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item A Transparent Protocol for Predicting Habitat Resilience to Climate Change on Wild Horse and Burro Habitats across the Western United States
item Activated Carbon Seed Technologies and Indaziflam Application to Simultaneously Control Exotic Annual Grasses and Establish Perennial Vegetation
item Adaptive Capacity and Ecosystem Service Provisioning on Intermountain Range Sheep Systems Under a Changing Climate
item Adaptive Management Research on Co-species Grazed Rangelands
item Advancing Veterinary Care, Research and Education in Small-Ruminant Obstetrics and Health
item Agroecological Approach to Enhance U.S. Sheep Industry Viability and Rangeland Ecosystem Conservation
item AmeriFlux Management Project Core Site - Walnut Gulch/Santa Rita
item Assessing Linkages between Seed Bed Microenvironment and Browse-Species Establishment on Northern Region WMAs
item Assessing Pollinator and Gall Response to Climatic Gradients and Fire and Grazing Management in Sage
item Benefits for Bee Health and Diversity from Drought-Tolerant Plantings (“Bee Pasture”) for Drought-Stricken Areas in the West
item Biological Control of Latin American Weeds and Insects
item Can targeted biochar addition be used to promote precision restoration of sagebrush rangelands?
item Carbon and Water Exchanges and Plant Phenology on Great Basin Rangelands
item CEAP-Grazing Lands Remote Sensing of Woody Vegetation
item Climate Change Adaptation Technical Assistance & Outreach in the Southwest
item Climate-adaptive Strategies for Overcoming Barriers to Establishment of Diverse CRP Plantings in Drylands
item Co-Developing Criteria for White Bark Pine Friendly Ranching
item Co-developing criteria for white bark pine friendly ranching
item Collaboration on Tools to Manage Ecosystem Transitions for Agricultural Sustainability in the Americas
item Collaborative Animal Research between New Mexico State University (NMSU and ARS)
item Commenting on Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest plans
item Compost Application on Annual Grass Invaded Rangelands
item Continental Divide Cooperative Weed Management Area
item Continuing Technology Development for Sustainable Land Management, Monitoring, and Research
item Crossbred Lamb Carcass Quality Evaluation
item Data Partnership with PhenoCam Network to Process, Serve, and Archive LTAR Digital Camera Imagery and Derived Data Products
item Developing Methods for Co-produced Research and Stakeholder Assessment in Rangeland Agroecosytems
item Developing Mitigation Strategies for Poisonous Plants in Livestock Production Systems
item Developing Practical Genetic Solutions for the Sheep Industry
item Developing Practical Livestock Grazing Management Solutions to Optimize Rangeland Biodiversity
item Developing Remote Technologies to Monitor and Manage Livestock Grazing
item Developing UAS Remote Sensing Data Processing Tools for Rangeland Assessment
item Development of a rangeland Resilience and Threats (rRAT) tool for US producers
item Development of an All-lands Wind Erosion Model
item Development of Ecological Strategies for Invasive Plant Management and Rehabilitation of Western Rangelands
item Development of Rangeland Fractional Cover and Production Models
item Development of the Aeolian EROsion (AERO) Model and Landscape Data Commons
item Disturbance Mitigation and Adaptive Restoration of Sagebrush-Steppe Ecosystems
item Disturbance Mitigation and Adaptive Restoration of Sagebrush-Steppe Ecosystems
item DNA Sequencing and Molecular Analysis of Forage, Range, and Turf Plants
item Dual Disturbances: Do Fuel Treatments and Wildfire Protect or Harm Sagebrush Valued Resources?
item Ecosystem Responses and Plant Ecophysiology in the Great Basin
item EDIT Update
item Educational and Scientific Cooperation between Boise State University and the USDA Agricultural Research Service
item Effects of Herbicide as a Fuel Reduction Treatment in the Mojave Desert
item Enhancing Rangeland Science Delivery in the Northern Great Basin
item Environmental Monitoring to Support Eco-Geomorphic Modeling and Atmospheric Prediction
item Fire Management Sheep Experiment Station
item Fuel Treatment and Fire Suppression Effects on Valued Resources in Sagebrush Steppe
item Fuel Treatment and Wildfire Effects on Sagebrush Valued Resources
item Fuel Treatment Durability in Sagebrush Ecosystems in Current and Future Climates
item Fuel Treatment Effectiveness Monitoring in SageSTEP
item FY2021, FY2022 Contribution of Legacy Phosphorus to Watershed Outcomes, Phase 2 (Temple, TX)
item Genetics, Ecology, and Biological Control of Invasive Annual Grasses
item Herbicide as a Fuel Reduction Treatment in the Mojave Desert
item High-density Genotyping of Plants
item High-throughput Phenotyping and Genotypic Modeling of Intermediate Wheatgrass Forage and Seed Traits
item Hydrologic Impacts of Wildfire and Conservation Practices in Sagebrush-Steppe Ecosystems
item Hydrology and Erosion Dynamics Following Compost Applications on Annual Grassland
item Impacts of Disturbances, Management Practices, and Climate on Ecohydrology of Water-Limited Lands
item Improve Temporal and Spatial Coverage of National Conservation Activity Data
item Improved Establishment Techniques for Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Pollinator Mixtures in Semi-Arid regions of the western U.S.
