We will likely offer this program in the future; however, dates have not been set.

Southern Arizona's Ranching Heritage Learning Expedition

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Travel with ASM ethnohistorians Diana Hadley, Michael Brescia, and Dale Brenneman and guest scholar, restoration ecologist Conor Flynn, for a day-long exploration of southern Arizona's ranching heritage. Visit Empire Ranch, Babocómari Ranch, Audubon-Whittell Research Ranch and WildEarth Guardians’ State Land Restoration Project.

Learn about:

• the land-management practices of the Native Americans who occupied the land at the time the Europeans arrived
• the varieties of livestock that traveled northward with Spanish and Mexican missionaries and settlers
• the large tracts of rangeland issued through Spanish and Mexican land grants
• the implications of Spanish water law for landowners today
• the range management practices of Spanish and Mexican ranchers
• the lives of southern Arizona’s early homesteaders and pioneer ranchers
• the variety of range management strategies being practiced today
• how ranchers have adapted to recent years of severe drought and how they plan to deal with climate change

Transportation, snacks, water, and lunch included.

Tentative Itinerary

times and order of site visits may vary

Wear a hat, comfortable shoes & sunscreen and bring binoculars.

$120 ASM members | $150 non-members
checks payable to “UA Foundation,” $60 is a tax-deductible gift

Contact Darlene Lizarraga by email or at 520-626-8381 to reserve your spot!

Or print the signup form (PDF *) and mail it to:

Attn: Darlene Lizarraga
Marketing Coordinator
Arizona State Museum
P.O. Box 210026
Tucson AZ · 85721-0026
PHONE 520-626-8381

Image credits:
Details of cowboys roping a yearling among 30,000 cattle, Sierra Bonita Ranch, Arizona. Photo courtesy Arizona HIstorical Society.

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