Rangeland health : standards and guidelines for healthy rangelands

10 Pages·1997·1.5 MB·English

by  United States. Bureau of Land Management. Utah State Office

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StandardsandGuidelines
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11.Onrangelandswhereastandardisnotbeingmet,and
conditionsaremovingtowardmeetingthestandard,grazing
maybeallowedtocontinue.Onlandswhereastandardisnot
beingmet,conditionsarenotimprovingtowardmeetingthe
standardorothermanagementobjectives,andlivestock
grazingisdeemedresponsible,administrativeactionwith
regardtolivestockwillbetakenbytheAuthorizedOfficer
pursuanttoCFR4180.2(c).
12.Whereitcanbedeterminedthatmorethanonekindof
grazinganimalisresponsibleforfailuretoachieveaStandard,
andadjustmentsinmanagementarerequired,thoseadjust-
mentswillbemadetoeachkindofanimal,basedoninter-
agencycooperationasneeded,inproportiontotheirdegreeof
responsibility.
13.Rangelandsthathavebeenburned,reseededorother-
wisetreatedtoaltervegetativecompositionwillbeclosedto
livestockgrazingasfollows:(1)burnedrangelands,whether
bywildfireorprescribedburning,willbeungrazedfora
minimumofonecompletegrowingseasonfollowingthebum;
and(2)rangelandsthathavebeenreseededorotherwise
chemicallyormechanicallytreatedwillbeungrazedfora
minimumoftwocompletegrowingseasons.
14.Conversionsinkindoflivestock(suchasfromsheepto
cattle)willbeanalyzedinlightofRangelandHealthStan-
dards.Wheresuchconversionsarenotadversetoachievinga
Standard,ortheyarenotinconflictwithBLMlanduseplans,
theconversionwillbeallowed.
FORMOREINFORMATION
Contact:
BureauofLandManagement
324SouthStateStreet
SaltLakeCityUT84145-0155
[phone]
BLM-UT-GI-97-001-4000