University of California
Rangeland Ecosystem Services
Water
Water here refers to the ecosystem services water provides or is provided by California rangelands. Nearly all surface water in California passes through rangelands.
References based on Location
California
- 2012 Rangeland Science Symposium - Presentations
- Acreage Information Sources
- An Economic Analysis of the Benefits of Habitat Conservation on California Rangelands
- Biodiversity is critical to future health of California's ecology and economy
- California Rangeland Conservation Coalition's Biological Prioritization of Rangelands: Approach and Methods
- California Rangelands: Annual Rangeland References
- California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM) factsheet
- Caring for Our Natural Assets, An Ecosystem Services Perspective
- ECOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE CALIFORNIA MEDITERRANEAN-TYPE LANDSCAPE
- Effects of cattle grazing on diversity in ephemeral wetlands.
- Fact Sheet No. 1: California Rangeland Water Quality Management Program
- From Storage to Retention: Expanding California’s Options for Meeting Its Water Needs
- Grazing research supports an alliance for working landscapes
- Improving conservation practices programming to protect water quality in agricultural watersheds: Lessons learned from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture–Conservation Effects Assessment Project
- Long-Term Changes from Different Uses of Foothill Hardwood Rangelands
- Long-term grazing study in spring-fed wetlands reveals management tradeoffs
- Rangelands West/Global Rangelands, Extension Rangelands, and the Range Science Information System: A Suite of New Web Resources
- Science in support of ecosystem-based management for the US West Coast and beyond
- SFREC research sustains rangeland and oak woodlands
- STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY NONPOINT SOURCE PROGRAM, California Rangeland Water Quality Management Plan Index
- Sustainable Rangelands Ecosystem Goods & Services
- The Changing California: Forest and Range Assessment 2010
- The Feasibility of Water Quality Markets for Rangelands in the Central Valley
- Wetland ecosystem services in California’s Central Valley and implications for the Wetland Reserve Program
- What's Nature Worth?
USA
- A Landscape Approach to Rangeland Conservation Practices
- A Sustainable Chesapeake - Better Models for Conservation
- Conservation Innovation Grants
- Rangeland Literature Synthesis
- Sustainable Ranch Management Assessment Guidebook
- Water Quality: The Rangeland Component
World
- An Ecosystem Services Approach to Water and Food Security
- Creating Markets for Ecosystem Services
- How New York City Used an Ecosystem Services Strategy Carried out Through an Urban-Rural Partnership to Preserve the Pristine Quality of Its Drinking Water and Save Billions of Dollars
- Value: Counting Ecosystems as Water Infrastructure
Websites based on Location
California
- AgVision 2010 - Better health and well-being for Californians, a healthier state and world, and thriving communities
- CA Dept of Fish & Game - Habitat Conservation Programs
- CA Rangeland Trust
- California Army Corps Districts Release Mitigation Bank Templates
- Grazing Management and Ecosystem Services
- National Mitigation Banking Association
- UCCE California Rangelands Research and Information Center
- Water Quality on US Forest Service Grazing Allotments
USA
- Bay Bank (Chesapeake Bay)
- Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) administered by USDA NRCS
- Ecosystem Services, LLC
- Environmental Quality Incentives Program - EQIP Program
- EPA - Ecosystem Services Research Program
- Florida Ranchlands Environmental Services Project (FRESP)
- NRCS Ecological Site Description (ESD) System for Rangeland and Forestland Data
- NYC Watershed - Water Agriculture Council
- Rangelands West
- Reports of Modeling Ecosystem Services in Willamette Basin
- Soil Carbon Coalition
- The Jornada (New Mexico)
- The Landscape Toolbox
- The Quivira Coalition
- The Willamette Partnership - Oregon
- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Conservation Programs
- Water Quality Trading - US EPA