This report describes a project undertaken to test equipment that could enable livestock managers in Alaska to track the location of their animals on remote rangelands. Systems were field tested in order to determine how effective, useful, reliable, and user friendly they were in sending real-time global positioning system (GPS) data about cattle locations to online mapping applications. Three kinds of GPS tracking systems were tested by members of the Fox River Cattlemen’s Association (FRCA). In early May (after green-up), these four cattlemen turn their herds out on the Fox River Flats (FRF) state grazing lease at the head of Kachemak Bay. As shown in maps later in this chapter, this grazing lease area is remote and relatively inaccessible, particularly areas on the far side of Fox River. Cattlemen gather their herds in October and drive or haul them to overwinter at their ranches.
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