Pasture lands are diverse types of land where the primary vegetation produced is herbaceous plants and shrubs. These lands provide forage for beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, goats, horses and other types of domestic livestock. Also many species of wildlife, ranging from big game such as elk to nesting song birds such as meadowlarks, depend on these lands for food and cover.
Other Grazing Lands
Most grazing lands are considered either range or pasture, but grazing lands also include grazed forest lands, grazed croplands, haylands, and native/naturalized pasture. These other land use types make up an additional 106 million acres of privately owned grazing lands, or about 17% of the total U. S. grazing lands. These other types of grazing lands provide a significant forage resource for U. S. livestock production.
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Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) – Inventory, Planning and Monitoring
Inventory
Planning
Monitoring
Soil
Ecological Site Descriptions (ESD's)
Ecological Site Keys for Wyoming (18 MLRA’s)
Water
- Wyoming State Engineers Office (SEO) Water Rights Database
Animals
Livestock
Wildlife
Plants
Air
Smoke Management Permit:
Drought Information
Wyoming NRCS Range Practices
Brush Management (314) Herbaceous Weed Treatment (315)
Prescribed Burning (338) Fence (382)
Forage Harvest Management (511) Forage and Biomass Planting (512)
Prescribed Grazing (528) Grazing Land Mechanical Treatment (548)
Range Planting (550)
Pasture
National Resource Inventory (NRI)
Other Important Range Related Links
Range Related Education
Society for Range Management (SRM)
Other Info
NRCS-Wyoming Contact:
- John Hartung, State Range Management Specialist, (307) 233-3153
