[RangelandsPartnership] FW: [EXT]It's Grazing Season! (USFS Rangelands Science You Can Use)

Tue Apr 14 10:48:50 MST 2020

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Subject: [EXT]It's Grazing Season!

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Science Roundup to Support Range Management

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APRIL 2020 | A Publication of the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station

It's Grazing Season! Science Roundup to Support
Range Management

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**UPCOMING 30 minute WEBINAR**
The West-Wide Fuelcasting System
Thursday, April 16, 2020 @ 10-10:30am MT

Fuelcasting is a new program that provides projections of expected fuel conditions this grazing season. It is an important component of the Rangeland Production Monitoring System. During the webinar, RMRS scientist Matt Reeves will provide an overview of the system, demonstrate how to download and use the data, and discuss the 2020 fuel outlook with a focus on hotspots. We will also share plans for new range management tools and take your questions.

Join us!
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Asking "what-if" questions: New ST-Sim tool helps managers forecast future rangeland conditions<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001kZURUkzFlcZoSXxexz6CvTQJcQ-8GY-9RYjOCzE_6ePdd9P4O_JRPeP73juEZ8ed4b8JJsZpjngs0ua6IMTH74V70ijE1v6II2PEtdZUtX0ytQepOVwD4m89npsLcqtLvaKJABK564vptv06YHE_PqGjN90vS3FS5lu_GODtGSHl6wpmq8wVndcst2ZboUfuXneag3QCTfyPz5efGdliH40Btp_OjJwdPCkiDJRVlwOFNFZcLa8oTMZV3nRERGqO&c=T9M4qm4UfXWYZSSsbyC7L3BHy98DUImG3dcKea09pe1eHkUY2cVBFg==&ch=RDJgFR9j-0NV5BS3XFbPwqX6ADqYcYTfe-efgSHac1KBZjtF_h7nhw==>
ST-Sim is a software-based ecological simulation tool, short for state-and-transition simulation model, that allows managers to ask landscape wide “what-if” questions based on different management regimes and land treatments while estimating interactions with expected climate changes.

RMRS research ecologist Paulette Ford<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001kZURUkzFlcZoSXxexz6CvTQJcQ-8GY-9RYjOCzE_6ePdd9P4O_JRPeP73juEZ8edHHDNIEQf8kYPrnz3FA1fmzpzYzypLJvPvRV6QNhZjd6koEa18wAPZSr-T8kZS6UrUhMFjeh8Sl2c4z1fUcwWDS6BgTRSfTzeF-RAUtmSPGE=&c=T9M4qm4UfXWYZSSsbyC7L3BHy98DUImG3dcKea09pe1eHkUY2cVBFg==&ch=RDJgFR9j-0NV5BS3XFbPwqX6ADqYcYTfe-efgSHac1KBZjtF_h7nhw==> explains, “With this tool, we’re able to provide land managers with worst-case and best-case scenarios under different conditions. " The ST-Sim tool was recently deployed in the Forest Service’s Southwest Region to predict the ecological response of rangelands to livestock grazing across numerous vegetation types. Net annual primary production and ecological response to herbivory were calibrated for 19 potential vegetation types covering nearly 10 million acres.

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Homes on the range: Helping to understand residential development of U.S. rangelands<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001kZURUkzFlcZoSXxexz6CvTQJcQ-8GY-9RYjOCzE_6ePdd9P4O_JRPSbECYfbipJYQyihovqLTBdgS8CJvad0icjb0ccQu4WVDF2k6bK3oX_c8KmAAOjdETfOhtEyCQEbKYWtOjW2iroBEo0Xh8U7XBrvcXIusSu9vAI9bPl_NBvQI5B8ols12I0MurufiX-vx8S4AqFKvg5LBnZIjEQMao-E8x7an0o8SnRH6UOQPNIzmmDwao9iqg==&c=T9M4qm4UfXWYZSSsbyC7L3BHy98DUImG3dcKea09pe1eHkUY2cVBFg==&ch=RDJgFR9j-0NV5BS3XFbPwqX6ADqYcYTfe-efgSHac1KBZjtF_h7nhw==>
This Science You Can Use (in 5 minutes) highlights a recent report entitled “Rangelands on the Edge: Quantifying the Modification, Fragmentation, and Future Residential Development of U.S. Rangelands.”

Matt Reeves<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001kZURUkzFlcZoSXxexz6CvTQJcQ-8GY-9RYjOCzE_6ePdd9P4O_JRPeP73juEZ8edXsN6rYEV4gB8lI2mquY9stXPDt7DPTfLbrjZ3f6Q6E3tYKjJMVm7LpNDUy83dKRnabnR-4HZDUjBGqzdtakYv9_w4PHOMapbhPV1Fb_Cwwhtdwko1oX1ZA==&c=T9M4qm4UfXWYZSSsbyC7L3BHy98DUImG3dcKea09pe1eHkUY2cVBFg==&ch=RDJgFR9j-0NV5BS3XFbPwqX6ADqYcYTfe-efgSHac1KBZjtF_h7nhw==> the lead author of this report and research ecologist with the Rocky Mountain Research Station, explains, “Landscape change is inevitable and there will be trade offs. This research provides a springboard for having discussions about what we want the future to look like.”

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Where's the beef? Predicting the effects of climate change on cattle production in western U.S. rangelands<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001kZURUkzFlcZoSXxexz6CvTQJcQ-8GY-9RYjOCzE_6ePdd9P4O_JRPa-FzF1LD-6kjRRaGM-PTA6nEsbVH8dhFvKt2luNtRKsVVDuEIwybEfjeKAtUq89L-bXwqkfpoVgnsuQO3eCfNUSffAEo788Sfu5rdXlwzoRbVs8VN_20lRVxk4-cUAMPGsdH7YVmmRlWTUQK-NrCNf_X-9eMXmhhg==&c=T9M4qm4UfXWYZSSsbyC7L3BHy98DUImG3dcKea09pe1eHkUY2cVBFg==&ch=RDJgFR9j-0NV5BS3XFbPwqX6ADqYcYTfe-efgSHac1KBZjtF_h7nhw==>
Forage availability for grazing animals has always been vulnerable to the effects of variations of weather and climate from year–to–year, with some years and decades markedly drier than others. Given changing climate conditions, managers across the west are wondering whether grazing conditions are likely to get worse, better, or stay the same.

RMRS scientists and collaborators used modeling tools to compare regions across the United States to identify which places would be most affected in their ability to support cattle under future climate change scenarios.

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