Great Basin Fact Sheets

We provide scientific reports, project profiles, technical tools, videos, photos, field guides, and links that tell the story of how cooperative conservation is making a difference for working lands and wildlife across the West.

Seeding Techniques for Sagebrush Community Restoration After Fire
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Seeding Techniques for Sagebrush Community Restoration After Fire

By Jeff Ott, Anne Halford, and Nancy Shaw | This new Great Basin Fact Sheet outlines important considerations and options for post-fire seeding, including the selection of ...
Woody Fuels Reduction in Wyoming Big Sagebrush Communities
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Woody Fuels Reduction in Wyoming Big Sagebrush Communities

By Eugene W. Schupp, Chad S. Boyd, and Shane Green | This new Great Basin Fact Sheet discusses how reducing woody plant cover can increase the production of perennial grasses ...
Assessing Impacts of Fire on Runoff and Erosion
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Assessing Impacts of Fire on Runoff and Erosion

Frederick B. Pierson, C. Jason Williams and Peter R. Robichaud | This fact sheet provides an overview of the hydrologic impacts of fire, as well as the effectiveness of ...
Seeding Big Sagebrush Successfully on Intermountain Rangelands
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Seeding Big Sagebrush Successfully on Intermountain Rangelands

By Susan E. Meyer and Thomas W. Warren | This fact sheet provides land managers with state-of-the-art information on establishing big sagebrush through direct seeding, ...
Assessing Fuel Loads in Sagebrush Steppe and PJ Woodlands
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Assessing Fuel Loads in Sagebrush Steppe and PJ Woodlands

By Stephen C. Bunting and Jeff Rose | This fact sheet helps define wildland fuels and review the approaches used to assess fuel loads in the Great ...
Wind Erosion Following Wildfire in Great Basin Ecosystems
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Wind Erosion Following Wildfire in Great Basin Ecosystems

By Matthew J. Germino | Wind erosion is a problem in the Great Basin, particularly following large wildfires. This factsheet helps resource managers with a "how to" for ...
Management of Aspen in a Changing Environment
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Management of Aspen in a Changing Environment

By: Douglas J. Shinneman, Anne S. Halford, Cheri Howell, Kevin D. Krasnow, and Eva K. Strand | This fact sheet provides information to help identify different aspen types, ...
Establishing Big Sagebrush and Other Shrubs from Planting Stock
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Establishing Big Sagebrush and Other Shrubs from Planting Stock

Bareroot or container seedlings can be used to quickly re-establish big sagebrush and other native shrubs post-fire or other disturbances in situations where direct seeding is ...
Post-Fire Grazing Management in the Great Basin
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Post-Fire Grazing Management in the Great Basin

Successful post-fire recovery hinges on the growth of perennial understory plants, especially perennial grasses that provide livestock forage and wildlife habitat. This fact ...
Fuel Breaks That Work
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Fuel Breaks That Work

This fact sheet provides a framework for using established fuel breaks for protecting sagebrush ecosystems that are prone to fire due to the invasion of nonnative annual ...
Conifer Removal in the Sagebrush Steppe
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Conifer Removal in the Sagebrush Steppe

This transition from shrub steppe to woodland has broad, concerning impacts on ecosystem function and services. This fact sheet explains the "why when, where, and how" of ...
Reestablishing Perennial-Dominated Plant Communities in Medusahead-Invaded Sagebrush Rangeland
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Reestablishing Perennial-Dominated Plant Communities in Medusahead-Invaded Sagebrush Rangeland

This fact sheet gives tools and strategies for reestablishing perennial-dominated plant communities in medusahead-invaded areas, which helps restore and protect vital ...
Limiting Medusahead Invasion and Impacts in the Great Basin
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Limiting Medusahead Invasion and Impacts in the Great Basin

Limiting the spread of invasive medusahead is critical, since this non-native plant decreases biodiversity, degrades wildlife habitat, reduces livestock forage, increases the ...
Putting Resilience and Resistance Concepts into Practice
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Putting Resilience and Resistance Concepts into Practice

This fact sheet is designed to assist land managers in using resilience and resistance concepts to assess risks, prioritize management activities, and select appropriate ...