Livestock & Grazing Management

• Grazing Management Processes and Strategies for Riparian-Wetland Areas
  Basic topics covered in this technical reference include riparian-wetland area attributes and processes, resource assessments and inventories of riparian-wetland areas, development of good resource management objectives, management strategy factors,... Read More
• Practical Grazing Management to Maintain or Restore Riparian Functions and Values on Rangelands
  Abstract:   Successful rangeland management maintains or restores the ability of riparian plant communities to capture sediment and stabilize streambanks. Management actions are most effective when they are focused on the vegetated streambank... Read More
• Targeted Grazing: A Natural Approach to Vegetation Management and Landscape Enhancement
  Employing livestock to manipulate vegetation is as old as grazing itself. Promoting grazing to manage vegetation as a paid service – typically called prescribed or targeted grazing – is a more recent phenomenon. As targeted grazing has gained... Read More
• Toxic Plants to Livestock in Southeastern Colorado - Part 1
  This presentation on plants toxic to livestock was presented at the Purgatoire Watershed Weed Management Collaborative meeting on July 19, 2016. 
• Toxic Plants to Livestock in Southeastern Colorado - Part 2
  This presentation at the Purgatoire Watershed Weed Management Collaborative workshop on July 19, 2016 was presented by Fred Raish. 
• Plants Poisonous to Horses and Ruminants in Southern Colorado
  This presentation on plants poisonous to horses and ruminants in southern Colorado was prepared by Gene Niles DVM, DABVT, Director of the Rocky Ford Branch of the CSU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. Both native and non-native plants are discussed.... Read More
• Riparian Restoration on Farms and Ranches in Texas
  The purpose of this publication is to describe the benefits of riparian areas and how they can be managed for better agricultural and wildlife production. Management described herein will focus on the Blackland Prairie and Post Oak Savannah ecoregions of... Read More
• Eye in the Sky - A Holistic Approach to Rangeland Monitoring
  This document provides guidance on how rangeland monitoring tools, including remote sensing technology, can be used to improve rangeland management on a landscape scale. 
• Grazing and wildfire effects on small mammals inhabiting montane meadows
  Valerie J. Horncastle, Carol L. Chambers, Brett G. Dickson First published: 13 January 2019 https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21635   ABSTRACT Livestock grazing and fire can intensively modify montane meadows. Understanding how these... Read More
• Grazing Systems
  On April 26th, 2018, Purgatoire Watershed Weed Management Collaborative hosted a workshop focused on noxious weed management and land restoration. The purpose of the workshop was to educate landowners on the serious threat of noxious weeds to both the... Read More
• Upland Bare Ground and Riparian Vegetative Cover Under Strategic Grazing Management, Continuous Stocking, and Multiyear Rest in New Mexico Mid-grass Prairie
  This research compared land cover attributes on rangeland pastures with strategically managed ranches (SGM), continuously stocked (CS), and rested pastures. SGM pastures had less upland bare ground and more riparian vegetative cover than adjoining... Read More
• Caring for the Green Zone - Riparian Areas and Grazing Management
  In Riparian Areas and Grazing Management, you'll find: Some help in understanding how riparian areas work and how to interpret your observations of these landscapes. A way to look at riparian areas from a different perspective-how they fit... Read More
• Grazing Management Basics
  On April 26th, 2018, Purgatoire Watershed Weed Management Collaborative hosted a workshop focused on noxious weed management and land restoration. The purpose of the workshop was to educate landowners on the serious threat of noxious weeds to both the... Read More