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Abstract
Managing for sagebrush ecosystems that are resilient to disturbance and resistant to invasive plants often requires managers to make tough decisions in the face of considerable complexity and uncertainty. The decisionmaking environment is often characterized by multiple management objectives, limited management authority and capabilities, dynamic ecosystems and plant communities, and uncertain responses to management actions. Resource decisionmakers must be able to determine appropriate objectives based on desired management outcomes and sort through the different management considerations involved in obtaining those desired outcomes. Decisionmakers must also be able to evaluate the tradeoffs associated with diverse and often competing management considerations and determine the long-term positive or negative effects of particular management actions on the resource.
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Keywords
sagebrush habitat,
Greater sage-grouse,
resilience,
resistance,
conservation,
restoration,
monitoring,
adaptive management,
climate adaptation,
wildfire,
nonnative invasive plants,
National Seed Strategy,
livestock grazing,
wild horses and burros
Citation
Crist, Michele R.; Prentice, Karen L.; Chambers, Jeanne C.; Phillips, Susan L.; Wiechman, Lief A. 2019. Integration and tradeoffs [Chapter 9]. In: Crist, Michele R.; Chambers, Jeanne C.; Phillips, Susan L.; Prentice, Karen L.; Wiechman, Lief A., eds. Science framework for conservation and restoration of the sagebrush biome: Linking the Department of the Interior’s Integrated Rangeland Fire Management Strategy to long-term strategic conservation actions. Part 2. Management applications. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-389. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 189-222.
