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Build
a three-dimensional model of a working ranch. Include the
primary are as used (e.g., corrals) and the main structures
(e.g., barns). Describe the activities these areas and
structures support.
Initiate
a dialogue between yourself and another person, one of you
living in the city and one on a ranch. Include, for example,
considerations of typical activities, pace of life, amount
of time spent outdoors, viewscape, common sounds, concerns and
values, and recreational opportunities. What do you share?
What would you miss if you were to exchange places with one
another?
Write
a fictional story that portrays how the physical
characteristics of a place affect ranching activities there.
Explain the limitations imposed (e.g., sparse grasses), and
how they have contributed to the situation today. Consider
how the use of the resource has affected the culture of
ranching, as well as the resource itself.
Deliver
a speech that conveys the results of an exploration of the
role of water in the development of the ranching industry in
Oregon, and in the West generally.
Become
familiar with the open range system used in Oregon. Role play
a discussion about the open range between a rancher and a
nonranching neighbor whose streamside property has been
repeatedly trampled by the ranchers cows, which break through
adjoining fences. Work to reach consensus about the issue, or
various aspects of the issue. Switch roles.
Identify
practices that can be used to mitigate environmental impacts
resulting from grazing activities.6 Choose an area
of rangeland and survey the degree to which these practices
are used.
6 Page 191, from Tisdale (1991, Stepping Westward:
The Long Search for Home in the Pacific Northwest, Henry Holt
and Company).
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