Educational Resources for Sagebrush Landscapes

Use the menu on the left to access educational resources related to sagebrush steppe ecosystems. Below are links to additional resources related to sagebrush landscapes

The Value of the Environment: Address by Dr Ken Henry to the Environment Business Australia Forum

This speech, given by the Australian Secretary to the Treasury on March 4, 2010, discusses how people assign monetary value to the environment. The information presented is relevant to the work that SageSTEP and other environmental economists are doing to improve methods for assigning value to gains and losses of ecosystem services as a result of human decisions. A link to the full speech is available here.

Ecology and Conservation of Greater Sage-Grouse: A Landscape Species and Its Habitats

Thirty-eight federal, state, university, and nongovernmental experts have collaborated to produce new scientific information about Greater Sage-Grouse populations, sagebrush habitats, and relationships among sage-grouse, sagebrush habitats, and land use. Click here to view.

Piñon-Juniper Webzone

This is a new website that provides reference materials for piñon and juniper species in the Intermountain West including Texas. The site provides access to four popular publications, as well as an extensive reference list and photo gallery. Click here to enter the Piñon-Juniper Webzone.

SageSTEP PowerPoints with Audio

Several SageSTEP presentations from manager workshops and other meetings have been recorded and are available through our Past Events page.

Wildfires in the Great Basin Animated Maps

The Great Basin Restoration Initiative has created a slide show of maps showing the majority of wildfires that have occurred in the Great Basin and surrounding area from 1990 to 2007. To view the slide show, click here.

'Quiet Invasion' DVD

The Oregon State University College of Forestry and Harney County Watershed Council have produced a DVD entitled The Quiet Invasion...Managing Western Juniper in Eastern Oregon. On the DVD, scientists, public land managers, ranchers and others discuss the effects of western juniper encroachment on the Oregon landscape and the need for active restoration. Those interested in obtaining a copy should contact Linda Johnson at the Eastern Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station (541-573-8902 or linda. johnson2@ oregonstate.edu).