Author: United States. Bureau of Land ManagementPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental impact statements
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Livestock Grazing Management on National Resource Lands
Author: United States. Bureau of Land ManagementPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental impact statements
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Livestock Grazing Management on National Resource Lands
Author: United States. Bureau of Land ManagementPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grazing
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
The Western Range Revisited
Author: Debra L. DonahuePublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806132983
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Livestock grazing is the most widespread commercial use of federal public lands. The image of a herd grazing on Bureau of Land Management or U.S. Forest Service lands is so traditional that many view this use as central to the history and culture of the West. Yet the grazing program costs far more to administer than it generates in revenues, and grazing affects all other uses of public lands, causing potentially irreversible damage to native wildlife and vegetation. The Western Range Revisited proposes a landscape-level strategy for conserving native biological diversity on federal rangelands, a strategy based chiefly on removing livestock from large tracts of arid BLM lands in ten western states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming. Drawing from range ecology, conservation biology, law, and economics, Debra L. Donahue examines the history of federal grazing policy and the current debate on federal multiple-use, sustained-yield policies and changing priorities for our public lands. Donahue, a lawyer and wildlife biologist, uses existing laws and regulations, historical documents, economic statistics, and current scientific thinking to make a strong case for a land-management strategy that has been, until now, "unthinkable." A groundbreaking interdisciplinary work, The Western Range Revisited demonstrates that conserving biodiversity by eliminating or reducing livestock grazing makes economic sense, is ecologically expedient, and can be achieved under current law.
Livestock Grazing Management on National Resource Lands
Author: Rangeland Health
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309048796
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Rangelands comprise between 40 and 50 percent of all U.S. land and serve the nation both as productive areas for wildlife, recreational use, and livestock grazing and as watersheds. The health and management of rangelands have been matters for scientific inquiry and public debate since the 1880s, when reports of widespread range degradation and livestock losses led to the first attempts to inventory and classify rangelands. Scientists are now questioning the utility of current methods of rangeland classification and inventory, as well as the data available to determine whether rangelands are being degraded. These experts, who are using the same methods and data, have come to different conclusions. This book examines the scientific basis of methods used by federal agencies to inventory, classify, and monitor rangelands; it assesses the success of these methods; and it recommends improvements. The book's findings and recommendations are of interest to the public; scientists; ranchers; and local, state, and federal policymakers.
Management of National Resource Lands
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Environment and Land Resources SubcommitteePublisher:
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Category : Natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Sandy Area Livestock Grazing Management
Author: Rangeland Wildlife
Author: Paul R. KrausmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Land Use and Wildlife Resources
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Agricultural Land Use and Wildlife ResourcesPublisher: National Academies
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Historical perspective. Wildlife values in a Changing World. New patterns on land and water. Influence of land management on wildlife. Special problems of waters and watersheds. Pesticides and wildlife. Wildlife demage and control. Legislation and administration. Evaluation and Conclusions.
Proposed Domestic Livestock Grazing Program for the Challis Planning Unit
Author: United States. Bureau of Land Management. Idaho State OfficePublisher:
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Category : Challis Planning Unit
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description