The
Roundtable is a venue for communication, discussion and dialogue
about developing a national sustainability indicator set and
models for rangelands. Advancing SRR
requires a diverse cross section of participants including private
individuals,
conservation organizations, land trusts, tribes, state and local
governments and corporate and private landowners.
We welcome your involvement and input through participation in SRR meetings, work groups, or listserv discussions.
For more information please use the contact info on the contact us page to get in touch with us!
Ways to get involved with SRR:
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PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS (Not Yet Complete) |
Agricultural Research Service
American Farm Bureau
American Sheep Association
Arizona State University
Boulder County Parks & Open Space
Bradley University
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Land Management
Chippewa Cree Tribe
Colorado State University
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center
Ecological Society of America
Economic Research Service
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
Forest Service
Gray Ranch and Malpai Borderlands Group
High Plains Grasslands Research Station
Hopi Tribe
Idaho Conservation League
Invasive Species Advisory Committee
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Montana State University
NACO (National Association of Counties)
National Association of State Foresters (NASF)
National Cattleman's Beef Association
National Park Service
National Public Lands Council
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National Wildlife Federation
Natural Resources Conservation Service
New Mexico State University
Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oklahoma State University
Pacific Northwest National Lab
San Antonio Water System
Society for Range Management
South Dakota State University
Southern Plains Range Research Station
Texas A&M University
The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment
The Nature Conservancy
The Quivira Coalition
University of Arizona
University of California
University of Colorado
University of Idaho
University of Nevada
US Department of Agriculture
US Department of the Interior
US Fish and Wildlife
US Geological Survey
Utah State University
Washington State University
Western States Land Commissioners
World Wildlife Fund
Wyoming State Grazing Board |
SRR LISTSERVE
If you would be interested in receiving periodic emails about SRR activities we would happy to add you to the SRR listserve. The emails sent out to listserve participants typically contain upcoming meeting information and invitations, meeting summary notes, Delphi participation requests, and other relevant udpates.
To be added to the SRR listserve, please email the webmaster with ADD TO SRR LISTSERVE in the subject line.
To be removed from the SRR listserve, please email the webmaster with REMOVE FROM SRR LISTSERVE in the subject line.
ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPATION
The
Roundtable currently consists of more than 150 participants from 75 organizations.
Participants come to as many meetings as they can and respond to Delphi in
between meetings. Some participants have also joined work groups.
Delphi
A modified Delphi Process of obtaining a reliable consensus opinion from a group of experts is used between meetings to facilitate progress and momentum on key issues. The Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable has customized the Delphi process to clarify the range of opinions and define points of disagreement so that agreement might be made during meetings. For each Delphi Round a question or questionnaire is designed; participants respond; and replies are collated, summarized, and distributed with a new round of questions designed to reach wider agreement. This process does not necessarily generate a single agreed-upon answer. Rather, the Delphi method promotes a spread of opinion.
EXAMPLES OF INDICATOR RELEVANCE
Fire
Drought
SRR DOCUMENTS
2005
Progress Report
2003 Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable First Approximation Report
SRR Symposium Proceedings from the Society for Range Management Conference in Kansas City, MO, February 17, 2002.
The International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology Volume 7 Number 2, June 2000
This issue of Sustainable Development and World Ecology was devoted to evaluating the first five criteria and associated indicators used by the Roundtables on Sustainable Forests (RSF) for applicability to Rangelands.
RELATED DOCUMENTS
Rangeland Resource Trends in the United States: A technical document supporting the 2000 USDA Forest Service RPA Assessment. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-68. by John E. Mitchell
This report documents trends in America's rangelands as required by the Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974. The Forest Service has conducted assessments of the rangeland situation for 30 years. These RPA reports typically describe supply projections. In this document Chapters 2-4 are written connecting the RSF criteria to the status of resource supplies.
Who can I contact for more information?
Colorado State University facilitates the Roundtable process.
For more information please feel free to contact SRR Staff members listed on the contacts page.
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