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The rangelands are dominated by people who are supportive of their neighbors, so typically, the surrounding counties will offer donations.
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Karen Hickman, The Conversation, 1 Mar. 2024
Strong winds spread the largest wildfire in Texas history across more than 1 million acres of rangeland in the Panhandle, the heart of the state’s cattle-producing region, and into Oklahoma in late February 2024.
—Karen Hickman, The Conversation, 1 Mar. 2024
For wind, turbines can easily be placed in working fields or rangeland.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
But the immediate concern in the coming weeks is for cattle producers to find ways to feed and water their livestock while the rangeland’s native plants regrow.
—Karen Hickman, The Conversation, 1 Mar. 2024
In the eyes of the BLM, pinyon pine and juniper trees are weedy species that invade sagebrush rangelands and increase the risk of wildfire.
—Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2024
And it is further being eroded as pastoralists, pushed off their traditional rangelands by drought, turn to grazing their flocks on the mountain’s flanks.
—Kang-Chun Cheng, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2023
Both papers exclude urban areas, croplands and pastures but include rangelands, where animals may graze at lower densities.
—Catrin Einhorn, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
Overgrazing degraded the rangelands, and mesquite and creosote bushes crowded out native grasses.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
Karen Hickman, The Conversation, 1 Mar. 2024
Strong winds spread the largest wildfire in Texas history across more than 1 million acres of rangeland in the Panhandle, the heart of the state’s cattle-producing region, and into Oklahoma in late February 2024.
—Karen Hickman, The Conversation, 1 Mar. 2024
For wind, turbines can easily be placed in working fields or rangeland.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
But the immediate concern in the coming weeks is for cattle producers to find ways to feed and water their livestock while the rangeland’s native plants regrow.
—Karen Hickman, The Conversation, 1 Mar. 2024
In the eyes of the BLM, pinyon pine and juniper trees are weedy species that invade sagebrush rangelands and increase the risk of wildfire.
—Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2024
And it is further being eroded as pastoralists, pushed off their traditional rangelands by drought, turn to grazing their flocks on the mountain’s flanks.
—Kang-Chun Cheng, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2023
Both papers exclude urban areas, croplands and pastures but include rangelands, where animals may graze at lower densities.
—Catrin Einhorn, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
Overgrazing degraded the rangelands, and mesquite and creosote bushes crowded out native grasses.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
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“Rangeland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rangeland. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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rangeland
noun
range·land
ˈrānj-ˌland 
: land used or suitable for livestock range
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