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Title: California fish and game
Identifier: californiafishga38_4cali (find matches)
Year: [1] (s)
Authors: California. Dept. of Fish and Game; California. Fish and Game Commission; California. Division of Fish and Game
Subjects: Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons
Publisher: (San Francisco, etc. ) State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game
Contributing Library: California Department of Fish and Game
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MANAGEMENT OF CHAMISE BRUSHLANDS 481 opening the brush too much. Insofar as possible, sprout growth should be retarded by deer browsing and areas maintained in open condition this way. When areas are properly opened every care should be taken to avoid wildfires for these are likely to upset the proper interspersion of brush and herbaceous plants and may not leave enough dense brush cover for deer. After an area is opened and the- proper balance between dense brush and opened area is attained, it may prove more desirable, where feasible, to maintain this condition by mechanical means than by fire. 7. Grazing Management. Attention should be given to grazing man- agement, especially where animals other than deer use the range. The general objective should be to leave enough grass residue on the ground for an effective watershed cover, and to maintain a high level of fawn production without depletion of range carrying capacity. Where the browse species are properl)" utilized the grasses are likely to be properly grazed, too (Figure 19). Areas fully stocked with deer will scarcely support any cattle or horses because the additional animals would result in too close grazing. Utilization by sheep is quite similar to that by deer; where both kinds of animals use the range, proper allowance must be made for each. In some cases, jackrabbits may become sufficiently abun- dant to justify reducing their number.
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FIGURE 19. View of area burned in 1945 and used only by deer for six years. Both the browse and grass show about proper utilization. Photo was taken September 13, 1951, near the end of the dry forage period. If used also by other kinds of animals adjustments should be made for proper utilization of the grass, always leaving enough for an effective watershed cover. 2—64158

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