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- Library Collection RecordSoil moisture patterns in and around gully plugs and contour furrows constructed on Mancos shale-derived soils in Cisco Basin were studied from December of 1965 through December of 1966. Preliminary…Publication Date 1978-07-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordDoe-fawn counts show that the mule deer herd on the LaSal Mountains of southeastern Utah produced over 38% more fawns per doe than the Henry Mountain herd over a 9-year period. Carcass weights of…Publication Date 1978-03-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordSeveral instruments used for measuring soil compaction have been evaluated on a homogeneously-textured, nongravelly silt-loam soil. The instruments used in the study were the air permeameter, proving…Publication Date 1977-11-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordThe ecology and phytosociology of a virgin grassland community (Virginia Park, Canyonlands National Park, Utah) have been investigated. Based on the use of C × F index, Hilaria jamesii and Stipa…Publication Date 1977-07-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordPhenological development of aboveground portions of shadscale and winterfat was observed for 7 years in Curlew Valley, Utah, and graphically related to patterns of precipitation and temperature. The…Publication Date 1978-01-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordA Great Basin band of open range herded sheep was monitored intensively for losses between June 8 and September 29, 1976, in an area where organized predator control had not been employed for the…Publication Date 1978-03-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordRange plant clipping studies were conducted at two elevations on Utah's Wasatch Plateau during 1966 and 1967. It was found that extreme clipping treatments (complete denudation) resulted in…Publication Date 1976-07-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordA comparative study was made of the soils of a virgin grassland and an adjacent grazed area in Canyonlands National Park. Soils from the virgin site were finer textured than those of the grazed area…Publication Date 1977-05-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordPaper chromatography is useful in identifying palatable and unpalatable subspecies of rubber rabbitbrush in Utah. Methanol extraction of dried foliar material followed by two-dimensional (n-butanol:…Publication Date 1975-03-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordApplication of ammonium nitrate stimulated early spring growth initiation of Utah crested wheatgrass pastures. Application rates of 25 to 30 lb N per acre hastened spring range readiness by 11 to 13…Publication Date 1975-05-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordSeedings of Russian wildrye were made in Tintic Valley, Utah, to determine the effects of seeding method, seeding rate, season of planting, and seed type on stand establishment. After 3 years, more…Publication Date 1975-03-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordSediment production and infiltration rates were measured in conjunction with an analysis of burning and grazing treatments in a chained pinyon-juniper study in southeastern Utah. While high natural…Publication Date 1976-01-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordDuring 1973 and 1974 wildland water quality analyses were performed on a semiarid, chained and seeded, pinyon-juniper site in southeastern Utah. The area was treated in 1967 and protected from…Publication Date 1976-03-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordForage production response to nitrogen and phosphorus application on six Utah range and meadow sites was subjected to economic analysis. There was no response to phosphorus application, but nitrogen…Publication Date 1974-09-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordExplorers and early settlers found abundant grass and little sagebrush in Cache Valley in northeastern Utah and southeastern Idaho. Excessive grazing by livestock after settlement caused the grass to…Publication Date 1974-01-01
- Idaho
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordGross value of production from western rangelands average$7.46 per AUM based upon aggregate data from Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and Oregon for 1966-70 and reached about $10 per AUM in 1972. Privately…Publication Date 1974-11-01
- Oregon
- Wyoming
- Nevada
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordTests of many species over several years on seven sites show that smooth brome and meadow and creeping foxtails are adapted for seeding most mountain rangelands. However, smooth brome did not…Publication Date 1974-03-01
