This Michigan State University course is designed to teach the foundations of short-term monitoring through the use of Ecological Outcomes Verification (EOV).
EOV is a practical and scalable soil and landscape assessment methodology that tracks outcomes in biodiversity, soil health, and ecosystem function (water cycle, mineral cycle, energy flow and community dynamics). EOV applies to grassland environments, including natural and seeded grasslands, as well as grazed orchards, silvopasture systems and mixed livestock-cropping systems and/or forest areas.
EOV provides empirical and tangible outcomes, which in turn provide the farmer with ongoing feedback to help them make better management decisions. This training is intended to help producers understand how they can apply ecological monitoring to their grazing systems to improve the health of the landscape.
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This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture through the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and should not be construed to represent any official USDA or U.S. Government determination or policy.