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Sustainable
Rangelands
Roundtable
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Purpose Today
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Introduce the Sustainable Rangelands
Roundtable
Sustainability Background
 Participants
 Process
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Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable
Rangelands
 Briefly Outline Future Plans
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Sustainability is defined with
respect to people.
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Sustainable Development
“…development that meets the needs of
the present without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet
their own needs.”
World Commission on Environment and Development,
1987
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Sustainable Rangeland
Ecosystems
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Sustainable Productive
Capacity
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Sustainable Communities and
Economies
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International Background
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Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, 1992
Climate change
 Biological diversity
 Forest principles
 Agenda 21 – plan for achieving sustainable
development in the 21st century.
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International Background
1993 – International seminar on sustainable
development of boreal and temperate forest
in Montreal.
 Working group on criteria and indicators for
the conservation and sustainable
management of temperate and boreal forest
– the Montreal Process.
 1995 Santiago Declaration – 7 Criteria and 67
Indicators – temperate and boreal forests.
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U. S. Background
Roundtable on Sustainable Forests
 Sustainable Minerals Roundtable
 1999 – First meeting on Sustainable
Rangelands Roundtable.
 2001 – First meeting of the Sustainable
Rangelands Roundtable.
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Sustainable Rangelands
Roundtable
A stakeholders’ process for identifying a
set of criteria and indicators (C&I) for
assessing rangeland sustainability.
The C&I describe individual elements to
determine trends in resource conditions,
management, economic benefits, and
social values derived from rangelands.
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New SRR Vision
We envision a future in which:
Rangelands in the US provide a desired mix
of economic, ecological, and social benefits to
current and future generations
There are widely accepted and used criteria
and indicators for monitoring and assessing
the economic, social, and ecological
sustainability of rangelands
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New SRR Mission
The SRR will promote social, ecological,
and economic sustainability of
rangelands through the development
and widespread use of the criteria and
indicators for rangeland assessments,
and by providing a forum for dialogue
on sustainability of rangelands.
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SRR Guiding Principles
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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
Ensure that the indicators employ
the appropriate temporal and
spatial scales for assessing the
criteria.
3. Collectively, C&I will address
social, ecological, and economic
aspects of sustainability.
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SRR Guiding Principles
4.
Use a C&I framework as a
common language and
operational framework for
defining and assessing
sustainability. Begin by
considering C&I of SFR.
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SRR Guiding Principles
Review and consider other
indicator initiatives.
6. Numerous political questions
related to rangelands. We will
focus on vision-mission agreed
to by SRR.
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SRR Guiding Principles
Process will feature outreach to
stakeholders, open dialogue, and
respect for differing opinions.
8. The SRR will be supportive of and
compatible with improved on-theground management of
rangelands.
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Sustainable Rangelands
Roundtable Participants
Over 50 organizations have had
representation; over 100 individuals
 Agencies – Federal, State, Local
 Professional Organizations
 Universities
 Conservation Organizations
 Producer groups
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Sustainable Rangelands
Roundtable
Open, positive, future-focused
 Values and respects all opinions and
contributions of participants
 The group determines the outcomes
 Facilitated and interactive
 Uses Delphi process between meetings
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Facilitation
Facilitator has experience with
Sustainable Minerals Roundtable
 Facilitator has over 30 years experience
with Forest Service
 Facilitator works closely with SRR
leadership
 Has been a vital part of the SRR
process
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Collaborative Delphi
Continues to develop ideas between
meetings
 Open-ended questions in an iterative
process
 Individual responses are anonymous
 Keeps participants engaged in SRR
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SRR Meetings
4 in 2001, 5 in 2002, 3 in 2003
 Denver, Salt Lake City, Reno, San
Antonio, Tucson, Washington DC,
Billings, San Diego, Fort Meyers,
Albuquerque, Jackson Hole
 Local participants
 Phoenix Planning Meeting, Dec. 2002
 Portland, August 2003
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SRR Organization
Steering Committee
 Criterion Groups
 Working Groups – Scale, Outreach,
Coordination, Definitions, Examples
 Ad hoc groups for special events
 SRR Staff
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SRR Team
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SRR Co-Convenors:
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Tom Bartlett, Colorado State University
John Mitchell, Rocky Mountain Research Station,
FS
Facilitator: Lou Romero, de LaPorte & Assoc
 Kristie Maczko, Rocky Mountain Station
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Hotel arrangements
Notes
Communications
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SRR Team
 Helen Rowe, Colorado State University
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Delphi Process
Web page
Communications
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SRR Team
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Steering Committee
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Co-Chairs: Tom Bartlett and John Mitchell
Tom Reuwsaat, WO, BLM
Lori Hidinger, ESA
Dennis Thompson, NRCS
Larry Bryant, WO, FS
Paul Geissler, USGS
Ex-officio – Kristie Maczko, Helen Rowe
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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
 U.S. Geological Survey
 Additional partners
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SRR Outreach Efforts
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Presentation, NCBA, Denver, August 2001
Symposium at Society for Range
Management, Kansas City, Jan. 2002
Washington, DC Briefing, May 2002
Panel at NCBA, Reno, July, 2002
Indicator Workshop at Ecological Society of
America, Tucson, August 2002
Tradeshow, American Farm Bureau, Tampa,
Jan. 2003
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SRR Outreach Efforts
Workshop on Data Sets at Society for
Range Management, Casper, Feb. 2003
 Booth, American Farmland Trust,
Monterey, March 2003
 Meetings, Seminars, Luncheon,
Reception, Washington DC, May 2003
 International Rangeland Congress,
Durbin, South Africa, July 2003
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SRR Outreach Efforts
Evening Session, Ecological Society of
America, Savannah, August 2003
 Presentation & Tradeshow, Grazing
Conference, Nashville, Dec. 2003
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SRR Criteria & Indicators
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Criteria and indicators described here
represent the current development.
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The indicators may be refined as the
SRR advances towards a widely
accepted set for monitoring and
assessing rangeland sustainability.
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SRR Criteria
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Conservation and Maintenance of Soil
and Water Resources
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Conservation and Maintenance of Plant
and Animal Resources on Rangelands
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Maintenance of Productive Capacity on
Rangeland Ecosystems
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SRR Criteria
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Maintenance and Enhancement of
Multiple Economic and Social Benefits to
Current and Future Generations
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Legal, Institutional, and Economic
Framework for Rangeland Conservation
and Sustainable Management
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Future Direction: Five Goals
Continue criteria and indicator
development and refinement, including
data sets
 Coordination
 Enhanced outreach
 Sustainability research
 Funding and support
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A Strategic Course for the Future
An ambitious strategy for SRR
in 2003 and beyond.
A bold course for the SRR to
achieve its mission.
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