USING ECOLOGICAL SITE DESCRIPTIONS AS A DECISION MAKING TOOL WORKSHOP
2012 SRM Conference, Spokane, WA
January 30 - February 2, 2012

Purpose: To enhance foundational knowledge, skills and understanding of ecological site concepts, classification and description; state-and-transition modeling and interpretations; and uses and application by agencies, land managers, conservation partners and consultants.


A number of presentations were given during the 4-day ESD Workshop at the 2012 SRM Annual Meeting in Spokane, WA. The amount of information included in these slides will be of use to all of those who were in attendance as they seek to take the skills attained back to their respected offices. Please find the presentations and information that was reported on below. Be sure to check the ESD page located on the SRM website regularly to ensure you don’t miss out on any upcoming workshops or special presentations.


Monday Workshop:
Ecological Site Concepts and Accessing ESDs - Homer Sanchez -- (pdf 6.54 MB)
State-and-Transition Models: Description of Vegetation & Surface Soil Dynamics - Pat Shaver -- (pdf 5.36 MB)
Ecological Site Introduction - Joel Brown -- (pdf 2.94 MB)
The Final Product: The Components of an Ecological Site Description - Bob Gillaspy -- (pdf 1.63 MB)
Ecological Sites and Their Relationship to Soils - Steve Campbell -- (pdf 6.18 MB)

Tuesday Workshop:
Ecological Sites: The Development Process – Pat Shaver (for Kendra Moseley-Urbanik) -- (pdf 3.79 MB)
Soil Properties that Distinguish Ecological Sites – Mike Duniway -- (pdf 3.43 MB)
Developing State and Transition Models – Tamzen Stringham -- (pdf 4.52 MB)
Multi-disciplinary Development of STMs: Northern Colorado – Emily Kachergis -- (pdf 5.26 MB)
STM Simulation Game Demonstration - Maria Fernandez-Gimenez -- (pdf 1.58 MB)

Wednesday Workshop:
Uses in rangelands Restoration Planning – Mike Pellant -- (pdf 7.17 MB)
ESDs and the USFS – Jeff DiBenedetto and Mary Manning -- (pdf 5.20 MB)
Ecological Site Application on U.S. Military Installations – Jamin Johanson -- (pdf 1.41 MB)
How ESDs can Facilitate Grazing Management – Stan Boltz -- (pdf 3.96 MB)
Wildlife Management Interpretations – Marcus Miller -- (pdf 4.30 MB)
National Park Service Presentation – Pete Biggam -- (pdf 4.65 MB)

Thursday Workshop:
Private Consultant Perspective – Jack Alexander
Ecological Site Application at the Landscape Scale – Jonathan Haufler -- (pdf 6.70 MB)
How ESDs facilitate Conservation Planning – Mark Moseley -- (pdf 6.92 MB)

The National Leaders Perspectives Washington DC:
Perspectives on the Future of ESDs - Robert Bolton - BLM -- (pdf 84 kb)
Perspectives on ESD Development - Ricardo Lopez - (pdf 766 kb)
USFS Dennis Thompson – NRCS

Red Sandy Loam ESD 082A - (pdf 1.34 MB)

Homer Sanchez, USDA- NRCS
Workshop Organizer

Dr. Pat Shaver, USDA- NRCS
Workshop Organizer

The next three-day regional ESD workshop is scheduled for Winnemucca, Nevada in June 2012.  Additional workshops are in the planning stages for 2012 and 2013.

• Ecological Site Description (ESD) and State-and-Transition Model (STM) Development January 28, 2012, Spokane Annual Meeting
  
• Using Ecological Site Descriptions (ESDs) as a Decision-Making Tool January 30 to February 3, 2012, Spokane Annual Meeting
• Interagency Ecological Site Applications Workshop November 15 - 17, 2011, Lake Placid/Venus, Florida
• Interagency Ecological Site Applications Workshop August 23 - 25, 2011, Cheyenne, Wyoming/Nunn, Colorado
• Interagency Rangeland Ecological Site Descriptions Pilot Workshop November 16 - 18, 2010, Las Cruces, New Mexico