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Nevada and Great Basin Workshop for Big Sagebrush State and Transition Models, Accuracy before Precision
Sherman Swanson, University of Nevada, Reno
Co-convenors, Joel Brown, Gary Brakley Pat Shaver, and
George Peacock NRCS
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We can be better than our reputation, but we cannot be better than our principles
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Principle of economics –
Invest for the best marginal reaction
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A useful management objective
Achievable, Measurable, Worthy of cost to achieve and measure it
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Ecological thresholds are big -- REALLY BIG! Fire frequency, Intensity, Invasive weeds, Unnatural grazing, other disturbances,
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Principle of negotiations –
be hard on problems, – Be easy on people– Get the language right– Be hard on the problems– Get the science right
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Reorganize what we know
to learn what we must.
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Where Clements applies,
Use it correctly.
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Where it does not,
Describe other transitions -- before they become history.
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Our society makes decisions
that require substantial investments and achieve trivial results.
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Until we put our thinking right,
we cannot persuade others to make essential investments in rangeland
management.
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After we put our thinking right,
Society will fund rangeland management. Any other course of action will seem silly.
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Range people know a lot
Only some is recorded in a format useful for
focused prioritized decision making,
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The symposium on the NRCS National Range Handbook Ecological Sites Vegetation Thresholds Accuracy before Precision
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To get there, UNR, NRCS and GLTI held a workshop. We focused on STMs For Sagebrush sites Great Basin Intermountain West
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Pooling our knowledge to
Record the ideas as accurately as possible Before intensive investments.
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We invited selected range ecologists from 7 States: NRCS FS, BLM, and Univ.
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Reviewed STMs – Joe Brown, George Peacock etc. Reviewed Sagebrush Ecology – Alma
Winward Looked at examples – Gary Brackley and
Stan Boltz
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Formed teams: Artrt, Artrv, Artrw, Artrw-sandy Describe the States Describe the Transitions Present the models Refine the models
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What did we learn:
Terms need definition Standards need protocol Process in flux Not 100% agreement Much common thought We’ll hold more workshops.
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Until we put our thinking right,
we cannot persuade others to make essential investments in rangeland
management.
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After we put our thinking right,
Society will fund rangeland management. Any other course of action will seem silly.
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Bad news
NV fires 1,600,000 acres $42,000,000.
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Good news
$42,000,000. Focused on thresholds First chance for economical transition Last chance to not cross a threshold Creates resistance against next threshold We didn’t burn more -- no seed