USU Extension Rangeland

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Tracking Utah’s Sage Grouse | USU QCNR Sagebrush, and by virtue Sage Grouse, are under threat from a few different factors — Cheatgrass encouraged wildfires through the habitat, Pinyon-juniper enc...

Have you put your team together for the Tangeland Restoeation Challenge? Join us to learn more and ask questions about the about the Rangeland Restoration challenge

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If you are in Reno, attending the Society for Range Management meetings, Come join us for the Wild Equine Science Roundup.

Were: Nugget Hotel, Sierra 2
When: Monday, Jan 29th, 10 am - 3 pm.

USU 4-H sponsors a Mustang camp each year to help youth learn about wild horses and their management.

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The idea of wild horses is steeped in romanticism, but management of the nonnative animal is the subject of debate between managers, horse advocates, livestock producers, and scientists due to its effect on the environment. Utah State University researchers are trying to steer the conversation in a productive way.

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“Reconciling romantic ideals with the reality of feral horses on sensitive desert rangelands is a socially intractable problem,” Stoner muses. “It’s hard enough to figure out how we do this non-lethally, humanely, and sustainably. But the real challenge is conveying the magnitude and consequences of a problem that largely affects rural America to a public that is satisfied with the Hollywood version of the story.”

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