Study Sites

All Study Sites

Click on each site below for more information.

Seven Mile

Seven Mile Site Location: Eureka and Nye Counties, ~40 miles from Eureka, NV Land Management Agency: USDA Forest Service, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Austin-Tonopah Ranger District (burn and control plots); Bureau of Land Management, Battle Mountain District...

Walker Butte

Walker Butte Site Location: Lake County, ~ 25 miles from Christmas Valley, OR Land Management Agency: Bureau of Land Management Lakeview Resource Area SageSTEP Site Manager: Scott Shaff Plots: Three 45-acre core plots (Control, Burn, Mechanical) Elevation: 4500-4700...

Stansbury

Stansbury Site Location: Tooele County, UT, east of Skull Valley Road ~35 miles from Grantsville, UT Land Management Agency: USDA Forest Service, Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Salt Lake Ranger District SageSTEP Site Manager: Maggie Gray Plots: Four 12.5-acre core...

Spruce Mountain

Spruce Mountain Site Location: Elko County, ~ 40 miles from Wells, NV Land Management Agency: Bureau of Land Management Elko Field Office SageSTEP Site Manager: Maggie Gray Plots: Three 50-acre core plots (Control, Burn, Mechanical) Elevation: 6900-7400 ft Topography:...

South Ruby Mountain

South Ruby Mountains Site Location: Elko County, ~ 40 miles from Wells, NV Land Management Agency: USDA Forest Service, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Ruby Mountains Ranger District SageSTEP Site Manager: Maggie Gray Plots: Three 50-acre core plots (Control, Burn,...

Scipio

Scipio Site Location: Millard County, ~ 5 miles from Scipio, UT Land Management Agency: Bureau of Land Management Fillmore Field Office SageSTEP Site Manager: Maggie Gray Plots: Four 6-acre core plots (Control, Burn, Mechanical, Bull Hog™) Elevation: 5500-5900 ft...

Saddle Mountain

Saddle Mountain Site   Location: Near Richland, WA Land Management Agency: Bureau of Reclamation (fire, mow, tebuthiuron); US Fish and Wildlife Service Hanford Reach National Monument (control) SageSTEP Site Manager: Scott Shaff Plots: Four 80-acre core plots...

Roberts

Roberts Site Location: Jefferson County, northwest of Rogers, ID Land Management Agency: Bureau of Land Management Upper Snake River Field Office SageSTEP Site Manager: Maggie Gray Plots: Four 200-acre core plots (Control, Burn, Mechanical, Herbicide) Elevation:...

Owyhee

Owyhee Site Location: Elko County, NV, near the McCleary Wells, southern Owyhee Desert Land Management Agency: Bureau of Land Management Elko Field Office SageSTEP Site Manager: Maggie Gray Plots: Four 200-acre core plots (Control, Burn, Mechanical, Herbicide)...

Onaqui

Onaqui Sites Location: Tooele County, UT, ~25 miles south of Tooele, UT Land Management Agency: Bureau of Land Management Salt Lake Field Office Treatment Schedule: Treatments were implemented in fall 2006. Click here for more information. Juniper Woodland Site Site...

Moses Coulee

Moses Coulee Site Location: Near Wenatchee, WA Land Management Agency: The Nature Conservancy, Moses Coulee Preserve SageSTEP Site Manager: Scott Shaff Plots: Four 50-acre core plots (Control, Burn, Mechanical, Herbicide) Elevation: 1700 ft Topography: 0–10 % slope...

Marking Corral

Marking Corral Site Location: White Pine County, ~20 miles from Ely, NV Land Management Agency: Bureau of Land Management Ely Field Office SageSTEP Site Manager: Maggie Gray Plots: Three 40-acre core plots (Control, Burn, Mechanical) plus a 15-acre hydrology study...

Hart Mountain

Hart Mountain - Gray Butte and Rock Creek Sites Location: Lake County, near Lakeview (~70 miles), Frenchglen (~45 miles), and Plush, OR (~20 miles) Elevation: 4910 ft (Gray Butte) 4950 ft (Rock Creek) Land Management Agency: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Hart...

Greenville Bench

Greenville Bench Site Location: Beaver County, near Greenville (~5 miles) and Beaver (~25 miles), UT Land Management Agency: Bureau of Land Management Cedar City Field Office SageSTEP Site Manager: Maggie Gray Plots: Four 50-acre core plots (Control, Burn, Mechanical,...

Five Creeks

Five Creeks Site Location: Malhuer County on Steens Mountain southeast of Burns, OR Land Management Agency: Bureau of Land Management Burns District Office SageSTEP Site Manager: Scott Shaff Plots: Two extensive plots (2370-acre control and 1521-acre burn) Elevation:...

Devine Ridge

Devine Ridge Site Location: Harney County, near Burns, OR (~25 miles) Land Management Agency: Bureau of Land Management Burns District Office SageSTEP Site Manager: Scott Shaff Plots: Three 30 to 60-acre core plots (Control, Burn, Mechanical) Elevation: 4800-5200 ft...

Castlehead

Castlehead Site Location: Owyhee County, ID, ~60 miles from Jordan Valley, OR Land Management Agency: Bureau of Land Management Owyhee Field Office SageSTEP Site Manager: Scott Shaff Plots: Three 35 to 60-acre core plots (Control, Burn, Mechanical) and two extensive...

Bridge Creek

Bridge Creek Site Location: Wheeler County, ~25 miles from Mitchell, OR Land Management Agency: Bureau of Land Management Prineville District Office SageSTEP Site Manager: Scott Shaff Plots: Three 35-acre core plots (Control, Burn, Mechanical) Elevation: 2600-2850 ft...

Blue Mountain

Blue Mountain Site Location: Modoc County, near Tulelake CA Land Management Agency: USDA Forest Service, Modoc National Forest, Doublehead Ranger District SageSTEP Site Manager: Scott Shaff Plots: Three 38-acre core plots (Control, Burn, Mechanical) and two extensive...

SageSTEP Study Site Locations

The SageSTEP network includes sites in six states (CA, ID, NV, OR, UT, and WA) encompassing the Great Basin. For more information about each individual site, click on the site name on the map or the link on the right. For a high resolution version of the network map shown below, click here.

For a text list of site descriptions, including geology and soil classification, click here.

Contact

Lisa Ellsworth
Project Co-coordinator
Dept. Fisheries & Wildlife
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR  97331
Email
(541) 737-0008

Beth Newingham
Project Co-coordinator
GB Rangelands Research
USDA Ag. Res. Service
Reno, NV  89512
Email
(775) 784-6057 ext. 233

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