Fire, fuels management, invasive species topics 2/27: 2025 USGS webinar series
The US Geological Survey Land Management Research Program and the Great Basin Fire Science Exchange teamed up to bring you updates in sagebrush, fire, and wildlife related research. On 2/27/2025, USGS researchers, Matt Germino, Doug Shinneman, and Beth Horning shared research on fuels, fuel breaks, and economics useful to decision making, Matt Germino and Morgan Roche shared research on herbicide treatments for invasive annual grasses, and Lea Condon shared research on the threats to biocrust in sagebrush ecosystems. Below are the webinar recording and resources associated with each presentation.
To view a complete list of resources (completed and planned), please view the program for this slate of presentations.
2/27 – Fire, fuels management, and invasive species
Webinar recording
Longevity of herbicides targeting exotic annual grassed in sagebrush-steppe soils
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Patchy response of cheatgrass and nontarget vegetation to indaziflam and imazapic applied after wildfire in sagebrush steppe
A collaborative and iterative framework for delivering applied fuel break science: With a focus on sagebrush ecosystems and the Great Basin
Project webpage
Future direction of fuels management in sagebrush rangelands
UAS survey of sagebrush fuel breaks
Project webpage
Invasive annual grass – An economic assessment
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Longevity of herbicides targeting exotic annual grasses in sagebrush-steppe soils
Project webpage
Intra-site sources of restoration variability in severely invaded rangeland: Strong temporal effects of herbicide–weather interactions; weak spatial effects of plant community patch type and litter
Synthesis of indaziflam outcomes for protecting sagebrush ecosystems
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Can ruderal components of biocrust be maintained under increasing threats of drought, grazing, and wild horses?
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Season of grazing interacts with soil texture, selecting for associations of biocrust morphogroups
Biological soil crusts are more prevalent in warmer and drier environments within the Great Basin ecoregion: Implications for managing annual grass invasion