Conservation of Grazing Lands

CONSERVATION FOR GRAZING

LANDS

One of the principles of conservation for grazing is the use of only a portion of the annual forage-plant production of a particular range in order to maintain healthy plant growth and reproduction. In addition, each range is stocked with the number of animals that can be nourished properly on the available usable forage and are permitted to graze only during the season suitable for that type of range. The conservation of ranges is based on a program of grazing designed to keep them productive indefinitely and to improve depleted areas by natural reproduction or by artificial seeding with appropriate forage species. Although these principles are well established, many hundreds of thousands of acres of public grazing lands are still overgrazed.

WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

One of the basic principles of wildlife conservation involves providing natural food and shelter to keep up populations of each species in a given habitat. A major threat facing wildlife is both the destruction of habitat, through drainage and agriculture. Illegal trade in feathers, horns, ivory, hides, and organs has brought many species to the verge of extinction. Wildlife is an important biological, economic, resource that can be maintained through careful management. Hunting regulations allow the take of many species without affecting population levels, and can even help control ...