Welcome to the Arizona AgNIC Rangelands web site! It is being developed by a interdisciplinary project team of several collaborating units at The University of Arizona in Tucson.

We are a partner in the AgNIC Alliance, which is a national effort to create an electronic network that will provide seamless access to distributed sources of agricultural information, subject area specialists, and other resources in a manner in which the physical location of these resources is transparent to the user. Agricultural information as used here is defined as that produced by basic, applied, and developmental research, extension, and teaching activities in the food, agricultural, renewable natural resources, forestry, and physical and social sciences.

Construction of the Arizona Rangelands web site is significant for a number of reasons. It is a collaborative effort rather than a solo one - the Arizona AgNIC Project Team is comprised of a number of librarians, information professionals, and rangeland experts committed to working together for a common goal. The Arizona Rangelands web site will be a selective, centralized resource with an integrated interface. In addition, when critical information is not yet available in electronic form, the Az AgNIC Project will seek to create or support creation of such electronic resources (for example, the digitized backfiles of the Journal of Range Management developed by the Arizona AgNIC Project Team).

We feel that we have put a great deal of care and effort into creating a useful site and that the final effort in that process is making potential users into actual users. To that end, we have given a number of presentations and poster sessions to announce and demonstrate the site as widely as possible.

Mission

Our mission is to provide electronic access to the full scope of information in the field of rangelands and rangeland management to people everywhere and of all knowledge levels by collecting, creating, evaluating, and organizing relevant resources.

Scope of Subject

As described in Introduction to Rangelands and Rangeland Management, "Rangelands are a type of land, not a use of land. They are not urban land and they are not agricultural land. They do include some forests, some woodlands and other vegetation types not usually associated with range, but primarily, rangelands are grasslands, shrublands and savannas, and grasslands with scattered trees and shrubs."

Copyright Statement

All of the original material in this web site is copyrighted either by the individual authors or the Office of Arid Lands Studies at The University of Arizona, under the auspices of the Arizona Board of Regents. Materials from this site may not be published on any web site or used in any commercial endeavor in any form without written permission from the Office of Arid Lands Studies. Some materials are copyrighted by other entities, and are used by the Office of Arid Lands Studies with their permission. In such cases, permission must be granted by the copyright holder.

Disclaimer

The Arizona AgNIC Project Team maintains this web site to enhance public access to rangeland management information. This is a service that is continually under development. While we try to keep the information timely and accurate, we make no guarantees of any kind, expressed, implied, or otherwise. Please bring errors to our attention, and we will correct them.

We do not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of information created and maintained by other public and private organizations whose work we link to. Further, linking to such items does not endorse any views expressed or products or services offered. Users are responsible for properly evaluating resources according to their own personal, academic, or research needs.

In no event shall the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of The University of Arizona be liable for any special, incidental, indirect, or consequential profits, whether or not advised of the possibility of damage, and on any theory of liability, arising out of or in connection with the use or content provided by this web site.