Wildfire of the Shrub-Steppe

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  1. July-Sept. 2020 Blog posts here.
  2. Article by Susan Ballinger, Wildfires Effect on Local Landscape.
  3. Plant Adaptations and Fire by Ellen Kuhlmann Article from the Doulgasii, Washington Native Plant Society Publication.
  4. Susan Ballinger Powerpoint: East-side Cascades Shrub-steppe Ecosystems: Ecological relationships to wildfire
  5. Sagebrush Ecosystem Curriculum. View PowerPoint Presentation titles “Fire and the Sagebrush Ecosystem” and “Succession in the Sagebrush Ecosystem”
  6. Poster: Sagebrush Ecosystem Web of Life
  7. Save the Sagebrush Sea.
  8. Unraveling Sagebrush Community Change to Manage for Resilient Sage Grouse Habitats.  Sage Grouse Initiative/ Intermountain West Joint Venture. 00:23:08 Excellent discussion & illustrations on succession, root morphology, & the impacts of invasive annual grasses in shrub-steppe plant communities. 
  9. Tackling Invasive Species & Wildfire in the Great Basin.  U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service & U.S. Bureau of Land Management.  00:05:20.
  10. What About Cheatgrass? Resource Card Background Information, Pacific NW National Laboratory.
  11. Short introductory article by Susan Ballinger about shrub-steppe, We Can Help Keep Nature in Balance.
  12.   Cheatgrass in Sagebrush Country:  Fueling Severe Wildfires
  13. Conserve our Western Roots– A powerful graphic poster and postcards that illustrate the types of deep roots on native shrub-steppe shrubs, wildflowers, and grasses that show that rangelands are like upside down rainforests.
  14. The Fireworks encyclopedia- Shrub-steppe Ecosystems. Life History narratives with photos and range maps for 40 animals and plants.  Text includes adaptions to a fire adapted ecosystem.