All Resources

Range inventory manual

Description

This manual provides the recommended methodology to carry out a range inventory or inventory reassessment that meets certification criteria required for grazing leaseholders within the Rocky... More ≫

Description

This manual provides the recommended methodology to carry out a range inventory or inventory reassessment that meets certification criteria required for grazing leaseholders within the Rocky Mountains Forest Reserve. The purpose of an inventory is to quantify the landscape to provide a basis for management decisions that will maintain the natural ecological functions of each management unit (i.e. distribution unit, pasture, or field).

Tags

Livestock on waterways : a literature review

Description

This report reviews scientific research, evidence, and consensus on the effects of livestock on waterways. It reviews all pertinent and available scientific literature on the topic and provides a... More ≫

Description

This report reviews scientific research, evidence, and consensus on the effects of livestock on waterways. It reviews all pertinent and available scientific literature on the topic and provides a summary of these issues in relation to Alberta's waterways.

Tags

Range inventory manual for forest reserve allotments and grazing leases within rocky mountain, foothills, parkland and grassland natural regions

Description

The Range Inventory Manual provides a structured methodology to complete a detailed survey of the rangeland resource. It sets out a methodology to stratify the landscape into management units and... More ≫

Description

The Range Inventory Manual provides a structured methodology to complete a detailed survey of the rangeland resource. It sets out a methodology to stratify the landscape into management units and describe these units by standardized vegetation data collection. The purpose of an inventory is to quantify the landscape to provide a basis for management decisions that will maintain the natural ecological functions of each management unit.

Tags

Assessing factors affecting cattle use of montane rangelands : Bob Creek project, 2004-2006

Description

Alberta rangelands account for approximately eight million acres and provide forage for about 14 per cent of the beef cattle produced in the province (ESRD 2012). Rangelands provide many benefits;... More ≫

Description

Alberta rangelands account for approximately eight million acres and provide forage for about 14 per cent of the beef cattle produced in the province (ESRD 2012). Rangelands provide many benefits; they safeguard watersheds, provide habitat and forage for wildlife, re storehouses of biodiversity, and offer a broad range of ecological goods and services.To provide these benefits they must be maintained in a healthy state.

Tags

History and description of the Castle River Range reference area

Description

The castle River Range Reference Area (RRA) is one of 47 reference areas currently part of the Rocky Mountain Forest Reserve portion of the Range Reference Area Program in Alberta. It began as a... More ≫

Description

The castle River Range Reference Area (RRA) is one of 47 reference areas currently part of the Rocky Mountain Forest Reserve portion of the Range Reference Area Program in Alberta. It began as a single transect in 1953 and an exclosure was constructed in 1962. It has been sampled by evolving range survey techniques, but the main purpose has stayed the same : to measure the successional recovery of once overgrazed land.

Tags

Whitecourt - Edson regional grazing plan

Description

A team of government agrologists, foresters and biologists, with the cooperation and support of the grazing and timber industries in the area, have developed a regional grazing plan for the... More ≫

Description

A team of government agrologists, foresters and biologists, with the cooperation and support of the grazing and timber industries in the area, have developed a regional grazing plan for the Whitecourt-Edson area of west central Alberta. The boundary of the planning area was determined by the planning team and endorsed by the timber and grazing industries through the Regional Grazing Timber Advisory Committee. The plan boundary recognizes the existing demand for new grazing opportunities and the potential for future demand, and it includes all public land contained within the planning area.

Tags