The U.S. Department of Agriculture has published a new bibliography entitled “Environmental Effects of Conservation Practices on Grazing Lands” which is a guide to recent scientific literature covering environmental effects of conservation practices on grazing lands. This information is useful in designing policies and on-the-land conservation systems that foster practical and environmentally sound grazing practices.

The new bibliography, available on the Web (http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/ceap/ceap06.shtml), was published by the National Agricultural Library (NAL), part of USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS). ARS is USDA’s chief scientific research agency.