Rangeland Animals

***** UPDATED VERSIONS of these lessons are available on the
Idaho Rangeland Resource Commission website.  ****

Background Information

Stocking Rate

• Stocking Rate Guidelines – Student Reading

Rangeland Animals and Elements of Habitat

• Overview of Rangeland Animals and Habitat – Presentation (Noteguide)
• Identify the Grazer – Activity (Student Handout)
• Rangeland Herbivores – Activity (Student Handout)
• Please Pass the Wheatgrass – Activity

Animal Demand and Forage Supply

• Foraging Strategies – Presentation (Noteguide)
• Grazing Animal Behavior – Presentation (Noteguide)
• Animal Nutrition – Presentation (Noteguide)
• Plant Nutritive Value – Presentation (Noteguide)
• Setting Stocking Rate – Presentation (Noteguide)
• How to Calculate a Stocking Rate – Presentation
• Practice Problem (Mollie Texan) – Presentation (Student Handout)
• Daydreamer’s Ranch – Activity (Student Handout)
• Stocking Rate Scenarios – Activity (Student Handout)

Livestock and Wildlife

• Wildlife and Livestock Interactions – Presentation (Noteguide)
• How Wildlife and Livestock Interact – Activity (Student Handout)

Go to the Western National Range CDE or Idaho State Rangeland Assessment CDE websites to get more stocking rate practice problems.