John Derek Scasta
Biographic Data
| ID | 4151415 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Derek Scasta |
| GIVEN NAMES | John Derek |
| FAMILY NAME | Scasta |
| SIGNATURE | SCASTA J D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wyoming |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9925-7492 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Rancher opportunities in grazing land carbon markets in the United States
Ranchers can potentially be paid in the voluntary carbon market for engaging in land stewardship activities (e.g., enrolling in a conservation easement, halting tilling, reseeding, and rotational grazing) intended to increase carbon sequestration. • The prominent registries setting the standards for participating in the voluntary carbon market include American Carbon Registry, Climate Action Reserve, and Verra. Each registry has its own set of re…
When working together goes against common sense
As biodiversity conservation becomes more urgent and the links between wildlife and rural well-being become more apparent, conservation researchers increasingly seek to engage with partners in agricultural communities through participatory approaches. A central hypothesis in participatory research is that inclusive, co-produced research facilitates more relevant, usable, and credible knowledge that can inform real-world decision-making processes,…
Prescribed Fire Case Studies From Wyoming, USA
Prescribed fire is an important management tool for rangelands and forests in North America and globally. However, the application of prescribed fire is a complex endeavor that involves significant planning, partnerships, and risk. Recent evidence suggests that not enough prescribed fire is being applied to reduce wildfires, in part, because risk and bureaucracy continue to hinder application. While common in the eastern and central Great Plains,…
Adaptive grazing management in semiarid rangelands
Adaptive management should explicitly involve stakeholders, emphasize multiple iterations of identifying and prioritizing outcomes, and tightly link science-informed monitoring to decision-making benchmarks for effective feedback loops. Short-term monitoring procedures should be simple, quick, and based on consistent methods that are focused on locations where meaningful change is expected or uncertainty is high. Long-term monitoring procedures s…
Participant motivations for the Wyoming Prescribed Fire Council (PFC)
Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and Ethnobotany for Wind River Reservation Rangelands
The need to affirm and revitalize cultural knowledge of native plant communities is impera-tive for Indigenous people. This ethnobotanical study documents Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) structured from an Indigenous paradigm by exploring the connection be-tween plants collected in two high-elevation basins and tribal members on the Wind River Indian Reservation (WRIR). We sought to qualitatively understand the plant resources by looking t…
Common Values and Themes for Grazed Open Spaces
Communicating about the use and management of open spaces occurs within a complex social environment replete with diverse stakeholder opinions and meta-narratives. For western US rangelands, production-based enterprises have been the traditional use but increasingly they are valued for ecosystem services such as water, recreation, biodiversity, and aesthetics which have led to additional conflict. We surveyed Wyoming-based members of six agricult…
Why are humans so emotional about feral horses? A spatiotemporal review of the psycho-ecological evidence with global implications
Fire and Parasites
Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and Ethnobotany for Wind River Reservation Rangelands
The need to affirm and revitalize cultural knowledge of native plant communities is impera-tive for Indigenous people. This ethnobotanical study documents Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) structured from an Indigenous paradigm by exploring the connection be-tween plants collected in two high-elevation basins and tribal members on the Wind River Indian Reservation (WRIR). We sought to qualitatively understand the plant resources by looking t…
Fire and Parasites
Common Values and Themes for Grazed Open Spaces
Communicating about the use and management of open spaces occurs within a complex social environment replete with diverse stakeholder opinions and meta-narratives. For western US rangelands, production-based enterprises have been the traditional use but increasingly they are valued for ecosystem services such as water, recreation, biodiversity, and aesthetics which have led to additional conflict. We surveyed Wyoming-based members of six agricult…
Why are humans so emotional about feral horses? A spatiotemporal review of the psycho-ecological evidence with global implications
Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and Ethnobotany for Wind River Reservation Rangelands
The need to affirm and revitalize cultural knowledge of native plant communities is impera-tive for Indigenous people. This ethnobotanical study documents Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) structured from an Indigenous paradigm by exploring the connection be-tween plants collected in two high-elevation basins and tribal members on the Wind River Indian Reservation (WRIR). We sought to qualitatively understand the plant resources by looking t…
Participant motivations for the Wyoming Prescribed Fire Council (PFC)
Adaptive grazing management in semiarid rangelands
Adaptive management should explicitly involve stakeholders, emphasize multiple iterations of identifying and prioritizing outcomes, and tightly link science-informed monitoring to decision-making benchmarks for effective feedback loops. Short-term monitoring procedures should be simple, quick, and based on consistent methods that are focused on locations where meaningful change is expected or uncertainty is high. Long-term monitoring procedures s…
Prescribed Fire Case Studies From Wyoming, USA
Prescribed fire is an important management tool for rangelands and forests in North America and globally. However, the application of prescribed fire is a complex endeavor that involves significant planning, partnerships, and risk. Recent evidence suggests that not enough prescribed fire is being applied to reduce wildfires, in part, because risk and bureaucracy continue to hinder application. While common in the eastern and central Great Plains,…
Rancher opportunities in grazing land carbon markets in the United States
Ranchers can potentially be paid in the voluntary carbon market for engaging in land stewardship activities (e.g., enrolling in a conservation easement, halting tilling, reseeding, and rotational grazing) intended to increase carbon sequestration. • The prominent registries setting the standards for participating in the voluntary carbon market include American Carbon Registry, Climate Action Reserve, and Verra. Each registry has its own set of re…
When working together goes against common sense
As biodiversity conservation becomes more urgent and the links between wildlife and rural well-being become more apparent, conservation researchers increasingly seek to engage with partners in agricultural communities through participatory approaches. A central hypothesis in participatory research is that inclusive, co-produced research facilitates more relevant, usable, and credible knowledge that can inform real-world decision-making processes,…
Geography (8 works) · Ecology (6 works) · Biology (5 works) · Environmental Science (5 works) · Agroforestry (4 works) · Environmental resource management (4 works) · Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (3 works) · Ecosystem (3 works) · Fire effects on ecosystems (3 works) · Political science (3 works)