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New Publications Supported by the NC CASC
Check out the list of recent publications that were supported by the NC CASC.
Read Phil Higuera's Article on Rocky Mountain Wildfires
NC CASC Consortium Partner and PI Phil Higuera, at the University of Montana, recently wrote an article for The Conversation, “Rocky Mountain forests are burning more now than any time in the past 2,000 years.”
New Paper Published on "Campfire Conversations" at Society for Range Management Annual Meeting
A new paper was published that discusses the lessons learned from the Campfire Conversations at the 2020 Annual Meeting for the Society for Range Management.
Read New Publications on Great Plains and Sagebrush-Steppe Communities
Three new papers, all funded by the NC CASC, are published and available online.
New Paper Published on Drought in the Upper Missouri Headwaters
A new paper was recently published in the Journal of Weather, Climate, and Society, "Integrating Ecological Impacts: Perspectives on Drought in the Upper Missouri Headwaters, Montana, United States."
New Paper: The impact of production network economies on spatially-contiguous conservation—Theoretical model with evidence from the U.S. Prairie Pothole Region
A paper funded by the NC CASC was recently published in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management titled, "The impact of production network economies on spatially-contiguous conservation—Theoretical model with evidence from the U.S. Prairie Pothole Region."
New Multi-Agency Report on Sagebrush Conservation Features Two Members of the NC CASC
USGS released a new multi-agency report on sagebrush, "Sagebrush Conservation Strategy—Challenges to Sagebrush Conservation". Robin O'Malley (retired, NC CASC), Nicole DeCrappeo (NW/NC CASCs), and Stephen Jackson (SW/SC CASCs) were the co-conveners for the Chapter L Climate Adaptation writing team.
Resource Stewardship Strategy (RSS) for Wind Cave National Park Published
The Resource Stewardship Strategy (RSS) for Wind Cave National Park has just been published. It acknowledges the NC CASC partnership by Brian Miller, Max Joseph, Travis Williams, and Imtiaz Rangwala in supporting the effort.
New Paper: Challenges to the Reforestation Pipeline in the United States
NC CASC Research Scientist, Kimberley Davis at the University of Montana, is listed as a co-author on a recent publication, "Challenges to the Reforestation Pipeline in the United States," which was published in the Frontiers in Forests and Global Change journal.
New paper: R-R-T (resistance-resilience-transformation) typology reveals differential conservation approaches across ecosystems and time
NC CASC' Molly Cross is a co-author on a recently published paper, "R-R-T (resistance-resilience-transformation) typology reveals differential conservation approaches across ecosystems and time" in the Nature Journal.