RITF Report 06: Planning, monitoring and evaluating grazing management plans: A guide for public land livestock operations

Introduction; What is an environmental impact statement and an allotment management plan?; Why you should prepare your own management plan; How to evaluate and monitor a management plan; Historical use records; Ground photographs for monitoring range conditions and trend; Monitoring range condition and trend from aerial photography; Utilization studies; Economic assessment; Environmental assessments; Wildlife inventory; Other records; Appendix A-Grazing management plan; Appendix B-Cost and return analysisReport containing information on procedures and recommendations for managing various aspects of public land livestock operations