Prescribed Grazing (528)

1. Prescribed Grazing Practice 3.27.06 Initial Setting: Rangeland, pasture, and/or grazed forest where site stability and/or animal health are a concern. Start Fence (382) Prescribed Grazing (528) Water Facility (614) 1. Controlled consumption of vegetation by animals. Duration, intensity, frequency, timing, and rotation of herbage removal is managed to maintain and/or enhance site stability and plant/animal health. D.6 Air quality (-) Particulates (-) Greenhouse gas (+) Visibility D.4 (+) Forage quantity and/or quality D.5 (+) Wildlife habitat D.3 (+) Plant productivity, health, and vigor D.1 (+) Control livestock feeding and watering location D.2 (-) Soil erosion I.1 (+) Manure distribution and decomposition I.3 (+) Soil condition C.4 (+) Air quality of the air shed C.3 (+) Health of humans, domestic, and wild animals I.4 (-) Contaminants, pathogens, sediment I.2 (+) Riparian condition C.2 (+) Site stability LEGEND Associated practice #. Created by practice D.# Direct effect C.1 (+) Aquatic health of surface waters C.5 (+) Income stability for individuals and communities I.# Indirect effect C.# Cumulative effect pathway (+) increase; (-) decrease

2. Network Diagramming Guide – RMS Level RESOURCE CONCERN(S) Enter a specific resource concern. For an RMS or partial RMS diagram, other major concerns would be entered in separate boxes. Multiple boxes allow the development of an overall diagram that shows the context of complementary technologies/practices pathways. Practice Name (Code) Enter the practice(s) that mitigate the resource concern. Related practices that are typically used together to produce a specific condition can be listed in the same box or referred to using an arrow. Initial Setting: Enter the predominating land use, general concerns and, as necessary, other descriptive features to ‘bound’ the context of the overall diagram. Start General Guidelines! An RMS diagram is essentially a flowchart showing the “chain of causation” of major practices within an RMS. A diagram covers a typical setting and common or major effects. It shows the interaction among multiple concerns, multiple practices, conditions created, and effects. Refer to individual practice diagrams for additional detail. A single box may branch to several boxes. Use the proper color code for each kind of box. Try not to cross any arrows by arranging converging pathways next to one another. Use Arial 8 font to maximize the number of boxes in a diagram. It approximates the smallest size used in most popular magazines. Once a final draft is ready, the font size can be increased if feasible. Numbers in boxes (#, D-#, I-#, C-#) must be unique. Generally, number sequentially from top to bottom, left to right. Use a maximum page size of Landscape 11x17”. If it doesn’t fit, consider simplifying the diagram, creating a subdivision of the initial setting (i.e., another diagram that would stand on its own), or letting the practice-level diagrams handle the details. Place a title and draft date on the diagram. #. Condition or state created by the practice. Briefly describe what is physically created at sites typical of the initial setting. Refer to the definition and design criteria in the applicable practice’s standard. Practice Name (Code) Another practice may be triggered by the condition. It will create a pathway to direct, indirect and cumulative effects. D.# (+ or -) Direct Effect In some cases, a direct effect may increase or decrease at first then reverse its trend over time as an indirect effect. Use a box like this to denote the situation. For some technologies, a trend in an effect over time may cycle back to a resource concern box, trigger the use of another practice, or lead to another effect. I.# (+ or -) Indirect Effect D.# (+ or -) Direct Effect Brief entry of the effect resulting from the condition and whether it increases (+) or decrease (-). Refer to the purposes in the applicable practice’s standard and effects in the CPPE. Pluses and minuses do not equate to ‘good’ and ‘bad.’ A user may wish to interpret a plus or minus but the intent is not to valuate the effect. Be sure that the wording of the effect and it’s +/- truly denote the circumstance, i.e., avoid double-negative or double-positive boxes. Place different effects in different boxes. Practice Name (Code) LEGEND Resource concern #. Created by practice C.# (+ or -) Cumulative Effect As the direct and indirect effects accumulate in the landscape, enter a brief cumulative effect whether it increases (+) or decreases (-). The same cautions are given as listed for direct and indirect effects. C.# (+ or -) Cumulative Effect More than one kind of cumulative effect may occur. Place different effects in different boxes. D.# Direct effect I.# (+ or -) Indirect Effect Brief entry of an effect resulting from the direct effect and whether it increases (+) or decreases (-). The same cautions are given as listed for direct effects. Place different effects in different boxes. I.# Indirect effect C.# Cumulative effect pathway (+) increase; (-) decrease