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This PowerPoint guide provides an overview of rangeland management, discussing the principles, tools, and concepts involved in managing rangeland resources such as plants, animals, soil, and water. Topics include ownership of rangeland, grazing practices, benefits and negative effects of livestock grazing, and the importance of maintaining soil and water quality. Suitable for students studying rangelands, forests, and fire management.

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  1. Teacher Information! • Necessary materials: • PowerPoint Guide

  2. What is Rangeland Management? Rangelands, Forests, & Fire

  3. Students will be able to… • Define rangeland management • Discuss principles and tools of rangeland management

  4. What is rangeland management? • The careful use and management of rangeland resources (plants, animals, soil, and water) to meet the needs and desires of society

  5. Range Management Concepts • Rangeland is a renewable resource • Energy from the sun can be captured by plants and used by animals • Rangelands supply food and fiber to humans at low energy costs

  6. Range Management Concepts • Rangeland productivity is determined by soil, topographic, and climate characteristics • Rangelands produce a variety of “products” • Rangeland must be managed to maintain soil and water quality

  7. Who owns rangeland? • In Idaho, 66% of all rangeland is “Public Land” • “Public Land” is owned and managed by federal and state governments • Bureau of Land Management (BLM) • U.S. Forest Service • Idaho Department of Lands

  8. Who owns Idaho rangeland?

  9. Tools of Rangeland Management • Fences • Number of livestock • Species of livestock • Weed control • Fire

  10. Grazing on Rangeland • Grazing on private lands is integrated with “public land” • Livestock grazing occurs on: • 95% of BLM lands • 58% of U.S. Forest Service lands • 88% of all beef cows in Idaho graze at least part of each year on BLM or U.S. Forest Service lands

  11. Are all rangelands grazed? • Grazing is an important ecological process in all rangeland, but not all rangeland are grazed by livestock

  12. Benefits of livestock grazing • Sets back succession • Improves forage quality for livestock and wildlife • Controls invader species • Converts vegetation into food & fiber for humans

  13. Negative effects of livestock grazing • Disrupts habitat of some wildlife species • Under- or overgrazing  increases invader species • Soil compaction & erosion

  14. Review • What is rangeland management? • Discuss principles and tools of rangeland management.

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