Society for Range Management | 2019 Annual Meeting
Poster Sessions
Poster Session A
Monday, February 11
Presenters in attendance from 5-6pm
| 1 | Understory Vegetation and Soil Moisture Response to Thinning Piñón-Juniper Woodlands | Yasser M. Almalki2 |
| 2 | Facilitating Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) Fuels Reduction: What Defines a Resistant Plant Community | Charlie Clements |
| 3 | Floristic Richness of a Grassland in Southeast Coahuila, Mexico | Juan A. Encina Domínguez |
| 4 | Juniper Recovery Following Initial Restoration With Extreme Fire | Caitlin de Vries |
| 5 | Effects of Huisache and Honey Mesquite Canopy Cover on Soil Nutrients | Christopher S. Miller2 |
| 6 | Comparison of Grazing Behavior of Rangefed Raramuri Criollo Steers During Pre-Monsoon and Monsoon Seasons | Flavie Audoin2 |
| 7 | The Changing Relation Between Precipitation and Rangeland Grazing Capacity in a Warmer Southwest | Andrés F. Cibils |
| 8 | Texas Wintergrass Growth and Seed Production Responses to Grazing | Caitlyn Cooper |
| 9 | Cattle Grazing and Forb Production for White-tailed Deer Can Be Compatible | Dillan J. Drabek1 |
| 10 | Wild Horse Walkabout: A Journey of Collaborative Discovery | Amanda L. Gearhart |
| 11 | Using AIM Data to Tailor ESDs for IIRH on Sage-Grouse Habitat in Southern Idaho | Dominika Lepak |
| 12 | Relationship Between Canopy Cover and Forage Nutritive Value in Texas Coastal Prairies | Courtney E. Jasik1 |
| 13 | Effects of Wild Horses on Wildlife at Springs and Riparian Zones on the Devil’s Garden | Madeleine Levy1 |
| 14 | Grazing Management Practices in the Rangelands of Nepal | Sunita Sanjyal2 |
| 15 | Grazing Season of Use Effects on Sagebrush-Obligate Avian Habitat | Vanessa Schroeder |
| 16 | Economic Effects of USFS Permitted Grazing Reductions due to Wild Horses on the Devil’s Garden | Laura K. Snell |
| 17 | Evaluation of Noninvasive Specimens to Diagnose Livestock Exposure to Poisonous Plants | Clint Stonecipher |
| 18 | Wild Horse, Livestock and Wildlife Use of Lentic Meadows: Influence on Sage-grouse Conservation in Nevada | Sebastian A. Tsocanos1 |
| 19 | Variables Influencing the Management of Cattle Ranches of Eastern Paraguay and Eastern Uruguay | Diana Restrepo-Osorio |
| 20 | Assessing Post-Fire Trajectories In Sagebrush-Steppe Ecosystems Of The Western United States | Stephen P. Boyte |
| 21 | Soil Characteristics and Microbial Responses to Different Fire Intensities in a Woody Encroached Arid Savanna | Lela Z. Culpepper1 |
| 22 | Recovery of Interior Douglas Fir Forests One Year Post-Wildfire in Areas of Different Burn Severity | Hailey Manke |
| 23 | MEGA FIRE! Collaborative Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation after Nevada’s Largest Wildfire: The Martin Fire | Lucas A. Phipps |
| 24 | Can Mowing Replace Fire in Semiarid Grassland? | Dustin Strong |
| 25 | A Comparison of Two Methods to Estimate Heifer Activity Using GPS and Accelerometer Data | Fatima G. Continanza |
| 26 | Outreach for Grass-Cast: A New Grassland Productivity Forecast for the Great Plains | Justin D. Derner |
| 27 | Science for Grass-Cast: A New Grassland Productivity Forecast for The Great Plains | Justin D. Derner |
| 28 | Assessing and Managing for Rangeland and Pasture Land Soil Health: Outcomes of a National Workshop | Chad R. Ellis |
| 29 | Case Studies on Building Rangeland Resilience to Climate Change in The Pacific Northwest | Tipton D. Hudson |
| 30 | Guide to Co-Developing Drought Preparation Plans for Livestock Grazing on Southwest National Forests | Kelsey L. Hawkes-Landreville |
| 31 | Machining a Solution to Data Heavy Rangeland Research: Case Study with Camera-trap Photo Processing | Brandon K. Mayer |
