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Jumpstarting recovery of Wyoming big sagebrush and other native plants out on the range

From the Rocky Mountain Research Station: Wyoming big sagebrush may not be the most eye-catching plant on the Great Basin’s rangeland, but it provides vital wildlife habitat and forage for numerous species such as the greater sage-grouse. Yet sagebrush is on the decline. Spreading invasive exotic annual species are contributing to more frequent wildfires on…
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Sage advice for managers: A new, collaborative science framework for conservation and restoration of the sagebrush biome

From the Rocky Mountain Research Station: The USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS) has published a two-part guide to managing sagebrush ecosystems across the West called the “Science framework for conservation and restoration of the sagebrush biome: Linking the Department of the Interior’s Integrated Rangeland Fire Management Strategy to long-term strategic conservation actions.”…
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Homes on the range: Helping to understand residential development of U.S. rangelands

From the Rocky Mountain Research Station: When the words to the classic folk song “Home on the Range” were written in 1872, U.S. rangelands were much more extensive than they are today. Over the past three centuries in the coterminous United States, one-third of rangelands — once covering a billion acres — have been modified…
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Adoption of Machine Learning Techniques in Ecology and Earth Science

Adoption of Machine Learning Techniques in Ecology and Earth Science Anne E Thessen, The Ronin Institute for Independent Scholarship, The Data Detektiv
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Hayman Fire Case Study

Hayman Fire Case Study To cite this publication: Graham, Russell T., Technical Editor. 2003. Hayman Fire Case Study. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS- GTR-114. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 396 p.
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Living with Fire and Water

“Wildfire is considered a critical risk to community drinking water supplies in the western U.S. Our team integrates research from the physical and social sciences to better characterize wildfire risk to water supplies and to evaluate the effects of pre- and post-fire risk mitigation approaches.” Click the image below to read the full report.
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Principles and Practices for the Restoration of Ponderosa Pine and Dry Mixed-Conifer Forests of the Colorado Front Range

Principles and Practices for the Restoration of Ponderosa Pine and Dry Mixed-Conifer Forests of the Colorado Front Range Robert N. Addington, Gregory H. Aplet, Mike A. Battaglia, Jennifer S. Briggs, Peter M. Brown, Antony S. Cheng, Yvette Dickinson, Jonas A. Feinstein, Kristen A. Pelz, Claudia M. Regan, Jim Thinnes, Rick Truex, Paula J. Fornwalt, Benjamin…
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Colorado Wildfire Risk Reduction Grant Program Monitoring Final Report

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Post-fire wood mulch for reducing erosion potential increases tree seedlings with few impacts on understory plants and soil nitrogen

Post-fire wood mulch for reducing erosion potential increases tree seedlings with few impacts on understory plants and soil nitrogen Jayne L. Jonas, Erin Berryman, Brett Wolk, Penelope Morgan, Peter R. Robichaud Abstract: Following high-severity wildfire, application of mulch on the soil surface is commonly used to stabilize slopes and limit soil erosion potential, protecting ecosystem…
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Impacts of Forest Restoration Treatments on Pollinator Communities along the Colorado Front Range

Impacts of Forest Restoration Treatments on Pollinator Communities along the Colorado Front Range Ryleigh Gelles, Kevin J. Barrett, Thomas S. Davis
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Jumpstarting recovery of Wyoming big sagebrush and other native plants out on the range

Sage advice for managers: A new, collaborative science framework for conservation and restoration of the sagebrush biome

Homes on the range: Helping to understand residential development of U.S. rangelands

Adoption of Machine Learning Techniques in Ecology and Earth Science

Principles and Practices for the Restoration of Ponderosa Pine and Dry Mixed-Conifer Forests of the Colorado Front Range

Colorado Wildfire Risk Reduction Grant Program Monitoring Final Report

Post-fire wood mulch for reducing erosion potential increases tree seedlings with few impacts on understory plants and soil nitrogen

Impacts of Forest Restoration Treatments on Pollinator Communities along the Colorado Front Range

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