Range Managers

What Does a Range Managers Do?

Research or study range land management practices to provide sustained production of forage, livestock, and wildlife.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Regulate grazing, such as by issuing permits and checking for compliance with standards, and help ranchers plan and organize grazing systems to manage, improve, protect, and maximize the use of rangelands.
• 2Manage forage resources through fire, herbicide use, or revegetation to maintain a sustainable yield from the land.
• 3Coordinate with federal land managers and other agencies and organizations to manage and protect rangelands.
• 4Measure and assess vegetation resources for biological assessment companies, environmental impact statements, and rangeland monitoring programs.
• 5Maintain soil stability and vegetation for non-grazing uses, such as wildlife habitats and outdoor recreation.
• 6Study grazing patterns to determine number and kind of livestock that can be most profitably grazed and to determine the best grazing seasons.
• 7Offer advice to rangeland users on water management, forage production methods, and control of brush.
• 8Plan and direct construction and maintenance of range improvements, such as fencing, corrals, stock-watering reservoirs, and soil-erosion control structures.

Required Skills

• Active Listening
• Reading Comprehension
• Speaking
• Critical Thinking
• Monitoring
• Adobe Photoshop
• Aquatic Plant Information Retrieval System APIRS
• Automated Geospatial Watershed Assessment AGWA
• BehavePlus
• Clark Labs IDRISI Selva
• CorridorDesigner
• ESRI ArcGIS software
• ESRI software
• ESSA Technologies Path Landscape Model
• ESSA TechnologiesTool for Exploratory Landscape Scenario Analyses TELSA