Nevada Rangeland Monitoring Handbook - Third Edition
Dave was a co-author of the Nevada Rangeland Monitoring Handbook, the definitive publication on monitoring in Nevada and the arid West.
Rancher's Monitoring Guide
The Rancher's Monitoring Guide was created to help Ranchers perform their own monitoring in easy steps that are acceptable to Federal and State Agencies.
Grazing Twice
While there is no standard practice that will work everywhere, there are principles about how plants and animals grow, and about normal and variable weather that translates into biological cycles, risks, opportunities and sustainable economic enterprises. Grazing public or private land twice in a year may not be traditional and would take more movement of animals, and therefore more expense in the form of animal management. However, grazing twice per year in many places could provide better rangeland health and economic benefits, and lower risk.
Grazing Response Index Tables for Use Areas
The greatest impact on index scores and plant growth will be achieved through shorter duration of grazing periods during the growing season
Strategies for Grazing Management
The strategies listed above, and others, can be adjusted, mixed and matched to achieve results important to the ranch, rangelands and stakeholders. The value of any strategy depends on the location, including the ecological site or disturbance response group, the state and phase of current vegetation and soils, the management context of relative priorities, opportunities for implementation, and how well they would lead toward SMART resource objectives. SMART objectives are Specific (what is to change or not), Measureable (with standard monitoring methods), Achievable (given the site, state and planned management), Relevant (to the planned management), and Timely or Trackable (reflecting present local and broader scale priorities, and readiness for the desired response). Strategies may change through time as monitoring reveals a need or opportunity or in a planned manner with a sequence of actions or treatments. Monitoring the implementation and success of strategies is essential to understand progress toward objectives and to adapt management when needed.
An Economic, Ecological, and Social Case for Stockmanship
Dave and Chris Schachtschneider co-wrote about the benefits of stockmanship.
Managing Cattle To Mitigate Climate Change
Click to listen to an interview from Dave on public radio about the values of stockmanship and grazing.
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