Patchwork strategies may be best for restoring Texas rangelands
...esearch and Extension Centernear Vernon. Texas rangelands have steadily declined in productivity, biodiversi... across a 400-mile north to south gradientof Texas rangelands from Vernon to Barnhart and Uvalde, he said. Fire orroller-chopping is applied to 10 percent of each...Advances in Forest Threat Assessment: Applications to Forest and Rangeland Management
The Problem North America's forests and rangelands face many environmental threats that often act in concert and with no regard for land ownership and administrative boundaries. As such, they are difficult to identify and anticipate, much less manage or control. The Conference A conference will be ...Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: Many of 2 billion dryland dwellers at risk as land degrades
...s, and large areas to forage on. The conversion of rangelands to croplands reduced the available pasture and the collection of firewood by many, not necessarily just the pastoralists, reduced range quality. The lesson is that increasing population pressure not accompanied by management practices compatible wit...Livestock grazing study finds moderate grazing beneficial to Great Basin plant communities
...ooked for differences between grazed and un-grazed rangelands in Nevada. The study, called "Vegetation change a...rior grazing practices. In order to compare grazed rangelands with rangelands that had been un-grazed, 28 exclosure sites--four-acre parcels enclosed by barbed wi...