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- Library Collection RecordResidential development has had a particularly significant impact on rangeland ecosystems, including wildlife habitat reduction and fragmentation, altered hydrology and water quality, and decreased…Publication Date [2019]
- human dimensions
- monitoring
- inventory
- resilience
- Library Collection RecordAn unlikely alliance of ranchers, Indigenous communities and environmentalists is trying to save the Owyhee Canyonlands.Publication Date Mar 30, 2021
- sagebrush
- Oregon
- Library Collection RecordIn Arizona and other western states, ranchers and land managers rely on thousands of miles of permanent wire fencing to manage livestock on rangelands. Patented in 1874, this type of fencing has been…Publication Date 2024
- virtual fence
- Library Collection RecordThe National Range and Pasture Handbook provide procedures in support of NRCS policy for the inventory, analysis, treatment, and management of grazing land resources. Revision 1 of the handbook…Publication Date 2022
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordAcross the western United States, pinyon and juniper woodlands are undergoing significant changes that are of concern to land managers and the communities who depend on them. In some areas, the…Publication Date 2021
- Library Collection RecordThe intersection of expanding human development and wildland landscapes—the “wildland–urban interface” or WUI—is one of the most vexing contexts for fire management because it involves complex…Publication Date 2021
- Library Collection RecordSpatially patchy fire creates landscape-level diversity that in turn stabilizes several rangeland ecosystem services, including forage production and habitat availability. To enhance biodiversity and…Publication Date 2021
- diversity
- stability
- fire-grazing interaction
- Great Plains
- temporal variation
- Library Collection RecordHuman enterprise has led to large-scale changes in landscapes and altered wildlife population distribution and abundance, necessitating efficient and effective conservation strategies for impacted…Publication Date 2021
- Galliformes
- greater sage-grouse
- Centrocercus urophasianus
- sagebrush
- Artemisia spp.
- Land cover change
- resource selection function
- Translocation
- Library Collection RecordThis publication is part of the Rancher-to-Rancher Case Study Series: Increasing resilience among ranchers in the Pacific Northwest.Publication Date 2020
- Library Collection RecordVersion 5 of “Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health” (IIRH), Technical Reference 1734-6, is the third published edition of this protocol. Version 5 reflects protocol updates and clarifications…Publication Date 2020
- rangeland health
- rangeland assessment
- IIRh Protocol
- inventory
- monitoring
- protocols
- Library Collection RecordTrichomoniasis (or Trich, as it is commonly referred to in the industry) is a reproductive disease in cattle that can seriously impact the bottom line of Arizona ranches and the cow…Publication Date 2020
- cattle
- Arizona
- health
- economics
- Cow and Calf
- impacts
- Library Collection RecordConceptually, drought is a water shortage due to reduced rainfall compared to long-term, normal baseline conditions specific to geographical extents with ecological, social, and economic consequences…Publication Date 2020
- Library Collection RecordEnacted into law on January 1, 1970, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) transformed how government Agencies make decisions which may impact the environment: integrating environmental…Publication Date 2020
- NEPA
- environmental protection
- grazing
- environmental impact
- public opinion
- federal government
- planning
- analysis
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2020
- Library Collection RecordInterpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health was initiated in 1994 as a qualitative, rapid assessment technique to evaluate rangeland health. Seventeen field indicators are used to rate three…Publication Date 2020
- Library Collection RecordThe choice of remediation of oil-produced water (aka brine) spills depends on the severity of contamination, environmental factors, cost-effectiveness, and relative efficiency of salt removal. The…Publication Date 2020
- brine
- soil properties
- remediation
- evaporation pits
- Bakken Formation
- Williston Basin
- upper Great Plains
- gypsum
- Organic amendments
- Library Collection RecordThis synthesis reviews current knowledge of pinyon and juniper ecosystems, in both persistent and newly expanded woodlands, for managers, researchers, and the interested public. We draw from a large…Publication Date 2020
- pinyon
- juniper
- hydrology
- topography
- soils
- Life History
- taxonomy
