Assessment of native species and ungulate grazing in the Southwest: Terrestrial wildlife

Range managers in the Southwestern States are increasingly being required to develop management strategies that take into consideration the conservation of wildlife populations. However, information on many aspects of the fundamental biology and impacts of grazing on individual species is still lacking in the scientific and government literature. This report documents a project designed to assemble this information for terrestrial wildlife in Arizona and New Mexico that have the potential to be negatively impacted by grazing or range management practices. To achieve this, a two-stage panel process was developed that employed a variety of wildlife experts to create a list of potentially vulnerable species and to...

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Arizona, New Mexico, Southwest, grazing effects, range management, All tags... terrestrial, ungulate grazing, wildlife, wildlife management, Fewer tags

Climate change, drought and desertification

The definition of desertification accepted in the ad hoc conference held by UNEP in Nairobi in 1977 and confirmed at the Earth Summit on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 is: ?arid, semi-arid and dry-subhumid land degradation?. There is no global long-term trend in any rainfall change over the period of instrumental record (c. 150 years), but there has been an increase of 0�5�C in global temperature over the past 100 years. This increase seems partly due to urbanization, as there is no evidence of it resulting from atmospheric pollution by CO2and other warming gases (SO2, NO2, CH4, CFH etc.). On the other hand, the thermal increase is uneven, increasing with latitudes above 40� N and S....

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation, Journal Citation; Tags: Journal of Arid Environments, arid lands, bioclimatology, desertization, drought mitigation, All tags... erosion, land degradation, land management, range management, vegetation depletion, Fewer tags

Range Improvement Projects for the BLM Pinedale Field Office, Wyoming

This data depicts range improvement projects (RIP) on BLM land in the Pinedale Field Office including type of project, located and date constructed or implemented. This data does not address condition of RIP. These projects are constructed with the objective of improving rangelands through the proper distribution of livestock.

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable; Tags: BLM, Big Piney, Federal Government, Grazing, Over Grazing, All tags... Pinedale, Pinedale BLM Field Office, Pinedale Field Office, RIP, Range Improvement, Range Improvement Project, Range Management, Range Manipulation, Rangelands, Sage Grouse Project, Southwestern Wyoming, Sublette County, Vegetation Treatments, Water Development, Water Sources, Wind River Mountains, Wyoming, Wyoming Range, biota, farming, inlandWaters, utilitiesCommunication, Fewer tags

Range Improvement projects on BLM land in the Pinedale Wyoming Field Office at 1:24,000

This data depicts range improvement projects (RIP) on BLM land in the Pinedale Field Office including type of project, located and date constructed or implemented. This data does not address condition of RIP. These projects are constructed with the objective of improving rangelands through the proper distribution of livestock.

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable; Tags: Big Piney, Grazing, Over Grazing, Pinedale, Pinedale BLM Field Office, All tags... RIP, Range Improvement, Range Improvement Project, Range Management, Range Manipulation, Rangelands, Southwestern Wyoming, Sublette County, Vegetation Treatments, Water Development, Water Sources, Wind River Mountains, Wyoming, Wyoming Range, biota, environment, farming, Fewer tags