Course evaluations demonstrated that the workshops were very highly rated and that the participants would recommend them to colleagues. To help fill requests for this course, additional Biological Assessment Workshops will need to be conducted in the future in Arizona and New Mexico, and interest in holding these workshops in other States has also been expressed.

The Southwest Strategy is a community development and natural resources conservation and management effort by Federal, State, Tribal and local governments. Through this effort, the partners work in collaboration with each other and the public to restore and maintain the cultural, economic and environmental quality of life in the States of Arizona and New Mexico. Southwest Strategy Mission Statement: Southwest Strategy will facilitate collaborative, scientifically-based approaches to enhance community vitality and resolve resource conservation and management issues in the Southwest.