Southwest
Major Rangelands Web Portals Connect Science, Practice
Dr. George Ruyle (SNRE) and Barb Hutchinson (CALS) were featured in an article on UANews for their work collaborating to create three web portals that connect land managers to the best available scientific data and tools.
Read the full article at UANews: http://uanews.org/story/major-rangelands-web-portals-connect-science-pra...
"Wild Horses of the West" Book Event - Tubac Presidio Historic Park, Saturday, December 1, 2pm
Prof. de Steiguer's book, "Wild Horses" nominated for 2012 Best History Book Award from the New Mexico-Arizona Book Coop
Professor Ed de Steiguer's book, Wild Horses of the West: History and Politics of America's Mustangs (University of Arizona Press, 2011) has been nominated by the New Mexico-Arizona Book Coop for its 2012 Best History Book Award. Wild Horses, which stems from Ed's interest in western public lands, traces the horse from its re-introduction to North America by the Spanish in 1493 to the present-day conflict over mustangs on the federal range. This is the book's seventh award nomination. It was already won
The UA Climate Science Center receives $1.4m grant for climate change studies
SNRE climate specialist Gregg Garfin to participate as part of a team analyzing the impacts of climate change on wildfires and assessing where and when climatic conditions are likely to stress vegetation. The Center is housed within our Office of Arid Lands Studies.
Gregg Garfin featured in Arizona Daily Star front page article on this year’s Monsoon rainfall
Dr. Gregg Garfin, SNRE Assistant Professor was featured in an Arizona Daily Star front page article on this year’s Monsoon rainfall: http://azstarnet.com/news/local/rainfall-was-just-average---but-hey-we-l....
2012 Mountain Climate Research Conference (MTNCLIM 2012)
The 2012 Mountain Climate Research Conference (MTNCLIM 2012) will be held in Estes Park, Colorado, October 1-4, 2012. MTNCLIM 2012 is sponsored by the Consortium for Integrated Climate Research on Western Mountains (CIRMOUNT), and is dedicated to mountain climate sciences and effects of climate variability on ecosystems, natural resources, and conservation in western North American mountains. MTNCLIM conferences feature invited and contributed talks, poster sessions, and working-group sessions.
CLIMAS Receives $3.5M Grant to Continue Climate Assessment Research
Stephen Jackson Named New Southwest Climate Science Center Director
Stephen Jackson, Professor of Botany at the University of Wyoming has been named the Director for the new Southwest Climate Science Center. The center's goal is to provide local land managers access to the science of climate change and other stressors to national natural resources. Stephen Jackson will be an Adjunct Research Professor in SNRE and an Adjunct Professor in Geosciences.
