoration
- soil disturbance
- valley grassland
- Library Collection RecordBroadcast seeding is one of the most commonly applied rehabilitation treatments for the restoration of burned piñon and juniper woodlands, but the success rate of this treatment is notoriously low.…Publication Date 2015-05
- anchor chaining
- restoration
- seeding
- soil water repellency
- wildfire
- Library Collection RecordInvasive plant response to control efforts is strongly modified by site-specific factors, treatment timing, and environmental conditions following treatment, making management outcomes challenging to…Publication Date 2015-05
- Annual Grassland
- California
- ecosystem services
- invasive
- restoration
- seeding
- Library Collection RecordMillions of hectares of Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt. subsp. wyomingensis Beetle & Young) rangeland have been invaded by medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae [L.] Nevski…Publication Date 2015-05
- bunchgrasses
- crested wheatgrass
- exotic annual grasses
- forage kochia
- imazapic
- restoration
- Wyoming big sagebrush
- Library Collection RecordCrested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum [L] Gaertm) has been seeded on more than 5 million hectares in western North America because it establishes more readily than native bunchgrasses. Currently,…Publication Date 2015-03
- Agropyron cristatum
- restoration
- revegetation
- sagebrush steppe
- Library Collection RecordBroadcasting of Chinese wild rye, Leymus chinensis seeds (without plowing) is the long-standing recommendation for reseeding degraded grasslands in Northern China. However, no experimental…Publication Date 2015-03
- Leymus chinensis
- regeneration niche
- reseeding
- restoration
- seedling establishment
- Library Collection RecordIn response to the recent expansion of piñon and juniper woodlands into sagebrush-steppe communities in the northern Great Basin region, numerous conifer-removal projects have been implemented,…Publication Date 2014-09
- cheatgrass
- Nonnative species
- Pinon-juniper
- resilience
- restoration
- sagebrush
- Single-needle pinon
- Utah Juniper
- western juniper
- Library Collection RecordLand owners and managers across the western United States are increasingly searching for methods to evaluate and mitigate the effects of woodland encroachment on sagebrush steppe ecosystems. We used…Publication Date 2014-09
- aggregate stability
- Hydrophobicity
- juniper
- Pinon
- prescribed fire
- rangeland
- restoration
- soil water repellency
- tree mastication
- Library Collection RecordDeclining greater sage-grouse populations are causing concern for the future of this species across the western United States. Major ecosystem issues, including exotic annual grass invasion and…Publication Date 2014-07
- Endangered Species Act
- sage-grouse
- sagebrush
- state-and-transition
- Library Collection RecordSagebrush plays an important role in the ecological functions of sagebrush steppe plant communities and is a necessary component of habitat for a variety of wildlife including greater sage-grouse (…Publication Date 2014-05
- competition
- restoration
- sagebrush restoration
- Seedling
- survival
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2020-08
- adaptive management
- Assessment, inventory and monitoring
- discing
- restoration
- tebuthiuron
- Vegetation treatment
- Library Collection RecordRanchers and researchers restore a high-desert watershed.Publication Date 2010
- watersheds
- watershed management
- restoration
- watershed
- High Desert
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1981-10-01
- cattle
- Idaho
- Forest Service
- rangelands
- Sawtooth National Recreation Area
- SNRA
- riparian zones
- restoration
- spawning
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • As with much of the eastern United States, the native plant communities present in Florida when European settlers arrived have been converted to cropland, pastureland, and industrial…Publication Date 2013-10-01
- native seed production
- evaluation
- native vegetation
- restoration
- rangeland
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • The 1990 Dude Fire on the Mogollon Rim in Arizona and the following restoration resulted in an invasion of weeping lovegrass. • Ecosystem restoration required successful collaboration…Publication Date 2014-12-01
- weeping lovegrass
- Eragrostis curvula
- targeted grazing
- cattle
- protein supplementation
- restoration
- wildfire
- Dude fire
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • 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…Publication Date 2015-12-01
- attitudes
- concerns
- Endangered Species Act
- endangered species management
- human dimensions
- jaguar critical habitat
- key informant interview
- Southwest
- wildlife conservation
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Greater sage-grouse were found to be threatened or endangered with extinction in a preliminary assessment in 2010, with a final decision on an Endangered Species Act (ESA) listing due…Publication Date 2015-12-01
- greater sage-grouse
- Centrocercus urophasianus
- extinction
- Endangered Species Act
- predictive models
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Climate change models for the western United States predict warmer winters in the Great Basin and hotter, drier summers in the Mojave Desert, increasing the already high rate of…Publication Date 2016-12-01
- plant materials
- restoration
- novel ecosystems
- plant breeding
- abiotic stress tolerance
- resilience
- Library Collection RecordAs wildland fire frequency increases around the globe, a better understanding of the patterns of plant community recovery in burned landscapes is needed to improve rehabilitation efforts. We measured…Publication Date 2012-03-01
- aspect
- Bromus tectorum
- density
- emergency fire rehabilitation
- frequency
- restoration