What is SageSTEP?
SageSTEP (Sagebrush Steppe Treatment Evaluation Project) is a regional experiment to evaluate methods of sagebrush steppe restoration in the Great Basin. Sagebrush communities have been identified as one of the most threatened land types in North America, and as much as half of this land type has already been lost in the Great Basin. Many of the sagebrush communities that remain are in poor health (the sagebrush plants are old and unproductive and other native plants are scarce in the understory). SageSTEP scientists are studying the effects of land management options to provide resource managers with improved information to make restoration management decisions with reduced risk and uncertainty.The project is fully interdisciplinary, with ecological, economic, and social components. For summaries of SageSTEP studies and objectives, visit our About the Project page.
What's New?
Presentations Now Online!
Learning Together: SageSTEP Progress Report
Presentations and other information from the SageSTEP Nevada-Idaho Managers' Workshop June 10-11, 2009 in and near Winnemucca, Nevada are now available. Click here for more information.
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Guide for Quantifying Fuels in the Sagebrush Steppe and Juniper Woodlands of the Great BasinHard copies of the Fuels Guide are now available! Click here for more information about the guide and how to order copies. |
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SageSTEP NewsSageSTEP News Issue 9, Spring 2009 (PDF, 1.4 MB) Effects of Prescribed Fire on Biological Soil Crusts and Their Subsequent Recovery in a Great Basin Juniper Woodland |
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Restoring Sagebrush Rangelands DVD |