Backpack satellite transmitters reduce survival but not nesting propensity or success of greater sage‐grouse by Bryan S. Stevens, Courtney J. Conway, Cody A. Tisdale, Kylie N. Denny, Andrew Meyers, Paul Makela

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Next‐generation restoration for sage‐grouse: a framework for visualizing local conifer cuts within a landscape context by Jason R. Reinhardt, David E. Naugle, Jeremy D. Maestas, Brady Allred, Jeffrey Evans, Michael Falkowski

“…Land ownership of preferential areas selected by models varied with priority goals and followed general ownership patterns of the region, with public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management and private lands being selected the most. …”
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Native lagomorphs facilitate noxious weeds in a semi-arid rangeland by Shantell M. Garrett, Darrel Chigbrow, Johan T. du Toit, Johan T. du Toit

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Non-avian theropod phalanges from the marine Fox Hills Formation (Maastrichtian), western South Dakota, USA by John A. Chamberlain, Jr, Katja Knoll, Joseph J. W. Sertich

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Identifying resting locations of a small elusive forest carnivore using a two-stage model accounting for GPS measurement error and hidden behavioral states by Dalton J. Hance, Katie M. Moriarty, Bruce A. Hollen, Russell W. Perry

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A social-ecological impact assessment for public lands management: application of a conceptual and methodological framework by Amanda L. Bentley Brymer, Joseph D. Holbrook, Ryan J. Niemeyer, Alexis A. Suazo, J. D. Wulfhorst, Kerri T. Vierling, Beth A. Newingham, Timothy E. Link, Janet L. Rachlow

“…We cooperated with the Bureau of Land Management in Idaho, USA on a project designed to restore habitat for the Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus). …”
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Assessment of soil salinity status under different land-use conditions in the semiarid region of Northeastern Brazil by Luiz G.M. Pessoa, Maria B.G. dos S. Freire, Colleen H.M. Green, Márcio F.A. Miranda, José C. de A. Filho, Wagner R.L.S. Pessoa

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Growth, Chemistry, and Genetic Profiles of Whitebark Pine Forests Affected by Climate-Driven Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreaks by Diana L. Six, Amy Trowbridge, Michael Howe, Dana Perkins, Erika Berglund, Peter Brown, Jeffrey A. Hicke, Ganesh Balasubramanian

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Predictions and drivers of sub-reach-scale annual streamflow permanence for the upper Missouri River basin: 1989–2018 by Roy Sando, Kristin L. Jaeger, William H. Farmer, Theodore B. Barnhart, Ryan R. McShane, Toby L. Welborn, Kendra E. Kaiser, Konrad C. Hafen, Kyle Blasch, Benjamin York, Alden Shallcross

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Distribution and biophysical processes of beaded streams in Arctic permafrost landscapes by C. D. Arp, M. S. Whitman, B. M. Jones, G. Grosse, B. V. Gaglioti, K. C. Heim

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Predicting the spatial distribution of wintering golden eagles to inform full annual cycle conservation in western North America. by Zachary P Wallace, Bryan E Bedrosian, Jeffrey R Dunk, David W LaPlante, Brian Woodbridge, Brian W Smith, Jessi L Brown, Todd M Lickfett, Katherine Gura, Dave Bittner, Ross H Crandall, Rob Domenech, Todd E Katzner, Kevin J Kritz, Stephen B Lewis, Michael J Lockhart, Tricia A Miller, Katie Quint, Adam Shreading, Steve J Slater, Dale W Stahlecker

“…The majority of predicted high-use habitat (top 10% quantile) occurred on private lands (55%); lands managed by states and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) had a lower amount (33%), but higher concentration of high-use habitat than expected for their area (1.5-1.6x). …”
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Using Fay–Herriot Models and Variable Radius Plot Data to Develop a Stand-Level Inventory and Update a Prior Inventory in the Western Cascades, OR, United States by Hailemariam Temesgen, Francisco Mauro, Andrew T. Hudak, Bryce Frank, Vicente Monleon, Patrick Fekety, Marin Palmer, Timothy Bryant

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Wild Horse Demography: Implications for Sustainable Management Within Economic Constraints by Robert A. Garrott

“…In order to meet the multiple-use paradigm for managing public rangelands, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has limited horse population growth through the periodic capture and removal of animals. …”
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Mature and old-growth forests contribute to large-scale conservation targets in the conterminous United States by Dominick A. DellaSala, Brendan Mackey, Patrick Norman, Carly Campbell, Patrick J. Comer, Cyril F. Kormos, Heather Keith, Brendan Rogers

“…All federal lands combined represented the greatest (35%) concentrations of MOG, ∼92% of which is on national forest lands with ∼9% on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and ∼3% on national park lands (totals do not sum to 100% due to minor mapping errors in the datasets). …”
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Evaluating vital rate contributions to greater sage‐grouse population dynamics to inform conservation by David K. Dahlgren, Michael R. Guttery, Terry A. Messmer, Danny Caudill, Robert Dwayne Elmore, Renee Chi, David N. Koons

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Patch Burning Improves Nutritional Quality of Two Gulf Coast Grasses—And Winter Burning Is Better than Summer Burning by Victoria L. Haynes, J. Silverio Avila-Sanchez, Adam E. Toomey, J. Alfonso Ortega-S., Tyler A. Campbell, Alfonso Ortega-S., Sandra Rideout-Hanzak, David B. Wester

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Limited refugia and high velocity range-shifts predicted for bat communities in drought-risk areas of the Northern Hemisphere by Mattia Piccioli Cappelli, Rachel V. Blakey, Daniel Taylor, Jon Flanders, Trish Badeen, Sally Butts, Winifred F. Frick, Hugo Rebelo

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Chytrid infections exhibit historical spread and contemporary seasonality in a declining stream-breeding frog by A. M. Belasen, R. A. Peek, A. J. Adams, I. D. Russell, M. E. De León, M. J. Adams, J. Bettaso, K. G. H. Breedveld, A. Catenazzi, C. P. Dillingham, D. A. Grear, B. J. Halstead, P. G. Johnson, P. M. Kleeman, M. S. Koo, C. W. Koppl, J. D. Lauder, G. Padgett-Flohr, J. Piovia-Scott, K. L. Pope, V. Vredenburg, M. Westphal, K. Wiseman, S. J. Kupferberg

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Lichen cover mapping for caribou ranges in interior Alaska and Yukon by Matthew J Macander, Eric C Palm, Gerald V Frost, Jim D Herriges, Peter R Nelson, Carl Roland, Kelsey L M Russell, Mike J Suitor, Torsten W Bentzen, Kyle Joly, Scott J Goetz, Mark Hebblewhite

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A regionally varying habitat model to inform management for greater sage-grouse persistence across their range by Gregory T. Wann, Nathan D. Van Schmidt, Jessica E. Shyvers, Bryan C. Tarbox, Megan M. McLachlan, Michael S. O’Donnell, Anthony J. Titolo, Peter S. Coates, David R. Edmunds, Julie A. Heinrichs, Adrian P. Monroe, Cameron L. Aldridge

“…We collaboratively developed a model with Bureau of Land Management (BLM) biologists that: (1) evaluated the scale of effect for different environmental covariates; (2) accounted for regional differences in population-level responses; and (3) predicted probabilities of persistence across the U.S. occupied range. …”
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