Multi-functional pasture rejuvenation

应用适应研究将展示具有成本效益的创新做法，使牧草生产者能够恢复牧场活力，以实现生产、气候适应和火灾风险管理目标。其目的是确定放牧做法单独或与灌木清除和播种相结合是否可以刺激牧场生产力，增强土壤碳固存，从而适应和减缓气候变化。在不列颠哥伦比亚省中部内陆的Cariboo地区，至少有三个农场将进行现场试验，调查牧草播种、机械刷洗和规定放牧的单独和组合。2021年5月将启动选址、基线措施和治疗申请，2021年秋季全面实施。该试验将在随后的两个生长季节进行监测，每年对处理前和处理后2年的牧草、土壤碳、土壤水分和火灾危险等级进行测量。推广活动将包括实地考察日、项目概况介绍、Cariboo农业研究联盟社交媒体和不列颠哥伦比亚饲料理事会通讯（“饲料”）的年度更新。结果也将形成科学论文，博士后培训和经验，以及一个或多个同行评审的科学出版物的硕士的基础。

Applied adaptation research will demonstrate cost-effective, innovative practices enabling forage producers to rejuvenate pastures to achieve production, climate adaptation and fire risk management goals. The objective is to determine if grazing practices alone, or in combination with brush clearing and seed sowing, can stimulate pasture productivity, enhance soil carbon sequestration, leading to climate adaptation and mitigation. A minimum of three farms in the Cariboo, a region in the central interior of British Columbia, will host on-site trials investigating forage seeding, mechanical brushing and prescribed grazing, alone and in combination. Site selection, baseline measures and treatment applications will be initiated in May 2021, with full implementation by autumn 2021. The trial will be monitored over two subsequent growing seasons, with annual measures of forages, soil carbon, soil moisture and fire hazard ratings carried out pre-treatment and at 2 years post-treatment. Extension activities will include field days, a project fact sheet, annual updates in the Cariboo Agricultural Research Alliance social media and the Forage Council of BC newsletter (the 'Forager'). Results will also form the basis for a Master of Science thesis, post-doctoral training and experience, and one or more peer-reviewed scientific publications.