Understanding Working Rangelands, Grasslands & Hardwood Rangelands, Natural Resources

A Guide to Livestock Leases for Annual Rangelands

A good livestock lease provides legal protections and clarity for both lessor and lessee. This guide covers information that can help you cooperatively achieve your objectives.

Publication Number:: 8679

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Bay Area Ranching Heritage: A Continuing Legacy

Livestock grazing has been practiced in California for more than 200 years, and it continues to benefit local communities today, not least by helping keep open space available for recreation use.

Publication Number:: 8528

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Caring for Cattle to Provide Safe and Wholesome Meat

The care and feeding of livestock has a cyclic rhythm tied to the animals’ reproductive cycle and seasonal health needs. Ranchers must perform numerous tasks to keep their animals healthy and reproducing.

Publication Number:: 8530

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Cattle, Sheep, Goats, and Horses: What's the Difference for Working Rangelands?

Range livestock species differ in size, weight, behavior, and feeding preferences. Learn how these factors can influence their suitability for grazing on a particular area of multi-use rangeland.

Publication Number:: 8524

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Cows Need Water, Too: Water Sources, Wetlands, and Riparian Areas

All creatures need access to water. One good way to water range livestock is to use natural water sources on the grazing site. Learn how to provide animal access and still protect the water resource.

Publication Number:: 8525

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Ranching Infrastructure: Tools for Healthy Grasslands, Livestock, and Ranchers

Part of the Understanding Working Rangelands series. Ranch roads, fencing, gates, water systems, corrals, and working scales play a key role in proper management of livestock and effective management of rangelands.

Publication Number:: 8561

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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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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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