Rural land concentration & protected areas: Recent trends from Montana and greater Yellowstone

JH Haggerty, K Epstein, H Gosnell… - Society & Natural …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Where agricultural land use and biodiversity conservation values overlap, conservation
science has tended to focus on the challenges posed by land ownership fragmentation …

With, not for, money: Ranch management trajectories of the super-rich in Greater Yellowstone

K Epstein, JH Haggerty, H Gosnell - Annals of the American …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Despite the increasing concentration of wealth among high net worth (HNW) individuals and
their rising influence as proprietors of natural resources worldwide, the discipline of …

Large contribution of woody plant expansion to recent vegetative greening of the Northern Great Plains

B Currey, DB McWethy, NR Fox… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Extensive portions of high‐latitude grasslands worldwide have recently experienced
increased vegetative productivity (ie, greening) and have undergone a rapid transition …

Is the grass always greener? Land surface phenology reveals differences in peak and season‐long vegetation productivity responses to climate and management

DJA Wood, S Powell, PC Stoy, LL Thurman… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Vegetation phenology—the seasonal timing and duration of vegetative phases—is
controlled by spatiotemporally variable contributions of climatic and environmental factors …

Practical considerations for adaptive strategies by US grazing land managers with a changing climate

JD Derner, H Wilmer… - Agrosystems …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We outline practical considerations for grazing land adaptations with a changing climate,
with an emphasis on the ranch operation scale and specific attention to directional climate …

Seventy questions of importance to the conservation of the North Central grasslands of the United States in a changing climate

CD Miller Hesed, HM Yocum, M Cross… - … Science and Practice, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Successful conservation of ecosystems in a changing climate requires actionable research
that directly supports the rethinking and revising of management approaches to address …

Mapping tree cover expansion in Montana, USA rangelands using high‐resolution historical aerial imagery

SL Morford, BW Allred, ER Jensen… - Remote Sensing in …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Worldwide, trees are colonizing rangelands with high conservation value. The introduction
of trees into grasslands and shrublands causes large‐scale changes in ecosystem structure …

[HTML][HTML] Tradeoffs and synergies between social equity and environmental benefits in conservation

TM Neeson, SC Emmons, LE Mullenbach - Global Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Conservation programs worldwide pursue social equity alongside environmental benefits
and economic efficiency. When the spatial patterning of human diversity differs from the …

[PDF][PDF] Wildlife, Rural Communities, and the Rangeland Livelihoods They Share: Opportunities in a Diverse Economies Approach

JH Haggerty, K Epstein, DE Bennett… - … Wildlife Ecology and …, 2023 - library.oapen.org
Because rangeland ecosystems and the wildlife they support are integral to rural
economies, understanding economic trends in rangeland regions is a valuable contribution …

Saving the Wild or Saving the Cowboy? Cultural Conflict between the Old and Nouveau West

J Canfield - Rural Sociology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In North Central Montana, a land‐based conflict centered on the environmental
organization American Prairie sparked the formation of the “Save the Cowboy, Stop the …