SRER continues to function as an outdoor laboratory, providing study areas for various research cooperators. Research planning and administration is coordinated via the Santa Rita Research Committee, a committee of research cooperators comprising five members. The committee includes two members from the University of Arizona; one from the USDA Science and Education Administration; one from the Coronado National Forest; and one from the USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. Final responsibility rests with the latter agency. Current investigations cover lehmann lovegrass productivity, grazing systems, and various wildlife studies, performed primarily by cooperators.
SRER is available to scientists for conducting research. Interested persons should contact the Department of Renewable Natural Resources, University of Arizona. Also, most of the references listed in the Annotated Bibliography can be found at the University of Arizona Library, Special Collections (Santa Rita Experimental Range), especially those with no dates. Included in this library are copies of administrative reports dating back to early 1900's. These administrative reports contain valuable insight into the then current conditions of range and forests of various forests in the western USA. Many accounts depict the problems that resource managers were faced with at the time. Nearly every forest in the Southwest is described in terms of problems related to grazing, tree production, and watershed condition. Also included in this library are original records of research data, hand written notes from respective scientists and maps showing location of the study plots on SRER. This type of information is invaluable for conducting long-term evaluations of flora and fauna of the semi-desert grassland of the southwest.