Suggested Class Projects 



Further Reading 



1. Ask area representatives of Bureau of 

 Land Management; Department of 

 Fish, Wildlife, and Parks; Soil Conser- 

 vation Service; and other government 

 agencies responsible for grassland 

 management to speak to the class. 



Ask area ranchers to speak to the class 

 on their range management tech- 

 niques. 



3. Collect area grasses, identify, and label 

 them. Discuss what they indicate about 

 the soil in which they were found. 



4. 



5. 



Arrange for a group hike through an 

 area grassland or outdoor classroom. 

 Keep a list of plants and signs of ani- 

 mals seen during the hike. 



Visit any of the 100 "relict" sites lo- 

 cated around the state where 

 grasslands are kept in the same condi- 

 tion they were before domestic live- 

 stock began grazing in the area. (Your 

 local soil conservation office can tell 

 you where one is located in your area.) 



Climax Vegetation of Montana, Based 

 on Soils and Climate. 1976. USDA Soil 

 Conservation Service. Bozeman, MT. 



Forest Habitat Types of Montana. May 

 1977. USDA Forest Service. Intermoun- 

 tain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 

 Technical Report INT-34. Ogden, UT. 



Geologic Parent Materials of Montana 

 Soils. November 1980. Bulletin 721. USDA 

 Soil Conservation Service and Montana 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, Montana 

 State University. Bozeman, MT. 



* Grass, the Everything, Everywhere 

 Plant. 1977. Goldin, Augusta R. Elsevier- 

 Nelson. 



Grassland and Shrubland Habitat 

 Types of Western Montana. January 1980. 

 Mueggler, W.F., and W. L. Stewart. USDA 

 Forest Service. Intermountain Forest and 

 Range Experiment Station. General Tech- 

 nical Report INT-66. Ogden, UT. 



Interagency Forage, Conservation and 

 Wildlife Handbook, n.d. 



* Lands Beyond the Forest. 1969. Sears, 

 Paul B. Prentiss-Hall. 



Manual of the Grasses of the United 

 States. Revised February 1951. Hitchcock, 

 A.S. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 

 200. Washington, DC. 



Prairie Plants and Their Environment. 

 1968. Weaver, J.E. University of Nebraska 

 Press. 



Soil and Vegetation Inventory of Near- 

 pristine Sites, Montana. July 1973. USDA 

 Soil Conservation Service. Bozeman, MT. 



♦Student Reading. 



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