- seedling ecology
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2020
- Library Collection RecordDecision makers need better methods for identifying critical ecosystem vulnerabilities to changing climate and fire regimes. Climate-wildfire-vegetation interactions are complex and hinder…Publication Date 2019
- forests
- climate change
- vulnerability assessment
- natural resource planning
- fuel treatment
- Library Collection RecordThis publication is part of the Rancher-to-Rancher Case Study Series: Increasing resilience among ranchers in the Pacific Northwest.Publication Date 2019
- Library Collection RecordThis handbook is meant to guide ranchers who are navigating the appeal procedures in either the Forest Service (USFS), housed in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), or the Bureau of…Publication Date 2019
- Library Collection RecordCore Ideas “Wicking” salts from brine-impacted soils may be an effective means of remediation. Wicking materials reduced the mass of Na in brine-impacted soil columns up to 88%. This method may…Publication Date 2019
- brine
- brine-contaminated soils
- remediation
- soil salinity
- Williston Basin
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2019
- Library Collection RecordMost regions of the United States are projected to experience a higher frequency of severe droughts and longer dry periods as a result of a warming climate. Even if current drought regimes remain…Publication Date 2019
- adaptation
- ecological drought
- forests
- hydrological drought
- rangelands
- resilience
- Library Collection RecordEcological sites are a conceptual landscape classification system used to interpret potential across the landscape. The fundamental assumption of ecological sites is that landscapes can be grouped…Publication Date 2018
- ecological indicators
- site
- landscape
- indicators
- descriptors
- land classification
- biome
- Description
- Library Collection RecordMaking changes on the farm or ranch involves taking risks. One or two years spent experimenting can lead to a financial hit too difficult to recover from. That’s where Western SARE’s Farmer/…Publication Date 2018
- Almonds
- animal production
- crop production
- Cropping Systems
- Hazelnuts
- integrated pest management
- livestock
- Nuts
- Organic agriculture
- pest management
- pollination
- soil management
- Library Collection RecordThe Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) was included in the 1973 Endangered Species Act listing of the gray wolf (C. lupus), but then listed separately as a subspecies in 2015. Early accounts of its…Publication Date 2018
- Canis lupus baileyi
- Genetic integrity
- Genetic swamping
- historical range
- recovery
- Library Collection RecordWhat happens when you do a ten year experiment with researchers, ranchers, staff from environmental organizations, and federal and state land managers? This interactive fact sheet has the story of…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordThe Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) was historically distributed throughout the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Extensive predator removal campaigns during the early 20th…Publication Date 2018
- Arizona
- conservation genomics
- gray wolves
- hybridization
- New Mexico
- single nucleotide polymorphisms
- Library Collection RecordThis Guide is one output of a long-term project organized by researchers from the University of Arizona which intended to address drought concerns for livestock grazing in the Southwestern United…Publication Date 2018
- drought
- livestock
- grazing
- Forest Land
- guidelines
- Southwest
- national forests
- Guide
- Library Collection RecordThe University of Arizona Cooperative Extension participated in cooperative efforts to monitor rangeland recovery and assess forage availability after the Wallow Fire that provided critical…Publication Date 2017
- wildfires
- GIS
- economic analysis
- grazing
- USFS
- Library Collection RecordThis technical reference (TR) provides instructions for the application of the PFC protocol. It is not intended to serve as a textbook addressing every aspect of stream and riparian function and…Publication Date 2017
- Library Collection RecordThis study looks at the cost and return estimates for typical cow/calf operations in each of the five ranching regions of Arizona.Publication Date 2017
- Arizona
- ranching
- budgets
- economics
- investment
- assets
- Library Collection RecordThe redeveloped DroughtView is a web-based decision-support tool that combines satellite-derived measures of surface greenness with additional geospatial data so that users can visualize and evaluate…Publication Date 2017
- drought
- monitoring
- assessment
- satellite imagery
