Wyoming Range & Pasture Technical Resources

Rick Peterson, State Rangeland Management Specialist

Grazing Lands Technology Institute

The Grazing Lands Technical Institute provides NRCS with the development and transfer of knowledge and technology that address grazing land issues. Resources include publications, software, models, photos, and presentations, as well as links to additional resources.

National Range and Pasture Handbook

Wildlife Friendly Fencing new!

Grassland Reserve Program

Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative

Range and Pasture Land Uses

Grazing Land National Conservation Practice Standards

Ecological Site Information Systems

Livestock Marketing Information Center

This application requires MS Access Database Software.  If you are unable to access the information, please contact your local NRCS district office for assistance.

Forage Suitability Group Database

The Forage Suitability Database allows you to query adapted forage species for a particular soil.  Queries can be based on a Major Land Resource Area (MLRA), precipitation zones, soil type, dryland or irrigated land use, and the forage plant's adaptability to the site.  The program also has links to an instruction manual, the Wyoming MLRA map, the Web Soil Survey to assist in determining your soil type, lists of each Wyoming county's soils and their corresponding Forage Suitability Group, Forage Sustainability Group narratives, the "Plants Database Fact Sheets," and the background Land Resource Unit information on the factors used to assign Wyoming's Forage Suitability Groups.

These documents require Adobe Acrobat:

Fences (Second Printing 1999) (PDF, 4.7 MB)

Grazing Influence, Management and Objective Development in Wyoming's Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat (PDF, 2.8 MB)

Fencing Guidelines for Wildlife Habitat Extension Bulletin (PDF, 403 KB)

Evaluation of High Tensile Electric Fence Designs on Big Game Movements and Livestock Confinement
 (PDF, 590 KB)

High Tensile Electric Fence: Phase 2 - Liability Issues, Maintenance Costs, and Containment of Bison (PDF, 667 KB)

Wyoming Rangeland Monitoring Guide (PDF, 805 KB)
    Monitoring Forms (PDF, 191 KB)

Grazing Lands Personnel Directory (PDF)

Additional Links

Society for Range Management

Soil and Water Conservation Society