RTEC: 2011 SRM Workshop

Crested Wheatgrass Diversification
Workshop Hosted by the Rangeland Technology and Equipment Council (RTEC)
Society For Range Management 64th Annual Meeting (Billings, MT)
Sunday, February 6, 2011 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Robert Cox, Organizer Department of Natural Resources Management Texas Tech University

The Rangeland Technology and Equipment Council (RTEC) is an informal organization of land managers, engineers, academia and private industry representatives interested in developing new rehabilitation equipment and stategies. The roots of RTEC go back to 1946 when the need for new site preparation and seeding equipment to increase forage production on western USA rangelands was a priority. Today RTEC emphasizes innovative technology and strategies to improve land treatments on western rangelands through the supporting functions of equipment development and application of innovative technology. The theme for this year's workshop is "Diversification of Crested Wheatgrass Stands". Invited speakers will discuss basic ecology, completed and ongoing research and practical experience, and will review successes and failures in seeding native species into established crested wheatgrass stands. At the end of the workshop a short RTEC business meeting will be held to organize the 2012 RTEC workshop.
Agenda:
10:00 Introduction Robert Cox, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
10:10 An Overview of the Research and Studies on Diversifying Crested Wheatgrass Seedings [abstract & presentation] Mike Pellant, USDI-BLM, Idaho State Office, Boise, ID
10:30 History of Crested Wheatgrass (Agropyron) in North America [abstract & presentation] Kevin Jensen, USDA-ARS, Forage and Range Research Laboratory, Logan, UT
10:50 Successional Pathways of Wyoming Big Sagebrush Communities Historically Seeded with Creasted Wheatgrass [abstract & presentation] Tom Monaco and Justin Williams, USDA-ARS, Forage and Range Research Laboratory, Logan, UT
11:10 Increasing Native Plant Diversity in Crested Wheatgrass Stands: Theory, Practice and Problems [abstract & presentation] Val Anderson, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
11:30 LUNCH BREAK
12:40 Crested Wheatgrass Diversification: Practical Experiences [abstract & presentation] Jerry Benson, BFI Natives, Moses Lake, WA
1:00 Restoring Native Plants to Crested Wheatgrass Stands in eastern Oregon [abstract & presentation] Jane Mangold¹ and Valerie Fansler², ¹Montana State University, Bozeman, MT; ²USDA-FS, Pike San Isabel National Forest, Colorado Springs, CO
1:20 Diversifying Crested Wheatgrass Seedings in Northern Nevada [abstract & presentation] Kent McAdoo¹, John Swanson² and Nancy Shaw³, ¹University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, Elko, NV; ²University of Nevada, Reno; ³USDA-FS, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Boise, ID
1:40 Increasing Diversity in Crested Wheatgrass Stands in Eastern Idaho [abstract & presentation] Corey Moffet, Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK
2:00 BREAK
2:20 Crested Wheatgrass Control and Native Plant Establishment in Utah [abstract & presentation] April Hulet¹, Bruce Roundy¹, Brad Jessop² and Jennifer Rawlins¹, ¹Brigham Young University, Provo, UT; ²USDI-BLM, Salt Lake Field Office, Salt Lake City, UT
2:40 Fire, Herbicide and Disking Effects on Diversifying Crested Wheatgrass Stands in the Northern Great Plains [abstract & presentation] Lance Vermeire, USDA-ARS, Fort Keogh Livestock & Range Research Laboratory, Miles City, MT
3:00 The Diversification of Crested Wheatgrass [abstract & presentation] Michael Schellenberg, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research, Swift Current, Saskatchewan
3:30 RTEC Business Meeting
For more information regarding RTEC or this workshop, contact: Robert Cox


Selected References

Hull, A. C., Jr.; Klomp, J. G. 1967. Thickening and spread of crested wheatgrass stands on Southern Idaho Ranges. Journal of Range Management. 20: 222-227.

Benson, Jerry. 2010. Restoration of a crested wheatgrass field.

Cox, R. D. and V. J. Anderson. 2004. Increasing native diversity of cheatgrass-dominated rangeland through assisted succession. Journal of Range Management 57: 203-210.

Fansler, V. A. 2007. Establishing native plants in crested wheatgrass stands using successional management. Corvallis, OR, USA. Oregon State University. Thesis. 108 p.

Fansler, Valerie A.; Mangold, Jane M. 2010. Restoring native plants to crested wheatgrass stands. Restoration Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00678.x.

Frid, L. 2006. Decision analysis to evaluate control strategies for crested wheatgrass in Grasslands National Park in Canada. Prepared by ESSA Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, B.C. for Parks Canada, Winnipeg, MB. 21 pp.

Gunnell, Kevin L.; Monaco, Thomas A.; Call, Christopher A.; Ransom, Corey V. 2010. Seedling interference and niche differentiation between crested wheatgrass and contrasting native Great Basin species. Rangeland Ecology & Management. 63: 443-449.

Haferkamp, M. R.; Currie, P. O.; Volesky, J. D.; Knapp, B. W. 1992. Mortality of crested wheatgrass and Russian wildrye during drought. Journal of Range Management. 45: 355-357.

Hulet, April. 2009. Diversification of crested wheatgrass stands in Utah. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University.Thesis. 32 p.

Hulet, April; Roundy, Bruce A. 2010. Crested wheatgrass control and native plant establishment in Utah. Rangeland Ecology & Management. 63: 450-460.

McAdoo, J. K.; Longland, W. S.; Evans, R. A. 1989. Nongame bird community responses to sagebrush invasion of crested wheatgrass seedings. Journal of Wildlife Management. 53: 494-502.

Muscha, J. M.; Haferkamp, M. R.; Shaw, N. L.; Vermeire, L. T. 2007. Competitive dynamics among crested wheatgrassand native forbs and grasses. Society of Range Management Abstract 304. Society for Range Management 60^th Annual Meeting, Reno, NV.

Pellant, M. and C. R. Lysne. 2005. Strategies to enhance plant structure and diversity in crested wheatgrass seedings. In: Shaw, N. L., M. Pellant, and S. B. Monsen, comps. Sage-grouse Habitat Restoration Symposium Proceedings. RMRS-P-38. 4-7 June 2001; Boise, ID, USA. Fort Collins, CO, USA: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station: 81-92.

Schellenberg, Michael P.; Waddington, John; King, Jane R. 1994. Sod-seeding alfalfa in spring into established crested wheatgrass in southwest Saskatchewan. Canadian Journal of Plant Science. 74: 293-301.

Sheedy, Valerie; Weber, Keith T.; Glenn, Nancy F.; Blew, Roger, D.; Jackson, Michael. Crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum) rates of spread into native sagebrush steppe in Eastern Idaho.

Wang, R. R-C.; Jensen, K. B. 2009. Chapter 3: Wheatgrass and wildryes. In: Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering and Crop Improvement. Vol 5 Forage Crops. In: Singh, Ram J., ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press: 41-79.