Livestock and Natural Resource Management Links

Warning! Many of the following links will take you outside of the University of California system.  The University does not explicitly or implicitly support the information you may receive:

• Cal-Pac Section of the Society for Range Management
• UCCE Livestock and Natural Resources Web Pages
• 2007 California Brand Identification Book. This is the most current edition.
• Wool Production School HFS Pub #103
• Scrapie Eradication Program
• UCCE Poultry Information
• Insect Pests of Animals: Veterinary Entomology

Portals and General Information

• https://globalrangelands.org/ Global Rangelands
• http://globalrangelands.org/rangelandswest Rangelands West
• http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/technical/nra/ceap/ Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP)
• http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detailfull/national/landuse/rangepasture/?cid=stelprdb1043084 National Range and Pasture Handbook
• http://www.extension.org/rangelands eXtension Rangelands
• https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/jrm/index Journal of Range Management Archives
• http://arc.lib.montana.edu/range-science/ Range Science Information System (RSIS)
• http://globalrangelands.org/rangelandswest/glossary SRM Glossary
• http://www.blm.gov/nstc/library/techref.htm BLM Library
• http://holisticmanagement.org/ Holistic Management International
• http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/ US Forest Service Research Publications

Tools and Practical Applications

• https://esis.sc.egov.usda.gov/Welcome/pgReportLocation.aspx?type=ESD Ecological Site Description (ESD) System
• http://jornada.nmsu.edu/ Science and technology for the management and conservation of rangelands
• http://www.landscapetoolbox.org/ Tools & Methods for Effective Land Health Monitoring
• http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/HomePage.htm Web Soil Survey
• http://www.ars.usda.gov/SP2UserFiles/Place/30501000/InteragencyEcolSiteHandbook.pdf Interagency Ecological Site Handbook for Rangelands
• http://www.interstatelivestock.com/ Interstate Animal Movement Requirements
• Report an Elk ObservationCalifornia Department of Fish and Wildlife Citizen Science Tool for submitting Elk Observations

Selected Fire Resources

• http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/publications/firetools.shtml Fire Behavior and Effects
• https://www.frames.gov/partner-sites/firemon/firemon-home/ FIREMON: Fire Effects Monitoring and Inventory Protocol

Selected Monitoring Resources

• http://globalrangelands.org/arizona/monitoring - Rangelands West-Arizona Monitoring Resources
• http://www.fs.fed.us/emc/rig/protocols/master.shtml Master List of Inventory and Monitoring Protocols