Field Guides

SageSTEP is producing a set of three ‘User’s Guides’, one each for sagebrush ecosystems threatened by cheatgrass invasion, pinyon-juniper woodland encroachment, and western juniper encroachment. These guides will contain the latest information on how to evaluate these systems and how they are known to respond to available treatments. The guides are intended to help both public and private landowners make more informed decisions as they consider how to apply land management treatments under a wide variety of conditions.

Western Juniper Field Guide: Asking the Right Questions to Select Appropriate Management Action

By R.F. Miller, Oregon State University, J.D. Bates, T.J. Svejcar, F.B. Pierson, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and L.E. Eddleman, Oregon State University

USGS Circular 1321

This guide is available in PDF format, and as a 4" x 7" pocket field guide.

For access to the PDF version (16MB), click here.

For hard copies, or if you have questions about the guide, please contact Summer Olsen (435-797-8455 or summer.c.olsen@usu.edu).

Piñon and Juniper Field Guide: Asking the Right Questions to Select Appropriate Management Action

By R.J. Tausch, R.F. Miller, J.C. Chambers, B. Roundy

USGS Circular 1335

This guide is available in PDF format, and as a 4" x 7" pocket field guide.

For access to the PDF version (19.1MB), click here.

For hard copies, or if you have questions about the guide, please contact Summer Olsen (435-797-8455 or summer.c.olsen@usu.edu).