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- Library Collection RecordThe information from this study is important for helping promote a more sustainable use of resources, such as grasses and shrubs, and in increasing an understanding of the utilization dynamics and…Publication Date 2018-10
- biodiversity
- rangeland rehabilitation
- species composition
- Vegetation Growth
- Library Collection RecordUtilization levels and residual height are tools for adaptive management, not management objectives. Utilization/residual measurements are subject to many sources of sampling, procedural and personal…Publication Date 2018-10
- adaptive management
- grazing management
- monitoring
- residual vegetation
- stubble height
- utilization
- Library Collection RecordThere are now over 130,000 head of wild horses and burros in the Bureau of Land Management program. Management tools in the original authorizations (Wild Horse and Burro Act; Public Rangelands…Publication Date 2018-10
- appropriate management levels
- horse management areas
- wild horses and burros
- Library Collection RecordWe evaluated relationships between bison weights and prior precipitation during 1983 to 2015 for Wind Cave and 1998 to 2015 for Badlands National Parks. We generally found positive correlations…Publication Date 2018-08
- Badlands National Park
- bison
- Bison bison
- precipitation
- weight
- Wind Cave National Park
- Library Collection RecordMany people believe grazing management is vital to ecosystem health. Others feel ecosystems are only healthy when nature takes its course. The Great Plains bison population of the early 1800s…Publication Date 2018-08
- bison
- extinction
- keystone species
- overhunting
- range management
- Library Collection RecordArmy cutworms consumed cheatgrass to produce cheatgrass die-offs at low elevations in southwest Idaho in 2014. The larvae also consumed foliage and bark of native shrubs. Army cutworm outbreaks seem…Publication Date 2018-08
- Bromus tectorum
- Euxoa auxiliaris
- invasive plants
- revegetation
- sagebrush steppe
- salt desert scrub
- Library Collection RecordIn eight counties in Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska characterized by high levels of intact Northern Great Plains grassland habitat, ranchers observe the following sustainability challenges: Land…Publication Date 2018-06
- conservation
- life cycle
- ranching
- succession
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordOver 400,000 km2 of the Intermountain West is colonized by cheatgrass and other annual grasses. Planning and management actions designed to foster perennial grass health throughout the region have…Publication Date 2018-06
- Bromus tectorum
- fuels management
- Great Basin
- Intermountain West
- invasive annuals
- remnant perennial grasses
- Library Collection RecordGrasshopper outbreaks in Nebraska have resulted in losses over $2 million per year due to lost forage for livestock. As much as 23% of western U.S. forage is consumed by grasshoppers annually.…Publication Date 2018-06
- AUMs
- cattle
- grasshoppers
- grazing
- insecticide
- Library Collection RecordTanglehead is a native bunchgrass with a pan-tropical distribution. Historically, tanglehead was common but not abundant in southern Texas and was considered a decreaser whose presence indicated good…Publication Date 2018-04
- grazing management
- habitat quality
- invasive grasses
- native grasses
- prescribed fire
- rangeland improvement
- Library Collection RecordOur study confirms that grazing by cattle and horses can negatively impact riparian ecosystems if not properly managed. Population levels and grazing patterns of wild free-roaming horses limit…Publication Date 2018-04
- game camera
- grazing
- species interaction
- streambank alteration
- stubble height
- Library Collection RecordWe compared land cover attributes on rangeland pastures with strategically managed ranches (SGM), continuously stocked (CS), and rested pastures. SGM pastures had less upland bare ground and more…Publication Date 2018-02
- complex systems
- remote sensing
- riparian vegetation
- strategic grazing management
- upland bare ground
- Library Collection RecordBeef production is perceived as using large amounts of water, and some studies recommend decreasing or ceasing meat consumption to decrease water use. Water footprints include different types of…Publication Date 2018-02
- beef cattle
- ecosystem benefits
- rangeland
- water use
- Library Collection RecordRangeland vulnerability assessments have the potential to function as conceptual tools for policymakers and rangeland users to ensure the sustainable management of vulnerable rangelands. This…Publication Date 2018-02
- biophysical indicators
- integrated approaches
- Me-Bar and Valdez technique
- socioeconomic indicators
- sustainability
- vulnerability
- Library Collection RecordAlthough research on the behavior of individual animals has been growing in recent years, the role that individual variation among animals may play in the outcome of species interactions in nature…Publication Date 2018-02
- granivorous rodents
- individual variation
- livestock
- mountain lions
- rangeland management
- sage-grouse
- Library Collection RecordThis Guide is one output of a long-term project organized by researchers from the University of Arizona which intended to address drought concerns for livestock grazing in the Southwestern United…Publication Date 2018
- drought
- livestock
- grazing
- Forest Land
- guidelines
- Southwest
- national forests
- Guide
- Library Collection RecordThe Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) was historically distributed throughout the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Extensive predator removal campaigns during the early 20th…Publication Date 2018
