Research support for land management in the Southwestern Borderlands

Gerald J. Gottfried; Carleton B. Edminster; Ronald J. Bemis; Larry S. Allen; Charles G. Curtin

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Research support for land management in the Southwestern Borderlands

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Authors:

Gerald J. Gottfried, Carleton B. Edminster, Ronald J. Bemis, Larry S. Allen, Charles G. Curtin

Year:

2000

Type:

Proceedings

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Ffolliott, Peter F.; Baker Jr., Malchus B.; Edminster, Carleton B.; Dillon, Madelyn C.; Mora, Karen L., tech. coords. Land Stewardship in the 21st Century: The Contributions of Watershed Management; 2000 March 13-16; Tucson, AZ. Proc. RMRS-P-13. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 330-334.

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Abstract

The Malpai Borderlands Group, Animas Foundation, other private organizations, and federal and state agencies are concerned about landscape fragmentation, declining productivity, and loss of biological diversity related to encroachment of woody species. In response, they are attempting to implement ecosystem management on almost 1 million acres of grasslands and woodlands in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. Reintroduction of natural fire is an important component for achieving ecosystem sustainability. A number of government and private organizations are supporting or conducting research on ecosystem and landscape ecology and management techniques. The research covers several general areas including information syntheses, resource inventories, historical environmental changes, fire and Borderlands ecosystems, range restoration, and the relationship between species ecology and land management.

Parent Publication

Land Stewardship in the 21st Century: The Contributions of Watershed Management; 2000 March 13-16; Tucson, AZ

Keywords

land stewardship, watershed management, ecosystem-based management, natural resources, conservation, sustainable development, sustainable use

Citation

Gottfried, Gerald J.; Edminster, Carleton B.; Bemis, Ronald J.; Allen, Larry S.; Curtin, Charles G. 2000. Research support for land management in the Southwestern Borderlands. In: Ffolliott, Peter F.; Baker Jr., Malchus B.; Edminster, Carleton B.; Dillon, Madelyn C.; Mora, Karen L., tech. coords. Land Stewardship in the 21st Century: The Contributions of Watershed Management; 2000 March 13-16; Tucson, AZ. Proc. RMRS-P-13. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 330-334.