item Improved Plant Genetic Resources and Methods to ensure Resilient and Productive Rangelands, Pastures, and Turf Landscapes
item Improved Seed and Seeding Technology for Great Basin Rangelands
item Improving the Collection and Accessibility of Potential Control Location Data for Successful Cross-jurisdictional Pre-fire Planning
item In Utero Factors Impacting Fetal Loss in Sheep
item Increasing Winter Hardiness in Orchardgrass
item Integrate Vegetative Bud-based Propagation and Seeds in Restoration of Rangeland Native Plant Communities
item Integrated Management of South American Pests and Weeds
item Knowledge Systems and Tools to Increase the Resilience and Sustainability of Western Rangeland Agriculture
item Land Health Assessment and Visualization Tools
item Land Management and Monitoring Apps Development
item LANDSCAPE MONITORING
item Linkages between Soil Chemistry and Cheatgrass Emergence Following Wildfire
item Linking Snow, Soil Moisture and Microclimate with Fuel Moisture: A Snowpack, Soil-moisture and Fuel-moisture Monitoring Network in Northern Arizona
item Livestock Grazing in Rangeland Management Systems
item Livestock Grazing in Rangeland Management Systems
item Long-term Data Analyses and Data Collection on the Desatoya Mountains Project
item LTAR-NEON Collaboration to Quantify Rangeland Vegetation Production - Phase 3
item LTER: Long-Term Research at the Jornada Basin
item Maintaining and Improving the Rangeland Analysis Platform
item Managing Invasive Weeds and Insect Pests Using Biologically-Based Methods
item Measuring Production on North American Rangelands
item Measuring Production on North American Rangelands
item Monitoring Tools and Research in Support of Adaptive Management
item Monitoring Tools and Research in Support of Adaptive Management
item New Remote Sensing Techniques for Ecosystem Water and Carbon Flux Estimation - Phase 2
item Operation of NOAA Mesonet Weather Monitoring Staion to Provide Critical Weather Data to Local NOAA Forecaters
item Optimizing Spatial Allocation of Restoration and Conservation Efforts Across the Sagebrush Biome
item Plant Community Composition and Production of Intermountain West Grazing Lands
item Precision Management Technologies for Rangeland Agricultural Systems
item Quantifying How Spatial and Temporal Effects of Invasive Plants on Fuel Structure and Fuel Moisture Influence Fire Regimes
item RaBET Development for Rangelands in the Western U.S.
item Rangeland Analysis Platform Support and Development
item Rangeland Analysis Platform Support and Development
item Rangeland Ecohydrology
item Rangeland Ecohydrology and Soil Erosion Course
item Recycling Nutrients for Robust Agricultural Supply Chains
item Recycling Nutrients for Robust Agricultural Supply Chains
item Remote Sensing Unique Species Identification
item Remote Sensing Unique Species Identification & Process Publication(s)
item Research Based Solutions to Mitigate the Negative Effects of Poisonous Plants on Livestock and Wildlife
item Sagebrush Rangeland Conservation and Restoration
item Sagebrush Steppe Treatment Evaluation Project
item Sagebrush Steppe Treatment Evaluation Project
item Science and Technologies for the Sustainable Management of Rangeland Systems
item Seasonal Forecasting Infrastructure Development
item Seed Enhancement Treatments to Alleviate Environmental Stress on Restoration Species
item Sheep Station Prescribed Burn Tebuthiuron Units
item Socio-economic Assessment of Great Basin Livestock Production Systems
item Soil Erosion and Ecosystem Recovery After Wildfire Under a Changing Climate
item Soil, Water, Meadow and Rangeland Monitoring on the Desatoya Mountains Project
item Standardized Monitoring Implementation and Research
item Synthesis and Production of Natural Rubber and Biobased Products
item System-based Management and Rehabilitation of Rangelands
item Technology Development for Sustainable Land Management, Monitoring and Research
item The 4 Directions Projections
item Trajectories of Change: How Climate, Wildfire, and Management Drive Shrubland Ecosystem Transitions
item Trajectories of Ecosystem Change
item Treatment Durability
item Treatment Durability using LANDIS-II
item U.S. Department of State Temporary Detail for Jeffrey Herrick
item Understanding Ecological, Hydrological, and Erosion Processes in the Semiarid Southwest to Improve Watershed Management
item Using Quantitative Approaches to Developing Ecological Sites
item Wind Erosion Tools and the Landscape Data Commons
item WinterTurf: A holistic approach to understanding the mechanisms and mitigating the effects of winter stress on turfgrasses in northern climates
item Workman Creek Snowtography