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What % of the earths terrain is rangeland?
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47%
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Worldwide, what % of feed for cattle and what % for sheep comes from forages?
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Cattle=65% Sheep=90%
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WHat is RANGELAND?
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All areas of the world that are not barren deserts, farmed, tilled regularly, or covered by bare soil, rock, ice, or concrete; includes natural grassland, forrest, and deserts
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Grazing is defined as...
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Consumption of standing forage (edible grasses and forbs) by livestock and wildlife
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Browsing is defined by
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Consumption of edible leaves and twigs from woody plants
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Pasturelands is different from rangeland how..
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Due to periodic cultivation to maintain introduced (nonnative) forage species
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What agronomic inputs may be applied annually...
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Irrigation, fertilizer, and reseeding
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What are the 2 basic components of range management....
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Protection of soil and vegetation, and maintaining or improving the output of consumable range products including red meat, wood, water, and wildlife
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Fire or prescribed burning should be utilized in the Tallgrass prairie every how many years to prevent brush or woody specie invasion?
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3 to 4 years
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Approximately what % of the lower 48 states of the US is rangeland?
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54%
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Which of the following acts allowed settlers to purchase land cheaply if they utilized and developed irrigation?
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Desert Land Act (1877)
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Even precipitation periods will favor which vegetation type?
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Forrests
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Which of the following acts allowed settlers to have land for free if they maintained a residence for 5 years?
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Homestead Act (1862)
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Who is considered to be the "Father of Range Science?"
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Sampson
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Rangeland productivity is determined by which of the following?
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Climate, Soil, and Topography
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