Exclosures and Natural Areas on Rangelands in Utah (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Exclosures, natural areas, and other types of areas that have received either little or no use by domestic livestock have long been used as reference areas by range managers and scientists. The importance of exclosures in range management was dis cussed by Williams (1962) and a summary of the importance of natural areas in the evaluation of the grazing resources of North America was presented by Anderson (1966) The need for a listing of exclosures and natural areas in any specific area has been recognized. For the land manager, knowledge of an existing exclosure may make erection of additional exclosures unnecessary. For the research worker, such a list may provide locations of areas relatively undisturbed by domestic livestock for ecological studies.

A list of all livestock and big game exclosures in Wyoming was published by Williams Young (1958) prepared a list of 36 big game exclosures in Utah but the list was not intended to be a complete inventory, did not include livestock exclosures or natural areas, and has not been updated.

Because of the need for knowledge about exclosures and natural areas, the American Society of Range Management initiated a Reference Area program. Included among this program's Objectives is the compilation of a comprehensive list of existing exclosures and natural areas on rangelands in North America. Anderson (1966) described the goals of this program.

The list presented here is part of the Reference Area program and it includes all known fenced areas in Utah protected from grazing by either livestock or big game as well as larger natural areas that are thought to have received little or no use by domestic livestock because of natural barriers or inaccessibility. In addition, some watershed basins along the Wasatch front from which grazing has been excluded for many years are also included.

The exclosures and natural areas are grouped under the agency which administers' or controls the land on which they occur and are further subdivided under districts in the case of the National Forests and Bureau of Land Management. Where an agency other than the land managing agency was involved in the construction, maintenance, or record keeping, the cooperating agency is indicated in parentheses by the following abbrevia tions after the name of the exclosure.

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