In this paper, the authors explore some of the key elements of soil health on rangelands, discuss what the ideas mean in real-world settings, and synthesize some of the conclusions in the scientific literature about how soil health can be measured, communicated and more importantly, managed. One of the key assumptions in reviewing current applications of soil health on rangelands is that the author’s ultimate goal is to develop a soil health assessment system that can be used as an evidence-based guide to making management changes and to developing policies and programs, not merely to track the impacts of activities implemented largely to meet other management and production objectives.
Brown, J. R., & Herrick, J. E. (2016). Making soil health a part of rangeland management. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 71(3), 55A-60A.
