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- All Subjects: Ajo (Ariz.)
- Creators: Pima County (Ariz.). County Administrator's Office
A primer on the impacts of recreational activities and types of activities allowed under the current program mandates and management plans of public land entities.
Provides an inventory of resources in Ajo and western Pima County and land use planning proposals so that the Planning and Zoning Commission and Board of Supervisors have the opportunity to add western Pima County to the Comprehensive Plan as part of the 2001 Plan Update.
The author takes issue with the statement, "Only three percent of the cows are from the West" and discusses all that is involved in raising cows that are then shipped east to graze before slaughter. They forget that they were born and raised out here. The Altar Valley alone produces millions of pounds of beef a year.
We need to look at what is management and how it has changed. What was once considered good practice in farming in some areas is no longer considered good practice because you are losing soil. The same thing is happening in ranching and as we look at the way range management has changed in the last 30 years, it is really dramatic in what the goals and objectives are of those people that are on the land is to stay on the land.
The Santa Rita Ranches operate in cooperation with the Santa Rita Experimental Range located to the west of the Santa Rita Mountains, in the upper Santa Cruz Valley. It was established in 1903 and is recognized as a principal site for research on the improvement and management of semiarid grasslands in the Southwest.