Developing a Successful Riparian-Wetland Grazing Management Plan for the Upper Ruby River Cattle and Horse Allotment in Southwestern Montana：（开发一个成功的Riparian-Wetland放牧管理计划Ruby上游牛和马在蒙大拿州西南部的分配）.pdfVIP

Developing a Successful Riparian-Wetland Grazing Management Plan for the Upper Ruby River Cattle and Horse Allotment in Southwestern Montana Paul Hansen Introduction The Upper Ruby Cattle and Horse Ruby River and its major tributaries has left Grazing Allotment lies in the Upper Ruby much of it in a degraded state. The issue is River drainage, a watershed of approximately complicated in that both allotted and 88,000 acres in southwestern Montana. The nonallotted livestock trail along the main Allotment encompasses 43,261 acres within road which lies for most of its length the Beaverhead National Forest. It is located immediately adjacent to the Upper Ruby approximately 35 air miles southeast of River. Sheridan, Montana. The Ruby River flows northward and is bounded by the Snowcrest Cattle and sheep are trailed annually to Range to the west and the Gravelly Range to and from the Upper Ruby, adjacent USDA the east. To the south lies the Centennial . Forest Service allotments, and private, State, Valley. The entire area has been grazed by and USDI Bureau of Land Management lands livestock since the late 1800s. The landscape in the Centennial Valley. In the spring, ap­ of the Upper Ruby River is characterized as proximately 2,919 cow / calf pairs of the having open grasslands and wet meadows, Upper Ruby Allotment are trailed from home sagebrush and grass slopes, willow and aspen ranches to the Allotment. Also in the spring, complexes, oren conifer/ grass stands, and an additional 2,450 nonallotted cow/ calf pairs dense coniferous forests. Topography is are trailed southward through the allotment varied and includes the Ruby River bottoms, to USDI Bureau of Land Management, State, large open valley bottoms, high benches, and private lands in the Centennial