Range Management Ch 1-3

Rangeland is a renewable resource capable of harvesting what percent of annual crop without causing crop damage?

• 40%

• 50%

• 16%

• 0%

What is the ideal pH level that most plants require?

• 12

• 3

• 7

• 78

How much money did the federal government spend on rangeland management in 2007?

• $4 Million

• $1 Trillion

• $6 Billion

• $1 Million

What was the first Land Grant College?

• Kansas State University

• Texas A&M University

• Oklahoma State University

• Iowa State University

What country leads the world in cattle population?

• United States

• Africa

• China

• India

Loss of land causes a loss of ________ for animals.

What is considered the foundation of Range Management?

• Ecology

• Rangeology

• Biology

• The text book

Who was the first to bring cattle, sheep and goats to North America?

• Francisco Coranado

• Hernando Cortez

• Juan Fernandez

• Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada

What year did the USDA Conservation Reserve Program lead research in soil erosion studies?

• 1990

• 1970

• 2006

• 1985

Shrubs and cool season type grasses are a part of which region?

• Great Basin

• Southwestern

• Plains

• Pacific