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item A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT ON DEGRADED RANGELAND: MANAGING ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES DRIVING RECRUITMENT BOTTLENECKS
item A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT ON DEGRADED RANGELAND: MANAGING ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES DRIVING RECRUITMENT BOTTLENECKS
item A systems approach to seedling establishment on degraded rangeland:managing ecological processes driving recruitment bottlenecks (UNR LEGER)
item A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT ON DEGRADED RANGELAND:MANAGING ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES DRIVING RECRUITMENT BOTTLENECKS(ADLER)
item A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT ON DEGRADED RANGELAND:MANAGING ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES DRIVING RECRUITMENT BOTTLENECKS(BRUNSON)
item ANALYSIS OF SOIL CARBON FRACTIONS FROM PRE-TREATMENT CORES FROM THE LONG-TERM BIOMASS EXPERIMENT
item ARS RESEARCH SHEEP GRAZING - USDA ARS U.S. SHEEP EXPERIMENT STATION AND THE USDA FOREST SERVICE CARIBOU-TARGHEE NATIONAL FOREST AGREEMENT
item ARS SUPPORT TO NATIONAL BURNED AREA EMERGENCY RESPONSE AGENCIES THROUGH USE OF THE AUTOMATED GEOSPATIAL WATERSHED ASSESSMENT (AGWA) TOOL
item ASSESSING AND MONITORING OF BIODIVERSITY METRICS AT MULTIPLE SCALES IN THE SOUTHWEST TO SUPPORT THE CONSERVATION EFFECTS ASSESSMENT PROJECT
item ASSESSING CUMULATIVE EFFECTS IN THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN USING FUTURE GROWTH SCENARIOS
item ASSESSING HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE OF PLANT COMMUNITIES IN THE GREAT BASIN
item ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES, BIODIVERSITY, INVASIVE SPECIES,& NUTRIENT CYCLING IN SEMIARID SHRUBLANDS
item Assessment, Conservation and Management of Rangelands in Transition
item Automated Geospatial Watershed Assessment (AGWA) to aid in sustaining military mission and training
item BIOLOGICALLY BASED MANAGEMENT OF INVASIVE INSECT PESTS AND WEEDS
item BIOLOGICALLY BASED TECHNIQUES FOR CONTROL OF INSECT PESTS
item CEAP (Conservation Effects Assessment Program) 2012
item COLLECTION AND EVALUATION OF PLANT MATERIALS FOR RANGELANDS OF THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION OF THE WESTERN U.S.
item CONSERVATION EFFECTS ASSESSMENT PROJECT - GRAZINGLANDS (2012)
item Conservation Effects Assessment Project-Grazinglands (Boise 2012)
item Cooperative Science & Management Program Between the BLM Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area & the USDA/ARS
item DEVELOP AND EVALUATE GRASS AND LEGUME MIXTURES FOR IMPROVED LIVESTOCK PERFORMANCE
item Develop Improved Plant Genetic Resources to Enhance Pasture and Rangeland Productivity in the Semiarid Regions of the Western U.S.
item DEVELOPING ECOLOGICAL SITE DESCRIPTION STATE AND TRANSITIONS MODELS FOR GREAT BASIN RANGELAND PLANT COMMUNITIES
item DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION OF GENETIC MARKERS AND MAPS FOR BREEDING PERENNIAL FORAGE, RANGE, AND TURF PLANTS OF THE WESTERN U.S.
