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Manage grazing by livestock and ungulates to reduce impacts on perennial grasses

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Approach

Manage grazing by livestock and ungulates to reduce impacts on perennial grasses

Tactics

  • Focus grazing on non-native species in spring; do not graze natives in summer
  • Find locations where late-season grazing has minimal impacts

Citation

Halofsky, J.E.; Peterson, D.L., eds. (2017). Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Blue Mountains. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-939. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station., Peterson, D.L.; Halofsky, J.E. (2018). Adapting to the effects of climate change on natural resources in the Blue Mountains, USA. Climate Services. 10: 63–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cliser.2017.06.005.,