Grazing Lands Topics from the Northern Plains Hub Region
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NIFA Awards $4.5 Million to Northern Plains Climate Hub and Outreach Partners for Native Climate, Climate-Smart Agriculture, and Insurable Weather
Supporting climate adaptation in Native communities, The Prairie Hub Project: Promoting climate-smart agricultural practices across the Great Plains, and the Ag Risk: Assisting farmers and ranchers…
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Vulnerability Assessments of U.S. Agriculture and Forests (2018)
Two special issues in the journal Climatic Change feature vulnerability assessments of agriculture and forestry across the Nation.
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Drought Learning Network updates
At least 95% of resource managers want to hear from peers about lessons learned during drought. The Drought Learning Network (DLN) is a new consortium of climate service providers and resource…
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The Native American Rangeland Training Initiative
The Native American Rangeland Training Initiative project aims to address tribal training and education through courses, rangeland management toolkits, and a website.
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Grass-Cast Tutorial Webinar
The Grassland Productivity Forecast, or Grass-Cast, is an experimental model that generates map-based forecasts of grassland productivity, offering a potential new tool in the land manager’s drought…
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Grass-Cast: A New, Experimental Grassland Productivity Forecast Expanding to the Southwest Region
Grass-Cast is now expanding to the Southwest region and will soon be available to producers in New Mexico and Arizona.
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Flexible Stocking Summit Report: A Peer-to-Peer Discussion and Learning Event
09/19/17 Flexible Stocking Summit Report
The Flexible Stocking Summit brought ranchers together from eastern Wyoming and Colorado, alongside USDA researchers and University Extension…
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Adapting for the Future
Researchers in the Northern Plains have been studying how changes in the atmosphere might impact rangelands throughout the region. With this research under our belt, we can begin strategizing how to…
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Adaptive Management: Matching Forage Demand with Forage Production
Researchers in the Northern Plains have been studying different ways of managing rangelands during drought -- including matching forage demand with forage production through adaptive management. Here…
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Understanding and Assessing Climate Change: Implications for Nebraska 2014
Understanding and Assessing Climate Change: Implications for Nebraska documents many of the key challenges that Nebraska will face as a result of climate change. Commentaries from experts on Nebraska…
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Northern Plains Climate Hub (NPCH) Vulnerability Assessment
The Northern Plains has experienced increased weather variability and climatic changes throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries. The NPCH Vulnerability Assessment of Climate Change Vulnerability…
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Incised Stream Restoration in the Western U.S.
Stream erosion challenges and beaver-related restoration information for the western US.