What is Rangeland Management

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What is Rangeland Management?
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Objectives

• Define rangeland management
• Discuss principles of rangeland management
• Identify and discuss tools of rangeland
  management

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Who owns Idaho rangeland?
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Tools of Rangeland Management

• Fences
• Number of livestock
• Species of livestock
• Weed control
• Fire

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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

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Are all rangelands grazed?

• Grazing is an important ecological process in all
  rangeland, but not all rangeland are grazed by
  livestock