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Range Vegetation. BIOL 425/427. What is “Rangeland”?. A) Uncultivated. B) Provides Forage for Large Herbivores. Livestock. Wildlife. Grazers. Browsers. Intermediate Feeders. Typical Rangelands. In Contrast: Pasturelands. Periodic Cultivation of Non-Native Forage Species
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Range Vegetation BIOL 425/427
B) Provides Forage forLarge Herbivores Livestock Wildlife
In Contrast: Pasturelands • Periodic Cultivation of Non-Native Forage • Species • Agricultural Inputs (Fertilizer, Irrigation)
Extent of Rangelands(Worldwide) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) data (2000)
Extent of Rangeland (North America) FAO data (2000)
Rangeland in the West :(80% of Land Area) http://www.rangelandswest.org/index.org
Rangeland Types A) Grasslands
Rangeland Types B) Shrublands
Rangeland Types C) Woodlands
Rangeland Types D) Forests
RANGELAND LEGISLATION ------------------------------------------- Transcontinental Railroad Act (1862) HOMESTEAD ACT (1862) MORRILL ACT (1862) Forest Reserves Act (1891) Stock Raising Homestead Act (1916) TAYLOR GRAZING ACT (1934) MULTIPLE USE ACT (1960) National Environmental Policy Act (1970) ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT (1973)
TO GRAZE OR NOT TO GRAZE? Cost of ComplianceBy Trent Loos What is the price of freedom? How many Americans have died to protect our rights? Yet we have an additional price to pay to protect our right, as a rancher, to convert natural resources into value-added products. For Kit Laney of New Mexico, part of the price was 25 days in jail without bail.
PLANT SUCCESSIONON THE RANGE Effect of Fire Suppression in Bear’s Ears (Southwestern Utah) Top: 1920s Bottom: 1988 http://www.cpluhna.nau.edu/Tools/repeatphotog.htm
SOURCES OF INFORMATION Journal of Range Management Holecheck, J.L. et al. 2004. Range Management: Principles and Practices. http://rangelandswest.org/index.html *Ivey, R.D. 2003. Flowering Plants of New Mexico Allred, K.W. 2005. A Field Guide to the Grasses of New Mexico, 3rd edition