CSREES Rangelands and Grasslands Program http://www.csrees.usda.gov/rangelandsandgrasslands.cfm Rangelands are generally dry, rocky, steep, and remote. Making up more than half of the Earth's land surface and almost half of the United States' land surface, rangelands have soils that are too shallow, too infertile, or too unproductive to support cultivated agriculture or intensive forest management. Nevertheless, these lands are economically, socially, and ecologically important to the well-being of societies globally because they provide watersheds, wildlife habitat, remote recreational sites, aesthetics and open spaces, extensive timber production, and plant and grass forage for wild and domestic animals. CSREES seeks to ensure the sustainability of this vital resource. en webcomments@csrees.usda.gov mirabyte Feed Writer Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:33:50 -0600 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:02:02 -0600 [EVENT] Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals (ANREP) 2010 Conference, Fairbanks, AK, June 27-30, 2010. http://www.anrep.org/conferences/2010/ Mon, 6 Apr 2009 15:14:43 -0600 [EVENT] 75th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, Milwaukee, WI, March 22-27, 2010. http://www.wildlifemanagementinstitute.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=341:input-for-2010&catid=34:ONB%20Articles&Itemid=54 Mon, 6 Apr 2009 17:06:26 -0600 [EVENT] Ecosystem Based Management: The Chesapeake and Other Systems, Baltimore, MD, March 22-26, 2009. http://chesapeakemeetings.com/EBM/index.php Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:52:15 -0600 [EVENT] Ecosystem Services: Marketing Environmental Solutions, Charlottesville, VA, March 12-13-2009. http://www.cpe.vt.edu/esmes/index.html Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:42:08 -0600 [EVENT] Rangeland IX International Congress 2011, Rosario, Argentina, April 5-10, 2011 http://www.irc2011.com.ar/ {9ec91190-791c-3388-36d3-2a6f63875288} Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:02:02 -0600 [EVENT] Future of Prescribed Fire: Public Awareness, Health and Safety, Tall Timbers 24th Annual Fire Ecology Conference, Tallahassee, FL, January 11-15, 2009 http://www.talltimbers.org/FEconference/ {90a53eb6-f187-5ed3-a833-def297bfc204} Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:01:35 -0600 [EVENT] Wildfires and Invasive Plants in American Deserts, Society for Range Management Symposium and Workshop, http://rangelands.org/deserts/index.shtml {96b32d48-8fe3-9201-4ae5-d71e93e3ca6e} Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:00:55 -0600 [IN FOCUS] CSREES helped fund the 2008 International Rangeland Congress and International Grassland Congress, Huhhot, Inner Mongolia, and produce the event’s proceedings. http://www.rangelandcongress.org/ {a5bfadc9-76e2-9115-d968-20c9ca483f5} Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:26:50 -0600 [IN FOCUS] CSREES funds sponsored the 2008 American Forage and Grassland Council Emerging Scientist Competition and the publishing of participant research presentations. http://www.csrees.usda.gov/nea/nre/pdfs/forage_leader.pdf {f1c41571-ca7b-323e-808e-2f01ceb6db9} Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:27:36 -0600 [IN FOCUS] CSREES funds help Oklahoma State University researchers develop new management techniques to decrease wheat production risks and maximize total farm income. http://countyext.okstate.edu/enidarea/Wheat%20Pasture%20Management.doc {5111d1e6-b3c4-ec05-826d-73d133ac5fc} Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:28:25 -0600 [IN FOCUS] CSREES funds help Utah State University scientists improve cultivars of grasses, legumes, and forbs under intensively managed irrigated pasture systems http://uaes.usu.edu/farms_facilities/intermountain.php {5190f74d-c2ab-84e0-7d5b-4b2ae9fe5673} Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:33:00 -0600 [IN FOCUS] CSREES funds help Utah State University researchers find science-based options for managing water supply and use under drought conditions http://www.usawaterquality.org/conferences/2006/presentations/Chandler.pdf {f56fa44-8fe7-c573-81f4-868e9fdeca0c} Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:33:42 -0600 [IN FOCUS] CSREES funds help University of Arizona provide leadership to International Arid Lands Consortium, researching global problems unique to arid/semiarid lands http://ialcworld.org/ {53e52454-bd64-62f8-d9c1-f970913eba51} Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:34:31 -0600 [IN FOCUS] CSREES funds help New Mexico State University scientists analyze federal land policy impacts on rangeland watershed economic vitality and resource health http://cahe.nmsu.edu/programs/ritf/index.html {a9d9d6b0-cbdd-d97f-e825-848bdc563507} Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:35:29 -0600 [IN FOCUS] CSREES funded an analysis of rangeland science education curricula to ensure a sound skills foundation for the next generation of resource management graduates http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.2111%2F1551-501X(2007)29%5B40%3AWDIFPO%5D2.0.CO%3B2 {696d1a58-4f1f-9977-472a-532647f8d5e1} Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:36:24 -0600 [IN FOCUS] Interagency Working Group for Grazinglands Interagency Working Group for Grazinglands

