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In 2013, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Conservation Objectives Team (COT) identified wildfire and the associated conversion of low- to mid-elevation sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) habitats to invasive annual grass-dominated vegetation communities as the two primary threats to the sustainability of Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus, hereafter GRSG) in the western portion of the species range (USFWS 2013). To facilitate the examination and evaluation of the role fire and invasive plants play in the conservation of GRSG, the USFWS solicited the assistance of the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) to conduct a collaborative assessment of the conservation challenges...
Categories: Data;
Tags: Academics & scientific researchers,
EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE,
Federal resource managers,
Great Basin,
Idaho, All tags...
LCC Network Science Catalog,
Nevada,
Report,
biota,
cheatgrass,
completed,
environment,
genotype,
sage grouse,
seed source,
wildfire, Fewer tags
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FY2010In addition to regional Science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge projects that the Great Basin LCC (GBLCC) supports, GBLCC staff lend technical expertise to a range of projects and have contributed to important regional publications on a range of subjects. These publications range in type from textbooks, to management-oriented science and conservation plans, to scientific papers and have covered subjects like wind erosion following fire, soil microbiota response to drought, plant community resilience to invasive species, and alpine plant communities. In many cases these publications form foundations for scientifically-informed management strategies across the Great Basin.
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OGC WMS Layer,
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alpine communities,
birds,
climate change,
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invasive species,
peer-reviewed,
precipitation,
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resistance,
restoration,
soil microbes,
wildlife,
Conservation Design,
Conservation Planning,
Data Acquisition and Development,
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This report provides a strategic approach developed by a Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies interagency working group for conservation of sagebrush ecosystems, Greater sage-grouse, and Gunnison sage-grouse. It uses information on (1) factors that influence sagebrush ecosystem resilience to disturbance and resistance to nonnative invasive annual grasses and (2) distribution and relative abundance of sage-grouse populations to address persistent ecosystem threats, such as invasive annual grasses and wildfire, and land use and development threats, such as oil and gas development and cropland conversion, to develop effective management strategies. A sage-grouse habitat matrix links relative resilience...
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Completed,
EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE,
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Greater sage-grouse,
Gunnison sage-grouse,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
Montana,
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Report,
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Southern Rockies,
Wyoming,
artemisia tridentata,
biota,
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conservation,
environment,
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management prioritization,
persistent ecosystem threats,
planningCadastre,
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restoration,
sagebrush,
sagebrush habitat, Fewer tags
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FY2014The project team surveyed land managers working on invasive weeds in the west. These surveys provided information for the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife (WAFWA) Wildfire and Invasive Species Initiative Working Group. The survey results and other findings were used to inform a report titled Invasive Plant Management and Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation,published last spring.
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OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
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Tags: California,
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GRSG,
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Idaho,
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Utah,
Utah,
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annual grasses,
cheatgrass,
cheatgrass,
cheatgrass,
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medusahead,
medusahead,
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FY2015Persistent ecosystem and anthropogenic disturbances and stressors are threatening sustainability of sagebrush ecosystems in the western US, and managers and policy makers are seeking strategic, holistic approaches for species conservation and ecosystem restoration. Recent research indicates that an understanding of ecosystem resilience to disturbance and resistance to nonnative invasive species can be used to prioritize management activities across large landscapes and determine the most appropriate actions at project scales. An interagency WAFWA working group has linked this understanding with breeding habitat probabilities for Greater and Gunnison sage-grouse, and developed a habitat decision matrix for...
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Project;
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OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: Colorado,
Colorado,
Colorado,
Conservation Design,
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Federal resource managers,
GRSG,
GRSG,
GRSG,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
Montana,
Montana,
Montana,
North Dakota,
North Dakota,
North Dakota,
Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection,
Presentation,
Project,
Report,
South Dakota,
South Dakota,
South Dakota,
Southern Rockies,
Wyoming,
Wyoming,
Wyoming,
artemisia tridentata,
artemisia tridentata,
artemisia tridentata,
completed,
resilience,
resistance,
resistance,
resistance,
sagebrush,
sagebrush,
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