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X-WR-CALNAME:E-IPER Dissertation Defense - Briana Swette &quot\;Changing La
 nd and People Across the High Divide: A Land Use Transition Analysis of th
 e Rural American West&quot\;
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DESCRIPTION:Virtual: Zoom Webinar\n\nAbstract:\n\nRangelands are the most e
 xtensive land type on the planet and are also arguably the most transforme
 d. Land use change\, climate change\, invasive species\, and tree and shru
 b encroachment together create novel rangeland ecosystems that threaten th
 e many services provided by these landscapes. In the American West\, an im
 portant facet of change is the declining use of rangelands for ranching as
  exurban development expands. While it is tempting to view the removal of 
 livestock from rangelands as a form of rewilding\, the impacts of changing
  grazing regimes as part of a multi-faceted land use transition are uncert
 ain. One response to rural change has been the emergence of collaborative 
 governance processes to maintain working landscapes\, but the possibility 
 of these approaches to resolve conflicts on rangelands and guide rural tra
 nsitions is still being tested. \n\nAcross three chapters\, this dissertat
 ion seeks to understand the drivers\, ecological impacts\, and social resp
 onses of a multi-faceted land use transition on rangelands in the High Div
 ide of the Northern Rocky Mountains. The first chapter uses historic US Fo
 rest Service management records to ask how and why public lands grazing ha
 s changed in Idaho’s High Divide since 1940. In the second chapter\, I i
 nvestigate how long-term changes in grazing regimes impacted conifer encro
 achment into rangelands through image analysis of very high-resolution aer
 ial photos and a natural experimental approach. In the third chapter\, I p
 resent a single case study of multi-stakeholder collaboration for public l
 and planning in a context of political polarization and identify trade-off
 s that inform the design of collaborative governance efforts. The research
  together characterizes the complex social-ecological dynamics of a rural 
 land use transition and provides insights to promote sustainable rangeland
  landscapes in an uncertain future.
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SUMMARY:E-IPER Dissertation Defense - Briana Swette &quot\;Changing Land an
 d People Across the High Divide: A Land Use Transition Analysis of the Rur
 al American West&quot\;
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 _-_briana_swette_quotchanging_land_and_people_across_the_high_divide_a_lan
 d_use_transition_analysis_of_the_rural_american_westquot
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