Resources

• Fact Sheet 1: How Can the Endangered Species Act Affect Rangeland Activities?
• Fact Sheet 2: Climate Change in Idaho’s Rangelands
• Fact Sheet 3: Pioneer Plant Species 

Backpack Guide to Idaho Range Plants

Idaho's vast rangeland landscapes are rich with diverse plant life that can intrigue the curious and observant naturalist. This full-color guide is designed to help readers learn to recognize some of the most common and important rangeland plants in Idaho.
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A Field Guide to Grasses and Grass-Like Plants of Idaho

Grasses and grass-like plants are key to the productivity, function and diversity of Idaho's rangelands, wetlands and forests. Learn to identify almost 100 plant species and understand the value of these plants with this one of a kind publication. Rich photographs and detailed drawings fill this visually engaging plant identification book.
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Landowner Guide to Sage-grouse Habitat in Idaho

This guidebook helps land owners and managers recognize characteristics of productive and unfavorable sage-grouse habitat, prompting informed approaches to management and conservation. The focus is on ranching, as opposed to other land use activities, because livestock grazing is the primary land use that occurs in sage-grouse habitat. Download PDF

Dormant Season Grazing to Reduce Cheatgrass and Promote Perennial Bunchgrasses

This overview provides key points and information from research that is assessing the value of dormant season grazing to restore degraded rangelands by reducing annual invasive cheatgrass. Download PDF

Idaho Grasses App for Android and iOS

The UI Rangeland Center helped produce an app that contains 100+ grasses and grass-like plants, complete with common and scientific names, flowering period, colorful photographs, distribution maps and much, much more. Filters and search features make this app perfect for use in the field. Find the app in Google Play or the App Store. View the End User License Agreement.

RangeDocs: Searchable Science for Range Professionals

RangeDocs is an incredible online searchable database that gives land managers access to high quality, applicable information to help them make decisions and find resources to support their work. This digital library allows Extension professionals, agency staff, and other land managers to search rangeland terms and pinpoint paragraphs of applicable information from key national rangeland resources. Visit RangeDocs.

Idaho Rangeland Atlas

The Idaho Rangeland Atlas provides a simple interface to gather facts about the state of Idaho’s rangelands. Data is aggregated from several public sources to illustrate information such as land cover, livestock and fires. >> View the Idaho Rangeland Atlas.