Linking Range Health Assessment Methodology with Science

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This project tested links among range health assessment methods and quantitative measures of plant and soil properties (e.g., water infiltration, soil aggregate stability, soil bulk density, and aboveground biomass). The intent was to determine the confidence that can be placed in range health assessments, and to provide data that can be used to refine the boundaries of the range health categories.

Project Objectives:

• Examine two range health assessment methods against quantitative field measures to provide scientific validation and refinement of category boundaries
• Support the development of the Range Reference Areas program by providing comprehensive soil and plant measures within/outside grazing exclosures

• Newman, R., R. Tucker, F. Njenga, G. Hope, M. Krzic, and S. Wurtz. 2007. Linking range health assessment methodology with science. Forest Science Program Final Report. FSP Project Number: Y071154.

• Grasslands Conservation Council of British Columbia
• Range Branch - BC Ministry of Forests and Range

Range Branch - BC Ministry of Forests and Range Southern Interior Forest Region - BC Ministry of Forests and Range University of British Columbia Reg Newman - Research Branch, BC Ministry of Forests and Range Sheryl Wurtz - Research Branch, BC Ministry of Forests and Range Tracy LeClair - Research Branch, BC Ministry of Forests and Range Karen Burnett - Research Branch, BC Ministry of Forests and Range Rick Tucker - Range Branch, BC Ministry of Forests and Range Francis Njenga - Range Branch, BC Ministry of Forests and Range Graeme Hope - Southern Interior Forest Region, BC Ministry of Forests and Range Maja Krzic - UBC This study was funded in part by the FIA Forest Science Program of the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.

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