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Elizabeth Orning, PhD (Former Employee)

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Field of Sagebrush Dreams: Planting and Restoring Functional Sagebrush in Burned Landscapes

Increased wildfire-induced loss of sagebrush in North American shrublands are outpacing natural recovery and leading to substantial habitat loss for sagebrush-obligate species like sage-grouse. The products and information developed for this project will help restoration practitioners, biologists, and land managers evaluate the efficacy of sagebrush restoration approaches as well as their ability...
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Land Management Research Program, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Fort Collins Science Center, Western Ecological Research Center (WERC), Wildland Fire Science
Field of Sagebrush Dreams: Planting and Restoring Functional Sagebrush in Burned Landscapes

Field of Sagebrush Dreams: Planting and Restoring Functional Sagebrush in Burned Landscapes

Increased wildfire-induced loss of sagebrush in North American shrublands are outpacing natural recovery and leading to substantial habitat loss for sagebrush-obligate species like sage-grouse. The products and information developed for this project will help restoration practitioners, biologists, and land managers evaluate the efficacy of sagebrush restoration approaches as well as their ability...
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Non-USGS Publications**

Sovie, A.D., M.C. Romanski, E.K. Orning, D.G. Marneweck, R. Nichols, S. Moore, and J.L. Belant. 2023. Temporal variation in translocated Isle Royale wolf diet. Ecology and Evolution 3(3):e9873. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9873
Hill, J.E., H.M. Boone, M.G. Gantchoff, T.M. Kautz, K.F. Kellner, E.K. Orning, J. Parchizadeh, T.R. Petroelje, N.H. Wehr, S.P. Finnegan, N.L. Fowler, A.L. Lutto, A. Zubiria Perez, S.L. Schooler, M. van den Bosch, and J.L. Belant. 2022. Quantifying anthropogenic wolf mortality in relation to hunting regulations and landscape attributes across North America. Ecology and Evolution 12(5):e8875. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8875
Petroelje, T.R., N.L. Fowler, E.K. Orning, M.C. Romanski, and J.L. Belant. 2022. Interspecific killing of Vulpes vulpes (red fox) kits at a den site by Canis lupus (gray wolf) in Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. Northeastern Naturalist 29(1):18-26. https://doi.org/10.1656/045.029.0113
Orning, E.K., M.C. Romanski, S. Moore, Y. Chenaux-Ibrahim, B.R. Patterson, S. McLaren, and J.L. Belant. 2020. Emigration and first-year movement of four wolves reintroduced to Isle Royale. Northeastern Naturalist 27(4):701-708. https://doi.org/10.1656/045.027.0410
Orning, E.K. 2019. Carnivore competition: spatial and dietary implications of gray wolf recolonization for cougars in northeast Oregon [Dissertation]. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University. 242p.
Orning, E.K., and J.K. Young. 2017. Coyote removal: can the short-term application of a controversial management tool improve female greater sage-grouse survival or nest success? Wildlife Biology 2017(1). https://doi.org/10.2981/wlb.00345
Taylor, J.D., R.D. Holt, E.K. Orning, and J.K. Young. 2017. Greater sage-grouse nest survival and causes of nest failure in Northwestern Wyoming. Journal of Wildlife Management 81:1219-1227. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21296
Orning, E.K., and J.K. Young. 2016. Impacts of coyote removal on greater sage-grouse space use. Human-Wildlife Interactions 10(2):3. https://doi.org/10.26077/6v8r-q289
Hopken, M.W., E.K. Orning, J.K. Young, and A.J. Piaggio. 2016. Molecular forensics in avian conservation: a DNA-based approach for identifying mammalian predators of ground-nesting birds and eggs. BMC Research Notes, 9:14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-015-1797-1

**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.

Science and Products

sky with double rainbow above a plateau and field of sagebrush

Field of Sagebrush Dreams: Planting and Restoring Functional Sagebrush in Burned Landscapes

Increased wildfire-induced loss of sagebrush in North American shrublands are outpacing natural recovery and leading to substantial habitat loss for sagebrush-obligate species like sage-grouse. The products and information developed for this project will help restoration practitioners, biologists, and land managers evaluate the efficacy of sagebrush restoration approaches as well as their ability...
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Land Management Research Program, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Fort Collins Science Center, Western Ecological Research Center (WERC), Wildland Fire Science
Field of Sagebrush Dreams: Planting and Restoring Functional Sagebrush in Burned Landscapes

Field of Sagebrush Dreams: Planting and Restoring Functional Sagebrush in Burned Landscapes

Increased wildfire-induced loss of sagebrush in North American shrublands are outpacing natural recovery and leading to substantial habitat loss for sagebrush-obligate species like sage-grouse. The products and information developed for this project will help restoration practitioners, biologists, and land managers evaluate the efficacy of sagebrush restoration approaches as well as their ability...
Learn More
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Non-USGS Publications**

Sovie, A.D., M.C. Romanski, E.K. Orning, D.G. Marneweck, R. Nichols, S. Moore, and J.L. Belant. 2023. Temporal variation in translocated Isle Royale wolf diet. Ecology and Evolution 3(3):e9873. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9873
Hill, J.E., H.M. Boone, M.G. Gantchoff, T.M. Kautz, K.F. Kellner, E.K. Orning, J. Parchizadeh, T.R. Petroelje, N.H. Wehr, S.P. Finnegan, N.L. Fowler, A.L. Lutto, A. Zubiria Perez, S.L. Schooler, M. van den Bosch, and J.L. Belant. 2022. Quantifying anthropogenic wolf mortality in relation to hunting regulations and landscape attributes across North America. Ecology and Evolution 12(5):e8875. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8875
Petroelje, T.R., N.L. Fowler, E.K. Orning, M.C. Romanski, and J.L. Belant. 2022. Interspecific killing of Vulpes vulpes (red fox) kits at a den site by Canis lupus (gray wolf) in Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. Northeastern Naturalist 29(1):18-26. https://doi.org/10.1656/045.029.0113
Orning, E.K., M.C. Romanski, S. Moore, Y. Chenaux-Ibrahim, B.R. Patterson, S. McLaren, and J.L. Belant. 2020. Emigration and first-year movement of four wolves reintroduced to Isle Royale. Northeastern Naturalist 27(4):701-708. https://doi.org/10.1656/045.027.0410
Orning, E.K. 2019. Carnivore competition: spatial and dietary implications of gray wolf recolonization for cougars in northeast Oregon [Dissertation]. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University. 242p.
Orning, E.K., and J.K. Young. 2017. Coyote removal: can the short-term application of a controversial management tool improve female greater sage-grouse survival or nest success? Wildlife Biology 2017(1). https://doi.org/10.2981/wlb.00345
Taylor, J.D., R.D. Holt, E.K. Orning, and J.K. Young. 2017. Greater sage-grouse nest survival and causes of nest failure in Northwestern Wyoming. Journal of Wildlife Management 81:1219-1227. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21296
Orning, E.K., and J.K. Young. 2016. Impacts of coyote removal on greater sage-grouse space use. Human-Wildlife Interactions 10(2):3. https://doi.org/10.26077/6v8r-q289
Hopken, M.W., E.K. Orning, J.K. Young, and A.J. Piaggio. 2016. Molecular forensics in avian conservation: a DNA-based approach for identifying mammalian predators of ground-nesting birds and eggs. BMC Research Notes, 9:14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-015-1797-1

**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.

*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government

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