A certain area of land is chosen for a survey and random selections are made to determine where species composition measurements must be taken.
This adjustment factor is then multiplied with the correct number found in Table 3 of the same Extension Circular to determine an initial stocking rate value for livestock.
In addition, we have a system that determines the amount of forage that should not be grazed to provide adequate support for wildlife biodiversity.
For livestock ranchers, landowners, wildlife conservationists, business owners of fee hunting enterprises and many others, that range condition score of certain tracts of rangeland can prove very valuable.
In this work, he correlates the rise in range condition scores of rangeland to the increase in population of Sharp-tailed Grouse.
In EC 91-123, Reece et al. show how specific grazing management techniques may be used on order to more effectively mitigate drought and other precipitation changes on rangeland.
By determining the costs of cross-fencing a certain pasture, for example, the producer would compute the materials and labor needed to complete the task.
This process is detailed in numerous grazing management research papers, one of which is by Waller, S., et al. and is titled "Understanding Grass Growth: the Key to Profitable Livestock Production."
This may serve as an alternative to the Range Condition Scoring method in terms of management towards climax plant communities.
A number of concepts and principles may be in place to solve rangeland health and degradation issues, but none of them are possible if monitoring and quantitative evidence are not present.