Conservation Benefits of Rangeland Practices: Assessment, Recommendations, and Knowledge Gaps

Contents: Preface (David D. Briske) --- Acknowledgments (Leonard W. Jolley) --- Introduction (David D. Briske, Leonard W. Jolley, Lisa F. Duriancik, and James P. Dobrowolski) --- Executive Summary (David D. Briske, and Thomas L. Thurow) --- Chapter 1: An Evidence-Based Assessment of Prescribed Grazing Practices (David D. Briske, Justin D. Derner, Daniel G. Milchunas, and Ken W. Tate) --- Chapter 2: Assessment of Prescribed Fire as a Conservation Practice (Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, Ryan F. Limb, David M. Engle, and Richard F. Miller) Chapter 3: Brush Management as a Rangeland Conservation Strategy: A Critical Evaluation (Steven R. Archer, Kirk W. Davies, Timothy E. Fulbright, Kirk C. McDaniel, Bradford P. Wilcox, and Katharine I. Predick) --- Chapter 4: Assessment of Range Planting as a Conservation Practice (Stuart P. Hardegree, Thomas A. Jones, Bruce A. Roundy, Nancy L. Shaw, and Thomas A. Monaco) --- Chapter 5: A Scientific Assessment of the Effectiveness of Riparian Management Practices (Mel R. George, Randy D. Jackson, Chad S. Boyd, and Ken W. Tate) --- Chapter 6: An Assessment of Rangeland Activities on Wildlife Populations and Habitats (Paul R. Krausman, Vernon C. Bleich, William M. Block, David E. Naugle, and Mark C. Wallace) --- Chapter 7: Invasive Plant Management on Anticipated Conservation Benefits: A Scientific Assessment (Roger L. Sheley, Jeremy J. James, Mathew J. Rinella, Dana Blumenthal, and Joseph M. DiTomaso) --- Chapter 8: A Landscape Approach to Rangeland Conservation Practices (Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, Joel R. Brown, Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, Gene A. Fults, and X. Ben Wu) --- Chapter 9: A Social and Economic Assessment of Rangeland Conservation Practices (John A. Tanaka, Mark Brunson, and L. Allen Torell) --- Contributors --- NRCS Partners --- External Reviewers --- Index.