Unit
Overview
Introduction:
Background information about livestock wildlife interactions
Purpose of this tutorial
Wildlife
Assets:
Ways landowners can make wildlife a positive part of an operation
State improvement and/or land access programs
Habitat:
Definition of habitat
Habitat requirements for select wildlife species that may be impacted
by various land management decisions
Food:
This section will look at wildlife nutrition and competition with
livestock.
Effects of food selection, location, and competition.
Water:
Importance of stream and riparian areas to producers and landowners.
Effects of grazing on stream banks, water column, stream channel,
and vegetation.
Cover:
Importance of cover for livestock and wildlife.
How carefully controlled, livestock grazing can be a useful tool
to maintain habitat diversity.
Disease:
Brief listing of some of the diseases impacting wildlife and livestock.
Predation:
Discussion recognizing the impact wildlife predation can have on
livestock.
Listing of some methods of controlling wildlife predation on livestock.
Grazers:
Description of the digestion system of ungulates.
Food selection, seasonal trends, and density and mix of animals.
Grazing
Impacts:
Direct and indirect impacts livestock grazing can have on wildlife.
Brief presentation of both positive and negative impacts.
Management
Options:
Ideas for grazing management, riparian management, habitat enhancement
Methods of wildlife population management.
Success
Stories:
Success stories demonstrating conservation efforts of many farmers
and ranchers.
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