item DEVELOPMENT OF A DECISION-SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR THE ECOLOGICALLY-BASED MANAGEMENT OF CHEATGRASS- AND MEDUSAHEAD-INFESTED RANGELAND
item DEVELOPMENT OF COOL-SEASON GRASS FOR USE IN DRYLAND SEMIARID GROWING ENVIRONMENTS IN THE U.S. AND P.R. CHINA
item DEVELOPMENT OF EVIDENCE-BASED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR RANGELANDS IN THE AMERICAS
item DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED GRASS AND LEGUME GERMPLASM AND MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR USE IN IRRIGATED AND NON-IRRIGATED PASTURES
item DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL COOL-SEASON GRASSES AND LEGUMES FOR USE IN IRRIGATED AND NON-IRRIGATED DRY TEMPERATE GROWING ENVIRONMENTS
item DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL COOL-SEASON GRASSES FOR USE IN IRRIGATED AND NON-IRRIGATED DRY TEMERATUE GROWING ENVIRONMENTS
item DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL COOL-SEASON GRASSES, LEGUMES, AND FORAGE SHRUB GERMPLASM FOR USE IN IRRIGATED AND NON-IRRIGATED DRY ENVIRONMENTS
item Development of Novel Grasses for Use in Temperate Growing Environments
item DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL WARM-SEASON GRASSES FOR USE IN IRRIGATED AND NON-IRRIGATED GROWING ENVIRONMENTS
item DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL WARM-SEASON GRASSES FOR USE IN IRRIGATED AND NON-IRRIGATED GROWING ENVIRONMENTS
item Development of Web-Based Conservation Planning Tools
item DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES AND PLANT GERMPLASM FOR MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION OF DEGRADED RANGELANDS
item DISCOVERY AND EVALUATION OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS OF MEDUSAHEAD RYE AND OTHER IMPORTANT WEEDS OF WESTERN U.S. RANGELANDS
item DISCOVERY, IDENTIFICATION AND RISK-ASSESSMENT OF BIOCONTROL AGENTS FOR SUPPRESSION OF SOUTH AMERICAN INVASIVE WEEDS AND INSECTS IN THE U.S.
item DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT SELECTION/SPACE USE OF MIGRATORY AND RESIDENT GOLDEN EAGLES (AQUILA CHRYSAETOS)...
item DISTURBANCE ASSESSMENT AND MITIGATION OF GREAT BASIN RANGELAND
item DROUGHT-INDUCED MORTALITY OF TREES: ECOSYSTEM CHANGES UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE
item ECOHYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES, SCALE, CLIMATE VARIABILITY, AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
item Ecological and Agricultural Productivity Forecasting Using Root-Zone Soil Moisture Products Derived from the NASA SMAP Mission
item ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS IN INTEGRATED AND BIOLOGICALLY-BASED MANAGMENT OF INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES IN WESTERN RANGELANDS
item Educational and Scientific Cooperation Between the University of Idaho and the USDA Agricultural Research Service
item EFFECTS OF CONSERVATION PRACTICES ON SOIL AND WATER RESOURCES - NATIONAL ASSESSMENT (PHASE III)
item EFFECTS OF RANGELAND DISTURBANCES ON VEGETATION AND LIVESTOCK GRAZING BEHAVIOR
item ENHANCED MODELS AND CONSERVATION PRACTICES FOR WATERSHED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND ASSESSMENT
item Environmental Vulnerability, Assessment, and Monitoring of Grazing Systems Under Index-Based Livestock Insurance Programs in East Africa
item EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF CONSERVATION PRACTICES ON WESTERN RANGELANDS
item EVALUATION OF ORCHARDGRASS VARIETIES AND GERMPLASM FOR TOLERANCE OR RESISTANCE TO THE CHOKE CAUSING FUNGUS EPICHLOE TYPHINA
item EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF RANGELAND CONDITIONS ON THE SOURCES AND TRANSPORT OF DISSOLVED SOLIDS WITHIN THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
item FIELD EVALUATION OF SELECTED BIOENERGY CROPS UNDER EL PASO, TX SEMI-ARID FIELD CONDITIONS
item FIELD TESTING OF MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT TECHNOLOGIES ACROSS LARGE RANCH LANDSCAPES IN THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S.
