Measuring Ecological Resilience to Combat Wildfires, March 30, 2022
Dr. Jeanne Chambers
Programs
Vegetation Management
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A multi-ecosystem prioritization framework to balance competing habitat conservation needs of multiple species in decline Landscape Ecology
By: Nicholas J. Van Lanen, Jessica E. Shyvers, Courtney Duchardt, and Cameron L. Aldridge
A User Guide to Selecting Invasive Annual Grass Spatial Products for the Western United States
2022, Fact Sheet 2022-3001
Nathan D. Van Schmidt, Jessica E. Shyvers, D. Joanne Saher, Bryan C. Tarbox, Julie A. Heinrichs, Cameron L. Aldridge
AIM Lotic Data Viewer
This ArcGIS Online data viewer provides access to all lotic (stream and river) AIM data. The lotic AIM database houses all stream and river monitoring data collected by BLM districts and field…
AIM National Aquatic Monitoring Framework: Field Protocol for Wadeable Lotic Systems
The BLM developed the National Aquatic Monitoring Framework (Miller et al. 2015) to monitor the condition and trend of aquatic systems as part of the Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring (AIM)…
Applying and Interpreting Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring (AIM) Data at the Field Office Level_Technical Note 455
This technical note serves as a companion to BLM Technical Note 453, "Guide to Using AIM and LMF Data in Land Health Evaluations and Authorizations of Permitted Uses," by providing an example of…
Assessing population genomic structure and polyploidy: A crucial step for native plant restoration
Restoration Ecology
By: Bryce A. Richardson, Robert Massatti, Nurul Islam-Faridi, Skylar Johnson, and Francis F. Kilkenny
Assessing vegetation recovery from energy development using a dynamic reference approach
Ecology and Evolution
BLM Guidelines for Implementing Greater Sage-grouse Habitat Objectives (supplement to WO IM 2018-25)
These guidelines supplement the BLM policy set forth in WO IM 2018-025 (effective until 9/30/2021). BLM state offices (SOs) must follow the steps described in the policy when evaluating, in an…
Characterization of change in tree cover state and condition over the conterminous United States
Forests
Francis K Dwomoh and Roger F. Auch
Combining resilience and resistance with threat-based approaches for prioritizing management actions in sagebrush ecosystems
Chambers, Jeanne C.; Brown, Jessi L.; Bradford, John B.; Doherty, Kevin E.; Crist, Michele R.; Schlaepfer, Daniel R.; Urza, Alexandra K.; Short, Karen C.
Compendium to Invasive Annual Grass Spatial Products for the Western United States, January 2010–February 2021
Data Report 1152
By: D. Joanne Saher, Jessica E. Shyvers, Bryan C. Tarbox, Nathan D. Van Schmidt, Julie A. Heinrichs, and Cameron L. Aldridge
Compound hydroclimatic extremes in a semi-arid grassland: Drought, deluge, and the carbon cycle
Climate change is predicted to increase the frequency and intensity of extreme events including droughts and large precipitation events or “deluges.” While many studies have focused on the ecologic
DOI Talent Course Search
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Ecological benefits of strategically applied livestock grazing in sagebrush communities
Ecological benefits of strategically applied livestock grazing in sagebrush communities
Establishing big sagebrush seedlings on the Colorado Plateau
Veblen, K. E., Thacker, E., Larese-Casanova, M., Nehring, K., Duniway, M., & Brungard, C.
(2023). [Fact sheet]. Utah State University Extension.
Evaluation of Fractional Vegetation Cover Products_TN456
This technical note presents the analysis of three major products that estimate fractional vegetation cover: Landscape Cover Analysis and Reporting Tools (LandCART); Rangeland Condition, Monitoring,…
Geospatial Gateway
The Geospatial Gateway is BLM staff's one-stop shop for your geospatial needs. Find links to Data, Map Services, Citrix, EGIS & GIS Help, National Projects and other helpful resources. Geospatial…
Great Basin Fire Science Exchange
The Great Basin Fire Science Exchange (GBFSE) connects land managers and scientists to improve pre- and post-fire management decisions by providing relevant information and access to technical…
Great Basin Fire Science Exchange: Recent Herbicide Research from the Great Basin
Science-Management Webinar Discussion about Recent Herbicide Research and Implications for Management in the Great Basin
Guide to Using AIM and LMF Data for Land Health Evaluations and Authorizations of Permitted Uses - Technical Note 453.PDF (PDF / 2.4 MB)
This technical note serves as a guide for using AIM data, along with other available data, to complete evaluations of land health and related authorizations of permitted uses as required by BLM…
Identifying priority science needs for managing public lands in Colorado
The BLM National Science Committee supported a project to develop a structured, repeatable method for identifying potential priority science needs for BLM based on multiple lines of evidence.
