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The guidelines suggested by the SCS (1976) will be used to <br /> formulate the proposed grazing management program. Intensity and <br /> duration of use will be based upon growing conditions at the time <br />grazing trials are scheduled to begin. Haact stocking rates are <br />impossible to predict at this tine, Stocking rates will be calculated <br />using the accepted assumption that a mature cow of approximately 1,000 <br />pounds and a calf as old as 6 months equals one animal unit. For a <br />mature ewe or ram, the animal-unit equivalent of 0.20 will be used, <br />Wildlife allowances shall be 0.20 animal unite for a mature mule deer <br />and 0.55 animal unite for each mature elk. Flexibility in the size <br />and eompoaition of the Livestock operation will allow for optimum <br />usage of vegetation during yearn of nub-normal and above average <br />forage production. Distribution of Livestock for uniform forage <br />• utilization will be accomplished using one or more of the following: <br />herding, fencing, watering facilities or the placement of forage <br />supplements. <br />Vallentine (1971) reviewed the literature relative to water <br />development and grazing distribution and concluded: "Cattle should <br />not have to travel more than one-quarter to one-half mile from forage <br />to water in steep, rough country, or more than one mile on level or <br />gently rolling range. However, sheep and horses can travel longer <br />distances". pallentine reported that during spring and summer months <br />when forage is green, eater distribution vas found to have little <br />effect on big game distribution. <br />• <br />2.05 - 96 <br />