El Rio Bonito: An Ethnoecological Study of the Bonita Creek Watershed,Southeastern Arizona

摘要

The report describes the history of ecological change in the Bonita Creekwatershed in southeastern Arizona. It evaluates current biological and ecological conditions, reviews local history and prehistory to determine past conditions, and makes comparisons to reconstruct the environmental history of the watershed. It provides background from the perspectives of biology and ecology, lifestyles of prehistoric Native Americans, and specifically Apache use of the watershed. It discusses the history of cattle ranching in the area. It describes the settlement patterns of Hispanics and Anglos and evaluates the impacts of their various land use practices on the environment. Finally, the report summarizes the history of human impacts on Bonita Creek.