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Dr. Karen Launchbaugh
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University of Idaho

 

 

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Targeted Grazing or Managed Herbivory is carefully controlled grazing of livestock to accomplish specific vegetation management objectives. This precise application of grazing can be honed into a powerful weed management tool. Biologically sound tools are needed to manage the weedy exotic plants that are invading into and devastating natural plant communities across North America.

Prescribed Grazing Principles:

Use of Goats as Biological Agents for the Control of Unwanted Vegetation - North Carolina State University (by  JM Luginbuhl & others) web page
Meat Goats in Land and Forage Management - North Carolina State University (by J M Luginbuhl, & others) web page
Recent Perspectives on Using Goats for Vegetative Management in the U.S. - Langston University (by S. Hart) pdf file
Sustainable Use of Goats as a Vegetation Management Tool - Langston University (by E. Nelson Escobar) web page
Recent Perspectives in Using Goats For Vegetation Management in the USA - Langston University (by S. Hart) pdf file
Sustainable Use of Goats as a Vegetation Management Tool -
Langston University (by E. Nelson Escobar) web page
Vegetation Management Using Sheep - Government of British Columbia
web page

Weed Management - Specifically:

Prescription Grazing for Rangeland Weed Management - University of Idaho (by R. Frost &  K. Launchbaugh) pdf file
Sheep: A Method for Controlling Rangeland Weeds - Sheep and Goat Research Journal (by B. Olson and J. Lacey) pdf file
Manipulating Diet Selection to Control Weeds - University of Idaho (by B. Olson) pdf file
Weed Control Methods Handbook, The Nature Conservancy, Chapter on Grazing - (by M. Tu & others) pdf file
Consideration of breeding objectives in small ruminants used for vegetation control and landscape maintenance - Warsaw Agricultural University, Poland (by E. Martyniuk & W. Olech) pdf file
Vegetation Management Using Sheep - Government of British Columbia web page
Weed Control and Fire Hazard Reduction in Forest Ecosystems with Sheep Grazing - Purdue University (by T Longwell & others) web page
Seven Steps for Turning Your Cows Into Weed Eaters - Livestock for Landscapes (by K. Voth)web page

Fire, Riparian, Orchards, Forests, and Other Settings:

  Managed Grazing in Riparian Areas -Applied Technology Transfer For Rural America (by B. Bellows) web page
  Wildfires Don't Have a Goats of a Chance - Albright Seed Company (by W. Dager) web page
 
Weed Control and Fire Hazard Reduction in Forest Ecosystems with Sheep Grazing - Purdue University (by T Longwell & others) web page
  Compatibility of Forages and Livestock with Plantations Crops  - Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (by H M Shelton & W W Stür)pdf file
  Controlled Grazing in the Management of an Apple Orchard  - McGill University (by Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario) web page
 
Use of Goats as Biological Agents for the Control of Unwanted Vegetation - North Carolina State University (by  JM Luginbuhl & others) web page


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