Partnership Efforts in the Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable SRR

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Partnership Efforts in the Sustainable Rangelands
Roundtable (SRR)

• Lori Hidinger
• Ecological Society of America
• Chair, SRR Outreach Working Group

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Various stakeholders derive values (economic,
ecological, and social/ cultural) from U.S.
rangelands
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Many stakeholders are VERY passionate in their
perspectives of what are sustainable rangelands
and for what values rangelands should be managed
Battle Over Grazing Heating Up Associated
Press
Violence Escalates in the Name of
Environmentalism Christian Science Monitor
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SRR is a partnership of rangeland scientists,
ecologists, economists, sociologists, policy and
legal experts, environmental advocates, industry
representatives, and public and private rangeland
managers.
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Participating Organizations
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SRR Outreach Working Group Charge

• Advise SRR Steering Committee on how to recruit
  and communicate with non-participating
  organizations.
• Direct/develop outreach materials for SRR.
• Coordinate with outreach groups in the other
  sustainable natural resource roundtables.
• Review outreach efforts of the Steering
  Committee.
• Maintain momentum of SRR.

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SRR Outreach Working Group
Lori Hidinger, Ecological Society of America
(Chair) Mark Brunson, Utah State
University William Fox, Texas AM University Stan
Hamilton, National Association of State
Foresters Linda Hardesty, Washington State
University Linda Joyce, USFS Rocky Mountain
Research Station Clayton Marlow, Montana State
University
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SRR Outreach Activities
A series of news items on SRR and its activities
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SRR Outreach Activities
A website with updates on SRR activities and a
place for stakeholders to contribute their
input http//www.cnr.colostate.edu/RES/srr/

• Your Input
• Thank you for logging on to our website. We are
  interested in your views. In order to elicit
  feedback from the general public and interested
  stakeholders, we have created this page to gather
  your input. If you wish to participate, please
  answer the following question in an email message
  to Helen Rowe. The email may be anonymous or you
  may wish to introduce yourself briefly. The
  responses will be collated and shared at the next
  meeting.
• What examples have you seen where indicators have
  been used successfully at the National level on
  rangelands, shrublands, or grasslands?

The Roundtable will identify indicators of
sustainability based on social, economic, and
ecological factors, to provide a framework for
national assessments of rangelands and rangeland
use.
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SRR Outreach Activities
Symposia and Workshops at Affiliated Scientific
Society Meetings

• Symposium at the 2002 Society for Range
  Management Meeting
• Workshop at the 2002 joint meeting of the
  Ecological Society of America and the Society for
  Ecological Restoration

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SRR Outreach Activities
Sustainable Natural Resources Roundtable
Coordination Network

• Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable
• Sustainable Minerals and Energy Roundtable
• Roundtable on Sustainable Forestry
• Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable

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SRR Outreach Activities
The opportunity for local participants to
participate in SRR meetings at various locations
around the country

• Previous Meetings
• Denver
• Salt Lake City
• Reno
• San Antonio
• Tucson

• Future Meetings
• Denver (March 2002)
• Washington, DC (April 2002)
• Billings (July 2002)
• San Diego (October 2002)

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