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Private individuals own more than half of the Nation's rangelands. The federal government manages 43 percent of the rangelands. State and local governments manage the remainder.

Hear this out loud PauseNevada is the state that is most dominated by rangeland with rangelands covering about 80% of the land in this state. The geographic and climate regimes of Idaho's rangelands are very diverse, which creates many unique plant communities and associations. About 71% of the earth's surface is water.

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Nevada is the state that is most dominated by rangeland with rangelands covering about 80% of the land in this state. The geographic and climate regimes of Idaho's rangelands are very diverse, which creates many unique plant communities and associations. About 71% of the earth's surface is water.

Hear this out loud PauseThe International Society for Range Management is the professional scientific society and conservation organization whose members study, conserve, manage and sustain the varied resources of the rangelands which include prairie, shublands, woodlands, and savannahs which cover nearly half the land on earth.

Hear this out loud PauseIf you hunt on leased Crown Land, including grazing leases, even if no livestock are present, permission is still required from the lease holder (the Wildlife Act, Land Act and Trespass Act may all apply).

Hear this out loud PauseThe federal government manages 43 percent of the rangelands. State and local governments manage the remainder. The Forest Service, an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, administers approximately 191 million acres of National Forest Systems lands.

The rangeland science profession in the United States has its roots in the widespread overgrazing and concurrent severe droughts of the late 19th century. These drivers contributed to rangeland resource degradation especially in the American Southwest— what E. O. Wooton (1908) called the ''Range Problem.