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Range and Pasture Forms

You can view forms and worksheets on-line, but save them to your computer before entering information. This is not a complete list of Range and Pasture forms. Some are available in hard copy only; additional online forms can be found in eFOTG.

The documents in the tables below may require Adobe Reader, Microsoft Excel, or Microsoft Word.

Montana Forms
Field Assessment Forms and Protocols

For instruction on using these forms, see the "Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health" document available under "National Forms", below. For Montana, substitute these forms for the corresponding forms contained within the national document.

If you encounter any problems with the file provided on this page, please contact Technical Resources at 406-587-6822.

Title Form Number Date
Forage, Roughage, and Livestock Balance Worksheet

Form (XLS; 51 KB)
Instructions (PDF; 46 KB)
Example (XLS; 52 KB)

 MT-CPA-18B April 2006(revised)
Grazing Land Forage Inventory Summary Sheet (PDF; 440 KB) MT-CPA-18A April 2006 (revised)
Grazing Rotation Schedule Worksheet (XLS; 111 KB) MT-CPA-18C September 2006
Line-Point Intercept Method Worksheet (PDF; 2.9 MB) MT-ECS-117 April 2006
Montana Desired and Intermediate Species List for Pasture Condition Scoring (XLS; 27.5 KB)    
Pasture Condition Score Protocols for 2005 Conservation Security Program (CSP) (PDF; 17 KB)    
Pasture Condition Scoresheet for Dryland Pasture with Less than 25 Inches Precipitation per Year (XLS; 30 KB)    
Pasture Condition Scoresheet for Irrigated Pastures or Dryland Pastures with More than 25 Inches Precipitation per Year (XLS;34 KB)    
Pasture Inventory Worksheet (PDF; 873 KB) MT-ECS-116 April 2006
Proper Grazing Use (PDF; 771 KB) MT-ECS-414 April 2006
Rangeland Health Assessment Field Form

Form (XLS; 122 KB)
Example (XLS; 111 KB)

    
Rangeland Health Assessment Protocols for 2005 Conservation Security Program (CSP) (PDF; 252 KB)   January 2005
Rangeland Inventory Worksheet

Form (XLS; 51 KB)
Instructions (PDF; 56 KB)
Example (XLS; 57 KB)

 MT-ECS-2 April 2006
Rangeland Monitoring Worksheet (PDF; 1.7 MB) MT-ECS-118 April 2006
Rangeland Utilization Estimate Worksheet - Key Forage Plant Method

Form (XLS; 21 KB)
Instructions (PDF; 38 KB)
Example (XLS; 35 KB)

 MT-ECS-119 April 2006
Summary of Initial Stocking Rates (MT-ECS-3 Forms By County)

Instructions (PDF; 246 KB)

 MT-ECS-3 February 2007 (revised)
National Forms

The following national forms can be found at Grazing Lands Technical Publications on the the National NRCS Grazing Lands web site

  • Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health
  • National Guide to Pasture Condition Scoring
  • National Pasture Condition Score Sheet

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Last Modified: 08/22/2008