Sustainable production from the rough fescue prairie

JF Dormaar, WD Willms - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 1990 - jswconline.org
Native prairie communities have evolved to produce relatively low but sustained production.
Demand for greater production has resulted in overgrazing and, consequently, lower and …

[PDF][PDF] Effect of forty-four years of grazing on fescue grassland soils.

JF Dormaar, WD Willms - Rangeland Ecology & …, 1998 - journals.uair.arizona.edu
A grazing study was initiated in the foothills of southwestern Alberta on the rough fescue
grasslands (Festuca campestris (Rydb.) in 1949 comparing various grazing intensities. In …

Recovery of plains rough fescue grasslands on reclaimed well sites

ME Elsinger, A Dhar, MA Naeth - Journal for Nature Conservation, 2022 - Elsevier
Plains rough fescue (Festuca hallii), once dominant in grasslands of the Northern Great
Plains, has been reduced to remnants mainly through agricultural and energy sector …

Using cattle grazing to restore a rough fescue prairie invaded by Kentucky bluegrass

R Otfinowski, HG Pinchbeck, PA Sinkins - Rangeland ecology & …, 2017 - Elsevier
Rough fescue prairies were once common across the northern prairies but have now been
almost entirely lost to a combination of agricultural expansion, energy development, fire …

Effects of grazing on restoration of southern mixed prairie soils

SD Fuhlendorf, H Zhang, TR Tunnell… - Restoration …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
A comparative analysis of soils and vegetation from cultivated areas reseeded to native
grasses and native prairies that have not been cultivated was conducted to evaluate …

Promising results restoring grassland disturbances with native hay (Alberta)

PA Desserud, MA Naeth - Ecological Restoration, 2011 - JSTOR
In grassland Alberta, has much been of lost the to once cultivation, dominant overgrazing,
rough fescue and grassland has been lost to cultivation, overgrazing, and intensive oil and …

Long-term grazing effects on rough fescue grassland soils in southern British Columbia

M Krzic, SF Lamagna, RF Newman… - Canadian Journal of …, 2014 - cdnsciencepub.com
Krzic, M., Lamagna, SF, Newman, RF, Bradfield, G. and Wallace, BM 2014. Long-term
grazing effects on rough fescue grassland soils in southern British Columbia. Can. J. Soil …

Alternate land uses for marginal soils

GR Wells, HA Fribourg, SE Schlarbaum… - Journal of soil and …, 2003 - jswconline.org
A long-term study (15 year) was established on 10 representative marginal soil series and
attempted unsuccessfully on three others in Tennessee to evaluate productivity for forage …

[PDF][PDF] Seasonal changes of herbage biomass on the fescue prairie.

WD Willms, BW Adams… - Rangeland Ecology & …, 1996 - journals.uair.arizona.edu
Knowing the amount of herbage on rangeland is basic to management decisions related to
livestock grazing. However, the amount of herbage available for grazing changes …

[PDF][PDF] Rough fescue (Festuca scabrella Torr.) in Washington.

HS Hodgkinson, AE Young - Rangeland Ecology & …, 1973 - journals.uair.arizona.edu
Highlight: In Washington, rough fescue occurs primarily north of the 47O latitude and east of
the Cascade Mountains. There are two large, well-represented areas. Other locations are …