Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable

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Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable

• Process and Procedures
• Tom Bartlett

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SRR Mission

• The Roundtable will identify indicators of
  sustainability based on social, economic, and
  ecological factors, to provide a framework for
  national assessments of rangelands and rangeland
  use.

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SRR Vision for Rangelands

• We envision a future in which rangelands in the
  U.S. provide a desired mix of economic,
  ecological and social benefits to current and
  future generations.

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Vision for the SRR Process

• We envision a future where we have widely
  accepted criteria and indicators for monitoring
  and assessing the economic, social and ecological
  sustainability of rangelands.

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Roundtable Meetings

• Facilitated and Interactive
• Agenda Will be sent before each meeting of the
  Roundtable
• Meetings will be two days
• Morning of the first day 2 hours
• Update new members
• Introduction

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Roundtable Meetings

• Afternoon of the first day.
• Agenda will have the starting point.
• One or more presentations related to the topic
  for the meeting.
• Agenda is flexible to fit needs, progress and
  dynamics of the group.
• Lou Romero will adjust agenda.

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Roundtable Meetings

• At the end of day two
• We will decide what we have attained.
• We will determine the topics for the Delphi
  process between the meetings.
• We will agree on a rough agenda for the next
  meeting.

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Delphi Process

• Building between meetings.
• Continue to develop ideas.
• Obtain discussion and agreement on products of
  the previous meeting.
• To be successful, SRR members must participate
  and exchange ideas.

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Delphi Process

• Open-ended or opinion questions.
• Helen Rowe will send out questions.
• Members will respond.
• Helen will analyze and summarize responses.
• Individual responses will be anonymous.
• Process is iterative.

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SRR Team

• SRR Co-Chairs
• Tom Bartlett, Colorado State University
• John Mitchell, Rocky Mountain Research Station,
  FS
• Facilitator Lou Romero, de LaPorte Assoc
• Kristie Maczko, Rocky Mountain Station
• Hotel arrangements
• Notes
• Communications

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SRR Team

• Helen Rowe, Colorado State University
• Delphi Process
• Web page
• Communications
• Noelle Grether, Colorado State University
• Travel reimbursement
• Idea Staff and Coordination
• Alison Hill, WO, FS
• Larry Bryant, WO, FS
• Mike Manfredo, CSU

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SRR Team

• Steering Committee
• Co-Chairs Tom Bartlett and John Mitchell
• Tim Reuwsaat, WO, BLM
• Evert Byington, WO, ARS
• Alison Hill, WO, FS
• Larry Bryant, WO, FS
• Ex-officio Kristie Maczko, Helen Rowe

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Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable

• Open
• Positive
• Future focused
• Dynamic
• Agenda
• Members
• Values and respects all opinions and
  contributions of members

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Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable

• The group determines the outcomes.
• Identify indicators for Sustainable Rangelands
• Indicators are suitable nationwide.
• Gain from other efforts
• Roundtable on Sustainable Forests
• Sustainable Minerals Roundtable

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SRR Working Groups

• Outreach Working Group
• Lori Hidinger, ESA
• Coordination Working Group
• Tom Roberts, BLM
• Scale Working Group
• Paul Geissler, USGS

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SRR Time Line

• Would like to be done by 2003.
• Nine Meetings
• Four meetings in 2001 five in 2002.
• 2001
• April Denver
• June Salt Lake City
• July Reno
• Nov. San Antonio
• Dynamic

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Schedule of Meetings

• San Antonio, TX Nov. 7-8, 2001
• Tucson, AZ Jan. 9-10, 2002
• Denver,CO March 26-27, 2002
• Washington, DC May 29-30, 2002
• Billings, MT July 29-30, 2002
• Las Vegas, NV Nov. 6-7, 2002

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SRR Support

• Time and effort of all individuals and
  organizations participating.
• USDA Forest Service
• Colorado State University
• Bureau of Land Management
• Agricultural Research Service
• Additional partners

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Products of SRR

• Symposium and Proceedings at the 2002 SRM Annual
  Meeting in Kansas City, MO
• Report on Sustainable Rangelands in Spring, 2003.
  
• Will be used as input into First Approximation
  Report June 2003.

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SRR Guiding Principles

1. Collectively, indicators should guide monitoring
   efforts to measure rangeland sustainability in
   the U.S. at the national scale. Indicators should
   guide monitoring efforts at multiple scales.

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SRR Guiding Principles

1. Ensure that the indicators employ the appropriate
   temporal and spatial scales for assessing the
   criteria.
2. Collectively, CI will address social,
   ecological, and economic aspects of
   sustainability.

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SRR Guiding Principles

• Use a CI framework as a common language and
  operational framework for defining and assessing
  sustainability. Begin by considering CI of SFR.

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SRR Guiding Principles

1. Review and consider other indicator initiatives.
2. Numerous political questions related to
   rangelands. We will focus on vision-mission
   agreed to by SRR.

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SRR Guiding Principles

1. Process will feature outreach to stakeholders,
   open dialogue, and respect for differing
   opinions.
2. The SRR will be supportive of and compatible with
   improved on-the-ground management of rangelands.

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SRR Criteria

• Maintenance of productive capacity on rangeland
  ecosystems.
• Maintenance of ecological health and diversity of
  rangelands.
• Conservation of soil and water resources on
  rangelands.

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SRR Criteria

• Maintenance and enhancement of multiple economic
  and social benefits to current and future
  generations.
• Legal, institutional and economic framework for
  rangeland conservation and sustainable management.