Sentences with phrase «livestock grazing»

Divisive, sometimes acrimonious, contention over livestock grazing on public lands has smoldered since the listing of salmon and trout species under the Endangered Species Act in the 1990s.

In addition to economic value lost in the timber sector, drought reduces water quality, harms the quality of recreation activities, decreases rangelands suitable for livestock grazing and boosts wildfire risk.

Biologists think those animals were pushed out by livestock grazing in the high summer meadows of the Sierra.

While carrying out a biodiversity study, a Mexican - Italian research team discovered three new dung beetle species in montane forests disturbed by livestock grazing.

The work suggests that in the case of this species, reducing the amount of livestock grazing might stave off outbreaks.

«I was carrying out sampling for my Masters Degree studies, but I had no idea that new dung beetles could be found in a forest that is disturbed by human activities, such as livestock grazing and land - use change,» recalls Moctezuma.

They used the butterfly — one of the world's smallest — to test how global warming and other pressures like livestock grazing might cause animal species to go extinct.

Typically the drop - offs coincide temporally with the beginning of heavy livestock grazing.

These efforts include organizations like the Land Institute which are attempting to perennialize annual crops, the Savory Institute who are working on rotational livestock grazing that encourage plants to grow deeper roots, and permaculture advocates that encourage the use of cover crops.

If you put a few things together like a fire regime that doesn't help cats, a population of dingoes that hinders cats and maybe minimal livestock grazing that means there's plenty of cover on the ground for small mammals to get refuge from predators, then we could allow cats and small mammals to co-exist.»

Crop substitution for a drier and warmer climate, converting cropland to livestock grazing land, and making better use of rainfall are proven methods.

• Biological — in some crops, insects will eat certain weeds and in others, livestock grazing helps, but those methods don't work in row crops.

Three university professors have written a book called Seven Popular Myths about Livestock Grazing on Public Lands, which debunks all claims that cattle harm the environment.

The finding calls into question the British government's rules for spreading sewage sludge on land where livestock graze.

Poor livestock grazing management, invasive species such as cheatgrass, transmission lines, energy development and subdivisions are all contributing to the loss of this vital resource.

Livestock grazed contently.

Intense livestock grazing, especially by huge herds of sheep, was the initial cause of the frequent fire regime disruption in many places.

The remainder of the land can be used for a variety of other productive purposes, including livestock grazing, agriculture, highways, and hiking trails [2].

Sections of the Mau Forest Complex are in a destitute state as tens of acres are being destroyed thanks to human greed and uncontrollable livestock grazing.

It takes many forms, the most common being community gardens in vacant lots and parks, balcony and rooftop gardens, roadside gardens and even livestock grazing in open spaces.

The only way sage - grouse will survive is if large areas of the sagebrush sea are left undeveloped, and chronic disturbances like livestock grazing are removed from those areas... this sad delay will make it much more difficult to effectively conserve this magnificent bird.

These results suggest that heavy livestock grazing and consequent steppe degradation in the Eurasian grassland promote outbreaks of this locust by reducing plant protein content.

By Noah Deich For the last half century, Allan Savory has promoted the idea that «Holistic Land Management» («HLM»)-- or intensive, rotational livestock grazing — can have myriad environmental and economic benefits.

And if you put a few things together, like a fire regime that doesn't help cats, a population of dingoes that hinders cats and maybe minimal livestock grazing that also means there's plenty of cover on the ground for small mammals to get refuge from predators, then we could allow cats and small mammals to co-exist.

For the pronghorn and 25 other endangered or threatened species, these are the hardest living conditions in the United States, and they are made worse by livestock grazing, recreational and urban development, hunting and poaching, and the effects of climate change.

Encouraging Native Plants Island foxes evolved in an environment thick with native shrubs that later dwindled after the introduction of livestock grazing.

Dr. Nichols examines the impacts of management such as crop rotation, tillage practices, organic production, cover crops, and livestock grazing on soil aggregation, water relationships, and glomalin.

Greenstrips are stretches of land up to 300 feet wide and 20 miles long where the cheatgrass has been cleared away — either with herbicides, prescribed fire or livestock grazing — and replaced with native grasses that stay green until late summer.

It also could allow corn to be grown in regions where it currently is not, including drier areas traditionally used for wheat cultivation or livestock grazing.

«We also know that fire suppression, livestock grazing and logging changes the fuel in some forests, like ponderosa pines.

Through the application of liquid manure or livestock grazing, these medical substances enter the soil, surface - and ground - waters.

Livestock grazing, fires, and burrowing beetles threaten the trees that produce the fragrant resin

This is because there is a higher risk of human interaction and persecution in areas where there are more farms, a greater pressure on natural resources through increased timber extraction and livestock grazing, and even competition for food from domestic animals kept as pets.»

Logging, farming, and livestock grazing are rapidly defoliating Earth.

Ngong Hills Wind Farm in Nairobi, Kenya, sited close to where there is significant demand for electricity (Nairobi) and near existing infrastructure, is a good example of multiple land uses for recreation (a popular hiking area for locals), energy generation, and livestock grazing.

Due to livestock grazing, development, off - road vehicles and other threats, the greater sage grouse is disappearing from regions across the West, and the Mono Basin area is one of the most crucial of these regions.

Other threats to the bird and its habitat, including recreation, mining and livestock grazing, make the species» danger all the greater.

Over the past 200 years, agriculture, oil and gas drilling, livestock grazing and development have reduced sage grouse range by nearly half, and sage grouse populations have steadily declined.

Fat stores toxins and other harmful substances, but because indigenous cultures tend to let their livestock graze, treating them with love and respect, they do not have to worry about «bad» fat.

Even worse, other drivers seem to have little respect for their lives or anyone else's, while the livestock grazing on the side of the road add extra opportunities for carnage.

Tugen and Jemps pastoralists live in the area, and livestock grazing is the main land use in the site, but tourism, attracted to the wildlife, hot springs, spectacular cliffs and escarpments, and the rich indigenous culture, brings 200,000 visitors annually; in addition, the geysers are thought by some to have medicinal value.

Southern Portugal is hilly, but inland this region sees the least rainfall making it suitable for livestock grazing but not large scale farming.

The property has a spacious garden, perfect for children play around or watch the sun rise every morning with the birds singing and the livestock grazing in the veld.

Agriculture (maize and barley) and livestock grazing (llamas, cattle and sheep) are the dominant economic activities and occur in over 20,000 ha of the park.