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1977
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In using ephemeral range procedures, several aspects have come into focus:
(1) We have found that completion of our intricate multiple-use planning procedures gives us a much clearer picture of the many desert resource values and conflicts and the effects of "just letting the livestock go when the feed comes."
(2) There are a number of problems in taking sound ecological data and attempting to fit it in with other management needs in an allotment management plan, for example, off-road vehicle use on the desert, wild burros, and desert wildlife.
(3) We lack adequate information on the ephemeral and ephemeral-perennial desert ecosystems as they relate to use by domestic livestock, wildlife, and wild horses and burros. We need to know much more about the physiology, phenology, succession etc., in order to adequately delineate areas as well as initiate sound management which will accomplish our overall multiple-use management objectives.
Citation
Wilkes, Kay W., "Management of ephemeral ranges in the Western United States" (1977). IGC Proceedings (1977-2023). 12.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1977/sess5/12)
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Management of ephemeral ranges in the Western United States
In using ephemeral range procedures, several aspects have come into focus:
(1) We have found that completion of our intricate multiple-use planning procedures gives us a much clearer picture of the many desert resource values and conflicts and the effects of "just letting the livestock go when the feed comes."
(2) There are a number of problems in taking sound ecological data and attempting to fit it in with other management needs in an allotment management plan, for example, off-road vehicle use on the desert, wild burros, and desert wildlife.
(3) We lack adequate information on the ephemeral and ephemeral-perennial desert ecosystems as they relate to use by domestic livestock, wildlife, and wild horses and burros. We need to know much more about the physiology, phenology, succession etc., in order to adequately delineate areas as well as initiate sound management which will accomplish our overall multiple-use management objectives.
