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- Library Collection RecordSeveral grazing systems were compared on the Diamond Mountain Cattle Allotment of the Ashley National Forest in Utah. The area is about 8,000 ft in elevation and receives 20-25 inches of…Publication Date 1981-01-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordThe accuracy of aerial censuses in estimating absolute density of wildlife populations varies widely. Aerial censusing of wild horses was done to compare the effects of experience and aircraft type.…Publication Date 1979-01-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordFourteen male pronghorn (Antilocapra americana), two in each of seven spring and summer months, were killed to obtain rumen and fecal matter for comparing methods of determining diets. They came from…Publication Date 1979-07-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordUtah serviceberry (Amelanchier utahensis Koehne) and its habitats were studied in the Wasatch Mountains of central Utah. Twenty-five populations were selected and sampled for various biotic and…Publication Date 1979-09-01
- mountains
- mountain areas
- highlands
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordLate spring grazing by sheep altered the amount of several forage categories available to deer the subsequent autumn and winter. Total herbaceous plant material was much reduced by spring-time sheep…Publication Date 1979-01-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordDuring 1976 a study of annual production and cover (litter + rock + vegetation) on various range improvement practices was conducted in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. The range improvement…Publication Date 1979-03-01
- river basins
- Utah
- New Mexico
- Arizona
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordStepwise regression analyses were used to examine the relationships between annual production of seven cold desert forage species and climate variables at different periods of the year. No…Publication Date 1980-01-01
- deserts
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordCurrent and pending legislation will require that lands disturbed by mining activities be revegetated. Since few adapted species are now available for reclamation of such lands in the arid zone, this…Publication Date 1978-11-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordRetention of weaner calves to be marketed as yearlings directly from range has been recently suggested as a possible means for the cow-calf operator to cope with the depressed calf market. Although…Publication Date 1979-05-01
- Western States (USA)
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordSix demonstration burns were conducted between 1974 and 1976 as part of the Utah Rangeland Development Program. Big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata), the target species, was essentially eliminated on…Publication Date 1979-07-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordDuring 1976 a study of soil profile salt concentrations and probable salt loading by surface runoff was made on 73 range improvement sites in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. The range…Publication Date 1979-05-01
- Utah
- New Mexico
- Arizona
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordSelected cultivars and strains of alfalfa were seeded at five locations in Northern Utah during 1953 and 1954. Average annual precipitation ranged from 20 to 36 cm. Observations and detailed plant…Publication Date 1979-01-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordChart quadrat records periodically taken at the Desert Experimental Range in southwestern Utah over 34 years were examined for evidence of establishment and survival of eight major perennial plant…Publication Date 1979-11-01
- deserts
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordTen sheep ranches in southwestern Utah were chosen for a verification study of sheep losses during 1972-1975. Using the ratio of verified predator kills to total lamb carcasses discovered, total lamb…Publication Date 1979-07-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordSub-freezing winter cold occasionally causes extensive damage to rangeland shrubs. Bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata) was damaged in northern Utah during the winter of 1972-1973. The damage appeared to…Publication Date 1979-05-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordA study was conducted in northern Utah in 1974 to determine the distribution of nonstructural carbohydrates (NC) and lipids in snowberry (Symphoricarpus oreophilus). Snowberry biomass was sampled and…Publication Date 1978-03-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordEcological relationships between true mountain mahogany and pinyon-juniper stands in the Uintah Basin, Utah, were measured to detect differences between the two community types. The mountain mahogany…Publication Date 1978-05-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordTall larkspur (Delphinium barbeyi Huth.) was chemically controlled in the subalpine areas of the Manti Canyon Cattle Grazing Allotment in Central Utah, and the reduction in cattle losses on…Publication Date 1977-11-01
- Utah
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of contour furrows and gully plugs on erosion and sedimentation within the Cisco Basin, Utah, were evaluated over a 3- to 4-year period. Soils on the study area were generally less than…Publication Date 1977-07-01
- Utah
- 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