LARGE, HOOFED ANIMALS
BREAK CAPPING
PLANT SEEDS
PROVIDE MINERAL CYCLING
MAKE GROWTH POINTS AVAILABLE
TO THE SUNLIGHT
GRASSLANDS, HERD ANIMALS, AND
PREDATORS DEVELOPED TOGETHER
PREDATORS KEPT THE LARGE HERDS
MOVING:
1. THIS KEPT THE HERDS FROM OVERGRAZING AND
AND PREVENTED SERIOUS COMPACTION
2. PROTECTED RIPARIAN AREAS BY ENCOURAGING
HERDS TO GET A QUICK DRINK AND FLEE
3. PROVIDED THE HERD EFFECT (TRAMPLING)
NEEDEDTO BREAK THE CRUST, CREATE LITTER
AND IMPROVE SEED TO SOIL CONTACT
Beginning Of
Growth Season
During Growth
Season
Photosynthesis
End Of Growth
Season
Transfers Energy &
Proteins From Leaves &
Stems To Stem Bases
And/Or Roots
Growth Points
Consumes
Food Stores
To Begin
Growth
Food Stores
Just Before
Grazing
Beginning
Of Season
Photosynthesis
Growth Points
Just After
Severe
Grazing
Not Enough Green Leaf
For Photosynthesis
2nd Recovery
Period
Photosynthesis
Grass Plant Is
Bitten During
The Recovery
Period
The Grass Plant
Becomes Overgrazed
Consumes
Food Stores
To Begin
Growth
More Root Must Be
Consumed To Restart
Regrowth
Must Consume Root
For Growth Energy
Continued
Overgrazing
The Grass Plant Dies
FromThe Center
Outward
Surviving
Leaves GrowNear
The Ground
Root System
Continues To
Deteriorate
Just Before
Grazing
Beginning
Of Season
Photosynthesis
Growth Points
Just After
Severe
Grazing
Not Enough Green Leaf
For Photosynthesis
Start Of
Recovery
Period
Middle Of
Recovery
Period
Photosynthesis
End
Of
Season
Growth Points
Consumes
Food Stores
To Begin
Growth
Food
Stores
Must Consume Root
For Growth Energy
Consumes Root For
Growth Energy Until
Enough Green Leaf Is
Produced For
Photosynthesis
Replaces
Consumed
Roots
During Growth
Season
Beginning Of
Growth
Season
Last Year'
s
Growth
Growth
Points
Sunlight
Blocked By
Dead
Overgrowth
Fresh
Growth
Continued
Overrest
Plant Dies From
The Center
Outward
Oxidized
Material
Food
Stores
Grass Plant Becomes
Unpalatable & Looses
Nutritional Value
Must Consume
Root For
Growth Energy
Beginning Of
3rd Season
Beginning Of
2nd Season
1st Season
Photosynthesis
Grey, Oxidized
Material
Accumulates
A
50%
Grazed
B
A
Growth
Points
Stubble
Line
Food
Stores
Grass Plant Becomes
Unpalatable & Looses
Nutritional Value
MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES
-TIME
-STOCK DENSITY
-HERD EFFECT
-POPULATION MANAGEMENT
-BURNING
-FLEXIBILITY
Strategic-Tactical-Operational
-BIOLOGICAL PLAN
(Plan-Monitor-Control-Replan)
-ORGANIZATION/PERSONAL GROWTH
Education
-FINANCIAL PLAN
(Plan-Monitor-Control-Replan)
"YOU LEARN TO SPEAK BY
SPEAKING, TO STUDY BY STUDYING,
TO RUN BY RUNNING, TO WORK BY
WORKING AND JUST SO, YOU LEARN
TO LOVE . . . BY LOVING. ALL THOSE
WHO THINK TO LEARN IN ANY
OTHER WAY DECEIVE THEMSELVES."
- SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
FENCE
CANYON RIM
Area B
AREA BOUNDARY
WATER POINT
Scale
Area A
1 Mile
Area A = ~20,000 Acres
Owyhee River
Battle Creek
Deep Creek
RESERVOIR
Each sub-area the cows
Are only allowed to
Stay 5-12 days
Area B
A.6
A.3
A.2
A.1
Owyhee River
Battle Creek
Deep Creek
A.4
A.5
LOWER HERD DENSITIES
&
LONGER GRAZING PERIODS
GRAZING AND ANIMAL IMPACT
TRADITIONALLY MANAGED FOR
MINIMAL DAMAGE
OVERRESTED
GOOD GROUND COVER
OVERGRAZED
BARE GROUND
RESERVOIR
OVERRESTED
HIGHER HERD DENSITIES
&
SHORTER GRAZING PERIODS
OVERRESTED
GRAZING AND ANIMAL IMPACT
GOOD GROUND COVER
WE STRIVE TO MANAGE FOR
SUSTAINABLE IMPROVEMENT
RESERVOIR
OVERRESTED
PESTS?
Egg
1
-3
D
2
-3
Da
ys
• Help Control Herd Movement
(Direction and Time)
• Help Cycle Minerals
• Important Link in Food Chain
• Pollination
ay
s
14 - 21 Day
Life Cycle
Adult
Larva
4
-5
ys
Da
7
0
-1
s
ay
D
Pupa
Egg
Adult = 12 to 17 Days
C.4-1
B.4-1 (Sq off)
A.6-1
A.2 Photo Point 23
Rock Point Draw
A.1 Photo Point 24
Looking off Grassy Knoll
Toward Wiley Point
"THE IMPORTANT THING IS THIS:
TO BE ABLE AT ANY MOMENT TO
SACRIFICE WHAT WE ARE FOR
WHAT WE COULD BECOME."
- CHARLES DUBOIS