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Project Haskell source code Outcomes from Delivery of NRCS's WLFW-Bobwhite in Managed Pine Savannahs
by Bridgett Costanzo — published Jun 11, 2019 — last modified Apr 21, 2023 12:35 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
In 2016, the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Working Lands for Wildlife partnership began funding management activities designed to enhance, restore, and protect bobwhites habitat on private lands. Through the WLFW program, NRCS is able to assist landowners to voluntarily create and maintain bobwhite habitat in order to support the range-wide recovery of the species. In 2018, NRCS entered into an agreement with the University of Georgia to assess habitat outcomes and bobwhite population response to our conservation actions. n collaboration with the University of Georgia, NRCS is now looking to monitor some of these managed lands to help tease out habitat features that promote excellent bobwhite habitat. If possible, additional information (e.g., other forestry management actions employed) may also be collected through interviews with landowners and/or conservation partners.
Located in Information / Research / WLFW Outcomes: Funded Research
Project Troff document Assessment of Native Grasses for Forage & Bobwhite Habitat
by Bridgett Costanzo — published Jun 11, 2019 — last modified Apr 21, 2023 12:36 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, through its Center for Native Grasslands Management will conduct a study to evaluate the effectiveness of a working lands conservation model for enhancing northern bobwhite and other grasslands wildlife populations. Specifically, we will evaluate native grass forage production within fescue-belt landscapes to determine how effective this strategy is for improved survival and productivity of northern bobwhite and abundance of associated grassland bird species. The study will be conducted in cooperation with partner agencies within the fescue belt.
Located in Information / Research / WLFW Outcomes: Funded Research
Project Octet Stream Economic and Production Performance of Native Grasses as Forage in the Fescue Belt
by Bridgett Costanzo — published Jun 11, 2019 — last modified Apr 21, 2023 12:37 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
The primary purpose of developing this literature review and summary was to inform producers about the potential benefits from utilizing warm-season grasses in the Fescue Belt. Effectively, managing forages is not always straightforward for livestock producers. Summarizing the economic and production benefits from using warm-season grasses could help producers make more informed forage management decision and might encourage producers to consider adopting warm-season grasses. Furthermore, this literature review also gathered information about the potential benefits of using native grasslands as forage to the quail population in this region, which could likely result in an economic benefit to the producer from leasing farmland to hunters.
Located in Information / Research / WLFW Outcomes: Funded Research
Do Review Papers on Bird–Vegetation Relationships Provide Actionable Information to Forest Managers in the Eastern United States?
by Bridgett Costanzo — published Feb 10, 2023
Abstract Forest management planning requires the specification of measurable objectives as desired future conditions at spatial extents ranging from stands to landscapes and temporal extents ranging from a single growing season to several centuries. Effective implementation of forest management requires understanding current conditions and constraints well enough to apply the appropriate silvicultural strategies to produce desired future conditions, often for multiple objectives, at varying spatial and temporal extents. We administered an online survey to forest managers in the eastern US to better understand how wildlife scientists could best provide information to help meet wildlife-related habitat objectives. We then examined more than 1000 review papers on bird–vegetation relationships in the eastern US compiled during a systematic review of the primary literature to see how well this evidence-base meets the information needs of forest managers. We identified two main areas where wildlife scientists could increase the relevance and applicability of their research. First, forest managers want descriptions of wildlife species–vegetation relationships using the operational metrics of forest management (forest type, tree species composition, basal area, tree density, stocking rates, etc.) summarized at the operational spatial units of forest management (stands, compartments, and forests). Second, forest managers want information about how to provide wildlife habitats for many different species with varied habitat needs across temporal extents related to the ecological processes of succession after harvest or natural disturbance (1–2 decades) or even longer periods of stand development. We provide examples of review papers that meet these information needs of forest managers and topic-specific bibliographies of additional review papers that may contain actionable information for foresters who wish to meet wildlife management objectives. We suggest that wildlife scientists become more familiar with the extensive grey literature on forest bird–vegetation relationships and forest management that is available in natural resource management agency reports. We also suggest that wildlife scientists could reconsider everything from the questions they ask, the metrics they report on, and the way they allocate samples in time and space, to provide more relevant and actionable information to forest managers. View Full-Text Keywords: forestry; silviculture; forest wildlife–habitat relationships; evidence-based practice; implementation gap; research relevance; synthesis; knowledge exchange; science–practice
Located in Information Materials / Research / WLFW Outcomes: Funded Research
File chemical/x-pdb 2012 Steering Committee Guidance (additive to 2011 guidance document)
by Bridgett Costanzo — published Jan 22, 2013 — last modified Sep 11, 2013 09:52 AM
This additional guidance results for the newly developed AppLCC Work Plan (approved Oct. 4, 2012) and a decisional Steering Committee virtual meeting that occurred on Dec. 14, 2012.
Located in Cooperative / Our Plan / 2012 Science Needs Portfolio
File Troff document Progress Report
by Bridgett Costanzo — published Sep 30, 2013 — last modified Oct 15, 2013 02:21 PM
1st Quarter Report of 2013 from Vendor of Ecological Flows Project.
Located in Research / … / Q1 2013 / Q1 2013
File Q1 2013 TOT Review Summary
by Bridgett Costanzo — published Sep 30, 2013 — last modified Oct 15, 2013 02:21 PM
Reviews from Technical Oversight Team on this Quarterly Report.
Located in Research / … / Q1 2013 / Q1 2013 TOT Reviews
File Troff document Progress Report
by Bridgett Costanzo — published Sep 30, 2013 — last modified Oct 15, 2013 02:21 PM
Fourth Quarter report of 2012 from vendor of Ecological Flows Project.
Located in Research / … / Quarterly Reports / Q4 2012
File Abstract and Progress Report for Q3 2012
by Bridgett Costanzo — published Nov 02, 2012 — last modified Jun 02, 2025 01:11 PM — filed under: , ,
Abstract and progress report from the Vendor for the Ecological Flows Project.
Located in Research / … / Quarterly Reports / Q3 2012
File Troff document Summary of Q3 2012 TOT Reviews
by Bridgett Costanzo — published Jan 24, 2013 — last modified Jun 02, 2025 01:11 PM — filed under: , ,
This file contains the combined technical comments of TOT members.
Located in Research / … / Q3 2012 / Q3 2012 Reviews by TOT Members