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Evaluation of Conservation Effects Assessment Project Grazing Lands conservation practices on the Cienega Creek watershed in southeast Arizona with AGWA/RHEM modeling tools

D.C. Goodrich, H. Wei, I.S. Burns, D.P. Guertin, K. Spaeth, M. Hernandez, C. Holifield-Collins, M. Kautz, P. Heilman, L.R. Levick, G. Ponce, E. Carrillo and R. Tiller
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation May 2020, 75 (3) 304-318; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.75.3.304
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