item GRAZING LAND CEAP ASSESSMENT
item GREAT BASIN COOPERATIVE ECOSYSTEM STUDIES UNIT NFCA
item GREAT BASIN ECOLOGICAL SITE DEVELOPMENT
item Great Basin Research and Management Partnership Memorandum of Understanding
item HYDROLOGICAL AND WATER QUALITY SYSTEM, PHASE II
item Impacts of Grazing on Mountain Meadows
item IMPROVED PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR PASTURES AND RANGELANDS IN THE TEMPERATE SEMIARID REGIONS OF THE WESTERN U.S.
item INTEGRATED INVASIVE SPECIES CONTROL, REVEGETATION, AND ASSESSMENT OF GREAT BASIN RANGELANDS
item INTEGRATED INVASIVE SPECIES CONTROL, REVEGETATION, AND ASSESSMENT OF GREAT BASIN RANGELANDS
item INTEGRATED RANGELAND MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT ACROSS SCALES
item INTEGRATING THE CEAP CROPLAND AND WILDLIFE COMPONENTS TO ASSESS FISH HABITAT IN THE WESTERN LAKE ERIE BASIN
item INVESTIGATIONS OF COMPETITIVE AND FACILITATIVE ABILITY OF NATIVE ANNUAL FORBS OF THE GREAT BASIN
item Investigations of seed and seeding ecology and competitive ability of native annual forbs of the western Great Basin
item LANDSCAPE MONITORING
item LATIN AMERICAN BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF WEEDS AND INSECTS
item LIVESTOCK GRAZING IN RANGELAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
item MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR CONSERVATION OF WESTERN RANGELANDS
item Management Technologies for Western Rangelands
item MCC Mongolia Rangeland Assessment and Monitoring 2013
item MCC NAMIBIA MONITORING AND EVALUATION SUPPORT
item MODELING SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENT YIELD IN RANGELAND ENVIRONMENTS
item MODELING THE IMPACTS OF LAND-APPLIED MUNICIPAL BIOSOLIDS ON ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ACROSS URBAN, AGRICULTURAL, AND WILDLIFE INTERFACES
item MOLECULAR, PHYSIOLOGOCAL, AND AGRONOMIC CHARACTERIZATION OF SALT TOLERANT ALFALFA GERMPLASM
item MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT DATABASE ENHANCEMENT
item MONITORING AND EVALUATION SUPPORT FOR NAMIBIA PROJECT
item MUTUAL REQUIREMENTS AND AGREEMENTS PERTAINING TO THE JORNADA EXPERIMENTAL RANGE (JER) AND WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE (WSMR) CO-USE LAND AREA
item NEW METHODOLOGIES FOR ASSESSING DYNAMICS OF ARID AND SEMI-ARID RANGELANDS IN SOUTH AND NORTH AMERICA
item NEW MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING RANGELAND MANAGEMENT
item New Monitoring Technologies for Improving Rangeland Management
item NRI ANALYSIS, ASSESSMENT & INTEGRATION OF STATE AND TRANSITION MODELS INTO ECOLOGICAL SITE DESCRIPTIONS, AND RANGELAND WEMO MODEL
item Passive/active Data Fusion for SMAP Enabled Applications
item PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SALT TOLERANT ALFALFA GERMPLASM
item POISONING OF LIVESTOCK BY VARIOUS LARKSPUR SPECIES (DELPHINIUM)
item Precision Restoration: Using Innovative Technology to Overcome Ecological Barriers to Restoration of Sage-Steppe
item PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF VTA EFFECTIVENESS TO PROTECT RUNOFF WATER QUALITY ON SMALL PORK PRODUCTION FACILITIES IN TEXAS
item QUANTIFYING AND PREDICTING IMPACTS AND BENEFITS OF CONSERVATION ON GRAZING LANDS
item QUANTIFYING ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS DERIVED FROM IMPLEMENTING RANGELAND CONSERVATION PRACTICES TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY
item QUANTIFYING ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS DERIVED FROM IMPLEMENTING RANGELAND CONSERVATION PRACTICES WITHIN THE GREAT BASIN
item QUANTIFYING PLANT GROWTH RESPONSE AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS DERIVED FROM IMPLEMENTING GRAZING LAND CONSERVATION PRACTICES.
