Grazing Lands Projects/Issues

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Ecological Site Descriptions

• Ecological Site Descriptions - Foundation for Resource Management Decision (4.4 MB)
• Foundation for Resource Management Decisions (Poster - English)
• Foundation for Resource Management Decisions (Poster - Spanish)
• State and Transition Modeling: An Ecological Process Approach  - by Tamzen K. Stringham, William C. Krueger, and Patrick L. Shaver.  Published by the Journal of Range Management, March 2003.
• Where We Are Today: Ecological Site History and Use (1.6 MB)

Ecological Site Information Systems

Forage Quality and Animal Diet Quality

• Optimize Forage Quality by Afternoon Harvesting

Grassland Reserve Program

NIRS NUTBAL Program

Rangeland Health

• Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health, Version 4 (PDF)
• Rangeland Health Attributes and Indicators for Qualitative Assessment - by David A. Pyke, Jeffrey E. Herrick, Patrick Shaver, and Mike Pellant.  Published by the Journal of Range Management, November 2002
• Rangeland Soil Quality Information Sheets

State of the Land: Grazing Lands (NRI, Maps and analysis)