Optimization of grazing management for watershed sediment control

Y. Duan, P. Heilman, D. Phillip Guertin

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1 Scopus citations

Abstract

Grazing on rangelands can increase erosion that is a major source of nonpoint source pollution. Grazing management is important in maintaining vegetation cover, which consequently impacts erosion and sediment yield. This paper uses a representative ranch model to define grazing management from an economic perspective. The model maximizes the profit of a representative ranch that can utilize all grazing lands in a watershed with constraints on forage resources, sustainable utilization, and production technology and sediment yield control objectives. A case study for the Walnut Gulch Watershed in Arizona showed a shift of the spatial distribution of optimal stocking rates with increasing sediment control objectives.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the iEMSs 3rd Biennial Meeting,Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software
StatePublished - 2006
Event3rd Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society: Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software, iEMSs 2006 - Burlington, VT, United States
Duration: Jul 9 2006Jul 13 2006

Publication series

NameProceedings of the iEMSs 3rd Biennial Meeting," Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software"

Other

Other3rd Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society: Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software, iEMSs 2006
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBurlington, VT
Period7/9/067/13/06

Keywords

  • Economics
  • Non-linear Programming
  • Rangeland
  • Spatial optimization
  • Stock rate

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Modeling and Simulation

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