This course focuses on nutritional planes for animals in forage-based environments and their impacts on reproduction in grazing animals. The focus is evaluating the nutritional requirements of a variety of animals including wildlife, and how those requirements vary by stage and type of production, body size, activity and environmental stress. The course evaluates different techniques to quantify the nutritional status of animals as well as explore effectiveness of nutritional supplementation. The course also explores reasons for reproductive success and possible management options for optimizing reproductive performance.