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Hailey Wilmer
Climate Hub Fellow
CONTACT INFORMATION     ADDRESS: USDA, ARSCrops Research Laboratory1701 Center Ave.Fort Collins, CO 80526     PHONE: 970-492-7121 FAX:     970-492-7160
Email: Hailey.Wilmer@usda.gov Hailey is a social rangeland scientist studying the intersection of cultural, political and ecological systems and adaptive rangeland management. Originally from Montana, she earned her Ph.D. from Colorado State University in Rangeland Ecosystem Science in 2016. As Climate Hub Fellow, Hailey works with the RRRU and across USDA agencies and agriculture stakeholder groups on research that supports adaptive management in drought and extreme weather events.  Hailey’s research methods include qualitative (interviews, focus groups) and quantitative ecological monitoring that document the decision-making processes of family ranches in Colorado and Wyoming. Education: B.S. 2009 Cornell University, International Agriculture and Rural Development; Agriculture Science Education M.S. 2014 Colorado State University, Rangeland Ecosystem Science Ph.D. 2016 Colorado State University, Rangeland Ecosystem Science with certificate in Women’s Studies.  Her specific research questions are:-What processes and strategies support adaptive decision-making in ranching systems operating under highly variable weather conditions?-At what scales (social, temporal, and spatial) do adaptive decisions take place?-What are the ecological outcomes of ranch decision-making strategies?-How do diverse rangeland stakeholders make management decisions for multiple rangeland stewardship objectives in a 10-year collaborative adaptive rangeland management experiment? **Publications:** Wilmer, H., Ferguson, D.B., Dinan, M., Thacker, E., Adler, P.B., Walsh, K.B., Bradford, J.B., Brunson, M., **Derner, J.D.**, Elias, E., Felton, A. ... Suding, K.N. 2024.Resilience is not enough: Toward a more meaningful rangeland adaptation science.*Rangeland Ecology & Management*95: 56-67.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1550742424000551 Derner, J.D.,**Wilmer, H.**, Stackhouse-Lawson, K., Place, S., and Boggess, M. 2023. Practical considerations for adaptive strategies by US grazing land managers with a changing climate. *Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment* 6: 1–13.https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.2035 Spiegal, S., Webb, N.P., Boughton, E.H., Boughton, R.K., Brymer, A.B., Clark, P.E., Collins, C.D.H.,Hoover, D.L., Kaplan, N., McCord, S.E., Meredith, G., Porensky, L.M., Toledo, D.,**Wilmer, H.**, Wulfhorst, J.D. and Bestelmeyer, B.T. 2022. Measuring the social and ecological performance of agricultural innovations on rangelands: Progress and plans for an indicator framework in the LTAR network.*Rangelands*44: 334–344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2021.12.005 **Wilmer, H.**, Schulz, T., Fernández-Giménez, M.E.,Derner, J.D., Porensky, L.M., Augustine, D.J., Ritten, J., Dwyer, A. and Meade, R. 2022. Social learning lessons from collaborative adaptive rangeland management.*Rangelands*44(5): 316-326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2021.02.002 Derner, J.D.,****Roberts, K., Eisele, M.,**Wilmer, H.,**Mortenson, M., Freeman, P.and Lockman, R. 2022.King Ranch: Ranching on the edge.*****Rangelands*44(6), 411-417. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2022.09.002 Greene, C., **Wilmer, H.**, Ferguson, D.B., Crimmins, M.A., McClaran, M.P. 2022. Using scale and human agency to frame ranchers’ discussions about socio-ecological change and resilience. *Journal of Rural Studies* 96, 217-226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.11.001. Baldwin, T., Ritten, J.P.,Derner, J.D.,Augustine, D.J., **Wilmer, H.