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Regional Experiment to Evaluate Effects of Fire and Fire-surrogate Treatments in the Sagebrush Biome (JFS)
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http://www.sagestep.org/
Natural and human-caused disturbances have interacted over the past several decades to radically change rangelands and woodlands across as much as one half of the Great Basin’s one hundred million acres. Vegetation treatments, including prescribed fire, mechanical thinning of shrubs and trees, and herbicide application, reflect the toolkit of practices available to managers on lands threatened by invasive species and woodland encroachment. Funded by the Joint Fire Science Program, SageSTEP (Sagebrush Steppe Treatment Evaluation Project) is a 5-year investigation of ways to restore sagebrush communities in the Great Basin. USGS scientists, along with their federal government and university colleagues, are investigating critical vegetation and wildlife responses to fuel-reduction treatments. Results gleaned from this fully replicated investigation will help Department of Interior and other land managers better predict the extent to which their treatments will result in sagebrush-steppe systems that are more resilient to wildfire, and to help them evaluate different treatment options using both ecological and socio-economic criteria.
Tausch, R.J., Miller, R.F., Roundy, B.A., Chambers, J.C., 2009, Piñon and Juniper Field Guide- Asking the Right Questions to Select Appropriate Management Actions: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1335, p. 95. [Highlight] [FullText] Catalog No: 2092 Miller, R., Bates, J.D., Svejcar, T.J., Pierson, F.B., Eddleman, L.E., 2007, Western Juniper Field Guide- Asking the Right Questions to Select Appropriate Management Actions: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1321, p. 74. [Highlight] [FullText] Catalog No: 1869
Pyke, David A. - Supervisory Research Ecologist
Phone: 541-750-7334
Email: david_a_pyke@usgs.gov
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