To locate the National Range and Pasture Technical Notes, go to the
national edirectives website:
http://directives.sc.egov.usda.gov/Default.aspx. On the menu bar to
the left under "Browse by Directive", click on the link 'Technical Notes', then
again on 'Title 190 -
Ecological Sciences'. Click
on Range and Pasture for the technical notes.
Document |
Title |
Size |
Range Index |
|
(PDF; 20KB) |
Tech. Note 1 |
Review on Poisonous and Injurious Plants |
(PDF; 195KB) |
Tech. Note 2 |
Range Nutrition |
(PDF; 51KB) |
Tech. Note 3 |
Estimating Initial Stocking Rates |
(PDF; 1.52MB) |
Tech. Note 4 |
Pounds of Usable Forage to Acres Per Animal |
(PDF; 71KB) |
Tech. Note 5 |
Proper Use |
(PDF; 72KB) |
Tech. Note 6 |
English Equivalents of Latin Names of Plants Species |
(PDF; 143KB) |
Tech. Note 7 |
Fences |
(PDF; 10KB) |
Tech. Note 8 |
Drought Tips for Rangeland and Pastureland |
(PDF; 36KB) |
Tech. Note 9 |
Forty Years of Change in a Shadscale Stand in Idaho |
(PDF; 12KB) |
Tech. Note 10 |
Variability of Crested Wheatgrass Production over 35 years |
(PDF; 12KB) |
Tech. Note 11 |
Historical Grazing on Public Lands in the Western U. S. and Range
Condition |
(PDF; 227KB) |
Tech. Note 12 |
Correlating Soils with Potential Natural Plant Communities – Let’s
Communicate |
(PDF; 79KB) |
Tech. Note 13 |
Root Growth Stoppage |
(PDF; 91KB) |
Tech. Note 14 |
Selling Conservation |
(PDF; 40KB) |
Tech. Note 15 |
Conservation Planning on Range Land |
(PDF; 243KB) |
Tech. Note 16 |
Collection of Range Site Data |
(PDF; 35KB) |
Tech. Note 17 |
Breeds of Cattle and Sheep Common to the West |
(PDF; 146KB) |
Tech. Note 18 |
Sagebrush Seedling Production as Related to Time of Mechanical
Eradication |
(PDF; 41KB) |
Tech. Note 20 |
Sagebrush Palatability Study |
(PDF; 29KB) |
Tech. Note 21 |
Food Reserves Stored in Roots and Lower Seedstalks of Bluebunch
Wheatgrass |
(PDF; 187KB) |
Tech. Note 23 |
Vegetative and Reproductive Growth of Bluebunch Wheatgrass |
(PDF; 23KB) |
Tech. Note 24 |
Anti-Quality Factors in Rangeland and Pastureland Forages |
(PDF; 15KB) |
Tech. Note
25 |
Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health |
(PDF; 12KB) |
Tech. Note 26 |
Tips in Gaining Acceptance and Building Good Working Relationships with
Ranchers and Livestock Farmers |
(PDF; 76KB) |
Tech. Note 27 |
Effect of 2,4-D on Forbs and Shrubs Associated with Big Sagebrush |
(PDF; 138KB) |
Tech. Note 28 |
Plans for Constructing Small Portable Exclosures |
(PDF; 70KB) |
Tech. Note 29 |
Survival and Vigor of Bluebunch Wheatgrass |
(PDF; 24KB) |
Tech. Note 31 |
Foraging Behavior: Managing to Survive in a World of Change |
(PDF; 18KB) |
Tech. Note 32 |
Prescribed Burning Tips and Guidelines |
(PDF; 58KB) |
Tech. Note 33 |
Sampling Procedure Most Commonly Used in Evaluating Range Trend by a
Frequency Method |
(PDF; 258KB) |
Tech. Note 34 |
Plant Vigor Criteria |
(PDF; 25KB) |
Tech. Note 35 |
Methods for Determining the Crown Canopy of Shrubs and Trees |
(PDF; 145KB) |
Tech. Note 36 |
Understanding Grass Growth: The Key to Profitable Livestock Production |
(PDF; 10KB) |
Tech. Note 38 |
Profitable Grazing-Based Dairy Systems |
(PDF; 13KB) |
Tech. Note 39 |
Water Intake Rates of Cattle |
(PDF; 95KB) |
Tech. Note 44 |
Grass Tetany |
(PDF; 25KB) |
Tech. Note 49 |
Composition of Forage in Diets of Yearling Steers in Northwestern
Colorado |
(PDF; 85KB) |
Tech. Note 50 |
Heavy Stocking Lowers Livestock Production on Range |
(PDF; 19KB) |
Tech. Note 51 |
Chemical Control of Fringed Sagewort and Broom Snakeweed |
(PDF; 59KB) |
Tech. Note 53 |
Effects of Frequent Clippings at Different Stubble Heights on Western
Wheatgrass |
(PDF; 107KB) |
Tech. Note 54 |
The Influence of Slope Gradient, Distance from Water and Other Factors
on Livestock Distribution |
(PDF; 769KB) |
Tech. Note 65 |
Managing Change – Livestock Grazing on Western Riparian Areas, from U.
S. Environmental Protection Agency |
(PDF; 11KB) |
Tech. Note 66 |
The Silt-Free Reservoir, A More Reliable Impoundment for Providing
Drinking Water to Livestock and Wildlife |
(PDF; 12KB) |
Tech. Note 68 |
Small Plot Rainfall Simulation: Background and Procedures for Rangeland
Hydrology |
(PDF; 19KB) |
Tech. Note 69 |
Inventorying, Classifying and Correlating Juniper and Pinyon Communities
to Soils in Western United States |
(PDF; 10KB) |
Tech. Note 70 |
Introduction to Microbiotic Crusts |
(PDF; 11KB) |
Tech. Note 71 |
Riparian Area Management |
(PDF; 14KB) |
Tech. Note 72 |
Riparian Area Management |
(PDF; 11KB) |
Tech. Note 73 |
Harvest Efficiency in Prescribed Grazing |
(PDF; 557KB) |