Center for Invasive Plant Management

Tools for invasive plant management.

Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition

The mission of the Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition is to restore the dynamic and
diverse landscapes of the Great Basin for present and future generations through
collaborative efforts.

Eastern Nevada Landscape Restoration Project

Hosted by the Bureau of Land Management's Ely Field Office web site.

Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center

The USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center provides research and technical assistance in support of sound management and conservation of biological systems in the western United States.

Great Basin Cooperative Ecosytem Studies Unit

Provides research, technical assistance and education to federal land management, environmental and research agencies and their potential partners.

Great Basin Information Project

This information project provides consolidated and efficient access to information about the Great Basin and the Columbia Plateau Regions.

Great Basin Invasive Species and Remote Sensing Network

This network facilitates communication and collaboration among researchers and land managers interested in integrating remote sensing with land cover and land use mapping to address the threats that invasive species pose to ecological status and trend in the Great Basin.

Great Basin Native Plant Selection and Increase Pro

This project is a collaborative approach to increase the variety and supply of native plants through integrating applied science.

Integrating Weed Control and Restoration for Great Basin Rangelands

This effort identifies concepts and management strategies to control the spreading dominance of cheatgrass and other weeds on Great Basin rangelands and to restore native species and increase biodiversity.

LandFire

LANDFIRE is a 5-year, multi-partner wildland fire, ecosystem, and fuel mapping project that will generate consistent, comprehensive, landscape-scale maps and data describing vegetation, fire, and fuel characteristics across the United States.

Links to BLM State Offices in the Great Basin

California BLM State Office

Idaho BLM State Office

Nevada BLM State Office

Oregon BLM State Office

Utah BLM State Office

Natural Heritage Program

The program's mission is to help coordinate the resource needs of Nevada's diverse biological heritage with human activities. State of Nevada, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS)

Approved NRCS National Technology Support Centers

Owyhee Initiative

An initiative to develop and implement a landscape-scale program in Owyhee County through collaborative efforts.

Plants Database

The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.

Restoring Western Ranges and Wildlands

Online publication by the Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Sept. 20, 2004.

Revegetation Equipment Catalog (RTEC)

The Rangeland Technology and Equipment Council (RTEC) is an informal organization of land managers, engineers, academia, and private industry representatives interested in developing new rehabilitation equipment and strategies. 

SAGEMAP

This site is a portal for spatial data needed for research and management of sage grouse and shrubsteppe systems.

Shrub Steppe Ecology

Washington State University, Tri Cities

Society for Range Management (SRM)

The SRM is a professional society dedicated to supporting persons who work with rangelands and have a commitment to their sustainable use.

Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Project

The project was initiated in 1999 as a multi-institutional cooperative effort to map and assess biodiversity for a five-state region (AZ, CO, NV, NM, UT) comprising approximately 560,000 square miles in the southwestern U.S.

The SER International Primer on Ecological Restoration

Society for Ecological Restoration International
Science & Policy Working Group

Uncompaghre Plateau Project

This website is one of the tools to provide updates for on-going efforts; provide interested citizens with information and educational opportunities on issues regarding natural resource management, collaboration and sound decision making; and illustrate the Plateau's ecological, economic and social aspects.