A SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF TARGETED GRAZING AS AN ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT TOOL ON AMERICA`S NATIONAL FORESTS

The goals of the project are to characterize and evaluate the potential of targeted grazing as a management tool for fire and invasive weeds on National Forests in the American West and identify the key social and policy levers to guide scaling up of the practice. Specific objectives include:Quantify the causal pathways between psycho-social, institutional, and biophysical variables that influence adoption of targeted grazing within the USFS.Improve understanding of livestock producer preferences and willingness to participate in targeted grazing activities.Identify and map social-ecological archetypes of land management that support context-specific targeted grazing management actions.