[HTML][HTML] State of the sagebrush: implementing the sagebrush conservation design to save a biome

KE Doherty, J Maestas, T Remington… - Rangeland Ecology & …, 2024 - Elsevier
This special issue of Rangeland Ecology and Management is dedicated to applying the
Sagebrush Conservation Design (SCD) to improve conservation outcomes across the …

Will it burn? Characterizing wildfire risk for the sagebrush conservation design

MR Crist, KC Short, TB Cross, KE Doherty… - Rangeland Ecology & …, 2024 - Elsevier
For millennia, wildfire has helped shape the sagebrush biome of the western United States.
Over recent decades, historical fire regimes have been altered by several factors, including …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling cropland conversion risk to scale-up averted loss of core sagebrush rangelands

G Bedrosian, KE Doherty, BH Martin… - Rangeland Ecology & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cropland conversion is anticipated to continue westward from the Great Plains into the
sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) biome–the most intact biome remaining in the conterminous …

Evaluating the sagebrush conservation design strategy through the performance of a sagebrush indicator species

BG Prochazka, CG Lundblad, KE Doherty… - Rangeland Ecology & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sagebrush ecosystems support a suite of unique species such as the emblematic greater
sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; sage-grouse) but are under increasing pressure …

[HTML][HTML] A spatial prioritization of conifer management to defend and grow sagebrush cores

JR Reinhardt, JD Maestas, DE Naugle… - Rangeland Ecology & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sagebrush ecosystems across the western US are in decline due to numerous threats,
including expansion of coniferous woodlands and forests. The interagency Sagebrush …

[HTML][HTML] Where do we go from here with sagebrush conservation: A long-term perspective?

TE Remington, KE Mayer, SJ Stiver - Rangeland Ecology & Management, 2024 - Elsevier
During our careers with State Wildlife Agencies and involvement with the Western
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, we have watched and participated as state and …

[HTML][HTML] There is no hope without change: a perspective on how we conserve the sagebrush biome

M Cahill - Rangeland Ecology & Management, 2024 - Elsevier
This is not a typical journal article in tone or style. As part of a special issue focused on the
Sagebrush Conservation Design and Strategic Conservation, this paper highlights how we …

[HTML][HTML] From a bird to a biome: exploring the sage grouse initiative's role in defending and growing sagebrush core areas

DE Naugle, JD Maestas, SL Morford, JT Smith… - Rangeland Ecology & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Sage Grouse Initiative (SGI) administered by the Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS) has served as a primary delivery mechanism for Farm Bill …

[HTML][HTML] Well-Connected Core Areas Retain Ecological Integrity of Sagebrush Ecosystems Amidst Overall Declines From 2001–2021

DM Theobald, AV Kumar, K Doherty, KA Zeller… - Rangeland Ecology & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Conservation of species' mobility and ecological integrity is necessary for the productivity of
the sagebrush biome in the western United States. Building on the recently developed …