Sheep Grazing above Timberline in the San Juan National Forest

Summary

Environmental assessment. Covers San Juan National Forest, Colorado, Needle Mtns. Topics: sheep grazing, alpine ecosystem, environmental impact. Agencies: USDA Forest Service, Forest Service. Cites 7 external works.

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 61 entities)

View in full graph →

Loading graph...

Stakeholders (1)

Agencies, organizations, and groups mentioned as actors in this document.

United States Forest Service

Places (16)

Colorado San Juan Plumas National Forest Ouray Telluride Durango Dolores San Juan County

Show 8 more

Challis Montrose Weminuche Wilderness Cortez Needle Mtns Clear Lake South Lookout Peak

Concepts & Topics (9)

weathering imaging spectroscopy water resources tundra biodiversity nonpoint source pollution density sustainable grazing ecological consequences allocation schedule

Show 1 more

livestock grazing

Species (46)

Marmota flaviventris Hummingbird Delphinium Rushes Bacteria Erigeron Mertensia small mammals

Show 38 more

Delphinium nuttallianum Selasphorus platycercus Erigeron speciosus Castilleja Penstemon broad-tailed hummingbirds

External References Cited (8)

Works cited by this document, grouped by type.

report (5)

Range management in the central and southern Rocky Mountains: a summary of the ststus of our knowledge of range ecosystems (1975) — Paulsen,H. A.
Soil survey of Fraser alpine area of Colo. (1962) — Retzer, J. Lh.
Rocky Mtn. bighorn sheep trapping and transplanting (1951) — Jones,G.W., and C. White
E.I. S., Challis
The Rocky Mountain alpine type- range conditions, trends, land use. ( A preliminary report) — Schwan, H. E., and D. F. Costello

other (3)

Biology and Management of threatened and endangered western trouts (1976) — Behnke,R,T
Soil survey of Fraser alpine area of Colo (1962) — Retzer, J. Lh
The bighorn sheep in the United States, its past, present, and future (1960) — Beuchner, H.K