. Best management practices for grazing Montana . Grazing; Range management. urmg is affectii\g this. To assess the effectiveness iif your manu^eineitl l)Utn, Untk heyimd the def^ree nf ^rtlzhtK use A word of caution: the effects ot grazing on the plant community cannot be judged by averaging the degree of use on different plant species. The fact that one species was lightly grazed does not compensate for another species being grazed heavily. This is part of the reason it is so important to deter- mine the key species. The key species is usually the species that will show the effects ot use fi
. Best management practices for grazing Montana . Grazing; Range management. urmg is affectii\g this. To assess the effectiveness iif your manu^eineitl l)Utn, Untk heyimd the def^ree nf ^rtlzhtK use A word of caution: the effects ot grazing on the plant community cannot be judged by averaging the degree of use on different plant species. The fact that one species was lightly grazed does not compensate for another species being grazed heavily. This is part of the reason it is so important to deter- mine the key species. The key species is usually the species that will show the effects ot use first or will be used the heaviest if the animals aren't moved from the pasture. Determining moving dates based on the degree ot use on this key species will decrease the chance that the pasture will be overgrazed. If the plant preferred by livestock isn't overgrazed it is pretty safe to assume that the others won't be. The same applies to range condi- tions within each management unit. It part ot the grazing unit is uiitouched, but another section is continually and hea\'ily grazed, ax'craging the two extremes will not give you an accurate picture of overall conditions. Keep track ot the grazing use in different areas of your pastures, especially those that are large in size. Animal distribution may be improved through riding/ herding, salting in unused areas, or de\eloping water sources in areas that are not used ot their distance from the water source. 12 ^e4t rlM-J^<£yn-e/hX P'^/^^dX^^Ct/i (&Hr-j) hD\ Q^A^i^^. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harmon, Will; Montana. Conservation Districts Bureau. [Helena, MT : Conservation Districts Bureau, Department of Natural Resources and Conservation]
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