Range management plans are one of the management tools that can be useful to increase the quantity and quality of pastures in areas where grazing pressure is high and their condition and trend is declining. The purpose of this research is to eva‎luate the impact of the implementation of grazing plans on the changes in the vegetation cover of the grasslands in the area of Chah Matak Ardakan pastures. To achieve this goal, at the beginning, it was established on four transects with a distance between 75 and 100 meters, with a number of 15 plots of 2 square meters in the control area (area without plan) and the reference area (area with pasture plan). In each plot, the percentage of cover, the amount of production and the percentage of litter were measured. The results of the analysis of statistical tests showed that there is no significant difference between the average coverage percentage and the amount of production in the representative and control areas. But the results of comparing the average percentage of litter showed that there is a significant difference between the percentage of litter in the reference and control areas and the percentage of litter in the reference area has increased significantly compared to the control area. The increase in the percentage of litter in planned pastures can be due to the reduction of the trampling of plant residues and their less movement, which helps to improve the moisture conditions and stability of the soil in the region and to strengthen the plant cover. Therefore, it can be said that the grazing plan in Chah Matak Ardakan, which has been developed and implemented since 1371, needs to be revised. Certainly, with the recent droughts, the grazing capacity in these areas has decreased and the grazing pressure on the plan's pastures has increased.

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