Grazing Management Plan: City of Rocks National Reserve
Sanders KD. 2008. Grazing Management Plan: City of Rocks National Reserve. 2008 Revision and Update. Contribution Number 1019. Idaho Forest, Wildlife and Range Experiment Station, University of Idaho. Moscow, ID
In 1991, roughly half the land within City of Rocks National Reserve (CIRO) was in private ownership and the boundaries between the reserve and adjacent private and federal lands were not fenced. Because of the complex land ownership pattern, a consortium of agencies and interested parties developed a livestock grazing plan. Participants included the National Park Service (NPS), Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation (IDPR), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Forest Service (USFS), private landowners and the livestock permittees grazing in CIRO. The original plan was implemented in 1997. With the purchase of additional lands within the reserve by the NPS since 1997 came the need to update the plan. The updated plan will enable livestock grazing to continue in the reserve at an economically viable level for the permittees, while meeting the long-range objectives to preserve and protect the significant natural and cultural resources and scenic quality of CIRO.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Sanders, Kenneth
- Date of Issue
- 2008-03-20
- Publisher
- Idaho Forest, Wildlife and Range Experiment Station, University of Idaho
- Units
- CIRO
- Keywords
- allotment, Carrying Capacity, City of Rocks National Reserve, Crested wheatgrass, grazing plan, Great Basin, Idaho, Juniper, Landscape, Livestock Grazing, Monitoring, Perennial grass, private property, Range Management, Resource, Sagebrush, Vegetation