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Pasture Walk - for Solutions (short form)


LOCATION:

Pasture name ________________________

Waked by ___________________________
Location of walked area ______________
Date walked _________


FUTURE LANDSCAPE GOAL:

Name the purpose of this area __________________________________

Consider the long range goals
livestock - watershed - timber - wildlife _________ (name) - recreation - shelter - bird nesting - hay production - hunting - aesthetics - list ___________


FUTURE SITE DESCRIPTION:

What do you want this unit to look like in the future - long-term more of what? ________

__________________________________________________________

CURRENT SITE DESCRIPTION:

Soils _______________ (state limitations)
General Condition of the land ____________

DIFFERENCES:
List root causes of differences _________________


IMPORTANT PLANT SPECIES LIST - area cover and health phase?

THE GOOD Desirable plant species

% Cover

Phases

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOT SO GOOD Less Desirable

% Cover

Phase

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

& THE BAD Poisonous and Weeds

% Cover

Phase

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 3 phases are:
Phase I       Stress is occurring for too many disturbances
Phase II      Reaching toward full potential
Phase III    Land is idle for a long time = land "idle-itis "


List Land Health Factors:
(Place a dot in each category, then connect each dot with a line - place notes on dot)

Super High Goal

Goal Range

 

 

 

No Problem

Early Warning

 

 

 

Problem

Big Problem

 

 

 

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              Litter on Soil; Litter Cycling; Soil Compaction; Soil Erosion;
                                                                                  Plant Vigor; Plant Diversity; Plant age; Total Production


Attach key Monitoring PHOTOS:

Close-up Photo of any kind of disturbances
Paste up photo with labels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distance Photo

Paste up photo with labels
Like we have way too much Big Sagebrush in this pasture

 

 

 


LIST RECOMMENDATIONS:

Compete the following section and list recommended changes needed to improve area
State by whom and date of completion

 
 
 
 

 

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