Wildland Resources Analysis and Planning
Wildland Solutions is devoted to developing and providing practical solutions for owners and managers of wildland resources. Many wildland problems are complex and difficult to assess. Extensive graphics and photos are utilized to effectively describe common problems and provide easy to understand solutions.
Three Wildland Solutions field guides and one website have been developed that address unique and sometimes complex management issues that Wildland Resource managers may encounter.
Monitoring California Annual Grassland Mulch/RDM retention levels. Mulch
This field guide provides ranchers and resource managers with an easy-to-understand history plus the How and Why of monitoring mulch/RDM retention levels. The 2008 version is the third edition created by Wildland Solutions.
Effective Maintenance for Ranch, Fire and Utility Access Roads. Roads
This field guide addresses the maintenance issues related to the numerous wildland roads that exist. Often times these roads access stock ponds, oil wells, utility poles, historic homesteads and mining claims that were built with little or no consideration for maintenance. This 2012 publication provides a set of Best Management Practices (BMP’s) that have been used by landowners, Cooperative Extension advisors, Bureau of Land Management, and US Forest Service managers to improve wildland road systems.
Herbage Assessed Remotely to Predict Environmental Risk (HARPER) process Harper Overview
A draft process guide was developed by Wildland Solutions that utilizes remote sensing to assess mulch/herbage retention levels on California Annual Grassland sites. High resolution European Union Sentinel satellite imagery is utilized. This project operated between 2004-2024 producing a detailed draft operations guide. Staff from several agencies have been trained to use the process guide.
Stan’s Beaver Baffler (SBB) beaverbafflers.com
Do you have problems with beavers plugging culverts or causing unwanted flooding of fields, roads, or trails and looking for a solution? Wildland Solutions developed and manages a great website with effective solutions that include the How and Why they work.
The Stan’s Beaver Baffler (SBB) concept is based on a low-cost, low-impact device initially developed in Washington state in the early 1950’s and described in July 1956 Washington State Game Bulletin. The goal then and now is to keep culverts functioning and to prevent flooding of infrastructure.
