ABSTRACT

In a two-year study, the National Academy of Sciences' Committee on Developing Strategies for Rangeland Management examined at length the scientific, political, economic, legal, and social issues arising from the BLM's stewardship role. This book, reporting the findings and recommendations of the NAS committee, contains over eighty professional papers presented at workshops designed to assess forage allocation, inventory of rangeland resources, impact of grazing intensity and specialized grazing systems on the use and value of rangeland, manipulative range improvements, application of socioeconomic techniques to range management decision making, and political and legal aspects of range management.

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Introduction

part 1|570 pages

FORAGE ALLOCATION ON ARID AND SEMIARID GRAZING LANDS

part 2|296 pages

INVENTORY OF RANGELAND RESOURCES

part 3|300 pages

IMPACTS OF GRAZING INTENSITY AND SPECIALIZED I O GRAZING SYSTEMS ON THE USE AND VALUE OF RANGELAND

part 4|260 pages

MANIPULATIVE RANGE IMPROVEMENTS

part 5|262 pages

APPLYING SOCIOECONOMIC TECHNIQUESIC TO RANGE MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING

part 6|330 pages

LEGAL AND POLITICAL ASPECTS OF RANGE MANAGEMENT