TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Chapter 1 – NRCS Authority, Mission, Goal, and Policies for Private Grazing Lands Assistance
600.0100 Authority
600.0101 Mission
600.0102 Goal
600.0103 Policies
Chapter 2 – Grazing Lands Resources
600.0200 Extent
600.0201 Uses and benefits
600.0202 Native grazing lands in the United States
600.0203 Forage croplands and pasturelands
Chapter 3 – Ecological Sites and Forage Suitability Groups
Section 1 Ecological Sites for Rangeland and Forest Land
600.0300 Rangeland ecological sites
600.0301 Plant community development and dynamics
600.0302 Determining the characteristic vegetation states of an ecological site
600.0303 Name, number, and correlation of ecological sites
600.0304 Ecological site descriptions on rangeland
600.0305 Rangeland ecological sites and soil surveys
600.0306 Forest land ecological sites
600.0307 Native and naturalized pasture
Section 2 Forage Suitability Groups
600.0308 Introduction
600.0309 Indexing forage suitability groups
600.0310 Forage suitability group report content
600.0311 Climatic factors that influence forage production
600.0312 Soil factors that influence forage production
600.0313 Landscape properties influencing forage suitability groups
600.0314 Soil properties influencing forage suitability groups
Chapter 4 – Inventorying and Monitoring Grazing Land Resources
600.0400 General
600.0401 Inventory
600.0402 Evaluating and rating ecological sites
600.0403 Evaluating grazed forest lands
600.0404 Vegetation sampling techniques
Chapter 5 – Management of Grazing Lands
Section 1 Managing Native Grazing Lands
600.0500 Managing rangelands
600.0501 Managing grazed forest lands
600.0502 Managing naturalized or native pasture
Section 2 Managing Forage Crop and Pasture Lands
600.0503 General
600.0504 Managing improved pasture
600.0505 Conservation practices for pasture
600.0506 Managing forage cropland
600.0507 Vegetative conservation practices for forage cropland
600.0508 Conclusion
Section 3 Procedures and Worksheets for Planning Grazing Management
600.0509 General
600.0510 Forage inventory
600.0511 Animal inventory
Chapter 6 – Livestock Nutrition, Husbandry, and Behavior
600.0600 General
600.0601 Nutrition
600.0602 Basal metabolism
600.0603 Maintaining a balance between livestock numbers and available forage
600.0604 Feedstuffs
600.0605 Husbandry
600.0606 Control of livestock parasites and diseases
600.0607 Regulating the breeding season
600.0608 Animal behavior
Chapter 7 – Rangeland and Pastureland Hydrology and Erosion
Section 1 Hydrologic Cycle and Effects of Vegetation, Grazing, and Management on Hydrology and Erosion
600.0700 Introduction
600.0701 Watershed management
600.0702 Effect of trampling and grazing on hydrology and erosion
Section 2 Hydrology and Erosion Models and Other Decision Support Tools
Section 3 Application and Interpretation of Rangeland and Pastureland Models and Other Decision Support Tools
Chapter 8 – Wildlife Management on Grazing Lands
600.0800 General
600.0801 Technical assistance to landowners and managers
Chapter 9 – Grazing Lands Enterprise Diversification
600.0900 General
600.0901 Enterprise diversification
600.0902 Diversification alternatives
600.0903 Technical assistance policy and responsibilities
600.0904 Decision process for selection of alternative enterprises
Chapter 10 – Grazing Lands Economics
600.1000 General
600.1001 Policy
600.1002 Purpose
600.1003 Terms and definitions
600.1004 Amortization of cost of a conservation practice
600.1005 Economic analysis using net present value and internal rate of return
Chapter 11 – Conservation Planning on Grazing Lands
600.1100 General
600.1101 Objectives
600.1102 Developing conservation plans
600.1103 Conservation planning process
References
Glossary
Appendix
Index