Great Basin Restoration Initiative Coordinator BLM, Boise, ID · Great Basin Restoration Initiative...
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Applications of ESDs in Restoration
Mike Pellant Great Basin Restoration Initiative Coordinator
BLM, Boise, ID Ecological Site Description
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Restoration Definition--Society for Ecological Restoration (2004)
Ecological restoration is the process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged, or destroyed.
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BLM National Training Center “Restoration of
Sagebrush Ecosystems” Course
NEPA, Contracting, etc.
ESDs
Class offered in October 2012 in Boise ID
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Landscape Scale and ESDs Goal—Reduce Fragmentation of Sagebrush Steppe
Where Potential for Success is High
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Greater Sage-grouse Populations
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Land Resource Regions and Major
Land Resource Areas
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/survey/geography/mrla/
MLRAs
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Fragmentation Issue:Western Juniper Encroachment
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Fragmentation Issue: Cheatgrass/Medusahead Wildrye Invasion
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Selection of High Potential Treatment Sites to Benefit Sage-Grouse
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Salts or carbonates
Surface rock
Soil depth
Soil Survey + ESDs Critical for Restoration Planning
ESDs focus on the plant community and provide the general soils information but not the specific edaphic information required to plan most restoration treatments
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websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov Steve Campbell, Soil Scientist USDA – Natural Resources Conservation Service West National Technical Support Center Portland, Oregon
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Navigate to a BLM Field Office in priority sage-grouse habitat to select a treatment area.
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Soil Map Units—Restoration Potential?
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Soil Map Units—Restoration Potential?
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Depth to a Soil Restriction Layer
Choice list for Aggregation Method
Click on ―View Description‖ to get more information about this soil property. Click on ―View Rating‖ to generate a map and report.
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Depth to Lithic Bedrock
MU 322-14 inches MU 366-25 inches
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The Soil Data Explorer tab provides multiple options for displaying soils and ecological site information.
The ―Suitabilities and Limitations for Use‖ tab is used to create maps and reports of a single interpretation such as ―Rangeland Seeding, Great Basin Ecoregion‖.
The ―Soil Properties and Qualities‖ tab is used to create maps and reports for a single soil property such as Percent Clay in the surface horizon.
The ―Ecological Site Assessment‖ tab is used to view and print sections of Ecological Site Descriptions.
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Ecological Site Information
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The Land Management category contains numerous interpretations related to restoration practices.
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Description: Mechanical Treatment, Shredder
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Potential for Mechanical Treatment with a Shredder
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Map Unit Description
report
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The ―Ecological Site Assessment” tab can be used to generate maps of the dominant ecological sites and reports of ecological site descriptions.
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The ―Ecological Site Assessment” tab includes a report of Ecological Sites in the Area of Interest
15%?
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Not the Full Ecological Site Description
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Historic Juniper Woodlands-Where do they occur?
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Use 1 m2 NAIP Imagery to Plan Appropriate Site-Level Treatments
NAIP 1:2,000 ft
Historic
Encroachment
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Phase I
Phase II
Phase III
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Phase I
Phase II
Phase III
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Threshold Phase I Phase II Phase III
Species Composition Change & Production
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Briske et al. 2006
Threshold Progression
Changes in Species Comp.
& Invasives
Disrupted Ecological Processes
Species Loss
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Whisenant table
Whisenant (1999) “Repairing Damaged Wildlands”
Physical Environment Modification
Veg. Modi- fication
―Tweak‖ Mgt.
Ecological Processes
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Restoration-Is reestablishing previous plant composition & lost species adequate…?
…or has the site potential declined (soil loss) to the point that reseeding may not
be the first treatment?
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Phase I
Restoration Options
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Phase II
Restoration Options
Chainsaw & Mastication but Fire?
Chaining
Cheatgrass
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Phase I Restoration Options
Chaining, Mastication Not Fire & Requires
reseeding Herbaceous/Sagebrush
Cheatgrass What to seed?
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Evaluate where you
are in relation to ESD and
appropriate species to
seed
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The Land Management category contains numerous interpretations related to restoration practices.
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USGS Excel Seed Mix Calculator VegSpec is Gone
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Pyke, D. A. 2011. Restoring and rehabilitating sagebrush habitats. Pp. 531–548 in S. T. Knick and J. W. Connelly
(editors). Greater Sage-Grouse: ecology and conservation of a landscape species and its habitats. Studies in Avian Biology (vol.
38), University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. (online at www.sagemap.gov)
Ecologically Based Invasive Plant Management Project www.ebipm.org
Incorporating ESDs (including Reference Sheets) and Soil Survey into a Sagebrush Restoration Strategy
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Pyke, D. A. 2011.
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NEPA, Contracting,
etc.
ESDs
Pyke, D. A. 2011.
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Pyke, D. A. 2011
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Reference Sheet-
Applications to
Restoration
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Incorporating Reference Sheets into an Invasive Plant Strategy
Addresses the spread of cheatgrass and medusahead in the Great Basin through the implementation of ecologically-based principles. (www.ebipm.org).
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Assessment Worksheet
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Summary • ESDs and soil surveys are integral in restoration
planning.
• Soil surveys (Web Soil Survey) provides the essential, detailed information on soil limitations and properties necessary for restoration planning and implementation.
• ESDs provide the ecological background to understand community pathways and develop restoration strategies to meet management objectives.