Generations on the Land: A Conservation Legacy

Index

[ 109 ] akiyoshi, David, 76 alternative fuels: biofuel, 51; flexfuel , 44; glycol, 71; recycled (used) oil, 58; sawdust, 44 altoona, pennsylvania, 56 apostle islands, 51 armstrong, Bill, 100 ashland, Wisconsin, 50 athens, texas, 26 audubon society, 12 Bad River, 51 Bad River Watershed association, 41, 50 Bean, Michael, 74 Bear River Valley (Utah), 5, 8, 10 Blackland prairie, 15, 21 Blooming Grove, texas, 17–18, 19 Blooming Grove elementary school, 19, 26 Blooming Grove Future Farmers of america, 22 Bluebonnet Resources corporation, 22 Boren, ashley, 66 Box elder county, Utah, 5, 12 Box elder county conservation District (Utah), 4 Brady, texas, 96, 97, 99 Brakel, kelly, 68, 69 Brazil, 31, 45 Bridgerland audubon society, 10 Bridger-teton national Forest, 83 brush control, 22, 85, 88, 96–98, 102, 106. See also plants: native: prickly pear (cactus), sagebrush; trees: ashe juniper, locust, mesquite Bureau of Land Management (BLM): grazing board, 8; land managed by, 59; leases/permits, 11, 58 burning (as range-improvement tool). See under fire (as rangeimprovement tool) Burns Forestry, 47 cache county, Utah, 5, 12 calf creek Burn co-op, 98 california polytechnical state University (cal poly), 76 carbon footprint, 73 caroline Lake (Wisconsin), 51 cassiopeia, 77 cattle breeds and breeding: angus, 20; artificial insemination (ai), 35, 56, 63; Black angus, 56, 57, 97; Brahma (Brahman), 18, 20; Brangus-angus, 97; Brangusindex [ 110 ] index cattle breeds and breeding (cont.) Baldy, 20; cross breeding, 31, 33, 36, 106, and hybrid vigor, 11, 36; Hereford, 33; Hereford-angusshorthorn , 11; Hereford-Brahman , 20; Limousin, 56; polled Hereford, 33; Red angus, 31, 33, 35, 36; Red Hereford-Black angus, 83; simmental, 56; south Devon, 33; Wilsonred, 30, 31, 33, 36; and use of ultrasound technology , 57. See also livestock chambers creek, texas, 26 chief Mountain (Michigan), 51 chile, 76 china, 45 clinton, Bill, 31 cody, Wyoming, 11 coleman family, 56, 63, 105, 106. See also main entries for individual Coleman family members coleman natural Beef program, 55, 58–59 coleman Ranches: and federal land leases, 58, 62; and visitors, 56, 62; and water management, 59, 60 coleman, calvin (grandson of jim and Frances), 52, 59–60, 61 coleman, cindy (daughter of jim and Frances), 60 coleman, Frances (wife of jim), 52, 53; death of, 54; frugality of, 57; as hostess, 55, 62; as nurse, 59; as rancher, 61, 62 coleman, Heather (granddaughter of jim and Frances), 52, 60 coleman, james (original homesteader ), 56 coleman, jim, 52, 53, 55, 61, 63; and conservation easement, 57; and use of crossfencing, 56; and grass management, 59; and herd improvement , 56, 57; inventiveness of, 57–58; and water conservation, 59–61 coleman, Mel (brother of jim), 58 coleman, teddi (wife of tim), 52, 59, 63; as botanical illustrator, 62 coleman, tim (son of jim and Frances), 52, 55, 58, 59, 61; and herd improvement, 63; as record keeper, 62 colorado cattlemen’s agricultural Land trust, 57 colorado college, 62 colorado state University, 56 colorado, 53 comanche 93 compost, 95, 102 conservation tools: axe (as rangeimprovement tool), vii, xi, 44, 105, 106; bird count (and habitat health), 12, 83, 97; cross fencing (as management tool), viii, 30, 56, 58, 61, 62, 82, 84, 88, 96, 106; hoof action (as range-improvement tool), 13, 21, 98; livestock (as range-improvement tool), vii, xi, 25, 105, 106; plow (as rangeimprovement tool), vii, xi, 17, 24, 100, 105. See also the following main entries: documentation (as management tool); fire (as rangeimprovement tool); grazing practices ; reading the environment, vii–viii, 20–21, 74, 97 index [ 111 ] controlled burn. See under fire (as range-improvement tool). Dallas, 17, 26, 94–95 Daniel, Wyoming, 79 Davies, eve, 7, 12 DeLong, paul, 42 Desoto, texas, 18 documentation (as management tool), xi; computers, 33, 35, 67, 69, 76; diaries, 62, 84, 106; Gps, 61; index cards, 35 drought, 20, 22, 24–25, 27, 32, 49, 99; of the 1950s (texas), 94 Ducks Unlimited, 25 edwards plateau (texas), 99 ellis county, texas, 21 endangered species (wildlife), 74; black-capped vireo, 97; elderberry longhorn beetle, 74; southwest willow flycatcher, 57. See also wildlife environmental Defense Fund, 74 erosion, 21, 26; and allelopathic effect, 22; control, 38, 97; and flooding, 26; in forests, 46; by wind, 32 eula, texas, 19 Fankhauser, terry R., 54 federal lands (leased): crossfencing on, 56; grazing on, 8, 58, 62, 83; and individual responsibility, 8; logging on, 45 fire (as range-improvement tool), vii, xi, 45, 105, 106; to control invasives , 22...