**,Wahlert, J., Anderson, S., Irisarri, G. andPeck, D.E.2022.Stocking rate and marketing dates for yearling steers grazing rangelands: Can producers do things differently to increase economic net benefits?*Rangelands*44(4):251–257.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2022.04.002 Derner, J.D.,Budd, B., Grissom, G., Kachergis, E.J.,****Augustine, D.J.,**Wilmer, H.**, Scasta, J.D. and Ritten, J.P. 2021.Adaptive grazing management in semiarid rangelands: An outcome-driven focus.*Rangelands*44(1):111–118. doi 10.1016/j.rala.2021.02.004. Derner, J. D, D. J. Augustine, D. D. Briske, **H. Wilmer,** L. M. Porensky, M. E. Fernández-Giménez , D. E. Peck,  J. P. Ritten , and the CARM Stakeholder Group. 2021.****Can Collaborative Adaptive Management Improve Cattle Production in Multipaddock Grazing Systems?*****Rangeland Ecology & Management*75:1-8. **Wilmer, H**., D. J. Augustine, J. D. Derner, D. G. Milchunas. 2020. Assessing the rate and reversibility of large-herbivore effects on community composition in a semi-arid grassland ecosystem. *Journal of Vegetation Science,*DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12934 Lassa, M. J., **H. Wilmer**, M. Boone, Z. Brown, J.D. Derner, D.E. Peck, C. Thissen, C. Marlow. 2020. How to talk with ranchers about drought and climate resilience: Lessons from Knowledge exchange workshops in Montana.*Journal of Extension* 58: 1-14. Augustine, D. J. , J. D. Derner, M. E. Fernández-Giménez, L. M. Porensky , **H. Wilmer**, D. D. Briske  , the CARM Stakeholder Group. 2020.  Adaptive, multipaddock rotational grazing management: a ranch-scale assessment of effects on vegetation and livestock performance in semiarid rangeland. *Rangeland Ecology & Management*73: 796–810. **Wilmer, H.** and J. Sturrock. 2020. “Humbled by Nature” A rancher’s mental model of adaptation in the great plains. *Great Plains Research*, 30: 15-33. Hoover, D. L., B. Bestelmeyer, N. B. Grimm, T. E. Huxman, S. C. Reed, O. Sala, T. R. Seastedt, **H. Wilmer,** And S. Ferrenberg. 2020.  Traversing the Wasteland: A Framework for Assessing Ecological Threats to Drylands. *BioScience*XX: 1–13, doi:10.1093/biosci/biz126 Reynolds, A. Q., J. D. Derner, D. J. Augustine, L. M. Porensky, **H. Wilmer,** T. Jorns, D. D. Briske, J. D. Scasta, and M. E. Fernández-Giménez, and the CARM Stakeholder Group. 2019. Ecological sites: can they be managed to promote livestock production? *Rangelands* 41:239–243, doi 10.1016/j.rala.2019.07.003 **Wilmer, H.,** M. E. Fernandez‐Gimenez, S. Ghajar, P. L. Taylor, C. Souza, J. D. Derner. 2019. Managing for the middle: rancher care ethics under uncertainty on Western Great Plains rangelands. *Agriculture and Human Values*, doi.org/10.1007/s10460-019-10003-w Bruno, J.E, C. Jamsranjav, K. E. Jablonski, E. G. Dosamantes, **H. Wilmer**, M. E. Fernandez-Gimenez. 2019. Landscape of North American Rangeland Social Science: Systematic Map, *Rangeland Ecology & Management*, doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2019.10.005 Ma, L., Derner, J. D., Harmel, R. D., Tatarko, J., Moore, A. D., Rotz, C. A., Augustine, D. J., Boone, R. B., Coughenour, M. B., Beukes, P. C., van Wijk, M. T., Bellocchi, G., Cullen, B. R., and **Wilmer. H**. 2019. Application of Grazing Land Models in Ecosystem Management: Current Status and Next Frontiers. *Advances in Agronomy* 158:173-216. Rink, K.A., P. Turk, S. L. Archibeque-Engle**, H. Wilmer**, J. K. Ahola, J. C. Hadrich, and I. N. Roman-Muniz. 