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SageSTEP News Issue 21, Summer 2013 (PDF, 1.3 MB)
- Capturing the big picture: Research results communicate environmental connections and larger ecosystem story
- The Human Dimension
- The Woodland Experiments
- Sage-Cheat Experiments
SageSTEP News Issue 20, Fall 2012 (PDF, 1.5 MB)
- What SageSTEP Can Do for You
- SageSTEP Butterfly Communities: A Story of Variation in Space and Time
SageSTEP News Issue 19, Summer 2012 (PDF for online viewing 1.3 MB, or PDF for print, 3 MB)
- The Use of Remotely-Sensed Imagery to Analyze Vegetation Cover in Pinyon and Juniper Woodlands
SageSTEP News Issue 18, Spring 2012 (PDF for online viewing 1.1 MB, or PDF for print, 3.4 MB)
- Short-term Response of Bird Communities to Restoration Treatments Conducted at Woodland Sites
- The Importance of Resilience and Resistance to the Restoration of Sagebrush Rangelands
- New DVD and Guide Available for Land Managers: Collaborating for Healthy Forests and Communities
SageSTEP News Issue 17, Winter 2012 (PDF, 2.8 MB or 931 KB)
- Gaps Between Perennial Plants May Indicate Invasibility of Sagebrush Systems
- A Manager's Perspective: Using Scientific Information to Improve Land Management Decisions
- Bird Communities as Indicators of Change at SageSTEP Woodland Sites
SageSTEP News Issue 16, Fall 2011 (PDF, 1.5 MB)
- The Role of Soil Seed Banks in Sagebrush Restoration
- SageSTEP: From Short-term Research to Long-term Monitoring
- Piñon and Juniper Tree Mastication Effects in the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau
SageSTEP News Issue 15, Spring 2011 (PDF, 1.8 MB)
- The Role of SageSTEP in Carbon and Climate Science
- Public Priorities for Rangeland Management in the Great Basin: Five Years of Data from the Great Basin
- New Online Resource for Rangeland Managers: Guide to Legal and Institutional Resources for Restoration and Management of Great Basin Rangelands
SageSTEP News Issue 14, Winter 2011 (PDF, 1.1 MB)
- Post-Treatment Vegetation Response: Preliminary Results from the SageSTEP sWoodland Network
- Effects of Tree Removal on Water Runoff and Erosion and Implications for Land Management
- Resilience of North America's Endangered Wyoming Big Sagebrush Ecosystems
SageSTEP News Issue 13, Fall 2010 (PDF, 1.1 MB)
- Plateau Pre-Emergent Herbicide Suppresses Invasive Exotics Following Fuels Treatments
- SageSTEP Butterflies: Charismatic Macrofauna
- Impacts of Fuels Treatments on Soil Moisture Availability and Vegetation
SageSTEP News Issue 12, Spring 2010 (PDF, 672 KB)
- Measuring the Economic Value of Fire and Fire Surrogate Treatments to Maintain Healthy Ecosystems in the Sagebrush Steppe
- Great Basin ScienceDelivery Project Underway
- 2010 Land Manager Workshop Information Online
- Guide to Stakeholder Groups in the Great Basin Now Available
- Pocket Guide to Sagebrush Birds Encourages Land Managers to Consider Avian Needs
SageSTEP News Issue 11, Winter 2009/2010 (PDF, 567 KB)
- Using a Human Footprint Map to Assess the Extent of Human Actions Across Sagebrush Landscapes
- Participatory Approaches for Improved Science Delivery in the Great Basin
- Mycorrhizae in Sagebrush Steppe Community Restoration
SageSTEP News Issue 10, Summer/Fall 2009 (PDF, 1 MB)
- Wildfire Rips Through Stansbury Study Site
- Do Large Wildfires Change People’s Beliefs About Fuels Treatments?
