Example forage availability

Background¶

Forage availability can vary substantially from year-to-year, but accounting for forage quantity, interannual variability, and the climate drivers at the landscape scale has remained out of reach for many resource managers. Here, we’ll assess forage availability and variability using the Rangeland Analysis Platform and drought drivers for the Wohlgenant Lease north of Miles City, Montana. For this demonstration, we’ll pretend that it is June 10, 2023.

Link to location: https://climengine.page.link/EV8a

Workflow for the Wohlgenant Lease area:

Map the average (1986-2022) total herbaceous production from RAP. https://climengine.page.link/7ziA Map the trend in (1986-2022) total herbaceous production from RAP. https://climengine.page.link/esWN Map the current year’s total herbaceous production through June 10 from RAP 16-day production. https://climengine.page.link/EhJa Map the current year’s total herbaceous production through June 10 from RAP 16-day production as a percent of average anomaly relative to 2000-2022. https://climengine.page.link/Krie Graph timeseries for total herbaceous production through June 10 from RAP 16-day production from 2000-2023. https://climengine.page.link/RPPq Graph timeseries for total herbaceous production through June 10 from RAP 16-day production relative to the long-term drought blend from 2000-2023. https://climengine.page.link/JGNq Drought-production timeseries: https://climengine.page.link/hbPU Drought-production scatterplot: https://climengine.page.link/1eSt