- Idaho
- Wyoming
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordEstimates of yearlong carrying capacity obtained by three different techniques are compared in terms of accuracy as measured by actual carrying capacity of a northern Utah cattle ranch. A new "…Publication Date 1973-07-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordVertical and horizontal distributions of roots and rhizomes were examined in five clones of galleta bisected near Cisco and Cedar City, Utah. Quantity of roots and rhizomes did not differ…Publication Date 1973-01-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordThirty-seven species were seeded experimentally in northern Utah on 14 areas on depleted and terraced mountainous rangelands from 1936 to 1939. Seventeen species had fair to excellent 3-year-old…Publication Date 1973-03-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordFoam rubber sheet stock, 48 inches wide and 3/16 inch thick, was lap jointed, using a contact cement, to fabricate three floating covers. Their performance was evaluated on 24-and 30-foot diameter…Publication Date 1973-11-01
- performance
- Floating Sheets
- Foam Rubber
- Stock Tank Evaporation
- Contact Cement
- Pecking
- clogging
- separation
- cost
- problems
- Utah State University
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordNet and solar radiation, and wind were measured during parts of 1968 and 1969 on a pinyon-juniper site in southwestern Utah. Treatments were chaining-with-debris windrowed, chaining-with-debris-in-…Publication Date 1973-03-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordRunoff and sediment production from a chained pinyon-juniper site in both southeastern and southwestern Utah was measured from about June 6 to October 1 over a 5-year period (1968-1972) using .04-…Publication Date 1973-11-01
- sediments
- windrowing
- infiltrometer studies
- Chained
- debris
- Runoff Plots
- pinyon-juniper sites
- water yield
- fencing
- treatments
- yields
- runoff
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordSmall mammal numbers were studied by snap trapping on six areas in Utah where juniper range had been cleared and seeded. On one area, which was trapped both before and for the first 3 years after…Publication Date 1973-03-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordSoil moisture patterns were studied under chaining-with-windrowing, chaining-with-debris-in-place, and natural woodland at one site each in both southwestern and southeastern Utah. Results of the…Publication Date 1973-11-01
- Vegetation Density
- Moisture Accumulation
- pinyon-juniper
- Natural Woodland
- Juniperus osteosperma
- deppeana
- site description
- Milford
- Blanding
- woodlands
- windrowing
- Chained
- debris
- Pinus edulis
- soil moisture
- soil profiles
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordAre market forces at work in determining range forage values? This study tests the hypothesis that market forces are at work in spite of the facts of administered grazing fees, rationing, and grazing…Publication Date 1967-11-01
- Discovering
- Market Forces
- Administered Grazing Fees
- Rationing
- Public Land Agencies
- Grazing Policies
- grazing fees
- models
- Rancher Use Costs
- Permit Value
- Hauling
- Lesee
- Range Markets
- Death Losses
- Fair
- Transportation
- herding
- ranchers
- grazing values
- range forage
- AUM
- animal unit month
- Grazing Control
- Utah
- carrying capacity
- Library Collection RecordUnclipped forbs produced more herbage and flower stalks over a 10-year period than plants clipped 50, 75, and 90%. Herbage production by the plants clipped 75 and 90% decreased rapidly over the years…Publication Date 1968-03-01
- Flower Stalk Production
- Summer Range Forbs
- Ligusticum
- Valerian
- Wasatch Plateau
- clipping
- Geranium
- herbage
- herbage production
- vigor
- grazing
- mortality
- forbs
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordHalogeton first infested the Benmore Experimental Area on heavily grazed "slick spots," where soils contain more total soluble salts and greater amounts of exchangeable sodium than adjacent…Publication Date 1968-01-01
- Rest Rotation Grazing
- Halogeton Invasion
- Crested Wheatgrass Range
- Benmore Experimental Area
- slickspots
- Seeding Light Stocking
- Soluble Salts
- sodium
- topography
- grazing intensity
- Heavy Grazing
- grazing season
- Halogeton glomeratus
- precipitation
- soils
- deferment
