University of Arizona

The state has been facing an estimated overdraft of two million acre-feet per year from groundwater aquifers. As a result, the 1980 Groundwater Management Code is forcing the agricultural sector to manage and use the available water more efficiently.

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Mine land reclamation techniques were tested in arid Southeast Arizona for their potential to enhance reclamation success on two sites at different elevations (1400-­‐ and 1650-­‐meters above sea level) on two sandy loam soils (Arkose and Gila Conglomerate).

Common practices for connectivity modeling generally involve assessments of habitat suitability as an indicator for species movement.