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This complete third part of the U.S. Geological Survey’s sagebrush restoration handbook turns broad ecological knowledge into decisions at a particular restoration site. It emphasizes greater sage-grouse habitat while considering the condition of vegetation, ecological potential, land-use history and the likelihood that treatments will succeed.
A stepwise decision tool guides readers through defining objectives, describing a site, comparing its present vegetation with reference conditions, examining disturbance and weather, and selecting restoration treatments. The handbook connects those choices with monitoring and the need to recognize uncertainty. Photographs, tables and generalized state-and-transition models support the practical discussion. First published in 2017, the supplied native edition is version 1.1 from March 2018. All pages of this self-contained handbook part are preserved, including its references and appendix.
David A. Pyke; Jeanne C. Chambers; Mike Pellant; Richard F. Miller; Jeffrey L. Beck; Paul S. Doescher; Bruce A. Roundy; Eugene W. Schupp; Steven T. Knick; Mark Brunson; James D. McIver. Restoration Handbook for Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystems with Emphasis on Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat—Part 3. Site Level Restoration Decisions. U.S. Geological Survey, 2017. https://doi.org/10.3133/cir1426. Public domain U.S. Government publication. Original agency, author and photograph credits retained.