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The recently released report, Accounting for Nature’s Value with Rangeland Conservation Practices in the Western Range and Irrigated Region, describes an evolving analytical framework used to help estimate the ecosystem services value of three key rangeland conservation practices in the 11 state Western Range and Irrigated Region. The project, funded by the Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP), focuses on Brush Management, Herbaceous Weed Treatment, and Prescribed Grazing and 13 ecosystem service benefits provided by rangelands. It determines these practices result in an average increase of $45.70/acre/year on non-federal rangelands and $5.71/acre/year on Bureau of Land Management-managed rangeland.
Two of the report’s authors, Dr. Aaron Lien with the University of Arizona and Angela Fletcher with Earth Economics, discussed the framework and its results and applications on February 21. This webinar is part of the NRCS Conservation Outcomes Webinar Series. Please visit the associated webpage, nrcs.usda.gov/conservation-outcomes-webinar, for additional resources related to this webinar event.
The recently released report, Accounting for Nature’s Value with Rangeland Conservation Practices in the Western Range and Irrigated Region, describes an evolving analytical framework used to help estimate the ecosystem services value of three key rangeland conservation practices in the 11 state Western Range and Irrigated Region. The project, funded by the Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP), focuses on Brush Management, Herbaceous Weed Treatment, and Prescribed Grazing and 13 ecosystem service benefits provided by rangelands. It determines these practices result in an average increase of $45.70/acre/year on non-federal rangelands and $5.71/acre/year on Bureau of Land Management-managed rangeland.
Two of the report’s authors, Dr. Aaron Lien with the University of Arizona and Angela Fletcher with Earth Economics, discussed the framework and its results and applications on February 21. This webinar is part of the NRCS Conservation Outcomes Webinar Series. Please visit the associated webpage, nrcs.usda.gov/conservation-outcomes-webinar, for additional resources related to this webinar event.
