Sustaining flows of critical resources: One example (Abstract)

Abstract

Growth of communities throughout the west accelerates into the 21st century, resources that were once unseen and unused, except, perhaps, by ranchers, are in increasing demand. This trend is particularly apparent on the Public Land. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is responsible for sustaining the availability, the flow, of many natural resources from substantive forest products, leasable minerals, and livestock forage to the less tangible resources of aesthetics, solitude, and recreational experiences. Resolving conflicts among the diverse and numerous users of Public Land has become one of BLM's primary responsibilities. The Upper SanPedro River Basin in southeast, Arizona, is an area where the conflicts have been persistent. In many ways sustaining the flow of resources in the Upper San Pedro Basin, including the flow of the river itself, is a metaphor for resource management in a settings of increasing consumptive use by growing communities

Parent Publication

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

Citation

Renthal, Jim. 2000. Sustaining flows of critical resources: One example (Abstract). 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. 388.