Project Number: 6235-11210-006-36
Project Type: Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement

Start Date: Feb 01, 2005
End Date: Sep 30, 2009

Objective:
The objective of this cooperative research project is to develop technologies for integrative assessment and monitoring of ecologically important rangeland properties at multiple scales and to develop approaches for remediation of degraded landscapes and maintenance of functioning landscapes.

Approach:
Collaborative experiments will be designed and implemented at jointly identified sites in the Southwestern United States and Inner Mongolia rangelands. Experiments will be patterned after existing experiments to (1) design assessment and monitoring technologies that level ground-based and remotely sensed indicators of ecosystem properties, and (2) design methods to identify and remediate locales within landscapes where key processes can be manipulated to sustainably promote remediation for desired conditions.