Locating Isolated Waters in Sonoran Desert Handout

Locating Isolated Waters in Sonoran Desert Handout
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Testing a Model for the Prediction of Isolated Waters in the Sonoran Desert CART Case Study Handout

In 2010, the U.S. Department of Defense contracted researchers from Texas Tech University (TTU) to inventory aquatic resources and monitor the quantity of water available for wildlife. Researchers at TTU, in collaboration with Jenness Enterprises, also developed a model to predict the locations of landscape features capable of retaining water to create a more complete inventory of temporary pools formed in rock (tinajas) and soil (charcos) that fill during rain events. 

Read the full case study here: https://www.fws.gov/project/locating-isolated-waters-sonoran-desert

 

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