United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Agroforestry Center
Date of this Version
September 2003
Document Type
Newsletter Issue
Citation
National Agroforestry Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Station, United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Lincoln, Nebraska
Abstract
Forestry and livestock production are mainstays of the natural resource-based economies of many rural communities in the western United States and Canada. Regenerating mixed conifer forests may produce considerable amounts of ground vegetation that is suitable as livestock feed, while open-canopied pine forests in more arid conditions produce forage throughout their lives. Not surprisingly, there is a strong tradition of livestock grazing within western forests. Silvopasture, the combination of forest management and improved forage species, is a more intensive, controlled application of this traditional use. It is most often implemented to increase profitability, reduce risk, and augment environmental benefits from land management.
Comments
United States government work