[ECOLOG-L] Questionnaire on comprehensive value/ecological services of US rangelands to justify grasshopper control programs

[David Branson]

A one page questionnaire has been distributed by the U. of Wyoming to help
estimate comprehensive values of western US rangelands based on rankings of
ecological services/values provided by western rangelands. The main impetus
for the survey is to justify the importance of large-scale grasshopper
control programs by USDA-APHIS using insecticides on rangeland. The survey
was provided to parties interested in grasshopper management, but it would
be helpful if ecologists could provide input by ranking the importance of
the 15 ecological services/values of western rangelands included in the
questionnaire and adding missing items. Note the deadline for responses of
March 19th.

The one page survey can be downloaded at the following link. If the link
doesn’t work, email me.

http://www.box.com/s/d8iili0urejj3no193dj