Data from: A decision support tool using an open-source methodology for identifying Woody encroachment and Juniper species vulnerability in the Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma, USA

As a result of 20th century farming practices, fire suppression, grazing
pressures, federal agriculture policies, drought, and related factors,
juniper trees have experienced a dramatic increase in abundance across the
Great Plains region, including millions of acres in Oklahoma. This
invasive vegetation poses a significant threat to the environment, soil
health, cultural resources, and economies within the Cross Timbers region
of the Chickasaw Nation in south-central Oklahoma. To combat these
negative impacts, the Chickasaw Nation (CN) has undertaken a proactive
approach to evaluate the extent of juniper encroachment within the CN
treaty territory (CNTT) and to use this information to make an economic
case to landowners for the implementation of both prescribed burns and
juniper removal in general. This article describes the creation of a
species-focused evaluation methodology, model, and decision-support tool,
called the Juniper Evaluation Tool (JET), that is simple, open-source, and
applicable at an appropriate spatial scale to assist landowners, land
managers, and CN resource managers in targeting best management practices
and slow the encroachment of juniper tree species. The JET, a product of a
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Conservation Innovation
Grant (CIG), builds on the methods and functions of other planning tools,
such as the Rangeland Analysis Platform (RAP) and the Rangeland Brush
Estimation Toolbox (RaBET), but the outputs are tailored to parcel level
management for watershed conservation planning in the CNTT. The JET aims
to be a resource that is replicable, scalable, and actionable, and may
provide the basis for an expanded tool that can be applied in other parts
of Oklahoma and the Great Plains.