Semiarid grasslands of the Nebraska Sandhills provide critical ecosystem services and are
an important forage resource for the local cattle industry. Over the past decades, warming …

Invasions by non-native plant species after fire can negatively affect important ecosystem
services and lead to invasion-fire cycles that further degrade ecosystems. The relationship …

On the Ground• After years of overgrazing in the late 1800s and early 1900s with little to no
management, range management efforts shifted to focus on eradication of sagebrush to …

Sagebrush ecosystems across the western US are in decline due to numerous threats,
including expansion of coniferous woodlands and forests. The interagency Sagebrush …

The assessment of aboveground biomass is important for achieving rational usage of
pasture resources and for maximizing the quantity and quality of milk and meat production …

In 2011, the BLM deployed its first of three Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring (AIM)
programs as a large-scale, standardized ecological monitoring effort across the agency's …