MtnSEON: Blue Mountains

Project Information
Purpose/Overview of Study
The Mountain Social Ecological Observatory Network (MtnSEON) combines multiple sources of knowledge on how processes function within and between ecosystem and socioeconomic elements of complex mountain landscapes in order to improve social and ecological resilience and sustainability.
The Blue Mountains Working Group goal is to address important, and integrated, ecological and socioeconomic issues relevant to the management of dry forests and rangelands in the Pacific Northwest. The WG seeks to provide new knowledge to aid in reducing vulnerability, fostering adaptation, improving resilience, and supporting the sustainability of natural and human systems within the complex mountain landscapes of the Blue Mountains and beyond.
Main Topic
Climatology | Meteorology | Atmosphere
Economy
Environment
Project Sub Topic
Climate Change
Ecosystem Services
Forestry
Landscape Ecology
Livelihoods and Subsistence
Mountain Landscapes
Protected Areas
Tourism and Recreation
Water Resources and Management
Wildlife Impacts and Management
Other:
Other Topic
Rangeland Ecology and Management
Project Website
MtnSEON
Intended Audience
Tribal Agency or Organization
Commerce/Industry
Land/Resource Managers
Government Regulatory Agency
Community/Public
Academic
Investigators
Team-Based
Newly formed for this specific project
Project Type
MtnSEON
Region
Pacific
Location

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Starkey, Or

Collaboration
Is this project a collaboration?
Yes
Collaboration Type
Tribal Government or Members
Academic Biophysical Scientists
Non-Governmental Organization
Academic Social Science
Government Agency Biophysical Scientists
Government Agency Social Science
Government Agency Land/Resource Managers
State Government
Federal or National Government
Local Community
Regional Public
Private Landowners or Managers
Science Question
Co-created in collaboration with partners
Academic Biophysical Scientists
Academic Social Science
Government Agency Biophysical Scientists
Government Agency Social Science
Government Agency Land/Resource Managers
State Government
Federal or National Government
Local Community
Non-Governmental Organizations
Private Landowners or Managers
Regional Public
Tribal Government of Members
Data Collection
Determined Before project begun by individual or pre-existing team
Co-created in collaboration with partners
Academic Biophysical Scientists
Academic Social Science
Government Agency Biophysical Scientists
Government Agency Social Science
Government Agency Land/Resource Managers
State Government
Local Community
Interdisciplinary Type
Transdisciplinary
Framework
Community-based Observing
Coupled Natural and Human Systems
Ecological Resilience
Human Ecology
Landscape Ecology
Social-Ecological Systems
Products Produced
Products
Project Products PT
Documents
Project Documents PT
Project Documents PT
Project Data
Data Types
Ungulate ecology
Grazing management
Social data
Demographic
Climatic data
Recreation
Vegetation
Soil
Data Sources
US Forest Service
U.S. Census Bureau
Bureau of Land Management
Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
Oregon Dept. of Agriculture
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Data Formats
Interviews
Radiotelemetry
Digital Elevation Model
ESRI Shapefiles
Aerial photographs
Data Gaps
LiDAR for Starkey Experimental Forest and Range; surveys for hunters, ranchers, and other stakeholders;
About Data
Data Collected Domain
Integrated
Describe the data domain
interviews with ranchers, agency managers, and local stakeholder groups; ungulate studies; grazing systems and management; fish biological data; socioeconomic data of local communities; biological and ecological data for the Starkey Experimental Forest and Range and wildlands in the Blue Mountains
Data Collected Methodology
Mixed-methods
Describe Data Methodology
interviews with ranchers, agency managers, and local stakeholder; analyze socioeconomic data from secondary sources; radiotelemetry data combined with environmental variables; metrics for riparian health; management experiments
Data Collected Biophysical Scale
Site
Local
Landscape/Watershed
Regional/Basin
Data Collected Social/Organizational Scale
Community or Neighborhood
Data Collected Temporal Scale
Contemporary
Describe Data Scale
Biophysical scale: Blue Mountains; Umatilla, Malheur, Wallowa-Whitman National Forests; Starkey Experimental Forest and Range

Social scale: Blue Mountains County and communities; individual ranchers, land managers, and stakeholders

Temporal scale: field data collection for the next 10 years; contemporary data and data going back 27 years for Starkey Experimental Forest and Range
Data Combined
Yes
Describe Data Combined
Pre-existing: USFS range program data; NOAA weather and climate data; agricultural statistics; US Census data

Collected: interviews

Pre-existing and collected: Starkey Experimental Forest and Range data; ungulate studies;
Integrated Method
integrating fish and grazing research with management practices; coupled modeling combining economic outcomes from different management strategies;
Data Methodology
Coupled Modeling
Geospatial
Statistical Modeling
Project Personnel
Project Personnel
Person with Project
Role
Co-Lead
Discipline
Social Scientist
Person with Project
Role
Co-Lead
Discipline
Wildlife Biologist