CESU Drought and Sage Brush: Management Implications
Project ID: L16AC00292
Federal Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Partner Institution: Oregon Institute of Technology
Fiscal Year: 2016
Initial Funding: $21,000
Total Funding: $45,000
Project Type: Research
Project Disciplines: Biological
Principal Investigator: Byrne, Kerry
Agreement Technical Representative: Weidenbach, Grant
Abstract: Investigate the impacts of intense, long-term drought on the western Great Basin sagebrush ecosystem by implementing a drought experiment in the Klamath Falls Resource Area in native sagebrush vegetation. This drought experiment will be part of a large network of concurrent drought experiments using the same methods, calling the International Drought Experiment (IDE) network. Data will be collected on forage production and plant community composition over four (4) years to determine how the plant community might respond to sever drought, which will help inform future land management decisions.