Recent and Future Trends in Rangeland Resources from the RPA Assessment

Includes a Live Web Event on 01/30/2025 at 2:00 PM (EST)

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Webinar information

Human activities and natural processes have significantly altered the rangeland resources of the United States, and continual changes are expected. This webinar will review results from the Rangeland Resources Chapter of the 2020 RPA Assessment, presenting recent trends in rangeland extent, health, vegetation ground cover, aboveground net primary productivity, and livestock numbers, as well as projections of future changes in rangeland phenology, vegetation productivity, and land use. To highlight the value of the RPA approaches, we will then hear about how managers are using these assessments and data to evaluate stocking rates, update Forest Plan Revisions, and identify unhealthy trends such as loss or perennial grasses or conifer encroachment.

Is this technical session for you?

This webinar is intended for land managers, Planning Service Organization members and policy makers—anyone interested in understanding how rangeland resources in the U.S. have been changing over time and how they are likely to continue to change in the future.

Registration

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Pricing

This webinar is FREE ($0) for all viewers.

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Webinar Access 

The webinar is scheduled for live viewing on Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM ET. The Zoom Webinar platform will be used for the presentation. Be sure to connect to the webinar using a device approved to access Zoom.

Access this learning product within the Contents tab (to the right of the Overview information).

Webinar duration

This webinar is 1 hour.

Learning objectives

Upon successful completion of viewing this recording, you will be able to:

1. Explain how rangeland resources have changed over recent decades.

2. Describe how rangeland resources are projected to continue to change in the future.

3. Identify ways in which projections of rangeland resources can be used in policy or management.

Rubric

Successful completion of this learning product is measured by viewing the entire webinar and completing the evaluation.

Evaluation

Participant feedback is appreciated to help us continually improve ForestEd offerings for future programming. Evaluations must be completed to receive CFEs.

CFEs

Upon successful completion of this learning product, you will earn 1.0 CFEs in Category 1. CFEs will automatically be added to your CFE record located on www.eforester.org by the end of the day (11:59 pm ET).

Certificate

Upon successful completion of the webinar and filling out its evaluation, participants may download and print a certificate verifying completion of this learning product and earning SAF CFEs.

Return to technical session

Once you are registered for the recording, access this technical session recording within your MY DASHBOARD. You can return to download your certificate by accessing the technical session information within the general listing of YOUR DASHBOARD through February 11, 2026. Registrants will be notified if that timeline is extended.

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Matt Reeves

Research Ecologist

USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station

Matt Reeves is a Research Ecologist with the Rocky Mountain Research Station in Missoula, the co-director of the Northern Plains Climate Hub, and the RPA Rangeland Assessment leader. There he specializes in applying remote sensing and modeling to characterize ecological dynamics of rangelands in a manner relevant to managers. He received his BS in Range Management (1995), MS in Environmental Resources (1999) and his PhD in Remote Sensing and Ecological modeling of rangeland and agricultural environments (2004).

Claire O'Dea (Moderator)

Resources Planning Act Assessment National Program Leader

USDA Forest Service Research & Development

Kathy Broughton (Moderator)

Assessment Program Manager

USDA Forest Service Research & Development

Tony Mazza (Moderator)

Interim Policy & Public Affairs Director

Society of American Foresters

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Recent and Future Trends in Rangeland Resources from the RPA Assessment
01/30/2025 at 2:00 PM (EST)  |  60 minutes
01/30/2025 at 2:00 PM (EST)  |  60 minutes
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CFE Credit: Webinar: Recent and Future Trends in Rangeland Resources from the RPA Assessment
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