SAES-422 Multistate Research Activity Accomplishments Report
Sections
Status: Approved
Basic Information
- Project No. and Title: WERA55 : Rangeland Resource Economics and Policy
- Period Covered: 01/01/2002 to 12/01/2002
- Date of Report: 10/08/2002
- Annual Meeting Dates: 10/07/2002 to 10/08/2002
Participants
Kevin Moore, University of Missouri; Dan McCollum, USFS-Research; Neil Rimbey, University of Nevada; John Tanaka, Oregon State University; Allen Torell, New Mexico State University; Richard Conner, Texas A&M University; Urs Kreuter, Texas A&M University; Trent Teegerstrom, University of Arizona; Jim Cash, USDA-ERS; Dave Scarnecia, Washington State University.
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Accomplishments
The committee continues to meet and present topics relevant to the project's objectives for discussion and eventual publication. The committee members are also involved in the "Sustainable Rangeland Roundtable Project" that is designed to provide accurate information on methods of sustained range use to the general public. Work began on the "Societal Affects on Sustainable Rangeland Management on Public and Private Lands" for the 2004 SRM meetings to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah in 2004. The process that is followed in preparing and presenting papers is that a topic is selected, then committee members prepare (either by themselves or with other committee members) papers that address the topic. These papers are presented and discussed in one year's meetings, then presented in a major range meeting, generally through the Society of Range Management annual meetings. These papers are edited and published as a proceedings. The focus of the group is primarily that of economic effects of various rangeland policies.
Impacts
- Materials prepared thus far has been used in public presentations, articles (journal and otherwise), and as material for public policy makers. There is a shift in the way that federal and private land managers view rangeland and its uses and resources.