This project uses the Landsat Time Series data available in Google Earth Engine along with a site moisture suitability index to characterize rangeland productivity in Southwest Montana. These data combined with climate records are used to estimate changes in range condition and carrying capacity based on average, dry, and wet years. This process can be used to predict range condition based on Spring climate so that managers and permittees can plan accordingly for the year. This data will also be useful for helping to inform range managers that are new to areas and lack the long term experience with conditions and climate.
Oral presentation and poster titles, abstracts, and authors from the Society for Range Management (SRM) Annual Meetings and Tradeshows, from 2013 forward.