by Lael | Mar 23, 2021 | Research
A Closer Look: Biological soil crusts as restoration targets in sagebrush steppe and woodland communities By Lea Condon, Disturbance Ecologist,USGS Forest & Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center Across the globe, biological soil crusts – commonly called biocrusts –...
by Lael | Mar 23, 2021 | Research
Do fuel treatments modify fire behavior in the sagebrush steppe? By Lisa Ellsworth, Assistant Professor and Rangeland Fire Ecologist, Oregon State University Invasive species, land cover change, altered fire regimes, and a changing climate interact to imperil...
by Lael | Nov 10, 2020 | Other
Wildfire and SageSTEP Research: an inevitable collision By Jim McIver In a matter of just hours, the Martin Fire swept down from the Goat Corral Mountains on July 6, 2018 near Winnemucca, Nevada – ballooning by nearly 88,000 acres overnight (figs. 1,2). Over the...