ANR Repository

The following are documents from the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resource (ANR) Repository. These papers are either peer-reviewed or Repository-reviewed.

All are related to Rangeland Ecosystem Services. Listed in alpha order.

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	The Feasibility of Water Quality Markets for Rangelands in California’s Central Valley This report is to assesses the feasibility of establishing water quality trading programs that are accessible to ranchers. Drawing on the experiences of water quality trading programs across the United States it highlights the challenges and opportunities for improving water quality and conserving r...
	Biodiversity is critical to future health of California's ecology and economy Organisms provide direct economic value to Californians as well as recreation and a cleaner environment, but our biodiversity is declining rapidly.
	Climate change affects us all
	Guidelines for Residual Dry Matter (RDM) Management Properly managed RDM can be expected to provide a high degree of protection from soil erosion and nutrient loss. Applications of specific RDM standards based on research and experience have shown the effectiveness of this approach to grazing management.
	How will changes in global climate influence California? Sophisticated models show that California can expect significant changes to water availability, air quality and growing conditions.
	Intensive management of small rangeland units increases forage and lamb productivity Significant increases in high-quality forage result from planting Rhizobiurn-inoculated clover seeds and fertilizing with phosphorus and sulfur. As authors of this and the following article report, this intensive management of land for grazing lambs pays dividends by producing greater numb...
	*Management reduces E. coli* in irrigated pasture runoff** Fecal bacteria from a Sierra Nevada foothill pasture was decreased by wetland fi ltration, low runoff, and rest between grazing and irrigation.
	Photo-Monitoring for Better Land Use Planning & Assessment A set of photographs taken every year from the same locations can give you a better sense of how natural events, cultural practices, and other factors change your rangeland property over time.
	Rangeland Management Series: Annual Range Forage Production Livestock on California's foothill rangelands get much of their nutrition from rangeland forage plants. An understanding of how climatic factors influence forage productivity can help growers predict the need to provide supplemental feed.
	Rangeland Management Series: Annual Rangeland Forage Quality Livestock on California's foothill rangelands get much of their nutrition from rangeland forage plants. Year-to-year variations in environmental conditions determine the nutrient content of this forage.
	Rangeland Management Series: Balancing Beef Cow Nutrient Requirements and Season Livestock on California's foothill rangelands get much of their nutrition from rangeland forage plants. The publication helps you strike the best balance of range forage to purchased feed in any given year.
	Rangeland Management Series: Factors and Practices that Influence Livestock. . . Fine-tuning traditional livestock distribution techniques can improve effectiveness. Learn how to use management practices to alter distribution and to attract livestock into targeted grazing areas or away from environmentally critical areas.
	Rangeland Management Series: Guidelines for Monitoring Riparian Grazing Systems It takes skill and careful study for a rangeland owner to determine the success of a newly established riparing grazing area. Here you’ll find a systematic approach to monitoring and analysis, and includes a set of useful sample record forms.
	Rangeland Management Series: Livestock Management During Drought When drought conditions reduce the supply of forage feed, ranchers have to allocate the available feed where it will do the herd the most good. This publication gives you a scientific basis for making that decision.
	Rangeland Management Series: Using Stage of Maturity to Predict the Quality . . Livestock on California's foothill rangelands get much of their nutrition from rangeland forage. By observing the maturation rate of forage plants, you can predict their nutritional content at maturity and anticipate the need to provide supplemental feed
	Rangeland Monitoring Series: Sediment Delivery Inventory and Monitoring This easy-to-use worksheet and photographic record method gives any landowner a simple way to monitor streamside erosion and waterway sediment data for use in land management decisions or to demonstrate compliance with water quality standards.
	Realistic payments could encourage farmers to adopt practices that sequester carbon Paying farmers for using conservation tillage could reduce Yolo County's greenhouse-gas production by 33,000 to 39,000 tons per year.