Landscape Conservation Forecasting for Pine Valley and Mountain Home Range
Report for applciation of Landscape Conservation Forecasting to Pine Valley and Mountain Home Range for the Cedar City Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management. This work aimed to find cost-effective land management scenarios to reduce ecological departure and increase habitat suitability for greater sage-grouse under different climate change projections.
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Subject Tags
- Conservation Planning
- Ecosystem management
- Climate resilience
Description
This report describes the application of Landscape Conservation Forecasting to Pine Valley and Mountain Home Range for the Cedar City Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management in Utah. The objectives for the project were to 1) maintain or improve landscape-scale health of the major upland vegetation types; 2) maintain or enhance the integrity of riparian corridors and wet meadows; 3) maintain or enhance the quality of wildife habitat, with special attention to greater sage-grouse; 4) prevent expansion, and reduce the extent if possible, of undesirable vegetation classes; 5) decrease fuel loads, or maintain reduced fuel loads, to reduce hazard to public land resources and to human settlements and infrastructure; 6) develop and prioritize active management treatments, and make treatment projects competitive for potential funding sources; and 7) assess how types and amounts of active management treatments may need to be adjusted to achieve these objectives in a scenario of a warmer and drier future.
Citation
Provencher L, Badik K, Byer S, Tuhy J, York E. 2019. Landscape Conservation Forecasting: Pine Valley and Mountain Home Range. Report to the Bureau of Land Management, Cedar City Field Office. The Nature Conservancy.
TNC Authors
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Louis Provencher
Nevada Director of Science
The Nature Conservancy -
Kevin Badik
Nevada Rangeland Ecologist
The Nature Conservancy
Email: kevin.badik@tnc.org -
Sarah Byer
Nevada Spatial / GIS Analyst
The Nature Conservancy
Email: sarah.byer@tnc.org -
Elaine York
Utah West Desert Regional Director
The Nature Conservancy
Email: eyork@tnc.org