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Submitted to: Society for Range Management Meeting Abstracts
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 2/8/1998
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Technical Abstract: The ARS Northwest Watershed Research Center (NWRC)was established in 1960 to conduct research addressing water supply, flooding and erosion in rangelands with seasonal snow and frozen soils. Increasing public appreciation for the role of rangeland watersheds in local and regional ecosystems is accompanied by accelerating debate over <> use and management of public and private rangelands. The need for objective, quantitative data on rangeland watersheds is ever more apparent. NWRC rangeland research programs fill this need through: 1)Research to quantify rangeland hydrologic and biological processes and rates 2)Long-term, quality-controlled, documented baselines and time series data and analyses for climatic and hydrologic regimes in specific rangeland environments 3)Development, validation and application of simulation models to support sustainable range management 4)Support of public education and graduate-level study leading to enhanced management and stewardship of rangeland resources. Research <> include remote sensing, landscape-scale research sites such as the 234 km2 Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed in the Owyhee Mountains of southwestern Idaho, advanced data acquisition and telemetry systems, and research on collaborative sites such as the Snake River Birds of Prey National Resource Conservation Area on the Snake River Plain.
