**Published Papers**

**of**

**Kenneth E. Spaeth Jr., Range Hydrology Specialist, NRCS, Boise,
Idaho**

Pierson, F.B., K.E. Spaeth, M.E. Weltz., and D.H. Carlson. 2002. 
Hydrologic response of diverse western rangelands. J. Range Management
55:558-570.

Spaeth, K.E., F.B. Pierson, J.E. Herrick, P. Shaver, D.A Pyke, M.
Pellant, D. Thompson, and R. Dayton. 2003. USDA National Resource
Inventory Protocols on nonfederal Rangelands in the United States. J. of
Soil and Water Conservation. Accepted.

Spaeth, K.E., F.B. Pierson, M.A. Weltz, and W.H. Blackburn. 2003.
Evaluation of USLE and RUSLE estimated soil loss on rangeland. J. Range
Management. Accepted for May

Pierson, F.B., D.H. Carlson, and K.E. Spaeth. 2002. Impacts of wildfire
on soil hydrologic properties of steep sagebrush-steppe rangeland.
International Journal of Wildland Fire 11:145-151.

Spaeth, K.E., F.B. Pierson, M.A. Weltz. 2002. Grazingland Hydrology,
Chapter 7.

Updated National Range and Pasture Handbook 190‑VI. USDA‑NRCS
Grazinglands Technology

Institute. Washington, D.C.

Spaeth, K.E. 2002. Atmospheric gas exchange and carbon budgets in
grazingland plant communities. Technical Note. USDA-NRCS, Grazinglands
Institute, Ft. Worth, Texas.

Pierson, F.B., D.H. Carlson, and K.E. Spaeth. 2001. A process-based
hydrology submodel dynamically linked to the plant component of the
simulation of production and utilization on rangelands SPUR model.
Ecological Modelling 141:241-260.

Pierson, F.B., P.R. Robichaud, and K.E. Spaeth. 2001. Spatial and
temporal effects of wildfire on the hydrology of a steep rangeland
watershed. Hydrologic processes 15:2905-2916.

Pierson, F.B., D.H. Carlson, K.E. Spaeth 2001.  Fire effects on sediment
and runoff in steep rangeland watersheds. In Proceedings of the Seventh
Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference.  p. X-33 - X-40. Reno,
Nevada

Spaeth, K.E., F.B. Pierson, and D. Carlson. 2001. WEB-Based
Demonstration of SPUR 2000. 54^th^ Annual Meeting, Society for Range
Management, Kona, Hawaii.

Spaeth, K.E., F.B. Pierson, and D. Carlson. 2001. Poster paper: Display
case NHQ\--NRCS Chief's office. SPUR-2000: Web Based Decision-making for
Rangelands. Prototype Demonstration of a Rangeland Hydrology and Erosion
Model. Feb-March 2001.

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Spaeth, K.E., F.B. Pierson, and D. Carlson. 2001. Presented Poster
WEB-Based Demonstration of SPUR-2000 for Ecological Site Description
Applications. Third International Conf. on Geospatial Information in
Agric. and Forestry, Denver, Colorado 11/5 - 11/7/2001.

Spaeth, K.E., F.B. Pierson, and D. Carlson. 2001. Presented Poster
WEB-Based Demonstration of SPUR-2000. ARS/NRCS Hydrology and Erosion
Workshop, Tucson, Arizona 11/26-11/29/2001.

Spaeth, K.E., F.B. Pierson, D. Carlson, and D. Thompson. 2000.
Successful \"cutting edge\" management technologies for grazing
practices. SPUR-2000: Decision Support System for Evaluating and
Managing Rangelands. Poster paper: Dec. 5-8, 2000 National Conf. on
Grazing Lands.

Spaeth, K.E., M. Pellant, P. Shaver, and F.B. Pierson. 1999. Natural
Resource Inventory

on BLM lands in Colorado: An analysis of Rangeland Health. VI
International Rangeland

Congress. Townsville, Australia, July 18-23, 1999.

Shaver, P., K. Spaeth, M. Pellant, and A. Mendenhall. 1999. National and
regional level rangeland assessment. VI International Rangeland
Congress. Townsville, Australia, July 18-23, 1999.

Pierson, F.B., K.E. Spaeth, and D.H. Carlson. 1999. SPUR-2000: decision
support system for assessing and managing rangelands. VI International
Rangeland Congress. Townsville, Australia, July 18-23, 1999.

