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Articulate
your views on the use and management of public lands for
grazing. What kinds of practices do you support? What kinds
of limits do you believe to be necessary? Write a letter
expressing your views and your justification for them to
your legislator.
Obtain
literature about ranching activities in Oregon from a variety
of sources, e.g., the USDA Forest Service, the USDI Bureau of
Land Management, and the Cattlemens Association. Identify how
the different groups present their viewpoints, analyze the
effectiveness of their presentations.
Evaluate
techniques and approaches to restoration (e.g., light grazing,
removal of grazers, plantings). What kinds of information
would you seek to help you determine which approach is
appropriate for a given situation?
Develop
a map of your watershed and plot the location so fmajor land
use activities. Find out how these activities are managed.
Define their potential environmental impacts, aw well as steps
that are being, or can be, taken to mitigate the impacts.
Consider
the option of certifying beef, mutton, leather, and wool
derived from animals raised on ranches that operate on a
sustainable basis. Develop and conduct a survey as to whether
or not this is a viable option for marketing.
Rewrite
the Oregon story of ranching. Consider how things might have
been done so that most of the ranges today are in
good-excellent condition, so that most of the practices used
are consistently sustainable. Create a flow chart that
illustrates these differences, and describe the implications
for Oregon today.
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