This Joint Fire Sciences Program project established a demonstration watershed for illustrating the feasibility and ecological effects of prescribed fire on piñon and juniper dominated ecosystems to managers, researchers, and the public in Underdown Canyon, Shoshone Range, central Nevada. More...

This integrated research project addressed the spatial and temporal changes that occurred in sagebrush ecosystems and piñon and juniper woodlands after settlement of the region. More...

In mountainous areas of the Great Basin, piñon and juniper expansion is occurring in a variety sagebrush ecological types that differ significantly in environmental characteristics and in species composition and abundance. More...

In the central Great Basin, meadow complexes, or areas with shallow water tables that are dominated largely by grasses and carices, are at especially high risk of degradation. More...

Few mechanistic studies have focused on the environmental and ecological factors that influence ecological resistance or, conversely, susceptibility of ecosystems to invasion by B. tectorum. More...

The Great Basin Research and Management Partnership promotes comprehensive and complementary research and management collaborations to sustain ecosystems, resources and communities across the Great Basin. More...

The Science Delivery Project is a member of the Joint Fire Sciences Program Knowledge Exchange Consortia which is comprised of interested management and science stakeholders working together to tailor and actively demonstrate existing information to benefit management of the Great Basin. More...

In 1970-1971, this study sampled four chained sites and adjacent controls in eastern Nevada that were treated between 1958 and 1969. In 2008, the same sampling protocol was replicated to assess the long-term effects and efficacy of the treatments. In addition, five prescribed fires from the same area were sampled that were first treated and studied in 1975-1976. More...

The USDA NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative REE-net project is a network of Bromus researchers and managers focused on understanding the abundance, impacts, and management of exotic and invasive species in the genus Bromus (Poaceae). More...

The Sagebrush Steppe Treatment Evaluation Project is a comprehensive, integrated long-term study evaluating the ecological effects of fire and fire surrogate treatments designed to reduce fuel and to restore sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) communities of the Great Basin and surrounding areas. More...

A US Forest Service Research, Ecosystem Management Project, "Restoring and Maintaining Sustainable Riparian Ecosystems", was initiated in 1992 to address the problem of stream and riparian ecosystem degradation within the central Great Basin. More...

Restoration of B. tectorum dominated rangelands depends on controlling B. tectorum while simultaneously providing the conditions necessary for native species establishment. More...

Results of our earlier investigations clearly show that most stream systems in the central Great Basin are currently unstable or have unstable reaches, and that the dominant geomorphic response during the past 1900 years has been channel incision. More...