![]() Utilization of forage by livestock is strongly correlated with distance from water. Water developments, such as digging a well or pumping water from another location to provide continuous water, help to increase the likelihood that an animal will stay in an area for a greater length of time and utilize the forage in that area. Land managers can alter pastures to make uplands more desirable to livestock. Pasture Attributes – If You Build It, They Will Come Both strategies have merit for altering livestock distribution, but most come at high costs, especially when large pastures of hundreds to thousands of acres create a daunting task. ![]() Management strategies are divided into two categories: changing pasture attributes, and altering livestock behavior (1). Managers are continually looking for ways to change this livestock distribution and gain more utilization of the uplands. This contrast in land can be frustrating for livestock managers because livestock choose to stay close to the lush and green riparian areas, especially during the summer, and avoid using the drier forage on the uplands.īetter use of uplands in a pasture can increase the days a pasture can be used, and/or can increase the number of livestock on the land, which allows ranchers to do more with what they have already. ![]() Pastures in the sagebrush steppe have two distinct types of environments: the riparian area, where there is generally a continuous water source (e.g., river, creek, or stream) and lush green vegetation throughout the spring and summer and the uplands – areas where there is not a continual water source and which are prone to dry up during the summer heat. From the prairie grasslands of the Midwest to the mountains of the Rockies, livestock need to use and make a living on these varied landscapes. ![]() Gambling Livestock: Using Operant Conditioning to Train Livestock to Use Uplands ![]()
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