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Lessons Learned: Sonoran Desert Ecosystem Initiative (October 2005)
The document summarizes the lessons learned from The Nature Conservancy and Sonoran Institute's multi-year collaborative project with the Bureau of Land Management and Department of Defense at the Sonoran Desert National Monument and Goldwater Training Range.
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State of the Las Ciénegas National Conservation Area, Part I (July 2005)
Summarizes work completed to assist the Bureau of Land Management in the development and implementation of a science-based adaptive management and monitoring program to evaluate progress toward objectives established in BLM’s Resource Management Plan. Includes 1) an analysis of data collected between 1995 and 2004 on the condition and trend of the NCA’s grasslands, 2) a review of monitoring protocols, and 3) an outline of the adaptive management process implemented by BLM in 2004/2005.
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Conservation Elements of and a Biodiversity Management Framework for the Sonoran Desert NM (June 2005)
Developed for the BLM and Dept. of Defense, this report summarizes the results of The Nature Conservancy’s characterization of important biodiversity elements and the Sonoran Institute’s analysis of socioeconomic information for the Monument and surrounding environs. The data and analyses demonstrate the importance of coordinated management among the various public, private, and tribal land managers surrounding the Monument as a mechanism for protecting the objects for which the Monument was designated.
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Interbasin Groundwater Flow at the Benson Narrows, Arizona (March 2005)
Describes research indicating groundwater is moving through the floodplain alluvial aquifer at Three Links Farm, and that most of this water originates from the Upper San Pedro River Basin. Published in March/April 2005 issue of Southwest Hydrology.
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The Impacts of Livestock Grazing in the Sonoran Desert: a Literature Review and Synthesis (February 2005)
Prepared for the BLM, this review includes a synthesis of the scientific literature on the impacts of livestock grazing and grazing management strategies for the Sonoran Desert. Also included are reviews of plant community dynamics, biological soil crust ecology, and grazing-vegetation interaction theory as they relate to an understanding of grazing impacts and strategies.
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