- SageSTEP PowerPoints Online
- Using Aerial Imagery to Develop Cost-Effective Rangeland Management Techniques
- Restoring the West Conference 2009 Will Focus on the Great Basin
- Piñon-Juniper Guide Copies Available
SageSTEP News Issue 9, Spring 2009 (PDF, 1.4 MB)
- Effects of Prescribed Fire on Biological Soil Crusts and Their Subsequent Recovery in a Great Basin Juniper Woodland
- A New Look for the SageSTEP Website
- Post-fire Recovery of Mountain Big Sagebrush Communities in Utah and Nevada
- New Field Guide Assists Managers of Piñon-Juniper Woodlands
- Guide for Quantifying Fuels Now Available
SageSTEP News Issue 8, Winter 2008/2009 (PDF, 520 KB)
- Long-Term Monitoring of Shrublands in the Great Basin: An Example for the Future
Communication and Outreach in the Great Basin
- Seed Bank Response to Juniper Expansion in the Sagebrush Steppe
- Learning Together: SageSTEP Progress Report, Nevada and Idaho Manager Workshop
- 2008 Treatment Implementation at SageSTEP Study Sites
SageSTEP News Issue 7, Fall 2008 (PDF, 1 MB)
- Walker Butte Western Juniper Site: Field Tour and Post-Treatment Observations
- Collaborative Project Highlight: Finding the Most Similar Landscape: Automated Control Site Selection Using GIS
- SageSTEP DVD: Restoring Sagebrush Rangelands in the Great Basin
SageSTEP News Issue 6, Summer 2008 (PDF, 952 KB)
- SageSTEP Hydrologists Look at Hydrologic and Erosional Impacts of Pinyon and Juniper
Encroachment
- Learning Together in SageSTEP: Oregon Manager Workshop Brings Researchers and Managers Together on the Ground
- Collaborative Project Highlight: The Role of Harvester Ant Foraging Behavior in the
Restoration of Cheatgrass-Degraded Sagebrush-Steppe Rangelands
- New Five Creeks Site in Southeastern Oregon
SageSTEP News Issue 5, Winter 2007/2008 (PDF, 1 MB)
- Carbon Cycling and the SageSTEP Soils Research
- Educational Resources on the SageSTEP Website
- Additional SageSTEP Treatments Implemented in 2007
- SageSTEP Economics Research: The Economic Impacts of Sagebrush Steppe Wildfires
on an Eastern Oregon Ranch
- Collaborative Project Highlight: Soil and Hydrologic Response to Mastication of Juniper Woodlands
- Western Juniper Field Guide Now Available
- 2008 Spring Manager Workshop
SageSTEP News Issue 4, Summer 2007 (PDF, 1.52 MB)
- One Year Later: Post-Treatment Observations at Sites Treated in 2006
- Idaho Site Added to Sagebrush/Cheatgrass Study
- Ants in the Sagebrush: Little Creatures with Big Plans
- Collaborative Project Highlight: Mycorrhizae in Sagebrush Restoration
- Manager Workshops Report
- Restoring the West Conference: Sagebrush Steppe Restoration
SageSTEP News Issue 3, Spring 2007 (PDF, 1.1 MB)
- New SageSTEP Study Sites Added for 2007 Field Season
- Map: SageSTEP Network Including New Sites
- Sociopolitical Team Offers Preliminary Findings
- Economics Research Update
- Modeling Economic Impacts on Ranching
- Collaborative Project Highlight: Effects of Restoration Treatments on Small Mammals
- 2007 Workshops for Managers and BLM Spring Fire Meetings
SageSTEP News Issue 2, Fall/Winter 2006 (PDF, 1.2 MB)
- Land Management Treatments Successfully Implemented at Several Sites Throughout the Great Basin
- Map: SageSTEP Network with Treatment Year
- A Multimedia Approach to Sharing Research Information
- Western Juniper User’s Guide Update
- Collaborative Projects Highlight: Seed Pool Studies
SageSTEP News Issue 1, Summer 2006 (PDF, 900 KB)
- SageSTEP Network Map
- Message from the Project Coordinator
- Setting the Stage: Baseline Data Collection, Summer 2006
- Alternative Land Management Treatments, Fall 2006
- Introducing the Sage Team...
- What Makes SageSTEP Unique?