Educational Resources

Use the menu on the left for various educational resources related to sagebrush steppe ecosystems. Below is a list of relevant recently published articles and other resources.

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 recently released 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).

Recently Published Articles and Reports

Beck, J.L., J.W. Connelly and Kerry P. Reese. 2008. Recovery of Greater Sag-Grouse Habitat Features in Wyoming Big Sagebrush following Prescribed Fire. Restoration Ecology. Full text available here.

Blank, R.R., Chambers, J., Roundy, B., and Whittaker, A. 2007. Nutrient availability in rangeland soils: Influence of prescribed burning, herbaceous vegetation removal, overseeding with Bromus tectorum, season, and elevation.  Rangeland Ecology and Management 60(6): 644–655. Full text available here.

Chambers, J.C., N. Devoe, and A. Evenden, editors. 2008. Collaborative management and research in the Great Basin—examining the issues and developing a framework for action. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-204. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 66p. Full text available here.

Cole, K.L., J. Fisher, S.T. Arundel, J. Cannella, and S. Swift. 2007. Geographical and climatic limits of needle types of one- and two- needled pinyon pines. Journal of Biogeography. Full text avaialble here.

Davies, K.W., R.L. Sheley and J.D. Bates. 2008. Does fall prescribed burning Artemisia tridentata steppe promote invasion or resistance to invasion after a recovery period? Journal of Arid Environments 72:1076-1085. Full text available here.

Gonzalez-Caban, A., R.W. Haynes, S. McCaffrey, E. Mercer, and A. Watson, technical editors. 2007. Fire social science research-selected highlights. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-736. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 65p. Full text available here.

Hood, S.M. and M. Miller, editors. 2007. Fire Ecology and Management of the Major Ecosystems of Southern Utah. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-202. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 110p. Full text available here.

Johnson, D.D. and R.F. Miller. 2008. Intermountain Presettlement Juniper: Distribution, Abundance, and Influence on Postsettlement Expansion. Rangeland Ecology and Manaement 61(1):82-92. Full text avaliable here.

Miller, R.F., R.J. Tausch, E.D. McArthur, D.D. Johnson, and S.C. Sanderson. 2008. Age structure and expansion of pinon-juniper woodlands: a regional perspective in the Intermountain West. Res. Pap. RMRS-RP-69. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 15 p. Full text available here.

Miller, R.F., and E.K. Heyerdahl. In press. Fine-scale variation of historical fire regimes in sagebrush-steppe and juniper woodland: An example from California, USA. International Journal of Wildland Fire.

MontBlanc, E.M., J.C. Chambers, and P.F. Brussard. 2007. Variation in ant populations with elevation, tree cover, and fire in a pinyon-juniper-dominated watershed. Western North American Naturalist 67(4):469-491. Full text available here.

Pierson, F.B., J.D. Bates, T.J. Svejcar, and S.P. Hardegree. 2007. Runoff and erosion after cutting western juniper. Rangeland Ecology and Management 60:285-292. Full text available here.

Rau, B.M., Blank, R.R., Chambers, J.C., and Johnson, D.W. 2007. Prescribed fire in a Great Basin sagebrush ecosystem: Dynamics of soil extractable nitrogen and phosphorus. Journal of Arid Environments 71: 362–375. Full text available here.

Rau, B.M. J.C. Chambers, R.R. Blank and D.W. Johnson. 2008. Prescribed Fire, Soil, and Plants: Burn Effects and Interactions in the Central Great Basin. Rangeland Ecology and Management 61:169-181. Full text available here.

Reinkensmeyer, D.P., R.F. Miller, R.G. Anthony, and V.E. Marr. 2007. Avian Community Structure Along a Mountain Big Sagebrush Successional Gradient. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(4):1057-1066. Full text available here.

Reinkensmeyer, D.P., R.F. Miller, R.G. Anthony, V.E. Marr and C.M. Duncan. 2008. Winter and early spring bird communities in grasslands, shrubsteppe, and juniper woodlands in central Oregon. Western North American Naturalist 68(1): 25-35. Full text available here.

Roundy, B.A., Hardegree, S.P., Chambers, J.C., and Whittaker, A. 2007. Prediction of cheatgrass field germination potential using wet thermal accumulation. Rangeland Ecology and Management 60(6): 613–623. Full text available here.

Zlotin, R.I. and R.R. Parmenter. 2008. Patterns of mast production in pinyon and juniper woodlands along a precipitation gradient in central New Mexico (Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge). Journal of Arid Environments 72: 1562-1572. Full text available here.