| 32 | Using Telemetry as a Landscape Analysis Tool to Assess Wild Turkey Habitat in South Texas | Alison R. Menefee1 |
| 33 | Now Available: Version 5 of Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health (IIRH) Technical Reference | Mike L. Pellant |
| 34 | Spatial Interpolation Comparison of Ranch-Scale Rain Gauges to a National Rainfall Network | Charles Perry |
| 35 | Spatial Bibliography of Rangeland Resources using ArcGIS Online | Steve Petersen |
| 36 | Biodiversity Habitat Phone App – Which Animal and Plant Species Do Land Managers Want to Understand? | Terri Schulz |
| 37 | Rangelands Assessment and Monitoring System (RAMS) Delivers Data for Decision Support | Linda A. Spencer |
| 38 | Introduction to the US National Vegetation Classification (NVC) | Linda A. Spencer |
| 39 | Communicating Ecological Data for Land Management: Lessons Learned | Nelson G. Stauffer |
| 40 | In Pursuit of Better Rangeland Management, 3rd Edition Nevada Rangeland Monitoring Handbook | Sherman R. Swanson |
| 41 | Application of Non-invasive Remotely-Sensed Methods to Predict Forage Quantity and Diet Quality for Grazing Cattle. | Douglas R. Tolleson |
| 42 | Investigating Factors that Influence Northern Bobwhite Chick Survival | Veronica A. Urbanczyk1 |
| 43 | Practicing a New Natureculture of Hope for Multifunctional Rangelands: Lessons from Collaborative Adaptive Rangeland Management | Hailey Wilmer |
| 44 | Dynamic Rangeland Species Composition in the APEX Model | Cody J. Zilverberg |
| 45 | Spectral Behavior and Spectral indexes of Vegetation of Two Fragments of Natural Pastures | Leonardo de Morais |
| 46 | A New Institution to Promote Resilience-Based Rangeland Management in Mongolia | Brandon Bestelmeyer |
| 47 | Aboveground Biomass Estimation from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Rangelands | Alexandria DiMaggio1 |
| 48 | Accelerating Growth of Ocelot Thornscrub Habitat | Jose G. Jr. Cortez1 |
| 49 | The most Important Endangered Range Plant Species and Change in Ground Cover in North Kordofan State, Sudan | Elnazeir M. Dawelbatt |
| 50 | Accumulated Heat Units and Perspective of Maize Billbug Population Distribution in Eastern Gamagrass | Kundan Dhakal |
| 51 | Management Impacts on Dynamic Soil Properties of a Pacific Northwest Bunchgrass Prairie | Katie Emerson |
| 52 | Soil Health Evaluation in Three Texas Rangelands | Douglas J. Goodwin |
| 53 | Tick Species Observed in Burned versus Unburned Rangeland Sites in the Edwards Plateau of Texas | Samantha Hays |
| 54 | Improving Rangleland Seedling Recruitment Using Fungicide Seed Coatings | Benjamin Hoose |
| 55 | Tebuthiuron as a Tool to Restore Ecohydrologic Function in a Shrub-Encroached Semi-Arid Grassland | Justin C. Johnson1 |
| 56 | Evaluating Native Perennial Grass Tolerance to Indaziflam Treatments | Stephen Lunt |
| 57 | Effect of Growing Season Burns on Forage Quality of Browse Plants in the Cross Timbers | William A. Moseley |
| 58 | Hydrogel Rate and Depth: Impact on Soil Water and Seedling Establishment | Shannon V. Nelson1 |
| 59 | Laboratory Evaluation of Abscisic Acid and Gibberellic Acid Seed Coatings to Improve Germination Timing of Low Sagebrush | Janae Radke |
| 60 | Variation of Seed Banks among Ecological States in the Chihuahuan Desert: Implications for Restoration | Kirsten B. Romig |
| 61 | Does Laboratory Selection for Increased Seed Germination of Little Bluestem Improve Field Establishment? | Tim Springer |
| 62 | Detection and Management of Two-Lined Spittle Bug (Prosapia bicincta) on Hawaii Rangelands | Mark Thorne |
| 63 | Allometric Measurements of Honey and Western Mesquite Foliage | Douglas R. Tolleson |