Spaeth, K.E. 1999. A Report on the Analysis and Evaluation of the 1997
Colorado NRI Data.

October 18-21, 1999. Washington, D.C.

Pellant, M., P. Shaver, and K. Spaeth. 1999. Field test of a prototype
rangeland inventory procedure in the western USA. VI International
Rangeland Congress. Townsville, July 18-23, 1999.

Franks, C.D., F.B. Pierson, A.G. Mendenhall, K.E. Spaeth, and M.A.
Weltz. 1998. Interagency Rangeland Water Erosion Project Report and
State Data Summaries. USDA-ARS/NRCS Technical Note: NWRC 98-1, August
1998. Boise, Idaho.

Pierson, F.B., K.E. Spaeth, D.H. Carlson, and K.R. Stine. 1998. SPUR
2000: Interagency Approach to Quantify the Benefits of NRCS Technical
Assistance. Nebraska Demonstration Project. USDA-ARS/NRCS Technical
Note: NWRC 98-4. Boise, Idaho.

Spaeth. K.E. 1998. p. 43‑50. In: Zachman, D. (ed.). Natural Resources
Inventory

(NRI) Colorado Pilot Test 1997‑1998. BLM TR. 5‑98. USDI‑BLM, Denver,
Colorado.

Spaeth, K.E., F.B. Pierson, L.J. Rich, Fee Busby, P.L. Shaver., and A.G.
Mendenhall.

1998\. State of the Nation's non‑Federal Rangeland: 1992 National
Resource Inventory

Summary: Nation, Regions, and States. USDA‑NRCS Tech. Publ., Grazingland
Institute, Ft. Worth, Texas.

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Spaeth, K.E., F.B. Pierson, L.J. Rich, Fee Busby, P.L. Shaver., and A.G.
Mendenhall.

1998\. State of the Nation's non‑Federal Rangeland: 1992 National
Resource Inventory

Summary: Major Land Resource Areas USDA‑NRCS Tech. Publ. Grazingland
Institute, Ft. Worth, Texas.

Spaeth, K.E., Thurow, R.L., Blackburn, W.H., and F.B. Pierson. 1996.
Ecological dynamics and management effects on rangeland hydrologic
processes. In: Spaeth, K.E., F.B. Pierson, M.A. Weltz, and G. Hendricks.
1996 (eds.). Rangeland hydrology issues: perspectives for the 21st
century. Society for Range Management, Denver Colorado.

Spaeth, K.E., F.B. Pierson, M.A. Weltz, and J.B. Awang. 1996. Gradient
analysis of infiltration and environmental variables related to
rangeland vegetation. Transactions of the ASAE 39(1): 67‑77.

Spaeth, K.E., M.K. Weltz, F.B. Pierson, W.H. Blackburn, and H.D. Fox.
1995. Small plot

rainfall simulation: Background and Procedures. USDA‑Natural Resources
Conservation

Service, Washington, D.C. National Technical Bulletin. No. 230‑15‑12.

Spaeth K.E., M.A. Weltz, F.B. Pierson, and H.D. Fox. 1994. Spatial
pattern analysis of

sagebrush vegetation and potential influences on hydrology and erosion.
Symposium

Proceedings: Variability in rangeland water erosion processes. New
Visions, New Perspectives, 84th Annual Meeting, Soil Science Society of
America, November 1‑6, 1992, Minneapolis, Minnesota. SSSA Special
Publication 38.

Spaeth, K.E., F.B. Pierson, R. Voss, D. Schmidt, and W. Vander Vorste.
1994. Hydrologic assessments within the Bad River watershed of South
Dakota. USDA‑Soil Conservation Service, Midwest National Technical
Center, Lincoln NE. Technical Note 190‑LI‑4.

Spaeth, K., D. Vik, F. Pierson, W. Vander Vorste, and D. Schmidt. 1994.
Erosion prediction in the Bad River Basin, South Dakota, using SPUR‑91.
USDA‑Soil Conservation Service, Midwest National Technical Center,
Lincoln NE. Technical Note 190‑LI‑5.

Spaeth, K.E., F.B Pierson, and L.W. Jolley. 1994. Rangeland hydrologic
assessments at three locations in California: Upper Stoney Watershed,
Sierra Field Station, and Stemple Creek. USDA‑Soil Conservation Service,
Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln, NE. Technical Note 190‑LI‑6.

*For copies of these published papers, please contact Ken Spaeth at:*
<kspaeth@nwrc.ars.usda.gov> *or phone: 208-422-0729*