- Library Collection RecordKnowing how much and when precipitation fell in your pasture, allotment or land management unit is a key variable for sound decision making and requires collecting precipitation data directly at…Publication Date 2017
- rain gauges
- precipitation
- monitoring
- Best Practices
- best management practice (BMP)
- Library Collection RecordIn Arizona, invasive and noxious plants have a significant impact on native vegetation and ecosystem health. Because invasive plants are competitive against native plants, once invasive plants…Publication Date 2016
- invasive species
- invasives
- acreage
- Arizona
- vegetation
- Small Landowners
- Library Collection RecordPlant Materials Technical Note No. 66. This technical note is a useful summary of information about rangeland fuel breaks based on current science and lessons learned in practice. Written for…Publication Date 2016
- wildfires
- fuels
- sagebrush
- greenstrip
- plant materials
- fuel break
- Great Basin
- Library Collection RecordPurpose: To outline important considerations and options for post-fire seeding, including the selection of seed mixes and seeding equipment for restoring sagebrush communities following fire. The…Publication Date 2016
- Seeding (seed)
- sagebrush
- Rehabilitation of natural resources
- Sagebrush community
- Great Basin
- Library Collection RecordThe Southwest is considered to be one of the most “climate-challenged†landscapes in the United States (Garfin et al. 2013) and the Colorado Plateau will not be exempt from the impacts of a…Publication Date 2016
- climate
- drought
- adaptation
- monitoring
- Library Collection RecordLand managers are responsible for developing effective strategies for conserving and restoring Great Basin ecosystems in the face of invasive species, conifer expansion, and altered fire regimes. A…Publication Date 2016
- invasive species
- Annual Plants
- conifers
- wildfires
- grazing management
- fuels
- Seeding (seed)
- sagebrush
- aspen (tree)
- Great Basin
- Library Collection RecordA knowledge of the functions of the roots, stems and leaves of grass plants is of value to continued, profitable range manaegment since grasses are living organisms, they are affected by all…Publication Date 2016
- grasses
- plants
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordA factsheet-style overview of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) intended for rangeland users. Contains information on how the ESA applies to private lands, what landowners can do to prevent or prepare…Publication Date 2016
- Library Collection RecordPurpose: To define wildland fuels and review some of the approaches used to assess fuel loads in Great Basin ecosystems. Assessing wildland fuel loading is important for quantifying potential fire…Publication Date 2015
- fuels
- sagebrush
- juniper
- wildfires
- Great Basin
- PJ
- pinyon-juniper
- Library Collection RecordPurpose: To provide land managers with state-of-the-art information on the establishment of big sagebrush through direct seeding.Publication Date 2015
- Seeding (seed)
- sagebrush
- Great Basin
- Intermountain West
- Library Collection RecordIn any supplementation program, it is essential that the forage resource be stocked in such a manner so there is adequate forage quantity available per animal unit. If forage quantity is insufficient…Publication Date 2015
- nutritive value
- forage
- Arizona
- supplements
- nutrition
- cows
- Library Collection RecordPurpose: To provide an overview of the immediate and short-term hydrologic impacts of fire on infiltration, runoff, and erosion by water, and of the effectiveness of various mitigation treatments in…Publication Date 2015
- erosion
- wildfires
- sagebrush
- runoff
- Great Basin
- Library Collection RecordPurpose: To provide land managers with information that can help them identify different aspen types, assess the condition of aspen stands, and prioritize stands for restoration using appropriate…Publication Date 2015
- aspen (tree)
- management
- Great Basin
- Library Collection RecordPurpose: To provide guidelines for maintaining productive sagebrush steppe communities in grazed areas after fire. The focus is on plant communities that, prior to fire, were largely intact and had…Publication Date 2015
- grazing management
- wildfires
- Great Basin
- Library Collection RecordPurpose: To discuss consequences and options for woody plant fuel reduction in Wyoming big sagebrush plant communities of the Intermountain West.Publication Date 2015
- fuels
- woody plants
- wildfires
- sagebrush
- Great Basin
- Wyoming big sagebrush
- Library Collection RecordPurpose: Bareroot or container seedlings can be used to quickly re-establish big sagebrush and other native shrubs in situations where direct seeding is not feasible or unlikely to succeed.…Publication Date 2015