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Paul Meiman

Associate Professor, Rangeland Livestock/Wildlife Interactions, State Specialist

Summary

Rangeland Management and Rangeland Ecology (livestock grazing management, animal/plant interactions, animal/habitat interactions, wildlife/livestock interactions, riparian areas, invasive plants, vegetation management)

Programs

Resource Stewardship improves rangeland management cb

Collaborative Resource Stewardship improves rangeland management

Extension has helped lead Collaborative Resource Stewardship efforts in northeastern Nevada over the past seven years, resulting in a model for other states and areas.

learning about riparians

Nevada Youth Range Camp Program

Most of Nevada’s youth live in large urban environments, with little exposure to rangelands, forests or agricultural environments, and the products and services rangelands provide. This program teaches students ages 14-18 how to read maps; identify and the importance of rangeland plants; evaluate sagebrush, woodland and stream ecosystems; wildlife habitat; and many other topics related to rangelands.

News & Journal Articles, Fact Sheets, Reports...

Journals
What's in a Name? Standardizing Terminology for the Enhancement of Research, Extension, and Industry Applications of Virtual Fence Use on Grazing Livestock
Different research and commercial entities have adopted terms and definitions independently. In this paper, we propose a standard terminology. Standard terminology will aid in efficient and effective communication among all entities and interested parties.
 Ehlert, K., Brennan, J., Beard, J., Reuter, R., Menendez, H., Vandermark, L., Stephenson, M., Hoag, D., Meiman, P., O'Connor, R., and Noell, S. 2024, Volume 94, 2024, Pages 199-206, ISSN 1550-7424
Principles for successful livestock grazing management on western US rangelands
We engaged hundreds of livestock grazing management experts in an iterative conversation to distill a set of evidence-based, adaptable principles for successful livestock grazing management in the semiarid and arid rangelands of the western United States.
 Jablonski, K., Derner, J., Bailey, D., Davies, K., Meiman, P., Roche, L., Thacker, E., Vermeire, L. and Stackhouse-Lawson, K. 2024, Rangelands, Volume 46, Issue 2, April 2024, Pages 35-41
A Change in the Ecological Understanding of Rangelands in the Great Basin and Intermountain West and Implications for Management: Revisiting Mack and Thompson (1982) Perryman, P., Schultz, B., Meiman, P. 2021, Rangeland Ecology & Management Vol 76, Pages 1-11
Genome-wide association studies of beef cow terrain-use traits using Bayesian multiple-SNP regression C.F.Piercea, S.E.Speidela, S.J.Colemana, R.M.Ennsa, D.W.Baileyb, J.F.Medranoc, A.Cánovasd, P.J.Meimane, L.D.Howeryf, W.F.Mandevilleg, M.G.Thomas 2020, Livestock Science Vol 232, Feb 2020, 103900
Predatory Plants and Patchy Cows: Modeling Cattle Interactions with Toxic Larkspur Amid Variable Heterogeneity K. Jablonski, R. Boone, P. Meiman 2020, Rangeland Ecology and Management, 73(1):73-83
Special Publications
Ventenata (ventenata dubia (Leers) Coss.): A New Invasive Annual Grass Threatens Northern Nevada. Morris, L. R., Schultz, B. & Meiman, P. 2023, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno, Special Publication 23-08-15