First posted May 31, 2022 For additional information, contact: Director, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center U.S. Geological Survey Sioux Falls, SD 57198Contact Pubs Warehouse The Rangeland Condition Monitoring Assessment Projection (RCMAP) project has partnered with the Bureau of Land Management to provide annual maps rangeland vegetation condition across Western United States from ...

The potential for wind erosion in South Central Colorado is greatest in the spring, especially after harvesting of crops such as potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) that leave small amounts of crop residue in the surface after harvest. Therefore it is important to implement best management practices that reduce potential wind erosion and that we understand how cropping systems are impacting soil eros...

In recent years, steps have been taken to implement a new crop insurance program for rangeland and pasture. Unlike traditionally insured row and cereal crops, which have directly measurable yields, there is no such simple, ideal yield standard for rangeland and pasture because of uncertainties regarding how to generally and objectively quantify annual production. With remotely sensed imagery ac...

Past stereotypes of indigenous pastoralists as ignorant and environmentally destructive are being revised as ecological and social science research advances. As yet, little documentation of pastoralists' ecological knowledge exists, and even less is known about how this knowledge is, or can be, applied to resource management. This paper outlines the ecological knowledge of Mongolian nomadic pas...

Rangelands are the most common form of terrain WE PROPOSE A PARADIGM THAT in both the United States (where it accounts for 61% of all land surface) and the world (70% of all land surface). ENHANCES HETEROGENEITY Rangelands consist primarily of native plant communities managed, typically, for livestock production (Holechek et al. INSTEAD OF HOMOGENEITY TO PROMOTE 1998). Because they can embrace ...

nowadays, a lot of natural resource co-management plans due to lack of attention to stakeholders’characteristics and position in network of social relationships have failed. actors or key personnel’srecognition has been one of administrative requirement of natural resources co-management plans.the most influential actors in environmental decisions making can be identified based on stakeholdersa...

Ecological sites are the basic entity used in rangeland health assessment. This study evaluates the synergistic use of multiand hyper-spectral satellite imagery for sub-pixel classification of ecological sites in semiarid rangelands. Hyperion and Landsat enhanced thematic mapper (ETM) data are included in a two-step procedure to mapping ecological sites in Patagonian rangelands of Argentina. Fi...

Globally, new combinations of introduced and native plant and animal species have changed rangelands into novel ecosystems. Whereas many rangeland stakeholders (people who use or have an interest in rangelands) view intentional species introductions to improve forage and control erosion as beneficial, others focus on unintended costs, such as increased fire risk, loss of rangeland biodiversity,...

Cattle and other livestock excrete endogenous steroid hormones, including estrogens, androgens, and progestins; therefore, allowing grazing livestock direct access to surface waters can result in the release of steroids in agricultural watersheds. Elevated concentrations of steroids are problematic because low concentrations of certain steroids can affect fish reproduction. To assess the occurr...