Supported by Western SARE
Title | Format | Date |
Intro to Colorado Rangelands and Range Science | Webinar | Tuesday, January 18, 2022 |
Grazing Management | Webinar | Wednesday, February 16, 2022 |
Rangeland Assessment and Monitoring | Webinar | Tuesday, March 29, 2022 |
Drought, Invasive species, and restoration | Webinar | Tuesday, April 19, 2022 |
Adaptive management, bringing it all together | Webinar | Wednesday, May 11, 2022 |
Regional workshops + Field days | Face-to-face | TBD- Summer ’22 |
Readings & Resources
(crossed-out links should still work- not sure why they are doing that)
Join Livestock & Range Team listserv
CSU Extension Range Management website
Session 1:
Recording of Session 1 (except breakout sessions)
Websites
Glossary of range management terms (including definition of “rangeland”)
Description of types of rangeland, in Colorado and beyond
including: shortgrass prairie, sagebrush steppe, and pinyon-juniper woodland
Website with tons of information about rangeland ecology and more
Readings
Fuhlendorf and Engle– 2001- Restoring heterogeneity on rangelands (a classic)
Fuhlendorf et al.– 2017- Heterogeneity as the basis for rangeland management (dense but worth it)
Bestelmeyer and Briske– 2012- Grand challenges for resilience-based management of rangelands
Reid et al – 2014- Dynamics and resilience of rangelands and pastoral peoples around the world (international perspective)
Provenza et al– 2013- Complex Creative Systems
New Tools for Land Management: Putting Ecological Site Descriptions to Use on Your Ranch
Interagency Ecological Site Handbook (sections 2 and 5 have good information on ESDs)
Session 2:
Websites
Readings
Grissom and Steffens– 2013- Case Study: Adaptive Grazing Management at Rancho Largo Cattle Company
Bailey and Provenza– 2008- Mechanisms determining large herbivore distribution
Sanderson et al– 2020- Cattle, conservation, and carbon in the western Great Plains
Milchunas et al– 1988- A generalized model of the effects of grazing by large herbivores
Session 3:
Websites
Rangelands Gateway- Rangeland Monitoring
Readings
Monitoring Manual for Grassland, Shrubland, and Savanna Ecosystems
Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health, v5
Colorado Rangeland Monitoring Guide
Recent special issue of Rangelands on “Adaptive Monitoring to Support Adaptive Management”
Session 4:
(didn’t record- sorry!)
Websites
U.S. Drought Monitor (explore the site, more than just the current ratings)
GrassCast– forage production forecasts (only for Eastern CO)
Intermountain West Climate Dashboard (lots of current data)
CSU Extension Drought Resources
Case Study of Drought Planning in SE Colorado
UNL- Managing Drought Risk on the Ranch (Great Plains)
Colorado Natural Heritage Program– Invasive Species Info
Rangelands Gateway- Invasive Plants
Rangelands Gateway- Vegetation Management and Restoration
Readings
Vasquez et al– 2010- Invasive Plants on Rangelands: A Global Threat
DiTomaso et al– 2018- Invasive Plant Species and Novel Rangeland Systems
Thurow and Taylor– 1999- Viewpoint: The role of drought in range management
Derner and Augustine– 2016- Adaptive management for drought on rangelands
Howery– 2016- Rangeland management before, during, and after drought
Session 5:
Websites
Adaptive Management on Wikipedia (a good summary!)
Adaptive Management: The DOI Guide
Readings
Allen et al– 2017- Adaptive Management of Rangeland Systems
Gosnell et al– 2020- A half century of Holistic Management: What does the evidence reveal?
McCord and Pilliod– 2022- Adaptive monitoring in support of adaptive management in rangelands
Wilmer et al– 2018- Collaborative Adaptive Rangeland Management Fosters Management-Science Partnerships
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