Date of Award
5-2011
Degree Type
Report
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Wildland Resources
Committee Chair(s)
Roger Banner
Committee
Roger Banner
Committee
Fred Provenza
Committee
Mark Brunson
Abstract
Livestock ranching is the most common use of public rangeland in the western United States (Gates, personal communication). The newly formed 3 Creeks Grazing Allotment which consists of 136,000 acres and has 29 permittees serves as an example of scientifically based public land management using grazing livestock as a management tool. It is believed that livestock grazing is the most underutilized tool in natural resource management (Hopkin, personal communication). The newly formed allotment will consolidate nine separate allotments into one management unit. This unit is holistically developed to sustain grazing livestock and rural economies while benefitting the range resources including wildlife that are found within its boundaries.
Recommended Citation
Payne, Taylor M., "The 3 Creeks Grazing Allotment: A Study of Livestock Grazing Management Across Public and Privately Owned Land" (2011). All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023. 65.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/gradreports/65
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This work made publicly available electronically on September 29, 2011.