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(510) 616-1159

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Publications

A Guide to Livestock Leases for Annual Rangelands

Evaluating Prescribed Fire Effect on Medusa Head and Other Invasive Plants in Coastal Prairie

Cattle Grazing Reduces Fine Fuels and Wildfire Intensity in California Rangelands

 Barry, S., S. Larson, L. Ford, and P. Brownsey. 2020. “A Guide to Livestock Leases for Annual Rangelands.” Univ. of CA Agriculture and Natural Resources, Publication 8679 

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Cattle Grazing Reduces Fine Fuels and Wildfire Intensity in California Rangelands

Evaluating Prescribed Fire Effect on Medusa Head and Other Invasive Plants in Coastal Prairie

Cattle Grazing Reduces Fine Fuels and Wildfire Intensity in California Rangelands

 Ratcliff, F., D. Rao, S. Barry, L. Macaulay, M. Moritz, S. Dewees, M. Shapero, R. Larsen, R. Peterson, and L. Forero. 2020. Cattle Grazing Reduces Fine Fuels and Wildfire Intensity in California Rangelands. In Press in California Agriculture. Submitted August 31, 2020. 

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Evaluating Prescribed Fire Effect on Medusa Head and Other Invasive Plants in Coastal Prairie

Evaluating Prescribed Fire Effect on Medusa Head and Other Invasive Plants in Coastal Prairie

Applying Ecological Site Concepts and State-and-Transition Models to a Grazed Riparian Rangeland

Bartolome, J., Brown, A., Hopkinson, P., Hammond, M., Macaulay. L., and Ratcliff, F. 2019. Evaluating Prescribed Fire Effect on Medusa Head and Other Invasive Plants in Coastal Prairie at Point Pinole – Published in Grasslands, Winter 2019.

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Applying Ecological Site Concepts and State-and-Transition Models to a Grazed Riparian Rangeland

Applying Ecological Site Concepts and State-and-Transition Models to a Grazed Riparian Rangeland

Applying Ecological Site Concepts and State-and-Transition Models to a Grazed Riparian Rangeland

 Ratcliff, Felix, J. Bartolome, L. Macaulay, S. Spiegal, M.D. White. 2018. Applying Ecological Site Concepts and State-and-Transition Models to a Grazed Riparian Rangeland. Ecology and Evolution. 8(10):4907-4918 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4057. 

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Management Tools and Framework for Packstock Use and Meadow Monitoring in Yosemite Wilderness

Applying Ecological Site Concepts and State-and-Transition Models to a Grazed Riparian Rangeland

Management Tools and Framework for Packstock Use and Meadow Monitoring in Yosemite Wilderness

 Kuhn, T., W. Wills, H. Huppe, J. Baccei, M. Thompson, M Marschall, F. Ratcliff, P. Hopkinson and J. Bartolome. 2018. Management Tools and Framework for Packstock Use and Meadow Monitoring in Yosemite Wilderness. Natural Resource Report NPS/YOSE/NRR—2018/1591. US Department of the Interior. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado. 

Tools to Inform Determination of Meadow Opening Dates at Yosemite National Park

Applying Ecological Site Concepts and State-and-Transition Models to a Grazed Riparian Rangeland

Management Tools and Framework for Packstock Use and Meadow Monitoring in Yosemite Wilderness

 Kuhn, T., J. Baccei, M. McClaran, F. Ratcliff, J. Bartolome, J. Matchett. 2017. Tools to Inform Determination of Meadow Opening Dates at Yosemite National Park. Natural Resource Report NPS/XXXX/NRR—2014/XXX. IN PRESS. US Department of the Interior. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado. 

Testing a Remote Sensing-Based Interactive System for Monitoring Grazed Conservation Lands

The Benefits of Grazing: Livestock grazing: a conservation tool on California’s Annual Grasslands

The Benefits of Grazing: Livestock grazing: a conservation tool on California’s Annual Grasslands

 Ford, L.D., H.S. Butterfield, P.A. Van Hoorn, K.B. Allen, E. Inlander, C. Schloss, F. Schuetzenmeister, and M. Tsalyuk. (2017). Testing a Remote Sensing-Based Interactive System for Monitoring Grazed Conservation Lands. Rangelands 39(5):123-132. 

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The Benefits of Grazing: Livestock grazing: a conservation tool on California’s Annual Grasslands

The Benefits of Grazing: Livestock grazing: a conservation tool on California’s Annual Grasslands

The Benefits of Grazing: Livestock grazing: a conservation tool on California’s Annual Grasslands

  Barry, S., L. Bush, S. Larson, and L. Ford. 2015. “The Benefits of Grazing: Livestock grazing: a conservation tool on California’s Annual Grasslands.” Understanding Working Rangelands fact-sheet series. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources. 

