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View article: U.S. beef producer perspectives on “sustainable beef” and implications for sustainability transitions
U.S. beef producer perspectives on “sustainable beef” and implications for sustainability transitions Open
Beef production systems are at the center of ongoing discussion and debate on food systems sustainability. There is a growing interest among beef producers, consumers, and other beef supply chain stakeholders in achieving greater sustainab…
View article: A Revised Adaptive Decision-Making Framework for Rangeland Management
A Revised Adaptive Decision-Making Framework for Rangeland Management Open
Rangelands across the world are facing rapid and unprecedented social and ecological change. In the US West, sustaining the ecological and economic integrity of rangelands across both public and private lands depends largely on ranchers wh…
View article: New types of investments needed to address barriers to scaling up wildfire risk mitigation
New types of investments needed to address barriers to scaling up wildfire risk mitigation Open
Background Wildfire mitigation is becoming increasingly urgent, but despite the availability of mitigation tools, such as prescribed fire, managed wildfire, and mechanical thinning, the USA has been unable to scale up mitigation. Limited a…
View article: Organisational influence on the co-production of fire science: overcoming challenges and realising opportunities
Organisational influence on the co-production of fire science: overcoming challenges and realising opportunities Open
Addressing the challenges of wildland fire requires that fire science be relevant to management and integrated into management decisions. Co-production is often touted as a process that can increase the utility of science for management, b…
View article: Re-Envisioning Wildland Fire Governance: Addressing the Transboundary, Uncertain, and Contested Aspects of Wildfire
Re-Envisioning Wildland Fire Governance: Addressing the Transboundary, Uncertain, and Contested Aspects of Wildfire Open
Wildfire is a complex problem because of the diverse mix of actors and landowners involved, uncertainty about outcomes and future conditions, and unavoidable trade-offs that require ongoing negotiation. In this perspective, we argue that a…
View article: Guiding concepts for park and wilderness stewardship in an era of global environmental change
Guiding concepts for park and wilderness stewardship in an era of global environmental change Open
The major challenge to stewardship of protected areas is to decide where, when, and how to intervene in physical and biological processes, to conserve what we value in these places. To make such decisions, planners and managers must articu…
View article: Scalar Mismatches and Underlying Factors for Underutilization of Climate Information: Perspectives From Farmers and Ranchers
Scalar Mismatches and Underlying Factors for Underutilization of Climate Information: Perspectives From Farmers and Ranchers Open
Growing demand for water resources coupled with climate-driven water scarcity and variability present critical challenges to agriculture in the Western US. Despite extensive resources allocated to downscaling climate projections and advanc…
View article: Navigating Climate Adaptation on Public Lands: How Views on Ecosystem Change and Scale Interact with Management Approaches
Navigating Climate Adaptation on Public Lands: How Views on Ecosystem Change and Scale Interact with Management Approaches Open
Managers are increasingly being asked to integrate climate change adaptation into public land management. The literature discusses a range of adaptation approaches, including managing for resistance, resilience, and transformation; but man…
View article: Developing leaders to tackle wicked problems at the nexus of food, energy, and water systems
Developing leaders to tackle wicked problems at the nexus of food, energy, and water systems Open
The multiscale, complex challenges at the nexus of food, energy, and water systems (FEWS) demand approaches to graduate education beyond traditional disciplinary training. Here, we present a vision for training FEWS leaders developed by fa…
View article: Seeps, springs and wetlands: San Juan Basin, Colorado. Social-ecological climate resilience project
Seeps, springs and wetlands: San Juan Basin, Colorado. Social-ecological climate resilience project Open
View article: How Methods for Navigating Uncertainty Connect Science and Policy at the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
How Methods for Navigating Uncertainty Connect Science and Policy at the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Open
As the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus becomes an increasingly common framework for bridging science and policy, there is a growing need to unpack and make explicit many of the methods and assumptions being used to operationalize the nexus. …
View article: Collective factors drive individual invasive species control behaviors: evidence from private lands in Montana, USA
Collective factors drive individual invasive species control behaviors: evidence from private lands in Montana, USA Open
Invasive terrestrial plants globally threaten agricultural and natural systems. Prolific dispersal mechanisms enable "weeds" to colonize across ownership boundaries, constituting a collective action problem where effective control requires…
View article: Foundations of translational ecology
Foundations of translational ecology Open
Ecologists who specialize in translational ecology ( TE ) seek to link ecological knowledge to decision making by integrating ecological science with the full complement of social dimensions that underlie today's complex environmental issu…
View article: Building translational ecology communities of practice: insights from the field
Building translational ecology communities of practice: insights from the field Open
Translational ecology ( TE ) prioritizes the understanding of social systems and decision contexts in order to address complex natural resource management issues. Although many practitioners in applied fields employ translational tactics, …
View article: Spruce-fir landscape: Upper Gunnison River Basin, Colorado Social-Ecological Climate Resilience Project
Spruce-fir landscape: Upper Gunnison River Basin, Colorado Social-Ecological Climate Resilience Project Open
Prepared with: The Gunnison Climate Working Group and Stakeholders in Gunnison, Colorado for: the North Central Climate Science Center, Ft. Collins, Colorado.
View article: Key concepts and methods in social vulnerability and adaptive capacity
Key concepts and methods in social vulnerability and adaptive capacity Open
National forests have been asked to assess how climate change will impact nearby human communities.To assist their thinking on this topic, we examine the concepts of social vulnerability and adaptive capacity with an emphasis on a range of…