Our purpose is to reconnect emeriti and alumni from the foundation departments within SOLS and to showcase the activities of our faculty, staff , and students. Each issue will contain features highlighting interesting ongoing research by students and faculty. We’ll “find” successful alumni and catch up with their careers, and “track down” emeriti and look at their activities in retirement. This will be an instrument to increase our visibility.

To facilitate development of the Environmental Impact Statement which must accompany the Section 10 multi-species conservation proposal, a series of issue papers were prepared. In Pima County, ranching is uniquely able to preserve the integrity of vast tracts of connected and unfragmented open space and wildlife habitat. This study reviews the effect of five alternative permit strategies on the County's ability to preserve unfragmented landscapes through conserving ranch lands.