National Range And Pasture Handbook

The National Range and Pasture Handbook (NRPH) constitutes Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) basic policy and procedures for assisting farmers, ranchers, groups, organizations, units of government, and others working through conservation districts in planning and applying resource conservation on non-Federal grazing lands throughout the United States. This handbook, along with other appropriate NRCS technical and policy guidance manuals and handbooks, contains information to assist the NRCS conservationist in providing technical assistance to cooperators in all phases of the planning and application process. The NRPH deals with the policy and procedures for the study, inventory, analysis, treatment, and management of the grazing lands resources.

The information and guidelines in this handbook constitute basic Soil Conservation Service (SCS) policy and procedures for assisting ranchers, groups, organizations, units of government, and others in planning and applying resource conservation programs on rangeland and other native grazing land.

Advancement in the management of pastures, meadows, and ranges, and realization that these crops contribute to soil conservation and to efficient farming, have been salutary developments in the farm program in recent years.