OBJECTIVE FORESTRY

Detailed explanation-1: -Rangelands in the United States are diverse lands. They are the wet grasslands of Florida to the desert shrub ecosystems of Wyoming. They include the high mountain meadows of Utah to the desert floor of California.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rangeland management was developed in the United States in response to rangeland deterioration and in some cases, denudation, due to overgrazing and other misuse of arid lands as demonstrated by the 20th century “Dust Bowl” and described in Hardin’s 1968 “Tragedy of the Commons".