Range Land Policy Impact on Riparian Habitat
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
SURC Ballroom C/D
Start Date
15-5-2014
End Date
15-5-2014
Keywords
policy, environment, riparian habitat, range land
Abstract
This poster displays how livestock and range land management practices have affected our riparian habitats in Washington State and the United States. Currently, livestock on range land disrupt the other natural ecosystems which coincide with it. These systems (forest and riparian) are becoming altered by the grazing patterns and presence of livestock, which result in stream bank erosion, loss of vital vegetation, and the large amounts of waste produced by livestock, which concurrently is one of the largest categories of non-point source pollution that is deposited into our state’s and nation’s rivers, streams and estuaries. Range land management practices have in large, been unaltered since the days of pioneers and transcendentalism. Newer modern practices should be put into policy which reflect our current scientific knowledge of how the management of these range lands can better coincide with the natural systems that surround them.
Recommended Citation
Nash, Christopher, "Range Land Policy Impact on Riparian Habitat" (2014). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 105.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2014/posters/105
Poster Number
10
Additional Mentoring Department
Environmental Studies
Range Land Policy Impact on Riparian Habitat
SURC Ballroom C/D
This poster displays how livestock and range land management practices have affected our riparian habitats in Washington State and the United States. Currently, livestock on range land disrupt the other natural ecosystems which coincide with it. These systems (forest and riparian) are becoming altered by the grazing patterns and presence of livestock, which result in stream bank erosion, loss of vital vegetation, and the large amounts of waste produced by livestock, which concurrently is one of the largest categories of non-point source pollution that is deposited into our state’s and nation’s rivers, streams and estuaries. Range land management practices have in large, been unaltered since the days of pioneers and transcendentalism. Newer modern practices should be put into policy which reflect our current scientific knowledge of how the management of these range lands can better coincide with the natural systems that surround them.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Wirth, Rex