Four projects associated with the top ecosystem drivers have been initiated to test the concept of using site-specific information to address management questions and monitoring needs at the landscape scale. These projects include:

Predicting locations of phreatophytic communities and identifying areas of risk from increased water withdrawals (Water Extraction Project)

Using spatial patterns of fire and landscape characteristics to evaluate the effects of invasive plants on fire regimes (Fire Invasives Project)

Assessing and predicting effects of land treatments at various scales on wildlife habitat (Land Treatments Project)

Remote Sensing Science to Support Monitoring in the Great Basin (Remote Sensing Project)

These projects will be the first steps towards predicting landscape changes based on analysis of existing data and developing a landscape-scale monitoring approach for the Great Basin. New efforts also are being focused on Climate Change (pending funds from USGS's Global Change Request for Proposals).