Response of Little Bluestem to Brush Management Practices in the Cross Timbers of Northcentral Oklahoma

Abstract

With the increasing population of the world comes increasing pressures on our forests and rangelands. Areas which had once been considered useless are pressed into service for the benefit of man. Many of these marginal areas are very fragile and at best should be left alone. The management of these lands as sustainable natural areas or for the continued benefit of man must be considered fully, for once they are turned by the plow or reduced by the saw, they will never be the same.