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Herbicides for Downy Brome (Cheatgrass) Control: What Works?
Lee
This webinar will cover existing products that are effective and how they are applied in different situations. It will also introduce new emerging herbicides. Richard D. Lee, Integrated Pest Management Specialist, BLM National Operations Center,…
Year: 2018
Type: Media

Riparian research and management: past, present, future: volume 1
Johnson, Carothers, Finch, Kingsley, Stanley
Fifty years ago, riparian habitats were not recognized for their extensive and critical contributions to wildlife and the ecosystem function of watersheds. This changed as riparian values were identified and documented, and the science of riparian…
Year: 2018
Type: Document

Boundary layer instabilities in mixed convection and diffusion flames with an unheated starting length
Miller, Tang, Sluder, Finney, McAllister, Forthofer, Gollner
The following study examines the role of streaklike coherent structures in mixed convection via a horizontal heated boundary layer possessing an unheated starting length. The three-dimensionality of flows in this configuration, which is regularly…
Year: 2018
Type: Document

Vegetation dynamics at the woodland-shrubland interface: role of climate, disturbance, and species interactions
Urza
The boundary between woodlands and shrublands delineates the distribution of the tree biome in many regions across the globe. Woodlands and shrublands interface at multiple spatial scales, and many ecological processes operate at different spatial…
Year: 2018
Type: Document

We Bring Fire with Us: the Role of People in Changing Modern U.S. Fire Regimes
Balch
There are three ingredients needed for fire: fuel to burn, hot & dry conditions, and an ignition source. People are changing all three. The area burned has increased over just the past several decades, in western U.S. forests by 1500%. Last year…
Year: 2018
Type: Media

Management thresholds stemming from altered fire dynamics in present-day arid and semi-arid environments
Aslan, Samberg, Dickson, Gray
Changes in fire frequency, size, and severity are driving ecological transformations in many systems. In arid and semi-arid regions that are adapted to fire, long-term fire exclusion by managers leads to declines in fire frequency, altered fire size…
Year: 2018
Type: Document

FEIS fire regime synthesis: Fire regimes of mountain big sagebrush communities
Innes
This synthesis summarizes information available in the scientific literature on historical patterns and contemporary changes in fuels and fire regimes in mountain big sagebrush communities. This literature suggests that presettlement fires in the…
Year: 2018
Type: Document

U.S. Geological Survey sage-grouse and sagebrush ecosystem research annual report for 2018
The sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) ecosystem extends across a large portion of the Western United States, and the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) is one of the iconic species of this ecosystem. Greater sage-grouse populations occur in 11…
Year: 2018
Type: Document

Managing emerging threats to spotted owls
Wan, Ganey, Vojta, Cushman
The 3 spotted owl (Strix occidentalis) subspecies in North America (i.e., northern spotted owl [S. o. caurina], California spotted owl [S. o. occidentalis], Mexican spotted owl [S. o. lucida]) have all experienced population declines over the past…
Year: 2018
Type: Document

Toward shared stewardship across landscapes: an outcome-based investment strategy
Managers and owners of forests across the Nation face urgent challenges, among them catastrophic wildfires, invasive species, drought, and epidemics of forest insects and disease. Of particular concern are longer fire seasons and the rising size and…
Year: 2018
Type: Document