Oh No! Will It Change Again! Version 5 ? Next Steps Where might we go from here? One thing we said with the publication of version 3 was that as we learn more about rangeland health, we will modify this technique to reflect our knowledge. But what things are we thinking about for the future?

Matrix – Ecological Site Specific Currently Only None-to-Slight is specific Whats Next Require Ecological Site Specific descriptors Generics may disappear or become guidance As you can tell, we are moving in the direction toward requiring ecological site specific descriptions for each departure category in the evaluation matrix. Currently we only require the None-to-Slight category which comes from the Reference Sheet, but we are close to requiring the development of descriptors for each departure category for each indicator. This is what Pat suggested to you in this training, but soon it may become required. When that happens the Generic Descriptors for each indicator may disappear and only be available as guidance in developing more specific descriptors.

Scaling Up Landscape scale evaluations Merely scale up? Discussing the factors needed to evaluate a landscape