Senior Faculty Research Asst I
vanessa.schroeder [at] oregonstate.edu

Office: 541-573-8936

At OSU

Headquarters:

Experiment Station

Career Links:

Department of Animal and Rangeland Sciences

Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center | Burns

Extension Range Program

OSU Sage Habitat Team

Biography

Vanessa joined Oregon State University as a faculty research assistant for Oregon State University’s Extension Service in 2016 but has been a part of the Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center-Burns, in the heart of sagebrush country, since 2013. She has held the position of Senior Faculty Research Assistant I since 2021. Vanessa specializes in rangeland ecology to support wildlife habitat, spending about half of her time on stakeholder-driven applied research projects and the other half advancing education and outreach programs. Her research and extension programs fall under four themes:
1.   Evaluating the effects of land management practices on sagebrush associated species and habitat
2.   Developing management solutions for degraded or threatened sagebrush ecosystems
3.   Strategic conservation to support resilient rangelands
4.   Promoting interest and knowledge in resilient sagebrush ecosystems

As a part of OSU extension’s Sage Habitat Team as a Senior Faculty Research Assistant I, all her research and extension programs are collaborative team efforts which you can learn more from the career links section below.

Professional Accomplishments

Credentials:

M.S. in Wildlife Science, Oregon State University

B.A. in Ecology and Environmental Studies - Washington University in St. Louis

My Awards

My Publications

Outreach and Extension

Extension Service Site Publications

(2022) Ranching in the information age: The ranch hand you didn’t know you needed Eastern Oregon’s rangelands are diverse due to different soils, topography and climate. Ranchers and land managers who view the landscape as a collection of ecological sites can better predict how vegetation and other resources respond to management actions, drought and natural disturbances. This improves their rangeland management decisions and increases profits.
(2022) Grazing Management for Rangeland Health: A Threat-based Land Management Approach Threat-based land management provides a simplified framework for efficient identification, evaluation and communication of current and desired conditions, as well as management actions needed to achieve rangeland goals.
(2022) Grazing Management for Rangeland Health: A Threat-based Land Management Approach
(2021) Year-round Field Identification of Common Northern Great Basin Grasses
(2020) Downloading Ecological Site Descriptions (ESDs) using the Web Soil Survey (WSS) This document provides how-to photo instructions on how to find and download Ecological Site Descriptions (ESDs) using the Web Soil Survey (WSS) for use in a range management plan.
(2020) Life on the Dry Side, Summer 2020 In this issue - how fire and forest management impact wildlife habitat.
(2020) Life on the Dry Side, Summer 2020 Edition, Interactive In this issue - how fire and forest management activities impact wildlife habitat
(2019) Bunchgrass Phenology: Using Growth Stages of Grasses as Adaptive Grazing Management Tools
(2019) Threat-Based Land Management in the Northern Great Basin: A Field Guide
(2019) Threat-Based Land Management in the Northern Great Basin: A Manager’s Guide
(2021) OSU Sagebrush Habitat Team responds to threats to vast ecosystem Created in 2016, the team works in general themes related to its mission, including: sagebrush ecosystem management, wildlife conservation and management, and related trainings and outreach.
(2018) Western Roots: Diving into a sagebrush sea of diversity

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