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Proper rangeland management is a goal that many ranchers, land managers, and state and federal agencies strive for. Each entity may have different goals for their respective property. Achieving those goals comes down to motivation,  proper planning, monitoring, time, energy, and money. The amount energy and time you want to invest will directly drive the cost of the project. Some activities will have near immediate results where others can take years to see their benefit.

For example, a rancher wanted to improve the quality of the fishing along the banks of his ranch. The sites he chose to build fish structures were natural and healthy and the goal of the project was wonderful. He and his contractor set out to find a supply of boulders to haul to the river to construct the structures. Having many acres of land it didn’t take him long to find a suitable outcropping of easy to access rocks several miles from the river. This site was a typical canyon wall with moderate vegetation cover, however, part of the vegetation was a highly invasive difficult to control species of plant. Both he and the contractor were unaware of the problems that could be caused by transplanting the seed to it’s new home along the river.  The boulders were mined and hauled to the river. Trucks ran through the seeds left from many years of propagation and now there is a healthy population of unwanted plants along his nearly all natural stream banks.

Please contact Osborn Industries to set up an appointment for us to visit your land and discuss your goals or project. You might be surprised at the perspective we can lend to a project!

Troy has seen many examples of what poor range management looks like. The vigor of the native plants is poor, invasive plants have taken over. Riparian areas once lush with willows are now a muddy spot in the bottom of the draw with little protection from the next heavy rain. Quite often these condition can be improved with only small to moderate changes to the management.

Another example of vegetation management is project planning. The project may have little to nothing to do with the vegetation, but if the ground is not taken into consideration the project may cause more harm then good! Osborn Industries is very capable of integrating vegetation management into any land disturbing project. With years of experience, in his past career, he has worked with many agency’s and specialists to achieve a common goal.