Sarah E McCord

Biographic Data

ID6534055
NAMESarah E McCord
GIVEN NAMESSarah E
FAMILY NAMEMcCord
SIGNATUREMCCORD S E
AFFILIATIONSAgricultural Research Service
ORCID0000-0002-4755-2625
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Beyond the productivist ideal

    Open AccessD Matarrita-Cascante, Sarah E McCord et al.ARTICLEAgriculture and Human Values2025References: 14

    Amenity migration is reshaping rural agrifood systems as a growing number of Land Steward Amenity Migrants (LSAMs) acquire ranches primarily for ecological restoration, lifestyle fulfillment, and intergenerational legacy rather than commodity production. Guided by the Rangeland Socio-Ecological Framework (RSEF), we conducted qualitative interviews with 16 LSAMs across Texas to examine the drivers shaping their management decisions. Analysis revea…

  • Managing an arid ranch in the 21st century

    Open AccessBrandon T Bestelmeyer, Santiago Utsumi et al.ARTICLERangelands2023

    Rates of ecosystem change are accelerating in rangelands, but development of technologies to detect and react to change is accelerating at the same time. New management frameworks, including novel ecosystems and Resist-Accept-Direct (RAD) provide new ways of thinking about management strategies. We describe how we are integrating several digital tools and new management frameworks on the Jornada Experimental Range as an example to help land manag…

  • Ten practical questions to improve data quality

    Open AccessSarah E McCord, Justin L Welty et al.ARTICLERangelands2022

    High-quality rangeland data are critical to supporting adaptive management. However, concrete, cost-saving steps to ensure data quality are often poorly defined and understood. Data quality is more than data management. Ensuring data quality requires 1) clear communication among team members; 2) appropriate sample design; 3) training of data collectors, data managers, and data users; 4) observer and sensor calibration; and 5) active data manageme…

  • Measuring the social and ecological performance of agricultural innovations on rangelands

    Open AccessSheri Spiegal, Nicholas P Webb et al.ARTICLERangelands2022

    The Long-Term Agroecosystem Research Network launched the LTAR Agricultural Performance Indicator Framework to evaluate how agricultural innovations perform relative to sustainable intensification goals in five domains: Environment, Productivity, Economic, Human Condition, and Social. Here we describe our progress and plans for measuring the performance of agricultural innovations on rangelands. We present a method for measuring outcomes of manag…

  • Adaptive monitoring in support of adaptive management in rangelands

    Open AccessSarah E McCord, David S PilliodARTICLERangelands2022

    Monitoring supports iterative learning about the effectiveness of management actions, information that can help managers plan future actions, facilitate decision-making, and improve outcomes. Adaptive monitoring is the evolution of a monitoring program in response to new management questions; new or changing environmental or socioeconomic conditions, improved monitoring methods, models, and tools; and experience implementing the monitoring progra…

  • Adaptive monitoring for multiscale land management

    Open AccessEmily Kachergis, Scott W Miller et al.ARTICLERangelands2022

  • Lessons given and learned from rangeland monitoring courses

    Open AccessBeth A Newingham, Emily Kachergis et al.ARTICLERangelands2022

    Monitoring courses, offered at universities and through professional training, are critical to successfully collecting and applying rangeland monitoring data. Instructors can meet course objectives by carefully considering course content, the target audience, delivery approaches, evaluation mechanisms, and training for new instructors. Shared principles and practices taught in monitoring courses facilitate the rangeland management community in ac…