National Drought Mitigation Center

Inventory

Ranch management cannot be optimized without inventorying and monitoring all natural resources.

Precipitation

Inventory

Monitor

Forage and Range

Inventory

  • Range Site - plant communities, growth curves, indicator species
  • Range Condition - successional plant community, hydrologic health

Monitor

Livestock

Inventory

  • Herd - class, number, feed needs, stocking rate

Monitor