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordDiurnal and seasonal differences, as well as site features of slope aspect and shading, were found to be significant variables related to forage moisture content on a mountain summer range in…Publication Date 1968-07-01
- Forage Moisture Variations
- Mountain Summer Range
- Diurnal
- Site Features
- Slope Aspect
- shading
- Wet Weight
- Dry Matter Data
- Leaf Texture
- Time of Day
- seasonal variation
- moisture content
- dry weight
- animal unit month
- Differences
- shrubs
- seasonal
- conversion
- range production
- forbs
- grasses
- Utah
- interactions
- Library Collection RecordNine legumes, including three strains of variegated alfalfa, were planted in mixture with each of four grasses in the fall of 1950. Alfalfa A-169 was the most productive legume. In 1965 it yielded…Publication Date 1968-07-01
- mountain range
- Mountain Brome
- Majors Flat
- Rhizomatous Intermediate Wheatgrass
- mixtures
- smooth brome
- legumes
- yield
- growth
- grasses
- Utah
- crested wheatgrass
- alfalfa
- Library Collection RecordThis report includes data on utilization of loco plant by sheep on winter range, a comparison of the toxicity of loco plant to sheep of different ages, influence of supplementation on the incidence…Publication Date 1968-11-01
- Loco
- Plant Poisoning
- Locoism
- locoweed
- Locoed
- Teratogenic
- Abrotifacient
- Blood Changes
- Nephritis
- pubentisismus
- Green River Milkvetch
- Aviodance
- Supplementation
- Infestation
- symptoms
- reproduction
- toxicity
- ecology
- Oxytropis
- Astragalus
- utilization
- prevention
- palatability
- age
- grazing
- sheep
- Wyoming
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of mechanical treatments, such as contour furrowing, pitting, and ripping, on forage production and water storage were measured in Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and…Publication Date 1966-07-01
- Pitting
- Nuttall Saltbush
- West
- Chemistry
- vegetation types
- ripping
- responses
- Contour Furrowing
- mechanical treatments
- Broadbase Furrowing
- Furrowing
- Medium
- Fine
- needle-and-thread
- Soil Effects
- Mositure Storage
- Biological Effects
- water storage
- soil texture
- black grama
- Winterfat
- forage production
- runoff
- Wyoming
- Montana
- Utah
- New Mexico
- Arizona
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordGood correlations have been reported between precipitation and herbage production, and between precipitation and radial increment of growth rings in trees and shrubs. Because herbage production and…Publication Date 1967-01-01
- Range Herbage Production
- Annual Rings
- Radial Increment
- growth rings
- estimation
- woody plants
- correlation coefficients
- correlation
- herbage production
- precipitation
- Idaho
- Oregon
- California
- Montana
- Utah
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordBulk density of the soil in grazed plots was similar to that in ungrazed exclosures both in early summer before grazing and in late summer after grazing. Increases in bulk density during the summer…Publication Date 1967-05-01
- rest rotation
- Diamond Mountain Plateau
- Uinta Mountains
- Soil Factor
- high elevation
- clay
- Swale
- effects
- organic matter
- cattle ranges
- rotation
- soil compaction
- summer
- uplands
- soil moisture
- bulk density
- grazing
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordThis study indicates that tree foliage yield can be approximated from crown measurements. The relation between crown and foliage production is improved by including ratings of foliage denseness (…Publication Date 1967-05-01
- Ratings
- Dense
- Foliage Yields
- Tree Foliage
- Foliage Production
- site potential
- Juniperus osteosperma
- Sparse
- Utah Juniper
- Medium
- juniper
- measurements
- Crown Diameter
- rangelands
- fruit
- density
- conditions
- Soil Characteristics
- soils
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordMany factors affect the utilization of mountain terrain by cattle and these factors are interrelated and exert their influence in a complicated manner. Actual use obtained under good management is…Publication Date 1966-07-01
- vegetation cover
- mountain slopes
- Actual Use
- Percent Slope
- Palatable Plants
- Brush Thickness
- Range Survey
- Degree of Use
- topography
- salt
- utilization
- water
- terrain
- cattle
- Location
- Utah
- management
- Library Collection RecordOn No Man's Land Mesa, a relict area in Kane County, Utah, two distinctly different soils were found which produce significantly different kinds and amounts of vegetation. The Upland sand (Pinon…Publication Date 1967-01-01
- No Man's Land Mesa
- relict areas
- Kane County
- Upland Sand
- pinyon-juniper
- Upland Shallow Breaks
- plant yields
- weight
- composition
- soils
