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Managing resources in drought

Droughts are part of life for farming communities. Early planning and decision making is important. If decisions are left until a drought worsens, many of the management options available early may no longer be possible.

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Northwest Climate Toolbox

The Northwest Climate Toolbox is a virtual toolbox of easy-to-navigate applications designed to help farmers, foresters, and water managers respond to and prepare for climate impacts.

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Drought Advisory: Managing Pastures and Haylands

Drought, an environmental stress with periods of limited or no water during the growing season, reduces forage production for grazing and haymaking. Prolonged drought forces livestock and hay...

By Steve Fransen, Justen Smith, and Sarah Smith | Article

National Drought Mitigation Center (U. of Neb.)

The Drought Center helps people, organizations and institutions build resilience to drought though monitoring and planning, and we are the academic partner and web host of the U.S. Drought Monitor map. Our capabilities include climatology, social science and public engagement, and we work at all scales, from individual ranches to local, state and tribal government, and countries around the world.

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Timothy Hay-Drought Advisory

An introduced cool-season grass, timothy is very winter hardy but lacks heat and drought hardiness compared to many other hay grasses, mainly because of shallow, fibrous roots. Like other C3 (cool- season) grasses grown in the region, mature timothy plants produce roots in the fall and spring. During the winter and summer they shed much…

By Steve Fransen | Online Resource

Range Improvements - Tools and Methods to Improve Cattle Distribution

With few exceptions, the goal of most range improvements is to increase returns from the landscape by increasing forage quantity, quality, or animal production. Exceptions might be efforts to reduce wildfire risks, improve wildlife habitat, or increase watershed yields through woody plant control.

By David Ganskopp | Publication

Grazing Management Options for Riparian Areas

Our hope is to make you better acquainted with the important functions of riparian areas on your ranch, give you some ideas on how to manage them effectively, and provide a framework for developing grazing management that incorporates these areas into your overall cattle operation.

By Dustin Johnson, | Publication

Monitoring grazing lands in Oregon

A critical, but often overlooked step in the development of a comprehensive grazing management plan is a well-defined monitoring program for evaluating progress toward meeting management objectives.

By Dustin Johnson, | Publication

Pace 180° and repeat photography: monitoring methods for documenting vegetation trend in sagebrush rangelands

We have attempted to distill down the list of possibilities and offer the following two complimentary methods that are easy to use, repeatable, require a limited amount of time, and produce information useful for determining trends in rangeland vegetation.

By Dustin Johnson, Rob Sharp | Publication

New Oregon State Wildland Fire Extension program

This new program will add capacity for up to six new OSU Extension Wildfire Specialists to work with agency and industry partners, communities, landowners, and land managers. The work to be done is too big for any one organization, but by leading partnerships and working together we plan to make a real impact on the ground, spreading land management and fuel reduction projects over the Oregon landscape.

By Glenn Ahrens, | Article