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"@context": "http://schema.org/", "@type": "WebPage", "additionalType": "Project", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/fort-collins-science-center/science/gunnison-sage-grouse-prioritizing-restoration-sagebrush", "headline": "Gunnison Sage-grouse Prioritizing Restoration of Sagebrush Ecosystems Tool (PReSET)", "datePublished": "July 10, 2024", "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cameron L Aldridge, PhD", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/cameron-l-aldridge", "identifier": { "@type": "PropertyValue", "propertyID": "orcid", "value": "0000-0003-3926-6941" } }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jessica E Shyvers, Ph.D.", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/jessica-e-shyvers", "identifier": { "@type": "PropertyValue", "propertyID": "orcid", "value": "0000-0002-4307-0004" } }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bryan C Tarbox, PhD", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/bryan-c-tarbox", "identifier": { "@type": "PropertyValue", "propertyID": "orcid", "value": "0000-0001-5040-3949" } }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Adrian P Monroe, PhD", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/adrian-p-monroe", "identifier": { "@type": "PropertyValue", "propertyID": "orcid", "value": "0000-0003-0934-8225" } }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nicholas J Van Lanen, PhD", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/nicholas-j-van-lanen" } ], "description": [ { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Sagebrush ecosystems continue to undergo widespread degradation due partly to climate change and human development. Effective management must consider how to best conserve and restore habitats for threatened species like the Gunnison sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) given finite conservation resources. However, limited tools exist to help inform such management questions. There is therefore a need for tools that help guide conservation efforts and ensure they are effective at meeting desired outcomes and goals." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "We recently developed the Prioritizing Restoration of Sagebrush Ecosystems Tool (PReSET; Duchardt and others 2021) that has continued to expand in scope and capabilities through applications across Wyoming and the Northern Colorado River Basin. We will apply this spatial-optimization framework to prioritize sites for restoration and conservation based on customized management scenarios that satisfy the needs of agency partners and other stakeholders managing Gunnison sage-grouse habitats. These scenarios will be defined in collaboration with agency personnel and other stakeholder partners, allowing us to identify areas where managers may wish to maintain current ecological conditions and function. Additionally, prioritization scenarios can also indicate where management to restore areas may provide the largest conservation return within the Gunnison sage-grouse range. Project deliverables will include maps of prioritized management units designed to improve strategic management planning efforts in the region. These maps may consider costs to successfully restore degraded sagebrush habitats, optimize management actions to benefit multiple key species of conservation concern, and prioritize intact sagebrush habitats for protection." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "In partnership with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and other partners, scientists from USGS Fort Collins Science Center are working to create a suite of prioritization scenarios that will inform adaptive management for Gunnison sage-grouse." } ], "funder": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Fort Collins Science Center", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/fort-collins-science-center" }, "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Fire" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Effects on Plants" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Effects on Animals" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "conservation" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Sagebrush and Sage Grouse" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Birds" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Information Systems" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Energy" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Water" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Habitat Disturbance, Loss, or Degradation" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Fire and Sagebrush" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Sagebrush" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Effects on Ecosystems" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Infrastructure and Other Land Uses" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Tools for Landscape Assessment" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Early Detection and Rapid Response" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Centrocercus minimus" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "habitat management" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Methods and Analyses" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Land Management Practices" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Ecosystem Restoration" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Population dynamics" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "restoration" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Management Tools" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Sage-Grouse" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Plant, Animal, and Ecosystem Effects" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Adaptive Management" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Ecosystem Change and Disturbance" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Environmental Health" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Decision-Support Tools" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Large-Scale Restoration Science" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Landscape Science" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Habitat Management" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Science Technology" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Geology" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Restoration Effectiveness" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Sagebrush-Associated Species" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "sagebrush ecosystem" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Threatened and Endangered Species" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Landscape Change" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Post-Fire Recovery" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Post-Fire Restoration" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "warning system" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Climate Change" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Gunnison Sage-grouse" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Quantitative Modeling" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Coproduction" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "sagebrush-associated species" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Biology" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Ecosystems" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "invasive plants" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Methods and Analysis" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Restoration, Rehabilitation, or Reclamation" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Sagebrush Ecosystems" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Sage-grouse" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Fish and Wildlife" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Restoration and Recovery" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Post-Fire Stabilization" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Maps and Mapping" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Tools and Techniques" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Ecosystems We Research" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Spatial conservation prioritization" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Land Management" } ]
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