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Linkages Between Rangeland Indicator Efforts: Sustainable Rangeland Roundtable and
Heinz Center Programs
Duncan T. Patten
Montana State University
Need for common understanding of changing conditions of the nation’s
ecosystems.Too many “players” and too many approaches• U.S. Forest Service• Natural Resource and Conservation Service• Bureau of Land Management• Environmental Protection Agency• National Park Service• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service• U.S. Geological Survey• State Departments of Natural Resources• State Departments of Wildlife (fish and game)• Local resource agencies• And more……
Diversity of Grassland and Shrublands
Examples: • Tall, mid- and shortgrass prairies• Sagebrush steppes• Florida grassland/scrub• Chaparral and savannas• Deserts• Tundra• Mountain grasslands• pastures
Indicator Concept
“measurable characteristics of the environment, both abiotic and biotic, that can provide quantitative information on ecological resources”
EPA - EMAP
Ecosystem Coverage
Heinz Program• Grass/Shrubland• Forest• Farmland• Freshwater• Coastal• Urban/Suburban
Sustainable Rangeland• Rangeland
Themes or Working Groups
Heinz Program• Extent: system
dimension• Chemical/Physical
Conditions• Biological Condition• Human Use
Sustainable Rangeland• Ecological Health and
Diversity • Soil and Water
Conservation• Productive Capacity• Economic Criteria• Social Criteria• Institutional Criteria
Indicator Development Process
Heinz Program
* Oversight Design Committee
• Small Working Groups• Several Meetings• Comparison With Other
Working Groups• Internal Review• External Review
Sustainable Roundtable
* Planning/organizing Committee
• Large Working Groups• Many Meetings• Delphi Process• Comparison With Other
Roundtables and Indicator Development
• Review
Audience
Heinz Program• National Decision-
makers• National Resource
Managers
Sustainable Roundtable• State and National
Resource Managers• Rangeland Managers
at All Levels
Plan on attending the Heinz Center Program: “Rangeland
Indicators from the State of The Nation’s Report”
Monday, February 18, 2002
At 1:00 pm