Rangeland Assessment and Monitoring (RAM) Committee
The purpose of the Rangeland Assessment and Monitoring Committee is to coordinate the Society for Range Management’s (SRM) efforts to provide professional leadership related to the development and implementation of rangeland assessment and monitoring.
Chuck Butterfield
Chair/President
Chair/President: Chuck Butterfield Chair/President
Overview and Introduction
The purpose of the Rangeland Assessment and Monitoring Committee is to coordinate the Society for Range Management’s (SRM) efforts to provide professional leadership related to the development and implementation of rangeland asssessment and monitoring by government agencies, other organizations, and private individuals and to assist the Board of Directors in implementing SRM rangeland assessment policies. SRM’s aim is to insure that such methods are objective, scientifically sound, and consistent with professional experience.
Publications
New Concepts for Assessment of Rangeland Condition by the Task Group on Unity in Concepts and Terminology. Journal of Rangeland Management 48(3):271–282, May 1995. (84K)
Evaluating Rangeland Sustainability: The Evolving Technology by the Task Group on Unity in Concepts and Terminology. Rangelands, 17(3):85–92, June 1995. (35K)
Does Size Matter? Animal Units and Animal Months by the SRM RAM Committee; Rangelands, Vol 39, Issue 1, February, 2017
Guidelines and Terminology for Range Inventories & Monitoring, by the Range Inventory Standardization Committee (RISC), February 1983, Albuquerque, NM
Utilization and Residual Measurements-Tools for Adaptive Rangeland Management, by the SRM Rangeland Assessment and Monitoring Committee, October 2018
Evaluating Rangeland Sustainability: The Evolving Technology by the Task Group on Unity in Concepts and Terminology. Rangelands, 17(3):85–92, June 1995. (35K)
Does Size Matter? Animal Units and Animal Months by the SRM RAM Committee; Rangelands, Vol 39, Issue 1, February, 2017
Guidelines and Terminology for Range Inventories & Monitoring, by the Range Inventory Standardization Committee (RISC), February 1983, Albuquerque, NM
Utilization and Residual Measurements-Tools for Adaptive Rangeland Management, by the SRM Rangeland Assessment and Monitoring Committee, October 2018
Business
2019 Committee Business
2019-2-10 Meeting Notes
2018 Committee Business
2018-1-28 Meeting Notes
2011 Committee Business
February 6, 2011 Agenda – pdf file (75 kb)
February 6, 2011 BOD Report – pdf file(89 kb)
February 6, 2011 Attendance Roster – pdf file (77 kb)
2010 Committee Business
February 7, 2010 Agenda – pdf file (74 kb)
February 7, 2010 Minutes – pdf file(100 kb)
2009 Committee Business
February 8, 2009 Minutes – pdf file (54 kb)
2006 Committee Business
2006 SRM Annual Meeting – RAM Committee Minutes – 6 page MS Word file (48K)
2006 SRM Annual Meeting – RAM Committee Report – 1 page MS Word file (25K)
2005 Committee Business
Committee Issues Statement Document – 6 page MS Word file (41K)
Draft Agenda for Sunday, February 6, 2005 meeting – MS Word file (23K)
A Key to Rangeland Monitoring Web Sites – MS Word file (72K)
2019-2-10 Meeting Notes
2018 Committee Business
2018-1-28 Meeting Notes
2011 Committee Business
February 6, 2011 Agenda – pdf file (75 kb)
February 6, 2011 BOD Report – pdf file(89 kb)
February 6, 2011 Attendance Roster – pdf file (77 kb)
2010 Committee Business
February 7, 2010 Agenda – pdf file (74 kb)
February 7, 2010 Minutes – pdf file(100 kb)
2009 Committee Business
February 8, 2009 Minutes – pdf file (54 kb)
2006 Committee Business
2006 SRM Annual Meeting – RAM Committee Minutes – 6 page MS Word file (48K)
2006 SRM Annual Meeting – RAM Committee Report – 1 page MS Word file (25K)
2005 Committee Business
Committee Issues Statement Document – 6 page MS Word file (41K)
Draft Agenda for Sunday, February 6, 2005 meeting – MS Word file (23K)
A Key to Rangeland Monitoring Web Sites – MS Word file (72K)