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This site-level tool is written so it might be used in conjunction with Part 2, landscape-level decision tool of the handbook on restoration of sagebrush steppe ecosystems (Pyke, Knick, and others, 2015) or as a stand-alone tool for any site within the sagebrush steppe. This tool relies on user understanding of a land unit resilience to disturbance and its resistance to invasive plants through soil-climate-plant relationships and it relies heavily on soil temperature and moisture regimes, soil descriptions, and ecological site concepts. These concepts were reviewed in Part 1 of the handbook on restoration of sagebrush steppe ecosystems (Pyke, Chambers, and others, 2015) and are intended as a reference for this site-level restoration decision tool. We encourage users to read and understand these concepts before applying this decision support tool.