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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 RecordGrazing management involve manipulating the grazing animal, the forage plant, and the soil complex to obtain specific ecological and economic objectives. The successful grazing manager must…Publication Date 2023
- grazing management
- grazing intensity
- grazing
- grazing systems
- 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 RecordThis StoryMap shares the work of an interdisciplinary group studying resilience from the viewpoint of ranchers and land managers across the American West. Their goal is to share information from the…Publication Date 2022
- adaptive management
- resilience
- climate change
- economy
- rancher
- invasive species
- 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 RecordA Guide to identify how and where to find scientific and information resources.Publication Date 2021
- Guide
- 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 RecordThese Lands is a quarterly podcast of the Northwest Climate Hub focused on creative and engaging delivery of regionally relevant climate change adaptation information. We dig into pressing regional…Publication Date 2021
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangelands Atlas has been developed to document and raise awareness on the enormous environmental, economic and social value of rangelands as well as their different ecosystems. It highlights…Publication Date 2021
- atlas data
- Environmental
- economic
- social values
- climate change
- land use
- conversion
- investment
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordIncludes Santa Rita Experimental Range Digital Database Users Guide as well as multiple datasets.Publication Date 2021
- maps
- precipitation
- Library Collection RecordThis is a general guide for undergraduate and graduate courses in Rangeland Sciences.Publication Date 2021
- Guides
- Library Collection RecordRecent research at the USDA-ARS Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed (WGEW) and the University of Arizona Santa Rita Experimental Range (SRER) The objectives of the symposium are to share recent…Publication Date 2021
- semiarid ecosystems
- Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- research
- Symposium
- Library Collection RecordRandy Swaty (LANDFIRE Ecologist) & Dr. Priscilla Nyamai (Asst. Professor, Grand Valley State Univ.) will discuss how integrating STSMs in the classroom (NEW! and in a professional setting) may be…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 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 RecordIn this 3-part modeling miniseries, we will take a wide-ranging look at State-and-Transition-Simulation-Models (STSMs) and use the LANDFIRE BpS models as a launching point for inquiry about ecosystem…Publication Date 2021
- Library Collection RecordThe impact of rock check dams in southern Arizona - photo and publication archive. Rock check dams are used throughout the world to mitigate erosion problems on degraded lands. Small rock dams have…Publication Date 2021
- dams
- Environmental restoration
- Library Collection RecordThis site contains information and more than 8488 identification photos for 986 species of forbs, grasses, sedges, rushes, trees, and other woody plants found growing in Kansas. All photographs were…Publication Date 2021
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2020
- Library Collection RecordThe U of A Range Program (aka Ecology, Management, and Restoration of Rangelands Program) is a rapidly growing program that has tripled its undergraduate numbers in just 2 years. The University of…Publication Date 2020
- students
- Library Collection RecordGrasslands are vast areas covered mostly by grass and grass-like plants.These areas don’t receive enough rainfall to grow trees or support a forest, but they don’t get too little either to become…Publication Date 2020
- grasslands
- prairies
- rangelands
- pampas
- Llanos
- Temperate climate
- savannas
- Description
- cerrado
- Tropical
- 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 RecordPublication Date 2020
- 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 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 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 RecordThe Native American Rangeland Training Initiative (NARTI) is a partnership between the Society for Range Management, tribal governments, and other tribal organizations to help tribal natural resource…Publication Date 2020
- Native American
- American Indians
- online courses
- toolkits
- 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 RecordPublication 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 publication is part of the Rancher-to-Rancher Case Study Series: Increasing resilience among ranchers in the Pacific Northwest.Publication Date 2020
- 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 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 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 RecordSurface coal mining is a large-scale disturbance that disrupts soil properties that requires reclamation. Reclamation monitoring and success typically focuses on vegetation communities, but soil…Publication Date 2019
- soil reclamation
- coal mine reclamation
- seed viability
- phospholipid fatty acid
- 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 RecordIn the fall of 2013, film maker Robin “Buz†Kloot, teamed up with the Natural Resources Conservation Service on a project to share the important role soil plays in all our lives. He began with a…Publication Date 2019
- soil
- health
- Properties
- soil types
- Library Collection RecordSUMMARY The two-part Science Framework for Conservation and Restoration of the Sagebrush Biome published by the U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station is a new, multi-scale approach to…Publication Date 2019
- Sage
- grouse
- sagebrush
- management
- conservation (storage)
- planning
- conservation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2019
- Library Collection RecordFarmers and ranchers are talking a lot about soil health these days, because they appreciate how healthy soil supports productivity. But there are many dimensions to sustainable soil management—…Publication Date 2019
- agroecosystems
- animal production
- Composting
- conservation tillage
- Cover Crops
- crop production
- crop rotation
- Cropping Systems
- cultural control
- earthworms
- nutrient management
- pest management
- soil analysis
- soil management
- Library Collection RecordTraditional approaches for restoring streams often involve costly fixes that change the shape of the waterway using sophisticated designs and heavy construction machinery. While this “form-based…Publication Date 2019
- rivers
- ecological restoration
- river
- low-tech
- 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 RecordBale grazing is a relatively unexplored winter feeding option for most beef cattle operations in the Northern Great Plains. Recently, several producers have been looking into using a bale grazing…Publication Date 2019
- Grazing Cattle
- Great Plains
- Winter Feeding
- 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 2018
- 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