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Land & Livestock Resources for Managers

Land and livestock managers need to know about issues that run the gamut from invasive plants, to wildlife biology, to public lands’ policy. Organized by category below.

Cow in a field of sagebrush at sunset



 

 

 

 

Livestock

Livestock

Stocking Rate and Site Potential

Other Resources

Drought

Drought

Gathering data on species composition and production using a quadrat

Monitoring can help inform decisions.

  • Managing for drought – Information on adaptive strategies to drought, making a plan, how plants respond to drought

 

 

Public Lands & Wildlife

Invasive Plants

Cheatgrass in the sagebrush steppe

Cheatgrass expansion threatens livestock grazing and wildlife habitat.

General Management

Cheatgrass Management