The mission of the Montana Sustainable Rangeland Livestock Task Force (MSRLTF) is to develop and communicate sustainable livestock management technologies and other tools to restore, sustain, and enhance healthy rangeland ecosystems. The Task Force is a multi-disciplined team that seamlessly integrates research and extension activities. The Task Force focuses its efforts on 3 critical issues: 1) invasive species, 2) wildlife, and 3) riparian habitat.

A major emphasis of the Task Force is to develop new strategies for harnessing livestock, especially sheep and goats, as tools to sustain the social, economic, and environmental values of Montana’s rangelands. Opportunities abound for using prescribed livestock grazing to achieve ecological objectives. Examples include creating fuelbreaks to control wildfires, enhancing wildlife habitat, controlling noxious weed invasions, increasing the quantity of clean water from rangeland watersheds, controlling tree and shrub encroachment onto rangeland, and helping establish desirable plants to reclaim and restore degraded sites.

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