Altar Valley Conservation Alliance

Funds Under This Award Are to Be Used for: Protecting a Working Landscape, Unfragmented by Development, Which Retains Ecosystem and Watershed Function Within the Historical Range of Resources and Variability. Specifically, These Funds Will Provide Labor and Support to Conduct Habitat Improvements, Monitoring, and Data Processing. the Goal of This Award Is to Enhance a Semi-desert Grassland Landscape That Includes Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, Habitat Enhancements Are Expected to Benefit All of the Native Wildlife Species Supported by Arizona's Altar Valley. Additional Goals Are to Monitor the Response of Restoration Efforts, Manage Monitoring Data, and Conduct Data Analysis. Vegetation and Wildlife Response Will Be Monitored Using Standard Approaches to Facilitate an Adaptive Management Approach for This Project and to Better Guide Similar Projects on Other Public and Private Lands, Therefore Having a Greater Positive Impact Across the Larger Landscape.