Transcript Rangeland Management

Teacher Information!
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Necessary materials:
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PowerPoint Guide
What is Rangeland
Management?
Rangelands, Forests, & Fire
Students will be able to…
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Define rangeland management
Discuss principles and tools of rangeland
management
What is rangeland management?
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The careful use and management of rangeland
resources (plants, animals, soil, and water) to
meet the needs and desires of society
Range Management Concepts
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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
Range Management Concepts
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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
Who owns rangeland?
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In Idaho, 66% of all rangeland is “Public
Land”
“Public Land” is owned and managed by
federal and state governments
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Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
U.S. Forest Service
Idaho Department of Lands
Who owns Idaho rangeland?
Tools of Rangeland Management
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Fences
Number of livestock
Species of livestock
Weed control
Fire
Grazing on Rangeland
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Grazing on private lands is integrated with
“public land”
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Livestock grazing occurs on:
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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
Are all rangelands grazed?
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Grazing is an important ecological process in
all rangeland, but not all rangeland are grazed
by livestock
Benefits of livestock grazing
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Sets back succession
Improves forage quality for livestock and
wildlife
Controls invader species
Converts vegetation into food & fiber for
humans
Negative effects of livestock grazing
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Disrupts habitat of some wildlife species
Under- or overgrazing  increases invader
species
Soil compaction & erosion
Review
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What is rangeland management?
Discuss principles and tools of rangeland
management.