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Guidelines for Managing California's Hardwood Rangelands PDF

Helps landowners and managers of hardwood rangeland properties develop management plans that maintain the profitability of their properties while at the same time sustaining the ecological values provided by their land.

Publication Number:: 3368E

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Guidelines for Residual Dry Matter (RDM) Management

Properly managed RDM can be expected to provide a high degree of protection from soil erosion and nutrient loss. Applications of specific RDM standards based on research and experience have shown the effectiveness of this approach to grazing management.

Publication Number:: 8092

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How to Grow California Oaks - PDF

California's iconic native oaks are a vital part of the California ecosystem. Poor natural regeneration raises concerns about the long term fate of these species. Here you'll find successful techniques for growing oak trees.

Publication Number:: 21540E

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Invasive Plants and Wildfires in Southern California

Native plants of California's chaparral are adapted to natural wildfire, re-establishing within a few years after a fire. Non-native plants can upset this balance and allow wildfires to recur too soon. Learn to recognize and control these problem plants.

Publication Number:: 8397

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Livestock Protection Tools for California Ranchers

Conflicts between livestock and predators are perhaps inevitable, especially on extensively managed rangelands This publication helps producers evaluate livestock protection tools that may fit their site-specific needs.

Publication Number:: 8598

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Living among the Oaks: A Management Guide for Landowners and Managers

The oak tree is a symbol of all that is solid and reliable, but without proper care and stewardship an oak can be just as fragile as any part of a rangeland ecosystem. Learn how to keep your oak trees healthy so they can benefit generations to come.

Publication Number:: 21538

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Oak Woodland Invertebrates: The Little Things Count

This beautiful color publication is an excellent introductory guide to the minute animals called invertebrates that live in the oak woodland ecosystem in California. An excellent guide for anyone who wants to know more about this important ecosystem.

Publication Number:: 21598

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Photo-Monitoring for Better Land Use Planning & Assessment

A set of photographs taken every year from the same locations can give you a better sense of how natural events, cultural practices, and other factors change your rangeland property over time.

Publication Number:: 8067

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Poison Oak: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

Poison oak or western poison oak has a distribution extending from British Columbia south to the Baja California peninsula. Contact with poison oak leaves or stems at any time of the year can cause an allergic response.

Publication Number:: 7431

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Protecting Trees from Sudden Oak Death before Infection

Sudden oak death, caused by Phytophthora ramorum infection, has killed over a million oak trees in California. Most infected trees do die of the disease, but this publication gives some steps you can take to prevent infection in the first place.

Publication Number:: 8426

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Rangeland Management Series: Annual Range Forage Production

An understanding of how climatic factors influence forage productivity can help growers predict the need to provide supplemental feed. The download is a zip file containing a PDF file of the publication and an Excel file of Appendix A.

Publication Number:: 8018

Rangeland Management Series: Annual Rangeland Forage Quality

Livestock on California's foothill rangelands get much of their nutrition from rangeland forage plants. Year-to-year variations in environmental conditions determine the nutrient content of this forage.

Publication Number:: 8022

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Rangeland Management Series: Balancing Beef Cow Nutrient Requirements and Season

Livestock on California's foothill rangelands get much of their nutrition from rangeland forage plants. The publication helps you strike the best balance of range forage to purchased feed in any given year.

Publication Number:: 8021

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Rangeland Management Series: Livestock Management During Drought

When drought conditions reduce the supply of forage feed, ranchers have to allocate the available feed where it will do the herd the most good. This publication gives you a scientific basis for making that decision.

Publication Number:: 8034

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Rangeland Management Series: Using Stage of Maturity to Predict the Quality . .

Livestock on California's foothill rangelands get much of their nutrition from rangeland forage. By observing the maturation rate of forage plants, you can predict their nutritional content at maturity and anticipate the need to provide supplemental feed

Publication Number:: 8019

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Regenerating Rangeland Oaks in California

This manual was written for restorationists, hardwood rangeland managers, and others involved in oak propagation and planting projects and brings together information available on regenerating rangeland oaks in California.

Publication Number:: 21601e

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Restoration Manual for Annual Grassland Systems in California

This guide was developed to give practitioners of any experience level an overview of considerations for grassland restoration design and application that will be right for their situation.

Publication Number:: 8575

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Restoration Manual for Annual Grassland Systems in California (PRINT)

This guide was developed to give practitioners of any experience level an overview of considerations for grassland restoration design and application that will be right for their situation.

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Rural Roads: A Contruction and Maintenance Guide for California Landowners

For farmers, landowners, and land managers: How to maintain and repair existing roads in rural areas and how to plan and construct new rural roads.

Publication Number:: 8262

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Sharing Open Space: What to Expect from Grazing Livestock

Part of the Understanding Working Rangelands series. This is a basic guide on what to do if you encounter grazing livestock while hiking, with tips on cattle's flight zone, high-head body language, and how to keep dogs safe around livestock.

Publication Number:: 8516

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Small-Parcel Landowner's Guide to Woodland Management

You've just moved from the city or suburbs to your dream home in the California foothills. You may have a lot of questions about rural living. This publication gives good advice in a critical area: How to keep your oak woodlands alive and healthy.

Publication Number:: 8263

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Trees and Shrubs for Northern California Serpentine Landscapes

When gardening in serpentine soils, you need to avoid exposure to naturally occurring asbestos (NOA) and some heavy metals. The best way to reduce the risk of exposure is to encourage vegetation. Find plants that will thrive in these special conditions.

Publication Number:: 8400

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Understanding Working Rangelands: A Year in the Life of a Beef Cow

This publication goes right to the source to give you an idea of cattle’s place and role on California public-access lands with an account of a year’s life, as related by one particularly eloquent beef cow.

Publication Number:: 8526

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Weed Control in Natural Areas in the Western United States

This is the first comprehensive book to focus on control options for invasive plants in natural areas. Covers control methods for 340 species in 13 western states, covering rangelands, grasslands, pastures, riparian and aquatic areas.

Publication Number:: 3547

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