Great Basin Environmental Program

A Multi-state Partnership to Improve Land Health and Ecosystem Productivity

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September 8, 2015 by Bob

About

The Great Basin Environmental Program is a bold and innovative land-based environmental management initiative similar in concept to 25 other estuarial environmental programs that have been operating in the United States since the approval of the Clean Water Act.

New Grant Fom The PLC

The Public Lands Council has agreed to a study of cattle numbers and feed sources in the Basin and Range Region. The grant is for approximately $105K for conducting the analysis, providing the data to the Public Lands Council and writing a final report. The start date is October 1, 2017 with a conclusion of the project one year later. The analysis will start with budgets from the land grant institutions in the Region and then involve leveraging these budgets and to the larger Basin and Range Region selected for the study. In the process of our analysis we will investigate the economic impacts for the local communities, implications for fuel load reduction of and wildfires, adjusting the cattle numbers for grazing conditions reflecting cheatgrass or annual grasses in addition to perennials, and scoring for investments in cattle and ranchers benefits compared to fire loss. Read more.

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An At-Risk Ecosystem

The GBEP is the first program for a land-based area -- the Great Basin, one of the important at-risk ecosystems in the nation, comprising parts of Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Oregon and California. Seventy percent of the land in the Great Basin is publicly managed.

Funding Allocation

* 70% for on-the-ground projects
* 25% for research and education, including monitoring, mapping and metrics development
* 5% for administration and communication of metrics

Focus: Invasive Plant Species

* Wildfires
* Water Resources and Conservation
* Land Use and Health

* Urban, Rural Wildlands Mosaic
* Sustainable Communities and Their Cultures
* Biodiversity

Contact

Bill Payne, Dean
775-784-6237
College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources
University of Nevada / MS 222
Reno, NV 89557

Stan Johnson
775-784-1678
College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources
University of Nevada / MS 222
Reno, NV 89557

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