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Rachel Murph, NRCS State Rangeland Management Specialist-QC, Denver, CO
<br /> David Kraft, NRCS MLRA Ecological Site Specialist-QA, Emporia, KS
<br /> Josh Saunders, Rangeland Management Specialist-QC, NRCS Fort Morgan, CO
<br /> Patty Knupp, Biologist, Area 3, NRCS Pueblo, CO
<br /> Noe Marymor, Biologist, Area 2, NRCS Greeley, CO
<br /> Richard Mullaney, Resource Conservationist, Ret., NRCS, Akron, CO
<br /> Chad Remley, Regional Director, N. Great Plains Soil Survey, Salina, KS
<br /> B.J. Shoup, State Soil Scientist, Denver
<br /> Eugene Backhaus, State Resource Conservationist, Denver
<br /> Carla Green Adams, Editor, NRCS, Denver, CO
<br /> Partners/Contributors:
<br /> Rob Alexander, Agricultural Resources, Boulder Parks & Open Space, Boulder, CO
<br /> David Augustine, Research Ecologist, Agricultural Research Service, Fort Collins, CO
<br /> John Fusaro, Rangeland Management Specialist, NRCS, Fort Collins, CO
<br /> Jeff Goats, Resource Soil Scientist, NRCS, Pueblo, CO
<br /> Clark Harshbarger, Resource Soil Scientist, NRCS, Greeley, CO
<br /> Mike Moore, Soil Scientist, NRCS MLRA Fort Morgan SSO
<br /> Tom Nadgwick, Rangeland Management Specialist, NRCS, Akron CO
<br /> Dan Nosal, Rangeland Management Specialist, NRCS, Franktown, CO
<br /> Steve Olson, Botanist, USFS, Pueblo, CO
<br /> Randy Reichert, Rangeland Specialist, ret., USFS, Nunn, CO
<br /> Don Schoderbeck, Range Specialist, CSU Extension, Sterling CO
<br /> Terri Schultz, The Nature Conservancy, Ft. Collins, CO
<br /> Chris Tecklenburg, Ecological Site Specialist, Hutchison, KS
<br /> Rangeland health reference sheet
<br /> Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health is a qualitative assessment protocol used to determine ecosystem
<br /> condition based on benchmark characteristics described in the Reference Sheet. A suite of 17 (or more) indicators
<br /> are typically considered in an assessment. The ecological site(s) representative of an assessment location must be
<br /> known prior to applying the protocol and must be verified based on soils and climate. Current plant community
<br /> cannot be used to identify the ecological site.
<br /> Author(s)/participant(s) Harvey Sprock, Ben Berlinger, Daniel Nosal
<br /> Contact for lead author Harvey Sprock,Area Rangeland Management Specialist, Greeley, CO
<br /> Date 01/12/2005
<br /> Approved by Herman B. Garcia, State Rangeland Management Specialist
<br /> Approval date
<br /> Composition (Indicators 10 and 12) based on Annual Production
<br /> Indicators
<br /> 1. Number and extent of rills: None
<br /> 2. Presence of water flow patterns: None
<br /> 3. Number and height of erosional pedestals or terracettes: None
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