Monitoring California Annual Grassland Mulch/RDM field guide
The Wildland Solutions Monitoring Annual Grassland Residual Dry Matter (RDM) field guide was developed to meet the needs of ranchers, technicians and agency personnel who wish to effectively monitor and manage mulch/RDM levels of California annual grassland range-types. The original Wildland Solutions photo guide was published first in 1998 and has been used extensively as a reference aid by ranchers and individuals teaching range management and water quality short courses within California Annual rangeland vegetation types.
The extensively revised and updated 2008 version contains three parts and a reference section. The publication is recommended because:
- The first part discusses the WHY of mulch/RDM monitoring. Rationale with both ecological and managerial reasons to monitor are provided.
- The second part provides a step-by-step HOW TO develop and implement a successful monitoring program
- The third part consists of a photo guide that can be utilized as an aid for efficient monitoring of mulch/RDM levels. The photo guide is based on the basic principles presented by Hormay in 1942 for the judgment of forage utilization on California annual type rangelands. The Wildland Solutions version was first published in 1998 and updated in 2008, incorporates high quality color photographs with easy-to-understand narrative descriptions.
The field guide is printed on a heavy-duty weather resistant paper stock designed for field use.
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