Arizona Cooperative Extension Rangeland Monitoring Evaluation Report

This project is an evaluation of the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Rangeland Monitoring Programs. Using interviews, focus groups, and surveys, the Community Research, Evaluation, and Development (CRED) team examined attitudes and behaviors of ranchers and federal agency staff toward rangeland monitoring, and also examined the working relationships between the ranchers and the agencies. The work included all three Extension monitoring programs: the Arizona Cooperative Rangeland Monitoring Program, the Southeastern Arizona Rangeland Monitoring Program, and Reading the Range. The ranchers, mostly cattle growers, were located across the state, including central Arizona, southeast Arizona, and Mohave County. The agency staff represented both the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service.