THE SAGEBRUSH ECOSYSTEM IS ONE OF THE MOST ENDANGERED ECOSYSTEMS IN AMERICA DUE TO MULTIPLE THREATS, INCLUDING NON-NATIVE ANNUAL GRASS INVASION AND INCREASED FREQUENCY AND SIZE OF WILDFIRES. LARGE WILDFIRE INCREASES THE INVASIBILITY OF SAGEBRUSH ECOSYSTEMS ON A MASSIVE GEOGRAPHICAL SCALE. OUR GOAL IS TO IMPLEMENT AN INTEGRATED ECOLOGICAL APPROACH THAT COMBINES EXTENSION WITH RESEARCH THAT FOCUSES ON GRAZING TO PROMOTE ROBUST SAGEBRUSH PLANT COMMUNITIES WITHIN OREGON, IDAHO, AND NEVADA. OUR EXTENSION OBJECTIVES CONTRIBUTE TO THE GOAL WITH AT LEAST: 1) 75% OF THE PARTICIPANTS IMPROVING THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF ECOLOGICAL OUTCOMES RELATED TO DORMANT SEASON GRAZING; 2) 75% OF PARTICIPANTS LEARNING APPLIED USES FOR REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGIES AND THE IMPLICATIONS TO MANAGE FINE FUELS; AND 3) 75% OF PARTICIPANTS LEARNING ABOUT BASIC RANGELAND ECOLOGY PRINCIPLES WITH AT LEAST 75 INDIVIDUALS USING GOOGLE EARTH PRO AND GIS TECHNOLOGIES TO DEVELOP LAND MANAGEMENT PLANS. OUR RESEARCH OBJECTIVES TEST OUR HYPOTHESIS THAT DORMANT SEASON GRAZING CAN BE USED AT THE LANDSCAPE SCALE BEYOND TRADITIONAL USE TO: 1) REDUCE FINE FUELS TOLOWER FIRE RISKS BENEFITING LESS FIRE-ADAPTED NATIVE PLANT SPECIES; AND 2) PROMOTEPERENNIAL BUNCHGRASSES BY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF PHENOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NATIVE AND INVASIVE ANNUAL GRASSES, AND BY REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF PLANT LITTER. WE ADDRESS THE NEED TO DEVELOP MANAGEMENT TOOLS AND STRATEGIES THAT POSITIVELY IMPACT SAGEBRUSH ECOSYSTEMS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF DORMANT SEASON GRAZING PRACTICES (PROGRAM AREA PRIORITIES 4); SPECIFICALLY, TOOLS AND STRATEGIES THAT PROMOTE PLANT COMMUNITIES THAT ARE RESISTANT TO INVASIVE ANNUAL GRASSES WITHIN THE SAGEBRUSH STEPPE.