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