Implement an adaptive management process for the JIDPA.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will implement an adaptive management process for the Jonah Infill Drilling Project Area (JIDPA) that will follow the framework described in this appendix …
INHABIT: A web-based decision support tool for invasive plant species habitat visualization and assessment across the contiguous United States
2022, PLoSOne (17) 1-15
Integrated rangeland fire management strategy actionable science plan completion assessment—Invasives topic, 2015–20
Anthony, C.R., Holloran, M.J., Ricca, M.A., Hanser, S.E., Phillips, S.L., Steblein, P.F., and Wiechman, L.A., 2023
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2023–1003, 33 p.
Integrated rangeland fire management strategy actionable science plan completion assessment—Restoration topic, 2015–20
Anthony, C.R., Holloran, M.J., Ricca, M.A., Hanser, S.E., Phillips, S.L., Steblein, P.F., and Wiechman, L.A., 2023
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2023–1004, 44 p.
Landscape Cover Analysis and Reporting Tools (LandCART)
LandCART is an online mapping app for predicting fractional vegetation cover at 30-m resolution anywhere in the western contiguous United States for any time from 1984 to present. LandCART predicts…
Maps of abiotic susceptibility versus fire-induced conversion to cheatgrass dominance in the sagebrush biome and associated data.
Board, David I.; Urza, Alexandra K.; Bradford, John B.; Brown, Jessi L.; Chambers, Jeanne C.; Schlaepfer, Daniel R.; Short, Karen C. 2024.
Monitoring Manual for Grassland, Shrubland, and Savannah Ecosystems
This document provides a single, standard reference for the core methods which are part of the BLM Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring Strategy (AIM) and NRCS National Resources Inventory (NRI).
Most pinyon-juniper woodland species distributions are projected to shrink rather than shift under climate change
Adam Roy Noel, Daniel Rodolphe Schlaepfer, Bradley J. Butterfield, M.C. Swan, J. Michael Norris, K. Hartwig, Michael C. Duniway, and John B. Bradford
No surface use is permited during the following time periods.
RP-8 TIMING LIMITATION STIPULATION: "No surface use is allowed during the following time period(s). This stipulation does not apply to operation and maintenance of production facilities. In order to…
Of Bees and Blooms: A New Scorecard for Selecting Pollinator Friendly Plants in Restoration
Feb. 2023, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mt. Research Station
Rangeland Condition, Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (RCMAP)
The USGS Rangeland Condition, Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (RCMAP) dataset reports fractional vegetation cover estimates and changes over time in Western U.S. shrublands. Nine shrubland…
Rangelands Analysis Platform (RAP)
The Rangelands Analysis Platform (RAP) was developed to provide rangeland managers a simple and efficient tool to map and report on fractional vegetation cover across the western United States. Five…
Reintroduce native vegetation to drill site areas
2006 BLM BMP Award to Shell: "Better drill site reclamation by replanting native plant species"
Reintroducing bison results in long-running and resilient increases in grassland diversity
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Sage-Grouse Habitat Assessment Framework (HAF) page now on the SPP!
Access all the HAF documents, policies, technical references, and training resources from the HAF page under BLM Program Support, or just follow this link
Testing greater-sage grouse as an umbrella species; sage mowing and songbirds
Data on the abundance and nesting success of three songbird species before and after shrub mowing in central Wyoming found differences in the effects on sage-brush obligate songbirds.
The elevational ascent and spread of exotic annual grass dominance in the Great Basin
Researchers: Joseph Smith, Brad Allred, Chad Boyd, Kirk Davies, Matthew Jones, Andrew Kleinhesselink, Jeremy Maestas, Scott Morford, and David Naugle
The power of forecasts to advance ecological theory
Abigail S L Lewis, Christine R. Rollinson, Andrew J Allyn, Jamie Diamond Ashander, Stephanie Brodie, Cole B Brookson, Elyssa Collins, Michael C.
U.S.G.S. Invasive Species Research—Improving Detection, Awareness, Decision Support, and Control
More than 6,500 nonindigenous species are now established in the United States, posing risks to human and wildlife health, native plants and animals, and our valued ecosystems.