Identify invasive species management costs based on monetizing prevention, early detection and rapid response, aggressive management and restoration for ecological states associated with intact cores, low/moderate invasion transition cores, and high invasion mitigation areas; 2) identify raw cost in dollars of invasie species management implemente3d through a “defend and grow the core: aproach based on current level of invasion and future level of invasion after 40 years based on status quo of resources and 25%, 50% and 75% increase of investment of resources; 3) utilize matrix of costs for intact core, mild/mod invaded, and heavily invaded “cores” and create spatial scenaiors of assuming some level of effectiveness and spread rates.Identify where cost effectiveness is greatest with core approachy and develop time series of maps to illustrate level of future invasion with level of investment and subsequent spread rates based on core approach; 4) identfy wildfire suppression and attack costs in core areas currently and after 40 years if invasion is not slower or contained; 5) highlight spatial and temporal opportunities for investment in jobs associated with invasive annual grass management across the sagebrushb iome with the “core” approach; 6) utilize these data and develop an outreach/extension deliverable that demonstrates the message for the cost savings of implementing invasive annual grass treatment to educate leadership,land managers and the public as an urent and necessary strategy that will ameliorate the invasives and fire issue in sagebrush ecosystem.
Start date: 8/1/2021
Project end date: 9/20/2021
Award ID: Not Yet Determined
