Rangeland Resource Trends in the United States
Author: John Edward Mitchell
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 92
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Author: John Edward Mitchell
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 92
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 460
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 88
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1994-02-01
Total Pages: 201
ISBN-13: 0309048796
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRangelands comprise between 40 and 50 percent of all U.S. land and serve the nation both as productive areas for wildlife, recreational use, and livestock grazing and as watersheds. The health and management of rangelands have been matters for scientific inquiry and public debate since the 1880s, when reports of widespread range degradation and livestock losses led to the first attempts to inventory and classify rangelands. Scientists are now questioning the utility of current methods of rangeland classification and inventory, as well as the data available to determine whether rangelands are being degraded. These experts, who are using the same methods and data, have come to different conclusions. This book examines the scientific basis of methods used by federal agencies to inventory, classify, and monitor rangelands; it assesses the success of these methods; and it recommends improvements. The book's findings and recommendations are of interest to the public; scientists; ranchers; and local, state, and federal policymakers.
Author: David D. Briske
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2017-04-12
Total Pages: 664
ISBN-13: 3319467093
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. This book provides an unprecedented synthesis of the current status of scientific and management knowledge regarding global rangelands and the major challenges that confront them. It has been organized around three major themes. The first summarizes the conceptual advances that have occurred in the rangeland profession. The second addresses the implications of these conceptual advances to management and policy. The third assesses several major challenges confronting global rangelands in the 21st century. This book will compliment applied range management textbooks by describing the conceptual foundation on which the rangeland profession is based. It has been written to be accessible to a broad audience, including ecosystem managers, educators, students and policy makers. The content is founded on the collective experience, knowledge and commitment of 80 authors who have worked in rangelands throughout the world. Their collective contributions indicate that a more comprehensive framework is necessary to address the complex challenges confronting global rangelands. Rangelands represent adaptive social-ecological systems, in which societal values, organizations and capacities are of equal importance to, and interact with, those of ecological processes. A more comprehensive framework for rangeland systems may enable management agencies, and educational, research and policy making organizations to more effectively assess complex problems and develop appropriate solutions.
Author: United States. Forest Service
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 236
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Published: 1994
Total Pages: 86
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Edward Mitchell
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 98
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 84
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Chad P. Dawson
Publisher: Waveland Press
Published: 2019-10-24
Total Pages: 534
ISBN-13: 1478640073
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe introductory course in natural resources is broader and more diverse than ever. Today's students need to know how to manage forest, wildlife, watershed, and range resources in a variety of environments and serving the needs of myriad stakeholders. To that end, Chad Dawson has built on the foundation established by him and the late John Hendee to bring Introduction to Forests and Renewable Resources thoroughly up to date. The Ninth Edition has been reorganized to better address content—for example, policy and the differences between managing federal, state, and private land—that applies to all resources. While forests continue to be emphasized, more coverage is provided to other resources and to achieving management goals for multiple resources when considering topics like fire and recreation.