Criterion I: Soil and water conservation on rangelands [Chapter 2]

Michael G. (Sherm) Karl; Paul T. Tueller; Gerald E. Schuman; Mark R. Vinson; James L. Fogg; Ronald W. Shafer; David A. Pyke; D. Terrance Booth; Steven J. Borchard; William G. Ypsilantis; Richard H. Barrett

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Criterion I: Soil and water conservation on rangelands [Chapter 2]

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Authors:

Michael G. (Sherm) Karl, Paul T. Tueller, Gerald E. Schuman, Mark R. Vinson, James L. Fogg, Ronald W. Shafer, David A. Pyke, D. Terrance Booth, Steven J. Borchard, William G. Ypsilantis, Richard H. Barrett

Year:

2010

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Mitchell, John E. Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Rangeland Management. Cooperative Extension Service Publication SM-56. Laramie, WY: University of Wyoming. p. 25-75.

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Abstract

The Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable (SRR) has explicitly included conservation and maintenance of soil and water resources as a criterion of rangeland sustainability. Within the soil/water criterion, 10 indicators five soil-based and five water-based - were developed through the expert opinions of rangeland scientists, rangeland management agency personnel, non-governmental organization representatives, practitioners, and other interested stakeholders. These indicators are not inclusive but provide a suite of variables that, when complemented with indicators from the four other criteria, produce a viable system to monitor and assess rangeland sustainability.

Parent Publication

Criteria and indicators for sustainable rangeland management

Keywords

rangeland sustainability, soil indicators, water indicators, Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable

Citation

Karl, Michael G. (Sherm); Tueller, Paul T.; Schuman, Gerald E.; Vinson, Mark R.; Fogg, James L.; Shafer, Ronald W.; Pyke, David A.; Booth, D. Terrance; Borchard, Steven J.; Ypsilantis, William G.; Barrett, Richard H., Jr. 2010. Criterion I: Soil and water conservation on rangelands [Chapter 2]. In: Mitchell, John E. Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Rangeland Management. Cooperative Extension Service Publication SM-56. Laramie, WY: University of Wyoming. p. 25-75.