What's Eating the Pando Clone? Two Weeks of Cattle Grazing Decimates the Understory of Pando and Adjacent Aspen Groves

Authors

Jonathan B. Ratner, Western Watersheds Project
Erik M. Molvar, Western Watersheds Project
Tristan K. Meek, Western Watersheds Project
John G. Carter, Keisha's Preserve

Document Type

Report

Publisher

Western Watershed Projects

First Page

1

Last Page

33

Publication Date

6-27-2019

Abstract

Conservationists today released a new report showing that cattle grazing in the world-famous Pando aspen clone and neighboring aspen groves exert more than four times as much grazing pressure over less than two weeks as do mule deer grazing over the course of the entire growing season. These findings call into question an earlier study blaming mule deer for the Pando Clone’s waning health and failure to regenerate.

Recommended Citation

Ratner, J. B., E. M. Molvar, T. K. Meek, and J. G. Carter. 2019. What's eating Pando? Two weeks of cattle grazing decimates the understory of Pando and adjacent aspen groves. Western Watersheds Project, Hailey, Idaho. 33 p. [report.]