Impact on livelihoods, heath, grass, and wildlife LEGACY OF HOLISTIC CATTLE MANAGEMENT Anchal Padukone Aubree Andres with Dan Rubenstein

 What is holistic grazing management?  How does it compare to traditional grazing?  Where has it been practiced?  Why are we interested in studying it? INTRODUCTION

 Health  Milk yield measurements  Growth rates  Vegetation and wildlife  Vegetation transects  Camera traps  How much the plots are being used and by what animals  GPS data – our livestock  Camera traps – wildlife  Production cages METHODS

GPS DATA – TRACKING LIVESTOCK

GPS DATA

PERCENTAGE TIME ANIMALS SPEND IN THE BUNCHED GRAZING AREA

RESULTS Graphs showing average milk yield/sheep or goat/day (ml/day)

RESULTS

CAMERA TRAP RESULTS

VEGETATION - RESULTS

PRODUCTION CAGE - RESULTS

PRODUCTION CAGES – RESULTS

 What we expect to see from the animal health measures  What we expect from the production cages  What we expect to see from the camera trap pictures FUTURE STUDY

 Preliminary findings  Ongoing study  Impact of seasonal changes  Investigate mechanisms through which this effect could occur  GOING FORWARD