SageSTEP 2011 Land Manager Workshop
May
17-18, 2011 ~
Boise, Idaho
Below are links to PowerPoint presentations with audio and accompanying handouts from the SageSTEP 2011 Land Manager workshop May 17-18, in Boise, Idaho.
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Jeanne Chambers, USDA-FS Rocky Mountain Research Station Genie MontBlanc, University of Nevada-Reno This presentation gives an overview of organizations working on similar issues in the Great Basin, including the Joint Fire Science Project-funded Great Basin Science Delivery Project. Presentation with audio |
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Science Needs of the Bureau of Land Management Rob Roudabush, Bureau of Land Management Washington Office This presentation gives an overview of the way the BLM uses science and how projects like SageSTEP can help meet the science need of land managers. |
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Dave Mueller, National Interagency Fire Center This presentation describes federal agency science policy and the need for research projects like SageSTEP to provide the scientific information that public land management agencies need. |
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SageSTEP Introduction and Overview Jim McIver, Oregon State University This presentation gives an overview of the SageSTEP research, including updates on treatment implementation, data collection, and outreach products. |
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Management implications of vegetation and soil moisture responses to woodland fuel control Bruce Roundy, Brigham Young University This presentation describes vegetation and soil moisture response to fuels treatments at SageSTEP juniper woodland study sites. Presentation with audio |
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Short-term changes to plant communities in arid Wyoming sagebrush ecosystems from fuel treatments Dave Pyke, USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center This presentation discusses the short-term response to fuels treatments of sagebrush ecosystems threatened by cheatgrass invasion. Presentation with audio |
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Robin Tausch, USDA-FS Rocky Mountain Research Station This presentation compares tree data from a variety of woodland sites throughout the Great Basin. Presentation with audio |
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Exotics and invasives alter carbon sequestration in the Intermountain U.S. Ben Rau and Dale Johnson, University of Nevada-Reno This presentation discusses various aspects of carbon storage and cycling on Great Basin rangelands and their implications for climate change. Presentation with audio |
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Hydrologic vulnerability of wooded shrublands before and after tree removal by burning, cutting, and mastication Fred Pierson and Jason Williams, USDA Agricultural Research Service This presentation describes short-term hydrologic response to fuels treatments and how these data are being used to inform the USDA Rangeland Hydrology and Erosion Model (RHEM) and other predictive technologies. |
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Short-term invertebrate response to fuels treatments Jim McIver, Oregon State University This presentation describes the short-term response of invertebrates to fuels treatments and their relationships with different types of vegetation, with a focus on butterflies. |
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Human dimensions of sagebrush management in the Great Basin Mark Brunson, Utah State University This presentation discusses human-environment interactions in the context of the SageSTEP outreach program, results of the SageSTEP sociopolitical surveys and implications for sagebrush management and research. |
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Ranch-level economics: What we’ve learned so far Neil Rimbey, University of Idaho This presentation gives an overview of the results of the ranch-level portion of the SageSTEP economics research, including the implications of wildfire, exotic species invasion, and fuels treatments for ranchers. Presentation with audio |
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Short-term effects of management treatments on bird communities in pinyon-juniper woodlands Steve Knick, USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center This presentation discusses the short-term impacts of fuels treatments on passerine birds in Great Basin woodlands. |
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Characterizing pinyon-juniper woodlands using high-resolution imagery April Hulet, Brigham Young University This presentation describes a study using remotely sensed images used to estimate vegetation cover, density and biomass in Great Basin pinyon and juniper woodlands. |
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Summary of short-term SageSTEP findings Jim McIver, Oregon State University This presentations summarizes the SageSTEP research and findings of the past six years and gives a brief overview of long-term monitoring plans for the SageSTEP study sites. |