The Texas Experimental Ranch Story: Developing Sustainable Rangeland Management Strategies

The purpose of this book is to provide a historical overview of the research conducted at the Texas Experimental Ranch (Ter) near Throckmorton, Tx. Review includes a chronological overview of all refereed journal articles (53 total) publish by researchers working at Ter. Dr. Heitschmidt provides a historical perspective of research goals/objectives, methodology, findings, and conclusions for each study. Book consists of 9 chapters and 4 appendices. The book is written so as to be of practical value to both professional and practicing (i.e., ranchers) rangeland managers.

Dr. R. (Rod) K. Heitschmidt grew up on a North Central Kansas farm. He graduated from Paradise High School in 1963. He received his B.S. (1967) and M.S. (1968) from Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS. Thereafter, he served as a USAF T-38 Instructor Pilot at Laughlin AFB, Del Rio, TX (1970 - 1974). He received his Ph.D. (1977) in rangeland ecology from Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. He served as a rangeland scientist at the Texas A&M Research and Extension Center near Vernon, TX from 1977 to 1990. He then served as Research Leader and Superintendent of the 55,000 acre USDA Agricultural Research Service's Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory near Miles City, MT. He retired on December 31, 2006. He is married to his high school sweetheart, Sue. They are parents of two sons.