Grazing helps maintain brush growth on cleared land

Abstract

A 20-year photographic record and transect data (1969-89) from the Sierra Nevada foothills are briefly examined. The data showed that elimination of grazing by deer and cattle allowed a tall dense stand of brush to develop with little or no forage for deer or livestock with a high fire hazard, whereas grazing by deer and cattle maintained forage appropriate to deer and cattle with some degree of soil protection. Source: CAB