item Quantifying Soil Erosion and Runoff from Western Rangelands
item RECLAIMING AND MANAGING MEDUSAHEAD INFESTED SAGEBRUSH STEPPE RANGELANDS
item Recruitment of Native Vegation into Crested Wheatgrass Seedings and the Influence of Crested Wheatgrass on Native Vegetation
item REDUCING THE IMPACT OF WILDFIRES IN NORTH AMERICAN DESERTS
item REGARDING THE NEED FOR INCREASED EFFORTS IN MANAGEMENT AND RESTORATION OF SAGEBRUSH COMMUNITIES IN THE GREAT BASIN
item RESOURCE ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK FOR DEPENDABLE FEEDSTOCK SUPPLY TO PRODUCE ADVANCED BIOFUELS IN HAWAII
item RESTORATION OF HALOGETON-INVADED SALT-DESERT SHRUBLANDS WITH IMPROVED PLANT MATERIALS
item Restoring and Managing Great Basin Ecosystems
item Rosaschi Ranch restoration research project
item SCIENCE EDUCATION CURRICULA DEVELOPMENT AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS
item SEARCH, IDENTIFICATION, AND EXPORTATION OF NATURAL ENEMIES OF THE CACTUS MOTH, CACTOBLASTIS CACTORUM
item SEMIOCHEMICALS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL PESTS
item SOIL EROSION, SEDIMENT YIELD, AND DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED LAND MANAGEMENT ON SEMIARID RANGELAND WATERSHEDS
item SPATIALLY INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING TO SUPPORT ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND CWA JURISDICTIONAL ASSESSMENT
item Student Conservation Associates Perform Ongoing Research at the USDA Northwest Watershed Research Center in Boise, Idaho
item TAKING ADVANTAGE OF PEST ECOLOGY TO INCREASE SUSTAINABILITY OF VEGETABLE CROP PRODUCTION
item TAKING ADVANTAGE OF PEST ECOLOGY TO INCREASE SUSTAINABILITY OF VEGETABLE CROP PRODUCTION
item TAKING AIM TO THE FIELD: DEVELOPMENT, TESTING, AND INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF A SCALABLE SAMPLING FRAMEWORK FOR MONITORING ...
item TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING-RELATED PROJECTS 2012
item TECHNIQUES FOR RESEEDING OF ABANDONDED AGRICULTURAL LANDS
item TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR TRANSFER FOR MONITORING, ASSESSMENT AS MANAGEMENT OF MONGOLIAN AND U.S. RANGELANDS
item TECHNOLOGIES FOR MANAGEMENT OF ARID AND SEMI-ARID RANGELANDS
item TECHNOLOGIES FOR MANAGMENT AND RESTORATION OF BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT ADMINISTERED RANGELANDS IN NEW MEXICO
item TESTING PERENNIAL GRASSES FOR LOW-INPUT BIOMASS PRODUCTION AND PERSISTENCE IN COLD HIGH-ELEVATION GROWING ENVIRONMENTS OF THE WESTERN U.S.
item THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF PASTURE GRASSES
item THE EFFECT OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL (CDNST) ON ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES
item THE EVALUATION OF NOVEL COOL-SEASON GRASSES, LEGUMES AND FORAGE SHRUB GERMPLASM FOR USE IN IRRIGATED AND NONIRRIGATED TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENTS
item Understanding and Mitigating the Adverse Effects of Poisonous Plants on Livestock Production Systems
item USING ANEMOMETER DATA FOR RESEARCH AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
item USING NATIONAL AND FIELD COLLECTED INFORMATION TO REPORT ON THE CONDITION OF PUBLIC LANDS
item WEB-BASED MONITORING TOOL ENHANCEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

 

   
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