Anti-Quality Factors in Rangeland and Pastureland Forages - This 67-page bulletin reviews anti-quality factors that influence livestock production on both pasturelands and rangelands. As more emphasis is placed on forages for animal production, potential limitations need to be better understood. (PDF, .62 MB)
Interpreting Indicators for Rangeland Health, Version 4 - Technical Reference 1734-6, dated 2005, is a booklet developed through inter-agency coordination between the BLM, NRCS, ARS, and USGS. It provides land specialists with the tools to do a preliminary evaluation of soil/site stability, hydrologic function, and integrity of the biotic community on rangelands. (PDF, 5.8 MB)
Introduction to Microbiotic Crusts - A 13-page booklet developed by GLTI and the Soil Quality Institute which provides the latest information to NRCS personnel and landowners on microbiotic crusts and how they impact soils, hydrology, and plant communities. (PDF, 1.9 MB)
Managing Grasslands For Profit - NRCS developed in cooperation with several partners in July 2000, this 19-page booklet is a guide to grazing management in the Southeast U.S. (PDF, 8.7 MB)
Monitoring Manual for Grassland, Shrubland and Savanna Ecosystems ... - developed with the ARS Jornada Experimenal Range. This manual describes how to monitor three rangeland attributes: soil and site stability, watershed function and biotic integrity. Nearly everything we value about rangelands depends on these attributes. Monitoring these three attributes is like monitoring the foundation of our rangeland ecosystems. The measurements used to monitor these attributes also can be used to generate indicators relevant to specific management objectives, such as maintaining wildlife habitat, biodiversity conservation or producing forage.
National Forage Quality and Animal Well Being - A 74-page booklet developed by GLTI, dated October 2000, gives results from 44 states that participated in this national NRCS project from 1997-99. Nutritional monitoring using fecal samples allows assessment of diet forage and grazing management. (PDF, 1.1 MB)
Rangeland Cover Types in the United States -NOTE: (This publication downloads very slowly) published by the Society for Range Management in 1994, editor Thomas N. Shiflet (PDF, 22.7 MB)
Sampling Vegetation Attributes - Developed by an inter-agency group, this reference material will help you determine what kind of sampling technique to use and how to set up and run monitoring studies. (PDF, 171 pages)
Utilization Studies and Residual Measurements - Developed by an inter-agency group, this reference material aids in the development and operation of studies to help determine utilization of grazing resources. (PDF, 174 pages)
Working Trees for Livestock - Agroforestry: Silvopasture in the Southeast - A 4-page brochure developed by the National Agroforestry Center. (PDF, .41 MB)