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.
These documents require Adobe Acrobat:
- Range Technical Note No. 3 - Feb 2019 (PDF)
- A Landowner's Guide to Fences and Wildlife (PDF, 4 MB)
- Fences (2nd Printing 1999) (PDF, 4.7 MB)
- Grazing Influence, Management and Objective Development in Wyoming's Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat (PDF, 2.8 MB)
- Fencing Guidelines for Wildlife Habitat Extension Bulletin (PDF, 403 KB)
- Evaluation of High Tensile Electric Fence Designs on Big Game Movements and Livestock Confinement
(PDF, 590 KB)
- High Tensile Electric Fence: Phase 2 - Liability Issues, Maintenance Costs, and Containment of Bison (PDF, 667 KB)
- Wyoming Rangeland Monitoring Guide (PDF, 805 KB)
Monitoring Forms (PDF, 191 KB)
Contact:
John Hartung, State Range Management Specialist, (307) 233-3153