| 64 | Meadow Health and Grazing Utilization Monitoring on Public Lands | Grace E. Woodmansee |
| 65 | Effects of Defoliation Frequency on Regrowth Potential of Clonal Non-Native Grasses | Lan Xu |
| 66 | Genetic Relationships Among Different Chemotypes Of Lupinus sulphureus | Daniel Cook |
| 67 | Methods for Improving Re-Vegetation Success in the Sagebrush Steppe using Solid Matrix Priming | Samuel J. Price1 |
| 68 | Native Perennials Are Valuable – Don’t Harm Them with Overspray and Drift from Your Backpack Sprayer | John Lampe |
| 69 | Landscape Changes, Land Management, and the Endangered American Burying Beetle in Nebraska | Alison K. Ludwig1 |
| 70 | Mapping Residual Dry Matter: Evaluating Grazing Patterns and Compliance with Vernal Pool Easement Mitigation Goals | Fadzayi E. Mashiri |
Poster Session B
Tuesday, February, 12
Presenters in attendance from 5-6pm
| 1 | Using Livestock to Regenerate Soils at Stony Creek Farm | Jeff Duchene |
| 2 |
The Utility of Patch Burn Grazing to Manage Large Tallgrass Prairie Reconstruction in Northwest Minnesota |
Jeff Duchene |
| 3 | Precision Prairie Reconstruction (PPR): 15-Year Field Study Results for Sustaining Forb Richness & Density | Jack Norland |
| 4 | What’s In Store? Can Plant Traits Explain Changing Rangelands, and Do Seedbanks Suggest Alternative Futures? | Julie Larson2 |
| 5 | Incorporating Black-Tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicanus Ord) Occupation into State-and-Transition Models | Mark A. Hayek |
| 6 | From Cornfield to Wetland: Progress toward Ecological Restoration in a Prairie Pothole Region Wetland Complex | Cheyenne E. Durant1 |
| 7 | Effects of Grazing on Reed Canary Grass Invasion on Restored Wet Meadows | Jake R. Cleys1 |
| 8 | Prairie Reconstruction Guide Book for North Dakota | Kristine Askerooth |
| 9 | Information Is Power to Get from Seeds to Successful Prairie Every Time! | Rebecca Esser |
| 10 | An Assessment of Neonicotinoid Exposure on USFWS High Diversity Grasslands in the Prairie Pothole Region | Kyle Kelsey |
| 11 | Fire Behavior Associated With the Application of Prescribed Fire in the Northern Great Plains | Megan E. Zopfi1 |
| 12 | A Hailstorm Reduced Forage, Nesting Cover, and Floral Resources in Southwestern North Dakota Grasslands | Jonathan W. Spiess2 |
| 13 | Do Different Smartphone Cameras Agree About Measured Fractional Green Canopy Cover? | Corey Moffet |
| 14 | LRU Development and the Creation of Abiotic Driven Ecological Site Keys | Matthew A. Morehead |
| 15 | Generating Residual Dry Matter Maps with ArcMap 10 | Fletch Nelson |
| 16 | Natural Resource Users Law and Policy Center | Sarah Noelle |
| 17 | Big Data Assist Adaptive Management of Rangeland Land Treatment Planning | David S. Pilliod |
| 18 | Remotely Sensed Quantification of Ecosystem Site Potential Community Structure and Deviation in the Great Basin | Matthew B. Rigge |
| 19 | Disturbance Limits Utility of Unmanned Aerial Systems for Counting Sharp-Tailed Grouse on Leks | Alexander C. Rischette1 |
| 20 | A Framework for Understanding Adaptive Capacity Across the Social Landscape | Michael Sorice |
| 21 | Incorporating Altered States in Ecological Site Descriptions | Kenneth E. Spaeth |
| 22 | Riparian Valley Bottom Delineation Model: Information for Planning, Monitoring and Assessments | Linda A. Spencer |
| 23 | A Review of Theories and Methods to Advance Rangeland Social Science | Hailey Wilmer |
| 24 | Navigating Rigidity Traps at the Nexus of Law, Policy, and Science to Foster Resilient Rangelands | Conor Barnes2 |
| 25 | Juniper Sapling Regrowth Following Targeted Grazing Treatments in Relation to Terpenoid Concentration | Yasser M. Almalki |
