GlossARy 



Best Management Practices: Guidelines for managing the use of a resource (such as grazing land) in a manner that pro- 

 tects the resource and promotes ecological and economic sustainability. 



* Browse: (n) The part of shrubs, woody vines, and trees available for animal consumption, (v) To search for or consume 

 browse. 



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Chiseling: Breaking or loosening the soil, without inversion, with a chisel cultivator or chisel plow. A practice used for 

 grassland or pasture renovation. 



* Critical area: A site selected for the purpose of monitoring or managing a specific resource concern or need in a specific 

 area. These areas are not to be used to determine health of the grazing unit as a whole. 



* Ecological site: A kind of land with specific physical characteristics, which differs from other kinds of land in its ability to 

 produce distinctive kinds and amounts of vegetation and in its response to management. 



* Qrazing preference: Selection of certain plants, or plant parts, over others by grazing animals. 

 Qrazing tolerance: The degree to which a plant can withstand grazing use and still remain healthy. 



* Qrazing unit: A subdivision of a management area. 



Qreenline: First perennial vegetation above the base summer flow of a stream or water body. 



* Hedging: The persistent browsing of terminal buds of browse species, which causes excessive lateral branching and a re- 

 duction in main stem growth. 



* Key grazing area: A relatively small portion of a range selected because of its location, use or grazing value as a monitoring 

 point for grazing use. It is assumed that key areas, if properly selected, will reflect the overall acceptability of current graz- 

 ing management over the range. 



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