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Pre-view
the program for specific information and concepts relevant
to your goals and materials, and current events.2
Adapt the following suggestions for pre-viewing activities
or create your own activities, suggestions, and areas of focus.
Look
for evidence of grazing locally. Have you seen sheep, cattle,
goats, or horses grazing nearby? Road signs indicating grazers?
Trucks carrying grazing animals on the highway?
Discuss
how your life is affected by grazing animals. Do you live on a
ranch or raise livestock? Do you know someone who does? What
food, clothing, and other benefits do you receive from grazing
animals? Have you spent time in wide open spaces?
Define
the characteristics of land that is suitable for ranching.
Where are such lands located in Oregon? Review the rainshadow
effect on Oregons climate east of the Cascades.
Use
a road map of Oregon to locate places discussed in the program.
These places include the towns of Arlington, Burns, Cecil,
Heppner, Hermiston, Jordan Valley, Madras, Ontario, Paisley,
Pendleton, Shaniko, and The Dalles. They also include Baker,
Crook, Lake, and Morrow counties. Are any of these areas
located near you? What major landform regions3 do
these areas occupy?
Distinguish
between public and private land in Oregon. Review a map of
lands owned by the USDA Forest Service, the USDI Bureau of
Land Management, and the state of Oregon.
2Sensitive and young viewers may need preparation
for scenes involving branding, castration, and capturing
animals.
3See Orr, et al. (1992, Geology of
Oregon, Kendall/Hunt).
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