Rangelands in Gila and Yavapai Counties range from approximately 3,200 to 7,500 feet in elevation with a tremendous range in diversity of native vegetation. In just a short one hour drive, one can span at least three ecological zones from desert scrub to chaparral to pinyon juniper to ponderosa pine forests.
Staff members at the University of Arizona College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, or CALS, and the University Libraries are at the forefront of the Rangelands Partnership – a multi-institution organization, 10 years in the making – that has just launched a suite of Web-based portals with a database of more than 13,000 resources related to rangelands.