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8 CapitalPress.com May 6, 2016 Su scri e to our weekly dairy or livestock email newsletter at CapitalPress.com newsletters Dairy/Livestock Photo monitoring gains momentum on rangelands By CAROL RYAN DUMAS Capital Press TWIN FALLS, Idaho — $ ÀHGJOLQJ SURJUDP WR KHOS ,GDKR UDQFKHUV KHOS WKHP- VHOYHV E\ PRQLWRULQJ WKHLU %XUHDXRI/DQG0DQDJHPHQW DOORWPHQWVLVJDLQLQJJURXQG 7KH SKRWRPRQLWRULQJ SURJUDP ZDV EHJXQ LQ $X- JXVW ZLWK WKH ,GDKR 6WDWH'HSDUWPHQWRI$JULFXO- WXUHSURYLGLQJRQVLWHGDWDWR %/0 IRU PDNLQJ GHFLVLRQV RQJUD]LQJSHUPLWV /DVW \HDU UDQFKHUV SDUWLFLSDWHG PRQLWRULQJ VLWHV RQ DFUHV RI UDQJHODQG ,6'$ 5DQJH 0RQLWRULQJ 6SHFLDOLVW 7\OHU +DPLOWRQVDLGGXULQJWKH,GD- KR 5DQJH /LYHVWRFN 6\PSR- VLXP$SULO 5DQFKHUV DUH VHHLQJ WKH EHQH¿WV RI WKH SURJUDP KH VDLG DQG PRUH ZDQW WR VLJQXSWKLV\HDU ³,W¶V VWDUWLQJ WR WDNH RII Carol Ryan Dumas/Capital Press ISDA rangeland monitoring specialists Brooke Jacobson and Tyler Hamilton discuss a cooperative program with the Bureau of Land Management to help ranchers monitor their grazing allotments. 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