Rangeland Monitoring can be defined as a systematic record of processes or activities to detect change in the range resource. Vegetation monitoring is a valuable tool to detect change in plant communities in relation to management objectives.
In addition to vegetation monitoring, any number of other physical and biotic attributes of a system can be monitored.
Monitoring can also be of either long-term or short-term nature, each of which normally serves different purposes and objectives.
An important element of the Bridger Teton Permittee Monitoring
Committee's philosophy was that we would not suggest that permittees should
monitor for monitoring's sake. Rather, it is imperative that there be a clear
objective defined for each monitoring site. In defining that objective, the
purpose and method chosen to monitor on a site becomes clear.
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