Events
The southwestern range – Audio story from PRX
Access audio story This audio story discusses the southwestern range: the number of stakeholders who own land, each with a very different understanding of what it should be used for: private owners—who could be ranchers or developers, as well as average residents-- Native American tribes, state agencies that own land, federal agencies that manage public…
Fire rehabilitation effectiveness: A chronosequence approach
In this webinar, Dave Pyke, USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, discusses results of a study looking at 20 years of post-fire rehabilitation seeding in the Great Basin. See also the article on this topic. Webinar recording
Keeping all the pieces: Management considerations for greater sage-grouse and their habitats in Utah and eastern Nevada in an age of climate change
Webinar recording This webinar describes tools for using geospatial technologies to focus management in those areas that will most contribute to the conservation of sagebrush communities important to sage-grouse given anticipated landscape changes. Presented by Chris Balzotti, Stan Kitchen, and Clint McCarthy, and hosted by the USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station.
International sage-grouse forum – 2014 Presentation recordings
Salt Lake City, UT Salt Lake City, United StatesAccess presentations Video recordings from the International Sage-Grouse Forum in Salt Lake City are free, but there is a registration process.
Landscape science solutions and new fire risk model for resource managers
In this webinar, Jerry Tagestad, Sr. Research Scientist with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, presents an overview of tools to aid rangeland managers in deriving information from the abundant geospatial data available today. Particular emphasis was placed on a recently developed pre-season fire risk model that could be adapted for the Great Basin. Webinar recording
Seed zones: Development and use, procurement and deployment, and provisional zones for native plants
Webinar brief. This webinar discusses the development and use of seed zones, use of seed zones in the procurement and deployment of native plant materials, and provisional seed zones for native plants. Presenters were: Brad St. Clair, Research Geneticist, USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station, Vicky Erikson, Geneticist, USFS Pacific Northwest Region, and Andy Bower, Geneticist, USFS Olympic…
Wildland seed collection and extraction
Webinar brief. In this webinar, Kayla Herriman and Sarah Garvin, USFS Region 6 Bend Seed Extractory, OR, discuss wildland seed collection and extraction in the Great Basin. Webinar recording
Procurement and application of native plant material in the BLM
Webinar brief. This webinar discusses the procurement and application of native plant material in the BLM and the use of provisional seed zones as a purchase stipulation. Webinar recording
Geospatial and you – Broadscale assessments – 2015 Presentations of the GB Consortium Conference IV special session
Boise State University Boise, United StatesMany inventory and assessment projects spanning large landscapes, the entire Great Basin, or the western US, have been completed recently or are underway for key natural resources. This special session of the 4th Great Basin Consortium Conference brought together leaders of these efforts to compare/contrast their efforts and create a synthesis product or “table of contents” for geospatial data users.…
Managing pinyon-juniper expansion in sagebrush ecosystems: Next steppe for the bi-state – 2015 presentations and posters
Minden, NV Minden, United StatesPresentations and posters. Pdf format of speaker presentations and posters are available for this forum, which was held to advance the next step of conservation for bi-state sage-grouse populations by prioritization and implementation of large-scale projects through recently committed funding and collaboration between federal and state agencies, NGOs, and private land owners.