UTAH GLCI GOALS/OBJECTIVES

• Identify critical elements needed to improve Utah's grazing lands including best management practices to:

---Improve and sustain forage production
---Improve water quality and quantity
---Properly manage forage harvest to protect the soil resource
 

• Encourage private landowners to become actively involved in the Coalition.

• Develop a stable funding source to support activities of the Coalition and promote Agriculture Resource Development Loans (ARDL) and other activities to improve grazing lands.

• Promote a long term research program to protect basic soil and plant resources and improve forage productivity and harvest.
  
  
• Educate owners, managers, and general public on good, economically viable grazing management practices.
  
  
• Inform the general public about the benefits of well-managed grazing lands.
  
  
• Keep technical assistance program voluntary.
  
  
• Assure that personnel providing assistance are properly trained and educated in range and/or pasture management.

UTAH STRATEGIC PLAN

Objective 1:

Identify critical elements to improve Utah grazing lands including sustainable management practices to:

•    Improve and sustain forage production,
•    Improve water quality, and
•    Improve soil and water conservation.

Actions

1. Identify priority areas and the objectives of agencies involved in these areas.
   
   
2. Promote better interdisciplinary understanding and identification of common interests among diverse groups. Foster

coordination and cooperation.

1. Promote sharing of information and working together among coalitions focused on grazing land management.
   
   
2. Assess training and education needs of the GLCI Coalition and others interested in benefits of grazing lands management.
   
   
3. Promote sustainable riparian restoration and management.
   
   
4. Promote coordination and sharing of rangeland data and monitoring results in usable terms.

 Objective 2:

Encourage private landowners to become actively involved in GLCI.
 

Actions

1. Encourage Soil Conservation District Supervisors to promote use of Coordinated Resource Management and Planning to meet local needs.
   
   
2. Obtain funding for promotion of local GLCI group formation and activities.
   
   
3. Promote locally directed incentive programs, including all funding sources to improve grazing lands.

 Objective 3:

Develop a stable funding source to support steering committee activities.

Actions

1. Identify alternative funding sources.
   
   
2. Educate and inform landowners about how to obtain implementation funds.

Objective 4:

Promote long term research and demonstration programs to protect basic soil and plant resources and improve forage productivity and harvest.

Action

1. Disseminate research and demonstration information to landowners.
   
   
2. Highlight the multiple benefits of research and demonstration programs.
   
   
3. Work with landowners to establish test plots and demonstrations on private lands.

Objective 5:

Inform landowners and managers about economically viable grazing management practices and the multiple benefits of improved management.

Action
 

1. Organize education activities that inform participants of sustainable management practices and their benefits.
   
   
2. Inform landowners of potential economic benefits of wildlife on their property.
   
   
3. Showcase grazing land management success stories through the media and at fairs, festivals and other local activities.
   
   
4. Facilitate needed legislation related to solving grazing lands problems.

Objective 6:

Inform the general public about the benefits of well-managed grazing.

Action

1. Identify and promote the public benefits of well-managed grazing.

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