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- All Subjects: Paradise Valley (Ariz.)--Buildings, structures, etc
- All Subjects: Sonoran Desert
- Creators: Pintar, Ivan
- Creators: Mayro, Linda L.
- Creators: Scalero, David
This report was drafted to facilitate discussion about protection of cultural resources under the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan. The first part of the report provides an overview of historic preservation in Pima County, while the second part provides analysis and recommendations for improving Pima County's historic preservation policy.
By including ranch lands as a landscape form worthy of protection and preservation, Pima County formalized its commitment to keep ranchers ranching as a way of achieving multiple community goals, including conserving natural and cultural resources, preserving open spaces, and defining urban form.
Compiles information on plants and animals that are already recognized by the federal government as imperiled species, species which have been extirpated, and a much larger number of species that are in decline either locally or nationally. Descriptions of status, location, distribution, and habitat needs are presented for each species proposed. The report also considers vegetative communities, their history of decline and modification, and recommends priorities for their protection.
To facilitate discussion about which species might be considered for protection, a series of in-depth interviews were conducted with members of the local science community who have expertise in the areas of birds, fish, invertebrates, mammals, plants and plant communities, and reptiles and amphibians.
Photograph of Earth House, designed by Paolo Soleri in 1956, at Cosanti in Paradise Valley, Arizona
Interior photograph of Cat-Cast House at Cosanti in Paradise Valley, Arizona
Interior photograph of Ceramics Studio, designed by Paolo Soleri in 1959, at Cosanti in Paradise Valley, Arizona
Photograph of swimming pool and Cat-Cast House (built 1965-1966) at Cosanti in Paradise Valley, Arizona
Photograph of swimming pool at Cosanti in Paradise Valley, Arizona showing pool canopy and bronze bell windchimes
Photograph of North Apse, designed by Paolo Soleri in 1964, with bronze bell windchimes at Cosanti in Paradise Valley, Arizona