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Researcher Jason Field has been collecting dust samples across Southern Arizona to look how dust affects health, climate in AZDealing with dust is simply part of living in the desert but little is actually known about its behavior and how it affects our health, climate and everyday lives.News02/11/2010 - 2:32pm
Chris Scott's new book: "Wastewater Irrigation and Health: Assessing and Mitigating Risk in Low-income Countries".Scott collaborates with SNRE and is jointly appointed at the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy and the School of Geography and DevelopmentNews02/10/2010 - 4:36pm
Brown Bag Talk by Melanie Lenart - Science into Stories: Writing for the Public News02/09/2010 - 2:43pm
David Quanrud leads team investigating perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in Tucson ground waterThis new grant from the USGS/Water Resources Research Center 104B program is to identify mechanism(s) for occurrence of the emerging contaminant perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in Tucson Basin groundwater.News02/08/2010 - 4:13pm
Julio Betancourt receives $60,451 from the USGS-Park Oriented Biological Support (POBS) Program The project is titled, "Vegetation and Fire History of City of Rocks (CIRO) National Reserve: Relevance for Understanding the Role of Climate and Disturbance in Plant Migration in the American West"News02/08/2010 - 3:45pm
The International Arid Lands Consortium (IALC) FY2010 Research Project Request for Proposals (RFPs) now availableThe International Arid Lands Consortium (IALC) FY2010 Research Project Request for Proposals (RFPs) and the associated files are now available on the IALC WebsiteNews02/08/2010 - 3:38pm
Student Scholarship Recipients Recognized at Annual Meeting of Arizona Section of the Society for Range ManagementAt the Annual Meeting in Prescott on 20 January 2010, the University of Arizona recipients of the Arizona Section Society for Range Management Outstanding Undergraduate Student Scholarship and Marcell E. Schmutz Memorial Scholarship were recognized.News02/05/2010 - 1:05pm
Remote Sensing of the Senegal River Basin Workshop, An OMVS/ SNRE ProjectGrant Casady and Willem van Leeuwen successfully conducted a 5-day workshop in Dakar, Senegal with staff of the Organisation pour la Mise en Valeur du fleuve Sénégal (OMVS).News02/02/2010 - 4:55pm
David Quanrud invited to participate on a review panel for the Water Environment Research Foundation on January 20, 2009. The review panel convened at the Colorado School of Mines (Golden, CO) provided a critique on a State of the Science white paper on trace organic chemicals (TOrCs) of concern in biosolids used for land application in a project funded by the Water Environment Research Foundation. News02/01/2010 - 1:50pm
Video: Santa Rita Experimental Range: A Century of SustainabilityThe Santa Rita Experimental Range has served as an important outdoor laboratory for more than a century for researchers investigating sustainable grazing practicesNews01/28/2010 - 9:04am
AAAS names nine from UA to Fellows including two from SNRE, Steven Archer and Dave Breshears…..They join more than 500 other scientists from around the world who will be honored at the Association's annual meeting in February in San Diego.News01/28/2010 - 8:10am
Dr. Larry Howery appointed by Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar to serve on Arizona's Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) ...... News01/27/2010 - 9:57am
SNRE Partners with New Mexico State and Colorado State Universities on Two New USDA Grants... New studies address “Enhancement of Sustainable Livestock Grazing through Selection and Training” and “Integrated Approaches for Targeting Cattle Grazing to Improve Ecosystem Services”News01/27/2010 - 9:18am
The Natural Products Center (Office of Arid Lands Studies) are part of the UA team that won a $44M grant from the U.S. DoDThe Natural Products Center (Office of Arid Lands Studies) are part of the UA team that won a $44M grant from the U.S. Department of Energy News01/26/2010 - 5:06pm
Collaboration in Natural Resources is theme for Spring 2010 distinguished speaker series and seminarFive prominent scholars to visit campus and meet with graduate studentsNews01/21/2010 - 12:09pm