WWRC 86-05d
Wyoming's Challenge in Riparian Habitat Management
This conference, like many others dealing with
riparian habitat management, will emphasize livestock
use of the riparian zone. It is easy to focus on
the negative aspects of livestock use, but it is the
challenge of this conference and Wyoming to look
objectively at the multiple use management of the
riparian zone. The presentation included (1) trends
of livestock grazing and other uses of Wyoming's
langelands in which riparian and stream ecosystems
occur, (2) implications of these use trends to past and
present ecological condition of riparian and stream
habitats, (3) range, livestock, and multiple use
management approaches that might help improve
and maintain desirable riparian and stream ecosystem
conditions, and (4) economic development opportunities
that riparian and stream ecosystems can
provide the rangeland owner and the State of
Wyoming. The appeal is for multiple use rather than
single use finger pointing, and for true multiple use
management of our riparian and stream ecosystems.
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