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Evaluating Species Management Guidance and Monitoring Programs for the Great Basin in Nevada FY2013The proposed project’s objective is to provide a scientific review of(1) current priority species management practices in Nevada, (2) status of our combined scientific knowledge of priority species’ needs and gaps in that knowledge, and(3) adequacy of current monitoring programs of priority species.The project builds on recent, well-researched species conservation plans for Nevada (GBBO 2010, NWPT 2012), and it will leverage funds that are already obligated to research on scientifically based disturbance buffer recommendations and to evaluate GBBO’s statewide landbird monitoring program, the Nevada Bird Count.The outcome of the proposed work will be an online open-source compendium document that summarizes... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Birds, Birds, Birds, Conservation Design, Federal resource managers, All tags... Great Basin, Great Basin, Great Basin Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Report, State agencies, Training/Outreach/Workshop, onGoing, species management, species management, species management, Fewer tags Forecasting Changes in Sagebrush Distribution and Abundance Under Climate Change: Integration of Spatial, Temporal, and Mechanistic Models FY2014Although the future of sage grouse depends on the future of sagebrush, we have limited ability to anticipate impacts of climate change on sagebrush populations. Current efforts to forecast sagebrush habitat typically rely on species distribution models (SDMs), which suffer from a variety of well-known weaknesses. However, by integrating SDMs with complementary research approaches, such as historical data analysis and mechanistic models, we can provide increased confidence in projections of habitat change. Our goal is to forecast the effect of climate change on the distribution and abundance of big sagebrush in order to inform conservation planning, and sage grouse management in particular, across the Intermountain... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Conservation Planning, Datasets/Database, Federal resource managers, Great Basin, All tags... Great Basin, Great Basin, Great Basin, Great Basin, LCC Network Science Catalog, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Publication, State agencies, Vulnerability Assessment, big sagebrush, big sagebrush, big sagebrush, big sagebrush, climate change, climate change, climate change, climate change, completed, modeling, modeling, modeling, modeling, sagebrush, Fewer tags Matching support to JFSP projects on post-fire recovery of sagebrush and perennial grasses FY2017Increasing effectiveness of post-fire treatments is a management priority, such as is emphasized in Secretarial Order #3336 on rangeland fire and restoration, which prescribes a programmatic, longer-term approach that accommodates the layering of different treatments in sagebrush-steppe rangelands. The phasing of treatments by applying them in different post-fire years is an important part of wildfire response that, along with timing of livestock grazing resumption, likely affects overall project success - but is yet under studied. This projects objective is to determine the incremental gains in increasing desirable perennials and decreasing exotic annual grasses with the phasing of land management actions... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: California, California, California, Conservation Planning, Federal resource managers, All tags... Fire, Great Basin, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, LCC Network Science Catalog, Monitoring, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Private land owners, Project, Soda Fire, Soda Fire, Soda Fire, State agencies, desert, desert, desert, land management, land management, land management, native plants, native plants, native plants, onGoing, restoration, restoration, restoration, vegetation treatment, vegetation treatment, vegetation treatment, Fewer tags Characterization of Montane Ecosystems, Their Microclimates, and Wildlife Distribution and Abundance Across the Hydrographic Great Basin FY2013This project retrieves four years of data from over 200 temperature sensors nested within 28 sites across ~40 million hectares of the hydrographic Great Basin. The sensors span all major aspects and up to 700 m of elevation within sites, and occur in numerous management jurisdictions in 18 mountain ranges plus other areas not in ranges. This project: Quantifies the variability of climate at micro-, meso-, and macroscales across the Basin, and across diel, seasonal, and interannual periods. Informs management and conservation efforts, in terms of helping calibrate and refine the climatic stage upon which all biological actors and efforts hinge (Beier and Brost 2010). Feeds into other bioclimatic and wildlife... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2013, 2014, Academics & scientific researchers, California, California, All tags... California, California, California, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Plan/Design/Framework, Conservation Planning, Conservation Planning, Datasets/Database, Federal resource managers, Federal resource managers, Great Basin, Great Basin, Great Basin, Great Basin, Great Basin Landscape Conservation Cooperative, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Montane, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, Pika, Pika, Pika, Pika, Pika, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Publication, Report, State agencies, State agencies, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Assessment, alpine, alpine, alpine, alpine, completed, montane, montane, montane, montane, mountain, mountain, mountain, mountain, talus, talus, talus, talus, Fewer tags Evaluating Riparian and Meadow Vegetation Change Relative to Climate, Restoration and Land Management FY2015Collaborators are investigating the effect of low rise dams water supply, ecosystem functions and health, and habitat for a wide range of organisms, including sage grouse. They are assessing the economic cost and attitudes of ranchers and managers towards both low-rise dams and proposed re-introductions of beavers. Remote sensing is used to identify locations of incised streams across the Great Basin. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Conservation Planning, Federal resource managers, Great Basin, LCC Network Science Catalog, Monitoring, All tags... Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Publication, Riparian, State agencies, aquatic, aquatic, aquatic, aquatic, climate change, climate change, climate change, climate change, management, management, management, management, onGoing, plants, plants, plants, plants, treatment, treatment, treatment, treatment, wetland, wetland, wetland, wetland, Fewer tags Near-real-time Herbaceous Annual Cover in the Great Basin FY2017This dataset provides a near-real-time estimate of 2017 herbaceous annual cover with an emphasis on annual grass (Boyte and Wylie. 2016. Near-real-time cheatrass percent cover in the Northern Great Basin, USA, 2015. Rangelands 38:278-284.) This estimate was based on remotely sensed enhanced Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (eMODIS) Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data gathered through June 19, 2017. This is the second iteration of an early estimate of herbaceous annual cover for 2017 over the same geographic area. The previous dataset used eMODIS NDVI data gathered through May 1 (https://doi.org/10.5066/F7445JZ9). The pixel values for this most recent estimate ranged from 0 to100%... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, California, California, California, California, All tags... Data Acquisition and Development, Datasets/Database, Federal resource managers, GIS, GIS, GIS, GIS, Great Basin, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, LCC Network Science Catalog, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Presentation, Project, State agencies, Utah, Utah, Utah, Utah, cheatgrass, completed, invasive, invasive, invasive, invasive, mapping, mapping, mapping, mapping, real-time, real-time, real-time, real-time, remote sensing, remote sensing, remote sensing, remote sensing, Fewer tags Effects of Treatments on the Connectivity and Fragmentation of Wildlife Populations across the Great Basin FY2016This project will evaluate the effects of vegetation treatments on population connectivity, genetic diversity and gene flow of wildlife species across the full extent of the Great Basin LCC. The recently approved BLM and Forest Service Land Use Plan Amendments will implement millions of acres of treatments in support of greater sage-grouse conservation. It is essential to evaluate the potential benefits and risks of these treatments on the connectivity and fragmentation of the landscape for multiple non-target species. We will use a dynamic landscape model to simulate fire and treatments, allowing each to vary by type (e.g., juniper removal, prescribed fire), extent, and influence on vegetation and fuels.... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Applications and Tools, CA1, CA1, CA1, All tags... CA1, CA4, CA4, CA4, CA4, CA8, CA8, CA8, CA8, Conservation Planning, Datasets/Database, Federal resource managers, Great Basin, Great Basin, Great Basin, Great Basin, Great Basin, ID1, ID1, ID1, ID1, ID2, ID2, ID2, ID2, LCC Network Science Catalog, NV2, NV2, NV2, NV2, NV4, NV4, NV4, NV4, OR1, OR2, OR2, OR2, OR2, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Report, State agencies, UT1, UT1, UT1, UT1, UT2, UT2, UT2, UT2, UT4, UT4, UT4, UT4, conifer, conifer, conifer, conifer, connectivity, connectivity, connectivity, connectivity, juniper, onGoing, projections, projections, projections, projections, restoration, restoration, restoration, restoration, species impacts, species impacts, species impacts, species impacts, Fewer tags Effects of Genotype and Management Treatments of Native and Invasive Herbs on Success of Sagebrush Restoration FY2013The increase in large wildfires at a time when habitat for Greater Sage Grouse and other species dependent on big sagebrush has also increased has led to substantial needs for big sagebrush seeds. Significant decisions on which sagebrush seed to use and on management treatments that affect competing herb layers on the same restoration sites affect the trajectory of habitat.This project will evaluate how seed source, specifically genotype and climate-of-origin, interact with landscape-scale and replicated treatments (fencing, herbicide application, mowing, and seeding). Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2013, 2014, 2015, Academics & scientific researchers, Cheatgrass, All tags... Conservation Design, Decision Support, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, Federal resource managers, Great Basin, Great Basin, Great Basin Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, Informing Conservation Delivery, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, Project, Publication, Report, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Training/Outreach/Workshop, User Manual, cheatgrass, cheatgrass, cheatgrass, cheatgrass, completed, genotype, genotype, genotype, genotype, genotype, sage grouse, sage grouse, sage grouse, sage grouse, sage grouse, seed source, seed source, seed source, seed source, seed source, wildfire, wildfire, Fewer tags Research and Publications Authored and Supported by GBLCC Staff FY2010In addition to regional Science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge projects that the Great Basin LCC (GBLCC) supports, GBLCC staff lend technical expertise to a range of projects and have contributed to important regional publications on a range of subjects. These publications range in type from textbooks, to management-oriented science and conservation plans, to scientific papers and have covered subjects like wind erosion following fire, soil microbiota response to drought, plant community resilience to invasive species, and alpine plant communities. In many cases these publications form foundations for scientifically-informed management strategies across the Great Basin. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: California, Conservation Design, Conservation Planning, Data Acquisition and Development, Federal resource managers, All tags... Great Basin, Idaho, Interested public, LCC Network Science Catalog, Nevada, Oregon, Project, Publication, Report, Scientific Papers, State agencies, Utah, alpine communities, birds, climate change, completed, erosion, interagency, invasive species, peer-reviewed, precipitation, resilience, resistance, restoration, soil microbes, wildlife, Fewer tags Wildfire, grazing and availability of water in sage steppe ecosystems FY2017Removal of livestock grazing is a common prescription to promote ecosystem recovery after wildfire (and subsequent emergency site rehabilitation efforts). Ecosystem recovery is typically considered from a terrestrial perspective, but wildfire and grazing can strongly influence aquatic ecosystems as well, especially smaller and fragmented stream networks, which are prevalent in the Great Basin (Minshall et al. 1989[1]; Dunham et al. 2003[2]; Luce et al. 2012[3]). Understanding these influences is essential for managing fire and grazing. Examples include identifying timeframes for resuming livestock grazing following wildfire, and the interactions between livestock grazing, fuels, and recovery of stream-side... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Data Acquisition and Development, Federal resource managers, Generalized Random Tesselation Stratified, Generalized Random Tesselation Stratified, Generalized Random Tesselation Stratified, All tags... Generalized Random Tesselation Stratified, Great Basin, Great Basin, Great Basin, Great Basin, LCC Network Science Catalog, Lahontan Basin, Monitoring, National Hydrography Dataset, National Hydrography Dataset, National Hydrography Dataset, National Hydrography Dataset, Project, Publication, Regional & county planners, State agencies, grazing, grazing, grazing, grazing, livestock, livestock, livestock, livestock, northern Nevada, northern Nevada, northern Nevada, northern Nevada, onGoing, water availability, water availability, water availability, water availability, water quality, water quality, water quality, water quality, water temperature, water temperature, water temperature, water temperature, wildfire, wildfire recovery, wildfire recovery, wildfire recovery, wildfire recovery, Fewer tags Dust Erosion Following Wildfires and Drought FY2011Increasingly large wildfires in the Great Basin and Columbia Plateau have led to large dust storms in areas historically without them. Large dust storms have adversely affected human health, energy production operations, soil fertility, and mountain snowpack hydrology. USGS research efforts have investigated the causes and consequences of post-fire dust storms. Publications from this work are being used by managers with the Bureau of Land Management, Department of Energy, and other land managers to develop management practices that will minimize dust production. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Aeolian transport, Data Acquisition and Development, Federal resource managers, Great Basin, All tags... Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, Jefferson Fire, Jefferson Fire, Jefferson Fire, Jefferson Fire, LCC Network Science Catalog, LiDAR, LiDAR, LiDAR, LiDAR, Microsite, Microsite, Microsite, Microsite, PM10, PM10, PM10, PM10, Potential dust emission, Potential dust emission, Potential dust emission, Potential dust emission, Project, Publication, Shrub steppe, Shrub steppe, Shrub steppe, Shrub steppe, State agencies, Vulnerability Assessment, Wildfire, Wildfire, Wildfire, Wildfire, completed, horizontal sediment fluz, horizontal sediment fluz, horizontal sediment fluz, horizontal sediment fluz, vertical flux, vertical flux, vertical flux, vertical flux, Fewer tags Development of Tools and Technology to Improve the Success and Planning of Restoration of Big Sagebrush Ecosystems FY2013Shrub-dominated ecosystems of the Great Basin are being threatened by disturbances, typically wildfire followed by encroachment of invasive plants (e.g., cheat grass). To mitigate these threats and future changes in the climate to big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata), restorationists require a knowledge base and tools to inform them of the most appropriate seed sources to plant to greatly enhance the success of restoration under contemporary and future climates. We propose to develop climate-responsive seed transfer zones based on associating plant quantitative traits and ecophysiological data from common gardens to the climate of the seed source. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2013, 2014, 2015, Academics & scientific researchers, Applications and Tools, All tags... California, California, California, California, California, Conservation Design, Conservation Design, Conservation Plan/Design/Framework, Decision Support, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, Federal resource managers, Great Basin, Great Basin, Great Basin, Great Basin, Great Basin, Great Basin, Great Basin, Great Basin Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, Informing Conservation Delivery, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Methodology/Protocol, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Project, Publication, Utah, Utah, Utah, Utah, Utah, big sagebrush, big sagebrush, climate change, climate change, climate change, climate change, climate change, completed, Fewer tags Climate impacts on streamflows, thermal regimes, and the changing distribution of trout in the Great Basin FY2011Thousands of data points have been collected by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Nevada Division of Wildlife from the 1950s to the present describing the distribution of declining native redband and endangered Lahontan cutthroat trout, and the invasive, nonnative brown and brook trout. USGS analyzed this data to understand the climate-related changes to species distributions and model extinction risk. The results, submittedfor publication, will be used by the State of Oregon as it drafts conservation plans for redband trout and by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection in drafting water quality criteria to protect and monitor the states coldwater fisheries. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, California, California, California, California, All tags... Data Acquisition and Development, Federal resource managers, Great Basin, LCC Network Science Catalog, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Publication, State agencies, climate change, climate change, climate change, climate change, coldwater, coldwater, coldwater, coldwater, completed, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, hydrographic great basin, hydrographic great basin, hydrographic great basin, hydrographic great basin, lahontan, lahontan, lahontan, lahontan, nonnative species, nonnative species, nonnative species, nonnative species, redband, redband, redband, redband, streamflow, streamflow, streamflow, streamflow, thermal regime, thermal regime, thermal regime, thermal regime, trout, Fewer tags Understanding Effects of Juniper Removal in Support of Greater Sage-grouse on Sagebrush Steppe Bird and Small Mammal Communities at Multiple Spatial Scales FY2015Study the wildlife impacts of the Bruneau-Owyhee Sage-grouse Habitat (BOSH) project. (The removal of approximately 600,000 acres of western juniper across a landscape of ~1.5 million acres over the next generation in an attempt to reverse sage-grouse habitat loss caused by woodland encroachment.) Monitor the effects of the BOSH project on wildlife by understanding effects of habitat treatments conducted in support of greater sage-grouse on other wildlife critical to inform federal management plans. Collect and analyze data on wildlife and habitat responses at multiple control levels and in predetermined areas. Methods are described in the full proposal submitted and collection of data will occur for at least... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Conservation Design, Conservation Planning, Datasets/Database, Federal resource managers, All tags... Great Basin, Great Basin, Great Basin, Great Basin, ID1, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Monitoring, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Presentation, Project, Publication, Report, State agencies, aquatic, badgers, badgers, badgers, conifer, conifer, conifer, conservation, framework, juniper, lentic, lotic, meadows, onGoing, predators, predators, predators, pygmy rabbits, pygmy rabbits, pygmy rabbits, ravens, ravens, ravens, resilience, restoration, restoration, restoration, riparian, species impacts, species impacts, species impacts, wetland, Fewer tags Restoring Big Sagebrush FY2013“The loss of big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt.) on sites disturbed by fire has motivated many restoration seeding and planting efforts. However, the resulting sagebrush establishment is often lower than desired, especially in dry areas. Sagebrush establishment may be increased by addressing factors such as seed source and condition or management of the plant community. The research team assessed initial establishment of seeded sagebrush and four populations of small outplants (from different geographies, climates, and cytotypes) and small sagebrush outplants in an early seral community where mowing, herbicide, and seeding of other native plants had been experimentally applied. No emergence of seeded... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Federal resource managers, Great Basin, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, All tags... LCC Network Science Catalog, Monitoring, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Private land owners, Project, Publication, State agencies, big sagebrush, completed, desert, desert, desert, land treatments, land treatments, land treatments, restoration, restoration, restoration, seed sources, seed sources, seed sources, seedlings, seedlings, seedlings, Fewer tags Desatoya Mountains Project and Porter Canyon Experimental Watershed FY2013Pion (Pinus spp.) and juniper (Juniperus spp.) (PJ) currently occupy approximately 19 million hectars in the Intermountain West. Prior to 1860, approximately 66% of what is now woodland occurred as sagebrush plant communities.This watershed scale project: Documents the impact of PJ treatments in formerly sagebrush steppe communities on understory vegetation composition, hydrologic function, and surface runoff and soil erosion at the landscape scale. Expands the snow monitoring component to understand snow dynamics and timing of plant phenology in cut and uncut treatments. Secures expertise to analyze existing datasets. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Conservation NGOs, Data Acquisition and Development, Desatoya Mountains, Desatoya Mountains, Desatoya Mountains, All tags... Desatoya Mountains, Desatoya Mountains, Desatoya Mountains, Federal resource managers, Great Basin, Great Basin, Great Basin Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Monitoring, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, Project, Publication, State agencies, Training/Outreach/Workshop, completed, conifer, conifer, conifer, encroachment, encroachment, encroachment, hydrology, hydrology, hydrology, juniper, juniper, juniper, Fewer tags Microsite Soil Characteristics Influence Sagebrush Restoration Success FY2017This study addresses the need to develop treatments, soil amendments, and other site-preparation techniques that enhance germination, establishment, and development of healthy sagebrush communities. This study addressed the following objectives: (1) Determine whether seeded sagebrush established more frequently in fertile islands compared to burned shrub interspaces and locations where sagebrush was absent prior to the fire; (2) Determine whether the soil characteristics of sites and fertile islands within those sites influence sagebrush establishment patterns; and (3) Consider whether fertile island soil characteristics could be reporduced by manipulation post-fire soils in areas that had no pre-fire sagebrush.... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: California, California, California, Data Acquisition and Development, Federal resource managers, All tags... Great Basin, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, LCC Network Science Catalog, Monitoring, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Publication, Regional & county planners, Seed germination, State agencies, desert, desert, desert, ecological sites, ecological sites, ecological sites, fertile islands, fertile islands, fertile islands, onGoing, restoration, restoration, restoration, sagebrush, sagebrush, sagebrush, soil amendment, soil amendment, soil amendment, vegetation treatment, vegetation treatment, vegetation treatment, Fewer tags Evaluation of Common Gardens to provide Information on Seed Transfer Among Landscapes FY2016Information on climate adaptation of native plants used in restoration is needed to help guide seed transfer from collection sites to restoration areas across the Great Basin. This project evaluates variation among populations planted together in common gardens of sagebrushes or bluebunch wheatgrass to achieve the goal.The need for seeds for sagebrush ecosystem restoration and rehabilitation projects has led to the transfer of seed across climate zones and hundreds of miles. Development and application of climate-based seed zones are needed to improve seeding success and return-on-investment. USGS, in collaboration with USFS, has accumulated considerable data on climate responses of key native (and cultivar)... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: California, California, California, Conservation Planning, Federal resource managers, All tags... Great Basin, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, LCC Network Science Catalog, Monitoring, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Private land owners, Project, Publication, Seed zones, State agencies, artemisia tridentata, artemisia tridentata, artemisia tridentata, bluebunch wheatgrass, bluebunch wheatgrass, bluebunch wheatgrass, completed, desert, desert, desert, native seed, native seed, native seed, pseudoroegneria spicata, pseudoroegneria spicata, pseudoroegneria spicata, restoration, restoration, restoration, sagebrush, sagebrush, sagebrush, seed transfer, seed transfer, seed transfer, seeds of success, seeds of success, seeds of success, Fewer tags Evaluation of Weed-Suppressive Bacteria for Control of Exotic Annual Grasses FY2017The Integrated Rangeland Fire Management Strategy Actionable Science Plan places a high priority on assessing control measures for invasive annual grasses, which provide fuel for rangeland fire and impede restoration of desirable perennials. Weed-suppressive strains of the bacterium Psuedomonas fluoresens (P.f.) are an emerging but yet untested tool for selectively reducing these annual grasses. P.f. may suppress annuals for approximately 2-5 years, bridging the short-term action of herbicides and long-term resistance provided as native bunchgrasses recover. In 2015-2016, the USGS responded to a request from the Idaho sage grouse action group to establish a series of field-based experiments to assess the efficacy... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, California, California, California, Federal resource managers, All tags... Great Basin, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, Invasives, LCC Network Science Catalog, Monitoring, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Presentation, Project, State agencies, bacteria, bacteria, bacteria, biocontrol, biocontrol, biocontrol, biological control, biological control, biological control, cheatgrass, cheatgrass, cheatgrass, desert, desert, desert, onGoing, restoration, restoration, restoration, Fewer tags