- Arizona
- conservation genomics
- gray wolves
- hybridization
- New Mexico
- single nucleotide polymorphisms
- Library Collection RecordThe Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) was included in the 1973 Endangered Species Act listing of the gray wolf (C. lupus), but then listed separately as a subspecies in 2015. Early accounts of its…Publication Date 2018
- Canis lupus baileyi
- Genetic integrity
- Genetic swamping
- historical range
- recovery
- Library Collection RecordEcological sites are a conceptual landscape classification system used to interpret potential across the landscape. The fundamental assumption of ecological sites is that landscapes can be grouped…Publication Date 2018
- ecological indicators
- site
- landscape
- indicators
- descriptors
- land classification
- biome
- Description
- Library Collection RecordWhat happens when you do a ten year experiment with researchers, ranchers, staff from environmental organizations, and federal and state land managers? This interactive fact sheet has the story of…Publication Date 2018
- Library Collection RecordMaking changes on the farm or ranch involves taking risks. One or two years spent experimenting can lead to a financial hit too difficult to recover from. That’s where Western SARE’s Farmer/…Publication Date 2018
- Almonds
- animal production
- crop production
- Cropping Systems
- Hazelnuts
- integrated pest management
- livestock
- Nuts
- Organic agriculture
- pest management
- pollination
- soil management
- Library Collection RecordGully erosion and channel incision are widespread problems reducing the function and resilience of wet meadows and riparian areas. The loss of natural water storage capacity in these systems is of…Publication Date 2018
- Upland areas
- upland soils
- landscape
- Landscape morphology
- water conservation
- water erosion
- monitoring
- ecological restoration
- rock structures
- Water Infiltration
- Library Collection RecordFew grazing themes so endure yet are so difficult for outsiders to document with certainty as historical and current-day livestock grazing routes: stock driveways. Excursions from one biome, ecotone…Publication Date 2018
- transhumance
- livestock grazing
- Library Collection RecordDespite a nationwide emphasis on improving soil health in the United States, current measurement protocols have little consistency. To survey assessment practices, we conducted a meta-analysis of…Publication Date 2018
- soil
- soil health
- indicators
- aggregate stability
- protocols
- sampling
- Measure
- Library Collection RecordThe phenomenon of cheatgrass die-off is a common and naturally occurring stand failure that can eliminate the presence of this annual grass for a year or more, affecting tens of thousands of hectares…Publication Date 2017-12
- Bromus tectorum
- cheatgrass
- die-off
- Great Basin
- restoration
- revegetation
- Library Collection RecordEastern redcedar trees have encroached on Great Plains grasslands and are spreading at a glacial pace, reducing forage production, destroying native ecosystems, and producing human health harming…Publication Date 2017-12
- Business
- Eastern Redcedar
- economics
- encroaching species
- removal
- Library Collection RecordFour-wing saltbush is an important browse species for wildlife and domestic livestock and has been reported to provide as much as 11.4% to 13.6% crude protein. Granivorous rodents are important in…Publication Date 2017-12
- granivorous rodents
- Saltbush
- seed predation
- seedling predation
- Library Collection RecordCheatgrass has transformed secondary succession in arid sagebrush plant communities in the Great Basin by providing a fine-textured, early maturing fuel that increases the chance, rate, spread, and…Publication Date 2017-12
- fuels management
- seeding
- Suppression
- weed control
- Library Collection RecordWe present information useful to various stakeholders, including land managers, agency personnel, practitioners, and researchers, as it presents methodology for ○ Determining the best period for hay…Publication Date 2017-10
- climate change
- Geographic Information System
- grasslands
- Pastoralists
- rangelands
- remote sensing
- Library Collection RecordRangeland monitoring is an important component of rangeland management. The Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition developed a rangeland monitoring program (RMP) in 2009 to assist livestock producers in…Publication Date 2017-10
- adaptive management
- rangeland monitoring
- survey
- university extension
- Library Collection RecordMany public agencies and land trusts that manage grazing lands are interested in using remote sensing technologies to make their monitoring programs more efficient but lack the expertise to do so. In…Publication Date 2017-10
- California annual grassland
- conservation easement
- decision-support tool
- MODIS
- RDMapper
- residual dry matter
- Library Collection RecordThis study assesses the drought coping strategies of rangeland users (RUs) in Fars province in southwest Iran. Our findings reveal that in the RUs’ experience, the most effective drought coping…Publication Date 2017-10
- drought
- grazing capacity
- Indigenous knowledge
- rangeland improvement
- stocking rate
- sustainable rangeland management
- Library Collection RecordSoils properties can affect the ability of an animal to dig burrows for habitat and survival purposes. The Sonoran (Gopherus morafkai) and Mojave Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) require burrows…Publication Date 2017-06
- ecological site
- habitats of opportunity
- soils and landform characteristics
- soils classification criteria
- Sonoran Desert Tortoise
