Plant communities in a stable, long-term state with high sagebrush cover and low desirable
perennial herbaceous cover and/or relatively high invasive annual cover are widespread …

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 …

Vegetation change and anthropogenic development are altering ecosystems and
decreasing biodiversity. Successful management of ecosystems threatened by multiple …

Improving post‐wildfire restoration of foundational plant species is crucial for conserving
imperiled ecosystems. We sought to better understand the initial establishment of sagebrush …

The ecological integrity of Sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) ecosystems in the Intermountain West
(USA) has been diminished by synergistic relationships among human activities, spread of …

A working group of experts with diverse professional backgrounds and disciplinary expertise
was assembled to conceptualize a spatially explicit conservation design to support and …

Until recently, most contemporary ecologists have ignored or diminished anecdotal historical
accounts and anthropologists' reports about aboriginal fire in the Great Basin. Literature …

On the Ground• Invasive annual grasses on sagebrush rangelands are negatively impacting
land uses and values ranging from forage for grazing livestock to native plant diversity …

Over the last+ 150 years, increases in woody vegetation in drylands and associated
declines in herbaceous vegetation have led to widespread interest in reversing this trend …

Many ecosystems are experiencing increased fire frequencies and species invasions that
can erode their resilience and cause a shift to alternative states. In the sagebrush‐steppe, a …