An integrated grazingland assessment approach for range and pasturelands

D Toledo, M Sanderson, S Goslee… - Journal of soil and …, 2016 - jswconline.org
In the United States, rangelands and pasturelands have traditionally been assessed using
different methods and indicators. The most commonly used rangeland health assessment …

Rangeland health assessment: The key to understanding and assessing rangeland soil health in the Northern Great Plains

JL Printz, D Toledo, SC Boltz - Journal of Soil and Water …, 2014 - jswconline.org
A s the science related to soil and rangeland health evolves, so do protocols and
assessment methodologies. Rangeland health assessments consist of evaluating how well …

A new approach to monitoring rangelands

LF James, JA Young, K Sanders - Arid Land Research and …, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
Rangelands are among the most important agricultural ecosystems in the United States and
the world. The rangelands of the western United States are fundamental to the rural …

Assessing variation in range health across grazed northern temperate grasslands

KM Dahl, EW Bork, JR Parkins, K Sherren - Rangeland Ecology & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Contemporary methods of rangeland health (RH) assessment evaluate indicators designed
to assess land use impacts on ecosystem function. These methods have not been tested …

Monitoring of livestock grazing effects on Bureau of Land Management land

KE Veblen, DA Pyke, CL Aldridge, ML Casazza… - Rangeland Ecology & …, 2014 - Elsevier
Public land management agencies, such as the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), are
charged with managing rangelands throughout the western United States for multiple uses …

Application of soil quality to monitoring and management: paradigms from rangeland ecology

JE Herrick, JR Brown, AJ Tugel, PL Shaver… - Agronomy …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Recent interest in soil quality and rangeland health, and the large areas set aside under the
USDA Conservation Reserve Program, have contributed to a gradual convergence of …

Pasture monitoring at a farm scale with the USDA NRCS pasture condition score system

MA Sanderson, SC Goslee, J Gonet… - journal of soil and water …, 2009 - jswconline.org
The Pasture Condition Score (PCS) system, developed by the USDA Natural Resources
Conservation Service, is a monitoring and assessment tool for pastureland enrolled in …

A Synoptic Review of US Rangelands A Technical Document Supporting the Forest Service 2010 RPA Assessment

MC Reeves, JE Mitchell - 2012 - digitalcommons.unl.edu
Abstract The Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 requires the USDA Forest Service
to conduct assessments of resource conditions. This report fulfills that need and focuses on …

[BOOK][B] Rangeland health assessment for grassland, forest and tame pasture

B Adams, G Ehlert, C Stone, D Lawrence, M Alexander… - 2009 - open.alberta.ca
WHAT ARE RANGELANDS? 7 WHAT IS RANGE HEALTH? 7 WHY DO WE NEED A NEW
METHODOLOGY? 9 HOW IS RANGE HEALTH MEASURED? 10 WHY DOES RANGE …

An ecologically based landscape classification system for monitoring and assessment of pastures

S Goslee, M Sanderson, K Spaeth… - Journal of Soil and …, 2014 - jswconline.org
T he pastures and haylands of the United States have substantial potential to contribute to
national goals for sustainably increasing food production (Nelson 2012). Realizing this …