Category: Rangeland Health
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A century of data to identify the right time to regenerate perennial grasses
In a recent study, the Army Research Laboratory in New Mexico and the USDA Agricultural Research Service’s Jornada Experimental Range used 100 years of measurements of perennial grass growth to identify how climate controls changes in grass cover. The dataset was used to construct models to understand the correlation between climate fluctuations, the dynamics of…
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Integrated Pest Management for Woody Encroachment
The top 5 woody invasive plant species in the Great Plains Grasslands include; Eastern redcedar, Honey mesquite, Chinese tallow, Ashe juniper, and Redberry juniper. Past brush management efforts have been unable to stop or reverse the loss of grasslands at county, state, or regional scales. Traditional management efforts have assumed that there are tolerable levels…
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Society for Range Management rangeland ecosystem services report
The Society for Rangeland Management recently released their Rangeland Ecosystem Services Report: Connecting Nature and People. The report includes five key rangeland service topic areas including; food and fiber, water as an ecosystem driver in rangelands, carbon sequestration and security, plant and insect biodiversity, and wildlife habitat provision. When it comes to livestock and fiber,…
