Sonoita Valley Grasslands
Stephen is working with Jane and Carl Bock on a book on the grasslands on the Sonoita Valley,
currently titled Sonoita Plain: Views from a Southwestern Grassland. Jane and Carl are the authors of
The View From Bald Hill, the story of their 30 years of fieldwork at the
Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch, managed by the National Audubon Society. This book will
discuss the issues involved in managing the few remaining grasslands in the Southwest, including
grazing, wildlife, plants, rainfall, fire, and development, among others. Stephen will provide the photographs,
taken throughout the seasons, before and after the Ryan fire that swept through the valley
in the spring of 2002.
You may either select from the list below or use the button to open an "image selector" window
where you may browse through thumbnails of the images before selecting those you would like to view
in the main window.
Some images from the book:
- Pond with Killdeer
- Drying mud in pond
- Pond following summer monsoon,
- Pond with standing water and algae
- Plant life in pond
- Hillside west of Turkey Creek, following fire
- East Mesa, following firea
- Burned agave
- Fire-scarred agave I
- Sky above Canelo Hills, post fire, Southeastern Arizona
- Burned Agave Base
- Fire-scarred agave II
- East Mesa, post fire, after first rain
- East Mesa, 2.5 months post fire
- East Mesa, 3.5 months post fire
- Post monsoon: Overlooking O'Donnell Canyon toward the Mustangs
- Northeast corner of the Audubon Research Ranch, Southeastern Arizona
- Agave Leaf Pattern III
- Agave Leaf Pattern I
- Multi-level oak savannah landscape: view from East Mesa
- Overview of Audubon Research Ranch topography from East Mesa
- Draw looking west from East Mesa, late fall, Audubon Research Ranch
- Overlooking O'Donnell Canyon toward the Mustangs, late fall
- View toward Bald Hill with foreground Sotol and Agave stalks, Audubon Research Ranch
- Snow dusted hills with agave, near Turkey Creek,
- Snow on Agave
- Mustang Mountains from entrance to the Audubon Research Ranch
- Bald Hill from the Southeast on the Audubon Research Ranch
- Overview, Sonoita Valley
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