Big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) has been seeded on rangeland treatments and wildfires throughout Utah for the enhancement of watersheds and wildlife habitat.…

MULTISAR is a multi-partner program that collaborates to conserve species at risk through voluntary habitat stewardship, while maintaining viable ranching operations in…

The greatest threat to eastern North American biodiversity is the loss of eastern grasslands, especially those found in the southern states. Prior to European settlement,…

The Colorado River is a vital resource in the United States and Mexico but is susceptible to detrimental salinity levels with salinity-related damages estimated at $385…

Wilman love grass (Eragrostis superba) is a species used worldwide to rehabilitate degraded grasslands. Although this species could present lower nutritional quality and…

Tall Forb communities have a complex history of grazing within the Intermountain West.� This complex history of grazing in conjunction with current plant community and…

We conducted three germination experiments to develop propagation protocols for Yucca elata (Engelm.) Engelm. and Menodora scabra A. Gray. Experiments were: seed…

In California, some of the most valued landscapes are the ones that humans have actively managed with fire: grasslands, woodlands, pine forests. Unfortunately, across much…

To borrow from the legal profession, an �examination for discovery� is a process which is partially undertaken to discover relevant facts and areas of agreement prior…

The Taylor ranch, of Edgar, Montana, has followed a 7 pasture deferred-rest rotation grazing system for�21 years. The change on the landscape has been remarkable. One…

Accurate mapping of rangeland vegetation is critical in studies of livestock spatial distribution. Our objective was to develop a detailed vegetation map to help model the…

Unprecedented wildfires are burning on federal lands used for summer grazing by livestock across California. As a result, ranchers and other stakeholders have concerns…

In Montana, economic efficiency of cattle production is threatened by high feed and input costs. Dormant season livestock grazing reduces reliance on harvested feeds, but…

Agricultural producers and land managers have decision and operational implementation calendars � some of which are written; however, many of these calendars are…

Although biological soil crusts (biocrusts) are known to occur globally in arid and semi-arid environments, the question arises as to if they occur in the Great Basin…

The degree of difficulty of the Range Plant Identification Contest has varied over time. To show its evolution a scatter plot with the scores of the first three places per…

The northern bobwhite is an iconic species of the southeastern United States. Southern rangelands are considered important for nearly one third of the range-wide…

Despite the complex nature of biophysical systems, ranchers need ways to assess ecological progress, and grazing management practices must be science-based to be broadly…

This research project discusses and illustrates the dynamics of managing cowherds in common-pool forage resource systems characterized by poor forage quality and…

Beaked sedge (Carex utriculata) is a dominant species within montane riparian meadow communities in northern Arizona and is utilized by both livestock and wild ungulates…

Grazing by domestic livestock is the most common and economical use of grasslands. Plants adopt different reproduction tactics in response to herbivory disturbances under…

Disturbed rangelands present significant challenges to resource managers and land owners.� In the Great Basin, exotic annual grasses have truncated secondary succession…

�Soil degradation is a critical issue in agriculture, and restoration is necessary to reach global food security and production goals. There has been substantial debate…

Successful ranching families maintain flexibility in their operations over decades to multi-generational time spans. Interviews and focus groups with ranchers in the…

Sagebrush ecosystems and the species that depend upon them are at risk due to a suite of persistent ecosystem and anthropogenic threats, and managers and policy makers are…

Rangelands in north Africa and the near east in general provide numerous goods and services that have great economic, social, cultural, and biological values. For…

Grazing lands across the Globe provide essential habitat for sensitive species. Balancing habitat conservation with the infrastructure needs of a growing population is a…

Shrub encroachment in southwestern grasslands has negatively impacted ranching, soil conservation, and grassland dependent species. Past research suggested that a complex…

Quaking aspen, Populus tremuloides, has experienced severe declines in recent years in part due to the effects of changing climate and drought. As the dominant deciduous…

Monitoring programs designed to track ecosystem changes in response to both stressors and disturbances can use repeated observations of ecosystem attributes. Such programs…

Precipitation is both highly spatially and temporally variable in Arizona, which adds a major challenge to decision-making for livestock allotments. MyRAINgeLog allows…

The southeastern U.S. is not known as a major grassland region. Its grasslands largely disappeared two centuries ago. Today�s remnant savannas, prairies, glades, barrens…

The gradient concept of landscape structure is a relatively new conceptual paradigm in landscape ecology that provides an additional framework to pattern-process…

Sustainable ranching operations have access to adequate forage reserves for grazing and means by which to market livestock profitably. These become even more relevant…

Adaptive management (AM) theory is a popular management and conservation tool favored by many land managers and scientists. Its influence is widely observed in the…

Soil salinity limits plant growth and crop production. More than 20% of cultivated land worldwide is affected by salinity, particularly in arid/semiarid regions. The…

In Modoc County, located in northeastern California there is a unique rangeland area heavily populated by wild horses and managed primarily by US Forest Service known as…

Granivorous heteromyid rodent species and Indian ricegrass (Achnatherum hymenoides), a perennial grass common on sandy soils, are both widely distributed throughout North…

In 2017, the Gunnison Climate Working Group Project Team (GCWG), a diverse public-private partnership, completed its sixth year of riparian and wet meadow restoration in…

Over 350 vertebrate species rely on sagebrush ecosystems for their existence within all or portions of their lifespans. The sagebrush ecosystem faces two types of threats…

The Great Basin Institute (GBI), in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), has implemented the Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring (AIM) strategy to…

The Great Basin of North America has been identified as an area that suffers from elevated levels of degradation, and is difficult to restore via seeding practices.…

In the western United States, direct seeding is a common practice that attempts to restore native plant communities and ecological function back into the ecosystem.…

Herbivory exerts a profound influence on ecosystem function and physiognomy.� How a plant community responds to grazing by domestic herbivores is to a large degree…

To quantify rangeland fire behavior, thermocouple datalogger systems are used to measure flame temperature. Current systems are either small and operate few thermocouples…

Locations with post-Reference vegetation occurring on a single Ecological Site presented here was collected over a 10 year period and in a prescribed manner. The data…

Native plant species are not generally known to be weeds. Many even question whether native species can be invasive in the full extent of the definition. However, there…

In the United States, 36% of the land is rangeland with 25% of it privately owned and vulnerable to accelerated soil loss. Soil erosion from mismanagement, desertification…

Land managers often apply straw mulch after wildfire to reduce soil erosion and potentially increase soil moisture. Increased soil moisture and reduced soil erosion may…

Objectives of this study conducted in a western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) dominated system of central Oregon were to: (1) evaluate tree canopy cover effects on…