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dc.contributor.authorRoper, B.B.
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-26T00:08:34Z
dc.date.available2023-01-26T00:08:34Z
dc.date.issued2020-06
dc.identifier.citationRoper, B. B. (2020). Using Stubble Height to Monitor Livestock Disturbance Near Streams: How a Recent Critique is Relevant to the Protection of Cold-water Salmonids. Rangelands, 42(3), 72–76.
dc.identifier.issn0190-0528
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.rala.2020.04.003
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/667760
dc.description.abstractThe measurement of utilization and residual vegetation (stubble height) is a valuable tool in managing livestock disturbance but it is often improperly measured, and results misinterpreted. A common situation for these concerns is when stubble height protocols and rationales used for terrestrial areas are applied to riparian zones and the protection of fish habitat. Protocols used to assess stubble height near streams and serve as a surrogate for fish habitat may differ from approaches used to protect upland plant vigor. Measurements of stubble height designed to protect fish habitat can include the measurement of all herbaceous vegetation along the greenline and should be evaluated following the removal of livestock and after the growing season ends. In allotments with threatened salmonids or other at-risk aquatic species, stubble heights necessary to protect fish habitat may exceed what is necessary to maintain forage production for livestock. Properly determined and applied near stream stubble height standards can protect important fish habitats while providing accountability for grazing management. Consistent livestock management above standards will improve salmonid habitats and undermine arguments used by organizations that would like to limit livestock grazing on public lands. If range conservationists and fisheries biologists work together to develop monitoring protocols for stubble height or other metrics that can be used to improve fish habitat, the application of proper standards to manage livestock disturbance near streams should benefit the fish, the land management agencies, and the ranchers that rely on grazing public lands. © 2020
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSociety for Range Management
dc.relation.urlhttps://rangelands.org
dc.rightsCopyright © The Society for Range Management.
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
dc.subjectFish
dc.subjectLivestock Disturbance
dc.subjectMonitoring
dc.subjectRiparian
dc.subjectStreams
dc.subjectStubble Height
dc.titleUsing Stubble Height to Monitor Livestock Disturbance Near Streams: How a Recent Critique is Relevant to the Protection of Cold-water Salmonids
dc.typeArticle
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dc.identifier.journalRangelands
dc.description.collectioninformationThe Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information.
dc.eprint.versionFinal published version
dc.source.journaltitleRangelands
dc.source.volume42
dc.source.issue3
dc.source.beginpage72
dc.source.endpage76
refterms.dateFOA2023-01-26T00:08:34Z


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