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LD Ford Rangeland
Conservation Science: SERVICES
CONSERVATION GRAZING--Do you need to adjust conventional grazing or re-introduce livestock to meet conservation objectives? Do you need to improve or maintain habitat quality for special-status species?
PROTECT RANGELAND WATER AND SOIL, REDUCE PEST PLANTS AND FIRE FUELS--Do you need to improve or maintain water quality and soil integrity at your grazed property? Do you need to reduce pest plant infestations and accumulations of fire fuels?
COMPREHENSIVE RANGELAND MANAGEMENT SERVICES--Do you need assistance to develop strategy, establish technical advisory panels, conduct planning studies and analyses, assure high standards of professionalism and scholarship, establish and supervise planning and monitoring teams, and adapt the plans to future changes?
--Do you need assistance to supervise grazing operations, monitor compliance with terms of a lease or easement, improve and maintain collaboration with the grazing lessee, provide technical guidance, and report progress?
We provide technical assistance--to assist you with staff support, individual consultations, or comprehensive project teams...
  
Larry Ford, Ph.D. has 32 years and Devii Rao, M.S. has 9 years
professional experience in rangeland management
and conservation science.
1.
Comprehensive Rangeland Assessment and Management Planning
- Grazing management
and conservation planning for rangelands (including
maintenance and enhancement of special-status
species habitat, control of pest plants, protection
of water quality, and reduction of fire hazards)
- Rangeland stewardship and ecosystem health assessments
- Livestock infrastructure,
operations, and grazing capacity assessments
(including wildlife-friendliness and costs)
- Ranch conservation
enhancement planning
- Horse
property and facilities planning (including
infrastructure, operations, manure management,
wildlife management, and grazing capacity)
- Mitigation
and conservation enhancements strategy and
costs
- Environmental
documentation of existing conditions and development
for rangeland easements and monitoring baselines
- Mapping and
historical air photo documentation
2. Rangeland Monitoring and Grazing Lease/Easement Supervision
- Monitoring
of rangeland properties, grazing leases, and
conservation easements (including contractual and regulatory compliance,
rangeland ecosystem health, management effectiveness,
and ranch sustainability)
- Development and negotiation of terms for management and effective conservation
- Management supervision for specialized conservation properties
- Conservation
easement and grazing lease management supervision (including
livestock operations, improvement of collaboration, and interfacing with property managers, public,
and regulatory agencies)
- Horse property
management supervision (including operations
and pasture management)
3. Investigation of Legal Cases Involving Livestock and Rangelands (legal services and cases)
- Legal problem
investigation and litigation advocacy (including livestock escapes, collisions with vehicles, and damages to property or natural resources)
- Forensic and practical analyses (including
livestock operations, fencing, other infrastructure, and management
conditions compared to professional standards)
- Expert witness
testimony
- Reporting and
public information articles/speaking on management
compliance and conservation effectiveness
based on monitoring results
- Environmental
impact and mitigation analysis for rural land
uses and wildland resource development technologies
- Review of the
scientific literature, expert panel assessment,
and workshops
- Evaluations
of program effectiveness, scientific merit,
scientific process and applicability, and
research needs
- Education and
public outreach strategy; training of managers
- Ecological
research
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