Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable

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Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable
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Thirteenth SRR Meeting

• Portland, Oregon
• August 19-21,2003

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SRR Meetings

• Four meetings in 2001
• Five in 2002
• Five in 2003
• Fort Myers, FL
• Albuquerque, NM
• Washington, DC May 19-23, 2003
• Jackson Hole, WY June 3-4, 2003
• Portland, OR August 19-21, 2003
• Boise, ID October 20-22, 2003

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SRR Mission

• The SRR will promote social, ecological, and
  economic sustainability of rangelands through the
  development and widespread use of the criteria
  and indicators for rangeland assessments, and by
  providing a forum for dialogue on sustainability
  of rangelands.

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SRR Vision

• We envision a future in which
• Rangelands in the US provide a desired mix of
  economic, ecological, and social benefits to
  current and future generations
• There are widely accepted and used criteria and
  indicators for monitoring and assessing the
  economic, social, and ecological sustainability
  of rangelands
• .

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Products of SRR

• Symposium and Proceedings at the Feb. 2002 SRM
  Annual Meeting in Kansas City, MO
• Workshop at ESA Meeting in Tucson, AZ in August
  2002
• Symposium/Workshop on Indicators at Feb. 2003 SRM
  Annual Meeting in Casper, Wyoming
• Report on Sustainable Rangelands in Spring, 2003

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Products of SRR

• Presentation and Posters at the International
  Rangeland Congress, Durban, South Africa in July
  2003
• Evening session at ESA Meeting in Savannah, GA in
  August 2003
• First Approximation Report in Journal of Range
  Management

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SRR Timeline

• August SRR meeting continue transition between
  Phase I and II and to initiate work on goals.
• August continue to develop the timeline at
  Portland meeting.

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SRR Funding -- 2002/2003

• USDA Forest Service - 86,000
• USDI Bureau of Land Management - 30,000
• USDI Geological Survey - 20,000
• USDA Agricultural Research Service - 20,000 to
  30,000
• WSLCA - 750

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SRR Funding -- 2003/2004

• USDA Forest Service - 90,000
• USDI Bureau of Land Management - 30,000
• USDI Geological Survey - 20,000
• USDA Agricultural Research Service - 20,000 to
  30,000
• Others - 140,000
• USFWS, NPS, NRCS, ERS, BOR

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Purpose of 13th SRR Meeting

• Integrate new participants.
• Finalize Strategic Plan.
• Review SRR First Guiding Principle.
• Form Applied Example Working Group.
• Process for indicator prioritization.