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What is Rangeland Management?

What is Rangeland Management?. Objectives. Define rangeland management Discuss principles of rangeland management Identify and discuss tools of rangeland management. What is rangeland management?.

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What is Rangeland Management?

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  1. What is Rangeland Management?

  2. Objectives • Define rangeland management • Discuss principles of rangeland management • Identify and discuss tools of rangeland management

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Who owns Idaho rangeland?

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

  9. Grazing on Rangeland • Grazing on private lands in 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

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

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