Central Grasslands REC, Streeter
Range and Natural Resources Research
CGREC has conducted research on range and natural resource science for 30 years. Below is the information we've gathered in various areas.
- Surveys and Posters
- CRP Research
- Grazing Intensity Research
- Stocking Rate
- Extended Season Grazing
- Seed Bank Research on Rangeland
- Range Ecology
- Soils Research
Surveys and Posters
CRP Research
- An Economic Analysis of Grazing, Haying and Cropping Marginal Highly Erodible Crop Land in Southcentral North Dakota
- Grazing And Haying CRP Lands
- Conservation Reserve Program Hay Quality in North Dakota in 2002
Grazing Intensity Research
- Long Term (22 Years) Grazing Intensity Research in the Missouri Coteau of North Dakota (2010 Report)
- The Effect of Grazing Intensity on Soil Bulk Density
- The Effect of Grazing Intensity on Rangeland Hydrology
- Conserving Soil Water Through Grazing Management
- The Effect of Grazing Intensity on Soil Water and Rangeland Productivity in South-Central North Dakota
Stocking Rate
Extended Season Grazing
- Swath Grazing vs Native Range Grazing for Wintering Beef Cows in South-Central North Dakota
- Effects of Swathed Forage Type on Intake and Total Tract Digestion
- Comparing Three Forage Types for Use in Swath Grazing: Effects on Cow Performance, Ruminal Fermentation, and Digestibility
- Utilizing Annual Forages to Extend Grazing 2008 Summary Report
- Full Report (2008)
- 2009 Report-- Grazing Annual Forages: Impacts on Animal Performance, Forage Production, Soil Health and Economics
- Utilizing Annual Forages in a Single and Dual Cropping System for Late-Fall and Early Winter Grazing: Impacts on Forage Production and Quality, Cow Performance, Soil Health, and Economics (2010)
Seed Bank Research on Rangeland
- Grazing Effects on the Mixed-Grass Prairie Seed Bank in the Coteau Region of North Dakota (2005)
- Grazing Effects on the Seed Bank of Rangeland in the Coteau Region of North Dakota (2004)
Range Ecology
- Biomass Allocation in Prairie Grasses Under Drought Stress (2011) pdf.270KB
- Leaf Water Relations of Two Grass Species in the Mixed-Grass Prairie under Cattle Grazing (2011)
- Quantifying Plant Water Use in the Native Coteau Rangelands of North Dakota
- Quantifying Plant Water Use on Rangelands Through Soil Water Modeling (2009)
- Modeling to Aid Production Agriculture: Introduction to a Grassland Ecosystem Study in the Missouri Coteau of North Dakota
- The Relationship Between Root Decomposition and Plant Biodiversity
- Interaction of Simulated Drought and Grazing on Mixed Grass Prairie
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Evaluation of Ecosystem Services Provided by the Coteau Rangeland of North Dakota
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Plant Responses to Different Grazing Intensities in the Missouri Coteau of North Dakota
- Range Plant Response to Competition, Clipping, and Drought
- Estimating Above-ground Primary Productivity Through Computer Modeling