| 26 | A Landscape Approach to Conserving Carbon Stocks in California Rangelands | Lina Aoyama1 |
| 27 | Re-Sprouting Shrub Encroachment in the Tallgrass Prairie: Assessing Various Prescribed Fire and Mechanical Management Strategies | Michael W. Bartmess1 |
| 28 | Examination of Fire and Grazing-Induced Vegetation Heterogeneity on Trophic Level Relationships – Small Mammal Diversity | Kaitlyn A. Cihoski |
| 29 | Effects of Disturbance on Soil in the Northern Great Plains Grasslands | Jake A. Comer |
| 30 | Mesquite Sap Flux Following Fire in a Semi-Arid Savanna | Caitlyn Cooper |
| 31 | Bud Bank: A Novel Ecological and Managerial Approach to Improve Biomass Production | David G. Flanery |
| 32 | The National Vegetation Classification (NVC) Has Some Communication Opportunities for Ecological Site Work | Gene A. Fults |
| 33 | Analysis of Plant-Soil Microbiomes Surrounding Native and Non-Native Grasses Across a Precipitation Gradient in Kansas | Scout M. Harrison1 |
| 34 | Accuracy of Ground-Surface Elevation Models and Plant Biomass Estimates from UAS Imagery in Two Rangeland Plant Community Types | Jason W. Karl |
| 35 | Topoedaphic Effects on Ventenata dubia Production in the Pacific Northwest Bunchgrass Prairie | McKaden Z. Manderbach |
| 36 | Moved to Monday number 70: Mapping Residual Dry Matter: Evaluating Grazing Patterns and Compliance with Vernal Pool Easement Mitigation Goals | Fadzayi E. Mashiri |
| 37 | Germination Thresholds of Grass and Crop Species in Response to NaCl and Brine Induced Salinity | Miranda Meehan |
| 38 | Update on a Program to Strategically Reduce Fine Fuels Using Targeted Livestock Grazing | Mike L. Pellant |
| 39 | Livestock Water Quality Varies across 10 Years in Eastern Montana | Mark K. Petersen |
| 40 | Restoration Systems and Costs for Conversion of Bermudagrass to Native Grasses in the Southern Great Plains | James K. Rogers |
| 41 | Shrub Recruitment in Sonoran Grasslands: Grass Utilization is of Little Consequence to Intra-seasonal Precipitation Variation | William A. Rutherford2 |
| 42 | The Effects of Prescribed Fire on Forb Cover in the Pacific Northwest Bunchgrass Prairie | Molly Rygg |
| 43 | Botanical Comparison of Mesic Grasslands in North America and Brazil: Implications of Fire Dependency and Rangeland Function? | J. Derek Scasta |
| 44 | terradactyl: R Package for Rangeland Core Methods Data Extraction and Calculation | Sarah E. McCord |
| 45 | Riparian Grazing Management versus Serial Engineering | Sherman R. Swanson |
| 46 | Grazing Strategies Indices for Range Quality Assurance | Sherman R. Swanson |
| 47 | Application of the Growing Degree Day Technique to Assess Grazing Cattle Diet Quality | Douglas R. Tolleson |
| 48 | Impacts of Patch-Burn Grazing and Winter-Patch Grazing on Arthropod Community Heterogeneity | Alyssa E. Vachino |
| 49 | Switchgrass Grazing Management in an Integrated Crop Livestock System | Elizabeth K. Widder |
| 50 | Treatment Longevity and Changes in Surface Fuel Loads after Pinyon-Juniper Mastication | Samuel S. Wozniak |
| 51 | Impacts of Different Disturbances on the Performance of Clonal Plant Buffalograss | Luke W. Zilverberg1 |
| 52 | Vegetation GIS Data System (VGS) Tutorial Video Series | Ashley L. Hall |
| 53 | Soil Carbon Under Different Grazing Practices Across the Northern Great Plains | Clare Kazanski |
| 54 | Enhancement of Hay and Crops Straw Using Urea and Sodium Hydroxide, North Kordofan, Sudan | Elnazeir M. Dawelbatt |
| 55 | Toxic Beauty: Viper’s Bugloss (Echium vulgare) | Kaylee Littlefield |
| 56 | Estimating the Economic Value of U.S. Beef Cattle Ranching Based Ecosystem Services | Nicolas Quintana Ashwell |