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Bay Area Ranching Heritage: a Continuing Legacy

The Benefits of Grazing: Livestock grazing: a conservation tool on California’s Annual Grasslands

Grazing Systems: Achieving management Objectives through patterns of livestock use in time and space

 Barry, S., S. Larson, and L. Ford. 2015. “Bay Area Ranching Heritage: a Continuing Legacy.” Understanding Working Rangelands fact-sheet series. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources. 

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Grazing Systems: Achieving management Objectives through patterns of livestock use in time and space

Grazing Systems: Achieving management Objectives through patterns of livestock use in time and space

Grazing Systems: Achieving management Objectives through patterns of livestock use in time and space

  Barry, S., S. Larson, and L. Ford. 2015. “Grazing Systems: Achieving management Objectives through patterns of livestock use in time and space.” Understanding Working Rangelands fact-sheet series. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources. 

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Understanding Working Rangelands: Cows Need Water, Too: Water Sources, Wetlands, and Riparian Areas

Grazing Systems: Achieving management Objectives through patterns of livestock use in time and space

Understanding Working Rangelands: Cows Need Water, Too: Water Sources, Wetlands, and Riparian Areas

 Barry, S., S. Larson, and L. Ford. 2015. “Cows Need Water Too.” Understanding Working Rangelands fact-sheet series. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources. 

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Grazing for Biodiversity in Californian Mediterranean Grasslands

Grazing Systems: Achieving management Objectives through patterns of livestock use in time and space

Understanding Working Rangelands: Cows Need Water, Too: Water Sources, Wetlands, and Riparian Areas

 Bartolome, J., B. Allen-Diaz, S. Barry, L. Ford, M. Hammond, P. Hopkinson, F. Ratcliff, S. Spiegal, and M. White. 2014. Grazing for Biodiversity in Californian Mediterranean grasslands. Rangelands 36(5):36-43. 

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Developing Ecological Site and State-and-Transition Models for Grazed Riparian Pastures at Tejon

Developing Ecological Site and State-and-Transition Models for Grazed Riparian Pastures at Tejon

Developing Ecological Site and State-and-Transition Models for Grazed Riparian Pastures at Tejon

 Ratcliff, Felix. J. Bartolome, M. Hammond, S. Spiegal, M. White. 2014. Developing Ecological Site and State-and-Transition Models for Grazed Riparian Pastures at Tejon Ranch, California. Proceedings of the 7th California Oak Symposium: Managing Oak Woodlands in a Dynamic World. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-251. 

Northern Coastal Scrub and Coastal Prairie

Developing Ecological Site and State-and-Transition Models for Grazed Riparian Pastures at Tejon

Developing Ecological Site and State-and-Transition Models for Grazed Riparian Pastures at Tejon

 Ford, L.D. and G. Hayes. 2007. Northern coastal scrub and coastal prairie. In: M.G. Barbour, T. Keeler-Wolf, and A. Schoenherr (Eds.). Terrestrial vegetation of California, Third Ed. Berkeley: University of California Press. 

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Effects of Prescribed Grazing and Burning Treatments on Fire Regimes in Alien Grass-dominated Wild..

Effects of Prescribed Grazing and Burning Treatments on Fire Regimes in Alien Grass-dominated Wild..

Effects of Prescribed Grazing and Burning Treatments on Fire Regimes in Alien Grass-dominated Wild..

 Castillo, M., G. Enriques, M. Nakahara, D. Weise, L. Ford, R. Moraga, and R. Vihnanek. 2005. Effects of prescribed burning, herbicides, and grazing on fountain grass fuel loading in Hawaii. Proceedings of the 23d Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference, October 17-20, 2005, Bartlesville, OK. 

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Effects of Fire and Browsing on Regeneration of Blue Oak

Effects of Prescribed Grazing and Burning Treatments on Fire Regimes in Alien Grass-dominated Wild..

Effects of Prescribed Grazing and Burning Treatments on Fire Regimes in Alien Grass-dominated Wild..

 Bartolome, J.W., M.P. McClaran, B.H. Allen-Diaz, J. Dunne, L.D. Ford, R.B. Standiford, N.K. McDougald, and L.C. Forero. 2002. Effects of fire and browsing on blue oak. Proc. 5th Symposium on Oak Woodlands, October 22-25, 2001, San Diego, CA. USDA Forest Service GTR-184. Pp 281-286. 

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