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Grazing Lands Team Central NTSC Fort Worth, Texas

Grazing Lands Team Central NTSC Fort Worth, Texas. Grazing Lands Team. Staffing Plan:. George Peacock – Team Leader Kenneth Spaeth, Ph.D. – Rangeland Hydrologist Vacant – Rangeland Management Specialist Vacant – Forester Vacant – Forage Specialist. T echnology Acquisition and Development.

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Grazing Lands Team Central NTSC Fort Worth, Texas

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  1. Grazing Lands TeamCentral NTSCFort Worth, Texas

  2. Grazing Lands Team Staffing Plan: • George Peacock – Team Leader • Kenneth Spaeth, Ph.D. – Rangeland Hydrologist • Vacant – Rangeland Management Specialist • Vacant – Forester • Vacant – Forage Specialist

  3. Technology Acquisition and Development • Rangeland Hydrology and Erosion Model (RHEM) • Rangeland – National Resources Inventory • Rangeland Wildfire Effects on Hydrology and Erosion • Ecological Site Information System • Web Soil Survey • Rangeland Monitoring Database

  4. NW-SE Transect (2) 150 ft 315o Skew from N 45 deg NE-SW Transect (1) 150 ft 45o Skew from N 1=N Quadrant PSU Point 4=E Quadrant 2=W Quadrant 3=S Quadrant NRI Rangeland National Resource Inventory-NRI 2003-05 N Sample Plot (0.4 ac) I = N Quadrant New field protocols Rangeland Health Productivity Rangeland Trend Identify Noxious and Invasive weeds Plant Canopy and Ground cover Cover Pole Measurements Canopy Gap Measurements Identify Disturbances Identify Conservation Practices Soil Stability Test III =S Quadrant

  5. Rangeland Health Attribute Summary 2003-2004 Preponderance of Evidence forSoil Surface Stability, Hydrologic Function, Biotic Integrity

  6. Spatial and Temporal Effects of Fire on the Hydrology of Rangeland WatershedsCooperative Fire Studies:Denio Nevada Fire 1999, Sula Montana Fire 2000, Altanta Idaho Fire 2002ARS: NW Watershed Research Center USFS: Rocky Mountain Research Station NRCS: Grazing Lands Team

  7. Rill Study: Denio Fire Low Ground Cover High Sediment Yield

  8. Ecological Site Information System • Ecological Site Inventory (ESI) • Ecological Site Descriptions (ESD)

  9. Ecological Site Inventory Integrated Resource Inventory database • (Pedon, Wood-4, Wood-5, Range-417) • Forest sampling techniques • Integrate other databases • NRI, Monitoring database, TERRA • New Soil Survey • Dynamic Soil Properties

  10. Ecological Site Descriptions Interagency MOU • BLM, FS, and NRCS • Establishes a Federal Interagency Team responsible for developing a standardized method to define and describe terrestrial ecological sites. • Develop an ecological site manual

  11. Web Soil Survey • ESIS Integration • Range Production tables • Future enhancements

  12. Rangeland Monitoring Database

  13. Training • Plant Herbivore Interactions • Rangeland Soil Quality • Ecological Site Description • Riparian Management

  14. Future • Mobile computing technology • Geospatial technology • Remote sensing

  15. Grazing Lands Team Contact Information: • George Peacock – Team Leader 817-509-3211 George.peacock@ftw.usda.gov • Kenneth Spaeth, Ph.D. – Rangeland Hydrologist 817-509-3574 Kenneth.spaeth@ftw.usda.gov

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