Rangeland Health: New Methods to Classify, Inventory, and Monitor Rangelands

by Committee on Rangeland Classification

Rangelands 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309048796
• ISBN13: 9780309048798
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"