- upland rangeland health
- Library Collection RecordOur experience shows that land management agencies rely on upland water and deferred rotation grazing systems to reduce riparian use and improve conditions, rather than addressing stocking rate and…Publication Date 2017-06
- bank alteration
- deferred rotatio
- riparian
- stubble height
- upland water
- utilization
- Library Collection RecordWind erosion is a major resource concern for rangeland managers because it can impact soil health, ecosystem structure and function, hydrologic processes, agricultural production, and air quality.…Publication Date 2017-06
- air quality
- Dust
- Long-Term Agroecosystem Research
- network
- soil health
- Library Collection RecordBiodiversity is an important ecosystem service provided by rangelands. However, the close link between biodiversity and rangelands often results in conflicts between human livelihood and biological…Publication Date 2017-04
- Chile
- guanaco
- livestock-wildlife conflict
- Patagonia
- ranching
- Tierra del Fuego
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground Despite prescribed fire programs, invasive juniper trees are increasing in the Great Plains. Continued encroachment of junipers in the Great Plains, especially eastern redcedar and Ashe…Publication Date 2017-04
- Eastern Redcedar
- economics
- fire
- invasive species
- Juniperus
- policy
- Library Collection RecordWe used social-science methods to study how social, economic, technical, and institutional factors have influenced medusahead control near Paradise, Utah, over the past 25 years. In general, control…Publication Date 2017-04
- community-based natural resource management
- risk and uncertainty in restoration ecology
- social-ecological systems
- Taeniatherum caput-medusae
- weed extension
- Weed Prevention Area
- Library Collection RecordOpportunities for rangeland inventory and monitoring have been transformed by innovations in both indicator and methods standardization and new technologies. These technologies make it easier to…Publication Date 2017-04
- assessment
- inventory
- mobile apps
- monitoring
- Library Collection RecordDrought response is widely varied depending on both the characteristics of the drought and the ability of individual ranchers to respond. Assistance from institutions during drought has not typically…Publication Date 2017-04
- adaptive management
- C sequestration
- decision support
- drought policy
- Library Collection RecordThe concepts of animal units, animal unit months, and animal unit equivalents have long been used as standards for range management planning, estimating stocking rates, reporting actual use,…Publication Date 2017-02
- animal unit
- animal unit equivalent
- animal unit month
- Cow Weights
- forage requirement
- stocking rates
- Library Collection RecordLand treatments occurring over millions of hectares of public rangelands in the Great Basin over the last 75 years represent one of the largest vegetation manipulation and restoration efforts in the…Publication Date 2017-02
- adaptive management
- Bureau of Land Management
- land treatment
- rehabilitation
- restoration
- soil
- Library Collection RecordIn this article, I share river restoration techniques for land owners whose ranch property boundaries extend to the middle of a river. These lessons learned may help other ranchers save money and…Publication Date 2017-02
- East Central New Mexico
- establishing cottonwoods and willows
- lessons learned
- Pecos River
- river restoration
- Library Collection RecordMaintaining plant diversity under livestock grazing and long droughts is a challenge in arid rangelands. Maintaining the plant diversity can and has been done through rotation grazing and movement of…Publication Date 2017-02
- Arizona Strip
- diversity
- frequency
- grazing system
- species composition
- utilization
- Library Collection RecordIn Alberta, Canada beef producers share the landscape with large carnivores where interactions can lead to negative outcomes. We had 672 Alberta beef producers complete an online survey in spring…Publication Date 2017-02
- beef producer
- cattle producer
- compensation
- human wildlife interactions
- large carnivores
- livestock depredation
- Library Collection RecordFine-scale spatiotemporal studies can better identify relationships between individual survival and habitat fragmentation so thatmechanistic interpretations can be made at the population level.…Publication Date 2017
- behavioral change point analysis
- Brownian Bridge Movement Model
- Centrocercus urophasianus
- juniper
- pinyon
- Library Collection RecordThe University of Arizona Cooperative Extension participated in cooperative efforts to monitor rangeland recovery and assess forage availability after the Wallow Fire that provided critical…Publication Date 2017
- wildfires
- GIS
- economic analysis
- grazing
- USFS
- Library Collection RecordKnowing how much and when precipitation fell in your pasture, allotment or land management unit is a key variable for sound decision making and requires collecting precipitation data directly at…Publication Date 2017
- rain gauges
- precipitation
- monitoring
- Best Practices
- best management practice (BMP)
- Library Collection RecordThe redeveloped DroughtView is a web-based decision-support tool that combines satellite-derived measures of surface greenness with additional geospatial data so that users can visualize and evaluate…Publication Date 2017
- drought
- monitoring
- assessment
- satellite imagery
- Library Collection RecordThis study looks at the cost and return estimates for typical cow/calf operations in each of the five ranching regions of Arizona.Publication Date 2017
- Arizona
- ranching
- budgets
- economics
- investment
- assets