Sagebrush

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Sagebrush seed processing and production for restoration in the Great Basin

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This webinar with Clark Fleege, Nursery Manager at the USFS Lucky Peak Nursery, discusses all aspects of seedling production from seed collection to outplanting. The Lucky Peak Nursery has been producing dryland shrubs for restoration plantings on public lands throughout the Great Basin for almost 60 years.

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Southwest Idaho native seed collection, use, and plant material development

This webinar discusses the Upper Snake Sagebrush Seed Collection Contract and Shoshone Native Plant Material Development, which is important to the production of local native seed and rehabilitation treatment resiliency in the face of extreme weather events, increasing fire frequency and severity, and for restoring and improving habitat for sagebrush-obligate wildlife species. Webinar presenters were Ben Dyer, Fire Ecologist, Upper Snake Field Office, and Danelle Nance, Natural Resource Specialist, Shoshone Field Office BLM.

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Verification of sagebrush subspecies from seed samples and finding the right place for successful restoration

In this webinar, Bryce Richardson, Research Geneticist, USFS RMRS, discusses the climatic considerations for sagebrush subspecies and what native plants could potentially fill the void left by sagebrush in the upcoming decades as parts of the Great Basin transition to Mojave desert. He also discusses how understanding the subspecies composition of seed used in restoration could aid in improving restoration outcomes.

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Selection of genetically appropriate plant materials for increase

This webinar presented by Holly Prendeville, Research Geneticist, USFS PNW, explains provisional and empirical seed zones using and discussing tools available that allow us to use seed zones to select genetically appropriate plant materials for restoration, which is goal one of the National Seed Strategy.

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Producing native plant materials for restoration: 10 rules to collect and maintain genetic diversity

In this webinar, Andrea Kramer, Conservation Scientist with the Chicago Botanic Garden, describes each potential production step where genetic diversity can be lost and outline 10 rules to assist in the collection and production of native plant material for restoration, providing justification for, and examples of why, each rule is important.

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The incredible diversity of sagebrush chemistry and its potential value in restoration

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Sagebrushes are champion chemists and famous for their abundant and complex volatile bouquets. The chemical make-up of sagebrushes plays important roles in plant fitness and survival and is an unseen but fundamental component of sagebrush habitats. In this webinar,  Justin Runyon, Research Entomologist, USFS RMRS, discusses the diversity, distribution, possible functions, and potential restoration use of sagebrush chemistry, focusing on volatiles.

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Restoring shrub-steppe after wildfire: Shrub planting as a viable tool in rehabilitation

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In this webinar, Heidi Newsome, Wildlife Biologist, USFWS, Hanford Reach National Monument, discusses the performance (survival, health) and economic costs of using seedling planting as a method to rehabilitate habitat impacted by wildfire.

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Pollinator-friendly forbs to seed for the sagebrush-steppe

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In this webinar, James H. Cane with the USDA-ARS Pollinating Insect Research Unit at the Utah State University, provides a brief review of bee life histories and identifies common native forbs of the Great Basin that are attractive to native bee communities (and those in use now that are of little value to bees), to help land managers choose pollinator-friendly native wildflowers in restoration.

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Using resilience and resistance concepts to manage threats to sagebrush ecosystems and sage-grouse

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This webinar discusses a strategic approach developed by an interagency, Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies working group for conservation of sagebrush ecosystems, Gunnison sage-grouse, and greater sage-grouse. It uses information on (1) factors that influence sagebrush ecosystem resilience to disturbance and resistance to nonnative invasive plants and (2) distribution and relative abundance of sage-grouse populations to address persistent ecosystem threats, such as nonnative invasive plants and wildfire, and anthropogenic threats, such as oil and gas development and agronomic conversion, and to develop effective management strategies.

Webinar was presented by Jeanne Chambers, US Forest Service – Rocky Mountain Research Station and hosted by the Great Northern, Southern Rockies, and Great Basin Landscape Conservation Cooperatives

 

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Meta-analysis of diet composition and potential conflict of wild horses with livestock and wild ungulates on western rangelands of North America

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This analysis found that season, plant composition, and ungulate assemblage may all influence dietary competition between wild horses and other large ungulate sharing western North American rangelands; however, the low and nonsignificant heterogeneity values at alpha 0.01 for cattle:horse effect size comparisons suggest that cattle and horses respond to regional and seasonal variation similarly—a result not observed for other ungulate:horse comparisons. Our meta-analysis provides a robust data set for evaluations of diet composition for wild horses, livestock, and wildlife, whereas no empirical studies have assessed all species together.

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