2019. Dairy producer perceptions of the Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) Animal Care Program. *Journal Dairy Science,*102; doi.org/10.3168/jds.2019-16859 Ghajar, S., M. E. Fernández-Giménez, **H. Wilmer**.  2019. Home on the digital range: ranchers’ web access and use. *Rangeland Ecology & Management* 72:711–720 Fernández-Giménez, M. E., D. J. Augustine, L. M. Porensky,**H. Wilmer**, J. D. Derner, D. D. Briske, and M. Olsgard Stewart. 2019.Complexity fosters learning in collaborative adaptive management. *Ecology and Society*24(2):29. doi.org/10.5751/ES-10963-240229 **Wilmer, H**.,  L.M. Porensky,  M.E. Fernández-Giménez,  J.D. Derner, D.J. Augustine,  J.P. Ritten, D.P. Peck. 2019. Community-Engaged Research Builds a Nature-Culture of Hope on North American Great Plains Rangelands. *Social Sciences*, 8, 22; doi:10.3390/socsci8010022 Fernández-Giménez, M. E., L. B. Jennings & **H. Wilmer**. 2018. Poetic Inquiry as a Research and Engagement Method in Natural Resource Science. *Society & Natural Resources,* 1-12. DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2018.1486493 **Wilmer,  H**., D. J. Augustine ,  J. D. Derner,  M. E. Fernández-Giménez  D. D. Briske, L. M. Roche, K. W. Tate , K. E. Miller. 2018.  Diverse Management Strategies Produce Similar Ecological Outcomes on Ranches in Western Great Plains: Social-Ecological Assessment.*Rangeland Ecology & Management* 71: 626–636  Fact sheet Summary **Wilmer, H.,**  J. D. Derner, M. E. Fernández-Giménez , D. D. Briske , D. J. Augustine, L. M. Porensky , the CARM Stakeholder Group.  2018.  Collaborative Adaptive Rangeland Management Fosters Management-Science Partnerships. *Rangeland Ecology & Management* 71: 646–657  Fact Sheet Summary Derner, J. , D. Briske,  M.  Reeves, T. Brown-Brandl, M.  Meehan, D. Blumenthal, W. Travi ,D. Augustine,  **H.  Wilmer**, D. Scasta, J. Hendrickson,  J. Volesky, L. Edwards, D. Peck. 2017. Vulnerability of grazing and confined livestock in the Northern Great Plains to projected mid and late-twenty-first century climate. *Climatic Change* DOI 10.1007/s10584-017-2029-6 Stephenson, M.B., **H. Wilmer**, R. Bolze, and B. Schiltz 2017. Evaluating an on-ranch rangeland monitoring program in Nebraska. Rangelands, 39: 143-151; doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2017.08.001 Iniesta-Arandia I, Ravera F, Buechler S, Díaz-Reviriego I, Fernández-Giménez ME, Reed MG, Thompson-Hall M, **Wilmer H,** Aregu L, Cohen P, Djoudi H. 2016. A synthesis of convergent reflections, tensions and silences in linking gender and global environmental change research. *Ambio*. 45:383-93. **Wilmer, H.,** & Fernandez-Gimenez, M. E.  2016. Some years you live like a coyote: Gendered practices of cultural resilience in working rangeland landscapes. *Ambio*45:S363–S372, DOI 10.1007/s13280-016-0835-0 **Wilmer, H.,** York, E., Kelley, W. K., & Brunson, M. W. (2016.  “In Every Rancher’s Mind”: Effects of Drought on Ranch Planning and Practice. *Rangelands*, 38: 216-221. **Wilmer, H.,** & Fernandez-Gimenez, M. E.  2016. Voices of change:  Narratives from ranching women of the southwest US. *Rangeland Ecology & Management*69: 150-158. **Wilmer, H.,** & Fernández-Giménez, M.E.  2015. Rethinking rancher decision-making: a grounded theory of ranching approaches to drought and succession management. *The Rangeland Journal* 37: 517–528. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/RJ15017 **Wilmer, H.**, & Mealor, R. 2013. Incorporating women's voices into Wyoming rangeland research and extension. *Rangelands* 35:36-40.


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