| First Name: | jennifer |
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| Last Name: | wood |
| Email Address: | jennifer.wood@ca.usda.gov |
| Affiliation | USDA-NRCS Pacific Soil Survey Office |
| Subject | Ecoregion base and rangeland compost application |
| Comment |
I am surprised to see you used the USFS Bailey Ecoregions of the United States as the ecological basis of your analysis. The EPA Ecoregion product is more updated and regularly maintained. https://www.epa.gov/eco-research/ecoregions Also on the Ecoregion topic, while I recognize that your plan is necessarily coarse, a few more divisions might be warranted. For instance, the Sierra Nevada Foothills, Sierra Nevada Mountains, and Eastern Sierras are very distinct ecologically and have very different management needs. I do appreciate that you only mention compost application in rangeland for the central and northern coast regions. Even for the somewhat low acreage that you target for rangeland compost application, the literature is lacking follow-up monitoring from the original study that evaluated that approach. And as far as I am aware, no other research in rangeland has been done besides on those original sites. So it is wise to tread lightly in that area. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2019-01-14 14:00:34 |
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