The federal government's Interagency Working Group for Grazinglands (IWGG) was established to improve cooperation and efficiency, identify potential resource leveraging opportunities, identify resources for multidisciplinary teams, suggest long-term management and research efforts at appropriate scales, and continue to promote standardization of monitoring and assessment practices. 

National program leaders from at least four cabinet-level departments (Agriculture, Defense, Interior, and the Environmental Protection Agency) meet monthly.  IWGG is chaired by Jim Dobrowolski, CSREES national program leader for rangeland and grassland ecosystems.  Founding members include Evert Byington, national program leader for rangeland, pastures, and forage with the USDA Agricultural Research Service; Ralph Crawford, national program leader for rangeland ecology research with the USDA Forest Service Research and Development Forest Management Sciences; Janette Kaiser, rangeland management director with the USDA Forest Service National Forest System; Doug Powell, national rangeland scientist with the Interior Department Bureau of Land Management; and Dennis Thompson, national range and grazing land ecologist with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.   

 

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]]> http://www.csrees.usda.gov/nea/nre/in_focus/rangelands_if_interagency_grazinglands.html {12da6bfa-eb12-e40e-f195-e399867a9f80} Tue, 7 Oct 2008 12:28:48 -0600 [IN FOCUS] Several multistate research projects address rangelands and grasslands issues. Multistate Research Projects

Multistate research projects focus on high-priority topics among the state agricultural experiment stations (SAESs) in partnership with CSREES, other research institutions and agencies, and the Cooperative Extension System. Their goal is to enable joint problem-solving activities beyond the scope of a single SAES, and to provide a more efficient and comprehensive approach to resolving serious problems. Among the multistate research projects that focus on rangelands and grasslands issues are:

 

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]]> http://www.csrees.usda.gov/nea/nre/in_focus/rangelands_if_multistate_research_projects.html 3A230582-4988-4B3D-B440-2501B5552E4F Fri, 1 Aug 2008 17:51:46 -0600 [IN FCOUS] CSREES funds research projects on rangelands and grasslands resource management and sustainability. http://cris.csrees.usda.gov/cgi-bin/starfinder/)?path=fastlink1.txt&id=anon&pass=&search=AN=0207272;0211457;0214279;0214404;0214052;0214196;0213832&format=WEBTITLESF 9CD2025E-C71E-4FC5-A400-08D296CEA6DB Fri, 1 Aug 2008 15:03:43 -0600 [RESOURCES] Over 30 resources added to the Rangelands and Grasslands page http://www.csrees.usda.gov/rangelandsandgrasslands.cfm#bm6 7C42D5D4-C7E0-4234-BCB6-4CBF5F00B661 Fri, 1 Aug 2008 15:00:31 -0600 [IN FOCUS] CSREES requested Renewable Resources Extension Act-National Focus Fund projects to develop eXtension Communities of Practice and projects to be replicated. http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/rreanationalfocusfundsprojects.cfm 6E357C4B-0701-40A6-9073-68A0D70A18E3 Fri, 1 Aug 2008 15:00:15 -0600 [EVENT] Merging Trails: Culture, Science and Innovation, 62nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management, Albuquerque, NM, February, 8-12, 2009. http://www.srmmeetings.org/ 4246B54F-FE11-49EF-A7D1-0BBC49E142C7 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:18:38 -0600 [IN FOCUS] CSREES is soliciting research and extension projects to improve grazingland watershed health and help evaluate impacts of conservation projects and programs. Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program: Conservation Effects Assessment Project

CSREES requests applications for the Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program - Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) for fiscal year (FY) 2008 to develop research and extension projects aimed at improving the watershed health of grazingland watersheds across the Nation. The goal of this program area is to build a knowledge base that can be used to evaluate the impacts of conservation projects and programs on grazingland watershed health, improve the management of grazinglands to achieve environmental goals and inform policy decisions.

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