- vegetation
- production
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1950-04-01
- Logan
- browse plants
- Typical
- Utah Juniper
- Juniperus utahensis
- Rocky Mountain Red Juniper
- J. scopulorum
- Hybrid Mahogany
- Artemisia tridentata nova
- C. ledifolius
- weights
- mule deer
- ranges
- winter
- consumption
- native
- Browse Species
- deer
- feeding
- palatability
- big sagebrush
- Artemisia tridentata
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1950-01-01
- grazing
- methods
- Intermountain Region
- scale
- Depleted Range Land
- Planting Zones
- Sagebrush Zone
- Mountain Brush Zone
- Subalpine Zone
- Salt-Desert Shrub Zone
- Pilot Plantings
- Species Suitability
- Collection
- Test Plots
- Range Plots
- Area Plantings
- Ephraim Canyon
- Eliminating Competition
- Sowing Seed
- Reducing Cheatgrass Competition
- Rate
- Time of Sowing
- site factors
- plant breeding
- herbage
- research
- reseeding
- seeding
- Forest Service
- yields
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1951-07-01
- Committee on the Halogeton Problem
- Growers
- scraping
- poisoning
- ecology
- burning
- Halogeton glomeratus
- Halogeton
- spraying
- livestock
- sheep
- control
- Utah
- management
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1951-07-01
- Lingnin-Ratio Method
- pinyon pine
- diet composition
- Saltbrush Desert Range
- overgrazing
- Forage Consumption
- Pinus monophylla
- Utah Juniper
- Juniperus utahensis
- winter range
- diet
- desert range
- browse
- seasons
- forage production
- utilization
- grazing
- sheep
- forage
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1953-05-01
- Vegetal Changes
- Benmore
- daily gains
- Spring Cattle Gains
- Fall Cattle Gains
- grazing methods
- Calf Gains
- Effects on Vegetation
- light grazing
- cattle gains
- seeding
- grazing treatments
- forage
- Utah
- management
- crested wheatgrass
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1954-01-01
- consumption
- forbs
- mountains
- Common
- Forage Character
- Topographic Features
- Water Distribution
- Wasatch
- Conversion Ratios
- summer
- browse
- range
- forage production
- utilization
- palatability
- Use
- sheep
- cattle
- grasses
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1953-01-01
- Captive
- Browse Material
- preference studies
- Forage Consumption
- Logan
- field observations
- mule deer
- consumption
- summer
- native forage
- sheep
- forbs
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1954-03-01
- Ephraim
- beardless bluebunch wheatgrass
- Bulbous Bluegrass
- Poa Bulbosa
- Sheep Days
- fall
- Intensities
- light grazing
- litter
- Heavy Grazing
- Moderate Grazing
- Deferred
- Gains
- Early
- Agropyron inerme
- herbage production
- utilization
- seeding
- Agropyron cristatum
- grazing
- sheep
- vegetation
- cover
- Utah
- crested wheatgrass
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1953-01-01
- grazing capacity
- clearing
- erosion
- Reseeded Range
- ranch operation
- Lamb Weight
- calf weight
- Increased Forage
- East Hoytsville Range Company
- seed mixtures
- Rotation-Deferred
- grazing season
- Farm Production
- Winter Feeding
- production costs
- forage improvements
- seeding
- sheep
- Utah
- management
- benefits
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1952-09-01
- spring range
- Native Perennials
- Enerty
- cellulose
- Nutritive Content
- calcium
- ash
- carbohydrates
- perennial grasses
- nutritive value
- cheatgrass
- lignin
- digestibility
- Livestock Industry
- protein
- phosphorus
- Great Basin
- seeding
- Agropyron cristatum
- grazing
- livestock
- sheep
- cattle
- Bromus tectorum
- forage
- Utah
- crested wheatgrass
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1951-09-01
- Utah State Fish and Game
- Utah State Agricultural College
- u.s. Bureau of Land Management
- Game Livestock Studies
- Public Education
- public lands
- BLM
- forest range
- U.S. Forest Service
- research
- big game
- range
- deer
- Stocking
- livestock
- sheep
- game
- overgrazing
- conservation
- problems
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1962-09-01
- plant associations
- Indian Ricegrass
- Yellowbrush
- ClassificationIndicators
- fence line contrast
- Escalante Desert
- Chi Square
- Galleta Grass
- Quantitative
- ranges
- conditions
- Winterfat
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1963-09-01
- grass production
- brush invasion
- root distribution
- foothill range
- intermediate wheatgrass
- leaves
- Reinvasion
- Kill
- Grass Vigor
- root development
- Grass Response
- herbicides
- Seeded Grasses
- competition
- height
- soil moisture
- big sagebrush
- 2,4-D
- Artemisia tridentata
- Utah
- crested wheatgrass