Validating Savory & Correcting Misconceptions: Talking Points

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Friday May 03, 2013 · 1:39 PM PDT

2013/05/03 · 13:39

Validating Savory & Correcting Misconceptions.

The evidence in support of Holistic Management, both scientific and empirical, combined with the heightened emergency of global warming, makes inquiry into this methodology essential. To ignore the merit and potential of this innovation now, or to succumb to vitriol, would be a dereliction of our duty as stewards of this planet.

In Defense of Multi-paddock Grazing and a Rebuttal to Comments that Savory's Work is Discredited

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Friday May 03, 2013 · 1:06 PM PDT

2013/05/03 · 13:06

Below is a rebuttal to Briske (2008) by Texas A&M scientist Richard Teague. Teague is actually one of the coauthors of Briske (2008). He published several papers (Teague 2009, Teague 2011) refuting Briske (2008) after Briske failed to integrate evidence contrary to his position that reflected positively on multi-paddock grazing and in accord with benefits of a adaptive management toward ecological goals, as advocated by Savory (1999).

Teague (2011) states:

"Our study contradicts a recent review of rangeland grazing studies (Briske et al., 2008) which suggested MP grazing does not improve vegetation or animal production relative to continuous grazing. The discrepancy is because we measured the impacts on vegetation and soils achieved by ranchers managing at the ranch scale and adapting management in response to changing circumstances in order to achieve desirable outcomes"

The below was originally posted here, https://www.box.com/....

Teague's 2011 paper, Grazing management impacts on vegetation, soil biota and soil chemical, physical and hydrological properties in tall grass prairie is published in Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. You can request a copy of the complete article from Teaque directly, r‐teague@tamu.edu

You can see a more detailed rebuttal of a Holechek and Briske here.
http://www.dailykos.com/...

And talking points regarding Savory: Validating the Efficacy and Correcting Misconceptions
http://planet-tech.com/...

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Friday May 03, 2013 · 1:02 PM PDT

2013/05/03 · 13:02

Regarding Holechek and Briske, and Rebuttals by Teague, Gill & Savory: Correcting Misconceptions about the Supposed Discrediting of Savory’s Approach

I am re-posting here on DailyKos a paper I wrote in 2011 regarding the supposed discrediting of Allan Savory's work by Holechek (2000) and Briske (2008). Careful investigation shows that the criticisms of Holechek and Briske are miscast. Their synthesis studies, it turns out, are not of Savory's (1999) methods at all (Holistic Management and Planned Grazing), but of fixed grazing systems (such as "rotational" and "short duration"), that are executed according to predetermined schedules, without ecological goals, and without adaptive management - the complete opposite of what Savory espouses. Thus, the studies cited by Holechek and Briske do not disprove Savory, but, to the contrary, actually support his thesis - that fixed grazing systems of that sort, that are not holistic, nor executed toward ecological goals, will invariably be deleterious. Continued reliance on Holechek and Briske as being representative of the efficacy of Savory's work is impeding proper scientific analysis of this innovative approach to grassland restoration. Detailed rebuttals are provided by Gill (2008) and Teague (2011).

You can download a PDF version of the paper here. http://planet-tech.com/...

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Monday April 22, 2013 · 8:03 PM PDT

2013/04/22 · 20:03

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Boston Marathon Experience and Thoughts

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Tuesday April 16, 2013 · 9:56 AM PDT

2013/04/16 · 09:56

My experiences, thoughts, photos and videos in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon yesterday.

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