Rangeland Conservation and Management

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Building a Tradition of Adaptive Rangeland Management: Jack Southworth (Rancher-to-Rancher Case Study series) (in English)

This publication is part of the Rancher-to-Rancher Case Study Series: Increasing resilience among ranchers in the Pacific Northwest.

Jan 2020 | OSU Extension Catalog

Where and When to Photo Monitor Rangeland Health? (in English)

It is important for you to select an appropriate photo monitoring location and timeframe that will provide you information that will be useful for evaluating your management objectives. In this video, you will learn where to ...

Sergio Arispe, Dustin Johnson | Nov 2017 | Video

Sage-grouse population increases when interloping western juniper is pushed back

Study is the first to link sage-grouse demographics to conifer removal

Chris Branam | Apr 27, 2017 | News story

Latest Content

OSU Extension outreach results in special issue of Rangelands journal

The special issue is an urgent call to action among rangeland managers and practitioners.

Kym Pokorny | Jul 4, 2022 | News story

Reduce wildfire risk and improve fire response: Coordinating planning, funding, and implementation (in English)

Typically, wildfire risk reduction efforts must occur at a scale beyond that of individual parcels. This requires multiple landowners and managers within an area to coordinate and ensure their treatments are strategic. Learn how Lone Pine Rangeland Fire Protection Association (LPRFPA) partnered with state and federal agencies to create and implement a Fire Prevention & Management Plan. The plan provided a strategy for coordinating funding and treatments across federal, state, and private lands within a ~60,000-acre area to reduce wildfire risk and improve wildland fire response.

Katherine Wollstein | May 2022 | Fact Sheet

Forestry & Natural Resources Extension Fire Program: 2021 Impact Report (in English)

The Extension Fire Program uses education, outreach, and boundary spanning partnerships to foster the resiliency of communities and landscapes to wildfire at scale. Learn more!

Carrie Berger, Emily Jane Davis | May 2022 | Educational document

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Latest News

OSU Extension outreach results in special issue of Rangelands journal

The special issue is an urgent call to action among rangeland managers and practitioners.

Kym Pokorny | Jul 4, 2022 | News story

Tensions lessening between rangeland fire groups and government agencies (in English)

A study led by Oregon State University finds that tensions between Rangeland Fire Protection Associations and government agencies have lessened– rapidly in Idaho and gradually in Oregon.

Chris Branam | Oct 24, 2019 | News story

Paying communities for forest management activities supports social relationships (in English)

New research shows that paying communities in Mexico to conserve and manage their jointly-owned property doesn’t just benefit the environment—it strengthens social relationships and a sense of community within those areas as well.

Chris Branam | Jun 11, 2018 | News story

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Sergio Arispe

Associate Professor, Livestock and Rangeland

Dustin Johnson

Assistant Professor of Practice

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Crops & Livestock, Assistant Professor of Practice

Chris Schachtschneider

Animal & Rangeland Sciences

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