College of Agriculture, University of Arizona,
Arizona Land and People, Vol. 46, Number 1
Special Facilities housed in the School of Renewable Natural Resources (SRNR)Advanced Resource Technology Group (ART)
The ART Group provides the primary focus for research and extension in cartographic and spatial analysis for the College of Agriculture, but also encourages and facilitates cooperation among faculty with similar expertise and interests campus-wide. For new and previous GIS users from all departments ART helps with GIS hardware and software selection, provides advice and training on GIS database development and analysis, and offers technical review of proposals. Furthermore, as an integral component of research and extension, ART
faculty promote and assist in the development of GIS instructional resources
and curriculum for the benefit of the college, university, and the State
of Arizona. The U.S. Army and Navy have contracted ART to develop GIS-based
management systems for land-use and threatened and endangered species.
Cooperative Units – USDA Forest Service Cooperative Research Unit This unit maintains and expands cooperative relationships for research on southwestern ecological systems: grasslands and deserts, woodlands and forests, and riparian and freshwater areas. It is a part of the Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS) and exists through a formal Memo randum of Understanding between The University of Arizona and the USDA Forest Service RMRS.
Established in 1973, this unit was one of 21 units created through the National Park Service (NPS) to support park managers with advice by conducting research on resource-related issues in the parks. The goal is to connect researchers with managers. The unit is now a part of the Biological Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey. Principal university cooperators include the School of Renewable Natural Resources, and the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
Unit scientists hold faculty or research associate appointments at
the university. A technical report series published by the unit allows
dissemination of information about high-priority resource management
questions. The series allows the flexibility of retaining considerable
information on study design, methods, results and applications not afforded
in formal scientific publications. The unit newsletter, Bajada, is published
three times yearly and can be accessed through the unit’s
home page. Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Unit personnel are federal employees who are accorded full faculty status and participate in all aspects of research, education and training that occurs within the Wildlife and Fisheries Science program in the School of Renewable Natural Resources. The staff teach graduate courses, advise graduate students, and conduct research on applied fish and wildlife problems. They provide the information they collect to state and federal agencies and to interested members of the public.
For more information about the four units on
listed on this page, contact School of Renewable Natural Resources
The University of Arizona Biosciences East , Bldg. #43, Room 325
Tucson, AZ 85721 (520) 621-7255 Home Page: http://www.srnr.arizona.edu/
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