by Kirk Gadzia and Todd Graham
Published by The Quivira Coalition
Version 1.0 - April, 2006

Author's Comments:
"We produced Bullseye! Targeting Your Rangeland Health Objectives to fill the gap between the needs of land managers and the confusing array of monitoring methods available. Often, monitoring results are exhibited as tables of numbers and confusing charts with interpretation difficult for hands-on application. In addition, the choice of which type of monitoring methodology best fits the situation of the potential user is commonly unclear. We hope this manual will be of use in your efforts to improve rangeland health. Further, we hope users will modify and improve the techniques and pass these on to help others....

"....The methodologies presented in this manual have been field tested in a number of differenct locations and rangeland health conditions. In addition, people performing the field tests had highly varied backgrounds and experiences in managing rangelands. This experience leve ranged from cowboys and wildlife management technicians to professional public and private land managers. Their feedback has been incorporated intor this manual. We look forward to an even wider range of potential users and their comments and suggestions...."
-Kirk Gadzia & Todd Graham

Contents:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1 - Rangeland Health: Monitoring for Your Goals and Objectives
• Chapter 2 - Assessing Rangelands
• Chapter 3 - Using Rangeland Assessment Forms to Evaluate Rangeland Health
• Chapter 4 - Rangeland Health Indicators
• Chapter 5 - Quantitative Monitoring
• Chapter 6 - Quantitative Methods: Basal Cover, Basal Cover by Species & Relative Basal Plant Spacing
• Appendix A - Monitoring Reference List
• Appendix B - Data Sheets
• About the Authors

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