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An Internet-based Spatial Decision Support System for Rangeland Watershed Management.

Miller, R.; Guertin, D.P.; Heilman, P. - 2003

The impact of livestock grazing on water quality, especially erosion and sedimentation, is an important concern in the southwestern United States. In response to Federal and State regulations, Best Management Practices (BMPs) for rangeland management are being developed and implemented in many...

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A Heuristic Method for Time Disaggregation of Seasonal Climate Forecasts.

Schneider, J.M.; Garbrecht, J.D.; Unger, D.A. - 2005

To be immediately useful in practical applications that employ daily weather generators, seasonal climate forecasts issued for overlapping 3-month periods need to be disaggregated into a sequence of 1-month forecasts. Direct linear algebraic approaches to disaggregation produce physically...

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Reductions in Seasonal Climate Forecast Dependability as a Result of Downscaling.

Schneider, J.M.; Garbrecht, J.D. - 2008

This investigation addresses a practical question from an agricultural planning and management perspective: are the NOAA/CPC seasonal climate forecasts skillful enough to retain utility after they have been downscaled to field and daily scales for use in crop models to predict impacts on crop...

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Ecological sustainability of rangelands.

Weltz, Mark A.; Dunn, Gale; Reeder, Jean; Frasier, Gary - 2003

Rangelands and pastures are found in every state and cover 55% of the land surface of the United States. Taken as a whole, from Western deserts and grasslands to meadows and woodlands, rangelands comprise some 364 million ha or 80% of the land in the 17 Western states. The vast expanses and...

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Information technology in watershed management decision making.

Miller, R.C.; Guertin, D.P.; Heilman, P. - 2004

Watershed management decision making is a complex process. Cooperation and communication among federal, state, and local stakeholders is required while balancing biophysical and socioeconomic concerns. The public is taking part in environmental decisions, and the need for technology transfer...

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Drivers Impacting the Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Management Practices and Production Systems of the Northeast and Southeast United States.

Sassenrath, G.F.; Halloran, J.M.; Archer, D.; Raper, R.L.; … - 2010

internal social driver that values the farming lifestyle is a principle factor that leads people to choose farming …. Irrespective of location, farming is first and foremost a lifestyle choice. The choice of type of production system is partly a … lifestyle preference and partly influenced by other external factors, including economic and environmental elements. A second …

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