The USDA Rangeland Conservation Practice Effectiveness Program Scientific Review is Now Available Online

Nov 8, 2011

The USDA Rangeland Conservation Practice Effectiveness Program scientific re

Conservation Benefits
view is now available online.This is a very comprehensive review (3 years, 40 scientists) of the current science on rangeland management for conservation. http://rangelandwatersheds.ucdavis.edu/ See bottom of Home Page, "Just Published" "Conservation Benefits of Rangeland Practices"

The chapter titles and authors are shown below.

Chapter 1. An Evidence-Based Assessment of Prescribed Grazing Practices. David D. Briske, Justin D. Derner, Daniel G. Milchunas, and Ken W. Tate

Chapter 2. Assessment of Prescribed Fire as a Conservation Practice. Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, Ryan F. Limb, David M. Engle, and Richard F. Miller

Chapter 3. Brush Management as a Rangeland Conservation Strategy: A Critical Evaluation. Steven R. Archer, Kirk W. Davies, Timothy E. Fulbright, Kirk C. McDaniel, Bradford P. Wilcox, and Katharine I.Predick

Chapter 4. Assessment of Range Planting as a Conservation Practice. Stuart P. Hardegree, Thomas A. Jones, Bruce A. Roundy, Nancy L. Shaw, and Thomas A. Monaco

Chapter 5. A Scientific Assessment of the Effectiveness of Riparian Management Practices. Mel R. George, Randy D. Jackson, Chad S. Boyd, and Ken W. Tate

Chapter 6. An Assessment of Rangeland Activities on Wildlife Populations and habitats. Paul R. Krausman, Vernon C. Bleich, William M. Block, David E. Naugle, and Mark C. Wallace

Chapter 7. Invasive Plant Management on Anticipated Conservation Benefits: A Scientific Assessment. Roger L. Sheley, Jeremy J. James, Mathew J. Rinella, Dana Blumenthal, and Joseph M. DiTomaso

Chapter 8. A Landscape Approach to Rangeland Conservation Practices. Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, Joel R. Brown, Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, Gene A. Fults, and X. Ben Wu

Chapter 9. A Social and Economic Assessment of Rangeland Conservation Practices. John A. Tanaka, Mark Brunson, and L. Allen Torell

It is also available at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/technical/nra/ceap/?&cid=stelprdb1045811.


By John M Harper
Author - County Director Mendocino & Lake/Livestock & Natural Resources Advisor - Emeritus