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Showing 1 to 20 of 67 for “"Ranching"”.
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Ranching in Northeastern New Mexico
Historians have studied ranching extensively in Texas, Wyoming, and Montana. There are many monographs published on ranches, ranchers, and cowboys. Colfax and Union counties have an extensive number of ranches. These ranches are from as small as ten acres to as large as 590,000 acres. These ranches …
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Understanding the socio-economic contributions of different wildlife ranching business models in South Africa
… loss crisis, the expansion of wildlife ranching has been associated with a numerous conservation benefits and linked to job creation and substantial economic contributions. However, an understanding of the socio-economic contributions of wildlife ranching that account for the …
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The Methane Range: Coalbed Methane Development, Sage-Grouse protection, and The Ranching Way of Life
… and attitudes based on how CBM has affected “the ranching way of life” and not simply on the perceived opportunity for economic gain. It also argues that although objections raised by this population to the listing the Greater Sage-Grouse as an endangered species are largely framed as objections …
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The Methane Range: Coalbed Methane Development, Sage-Grouse protection, and The Ranching Way of Life
… and attitudes based on how CBM has affected “the ranching way of life” and not simply on the perceived opportunity for economic gain. It also argues that although objections raised by this population to the listing the Greater Sage-Grouse as an endangered species are largely framed as objections …
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Climate change and wildlife utilization on private land: evidence from wildlife ranching in South Africa
… livestock farming to either wildlife farming, ranching or conservancies. In other instances, farmers in areas which were predominantly under irrigation are also switching to wildlife land use. One of the biggest claims to this transition has been the effects of climate change on livestock and …
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A garden in the desert? A regional study of ranching and farming in Southern Nevada, 1870-1930
… agriculture as a viable economic activity. Ranching and farming played an important role in Southern Nevada's early development and contributed in a significant way to its economic growth. Moreover, it reflects a noteworthy and integral part of the area's history.
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Factors influencing the ranching of the abalone species Haliotis Midae along the Namaqualand Coast of South Africa
… of South Africa has been targeted as a potential ranching area for the abalone Haliotis midae. A series of experiments and models were designed to: assess to what extent the area's babitat may support seeded juveniles, identify the characteristics of successful seeding sites, determine optimal …
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"Just As Good As They Are": Voices of Contemporary Women Involved in Farming and Ranching in North Dakota
… experiences of women involved in farming and ranching in North Dakota. Specifically, women from across the state of North Dakota were interviewed to further our understanding of their lives as they experienced and reacted to the changing nature of agriculture. Interviewing was employed as the …
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Game ranching and land reform : Claims for the land exclaim tension : a case study of the Mapungubwe region
South Africa’s game ranching industry is perceived both positively and negatively. Positive perceptions of the industry exist owing to the argument that game ranching carries the prospect of augmenting sustainable conservation. Notwithstanding, negative associations of the industry arise from a …
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Long-term Vegetation Change Before and After Converting from Livestock farming to Game Ranching in Asante Sana Game Reserve, South Africa
… of converting from livestock production to game ranching. Asante Sana Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape has centuries old land use history, during which it was cultivated and heavily overgrazed by domestic livestock with associated loss in vegetation productivity and subsequent soil erosion. After …
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Ranches with Wolves: How straight talk is the salvation of open range in the Northern Rockies
… compensate for the reintroduced predator. These ranching situations, both the unchanged and the changed, offer lessons to livestock producers who can anticipate wolves becoming part of the landscape. And the values most likely to make the transition from ranching without a viable wolf population …
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Ranches with Wolves: How straight talk is the salvation of open range in the Northern Rockies
… compensate for the reintroduced predator. These ranching situations, both the unchanged and the changed, offer lessons to livestock producers who can anticipate wolves becoming part of the landscape. And the values most likely to make the transition from ranching without a viable wolf population …
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Rifling through 'nature' an ethnographic account of biltong hunting, late capitalist 'nature' and a politics of belonging in the South African wildlife ranching industry
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of a South Texas Rangeland Curriculum on Student Knowledge, Understanding, and Appreciation
… study showed that students with a background in ranching had a significant improvement between the pre and post-test. This curriculum may be effective in helping students that are familiar with rangelands in understanding more difficult scientific concepts, however, it may be more important for …
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Grass-counters, stock-feeders, and the dual orientation of applied science: the history of range science, 1895-1960
… of range science industrialized ranching. Ranchers appealed to a variety of traditional American values in response to this industrialization, but in the new context surrounding ranching those values had become illegitimate. From the outset, range science acquired a dual …
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From neglected waste to protected space: An administrative history of Mojave National Preserve
… for extractive industries such as mining and ranching, and its recent history was shaped by the land's proximity to urban Los Angeles. The preserve was the fruit of a long political battle between environmental activists and conservative opponents, and the park's final administrative form and …
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Battle of the Bulls: A Coal Conflict in Cattle Country
… eager for economic development, one Montana ranching family struggles to cope with the onset of underground coal mining. For 40 years, the Charter family fought to prevent coal mining on their land in southern Musselshell County. In February, the federal government leased the remaining coal …
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Battle of the Bulls: A Coal Conflict in Cattle Country
… eager for economic development, one Montana ranching family struggles to cope with the onset of underground coal mining. For 40 years, the Charter family fought to prevent coal mining on their land in southern Musselshell County. In February, the federal government leased the remaining coal …
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Strategies for sustainable livestock production in Brazil and the European Union
… potential to increase the productivity of cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon. While high hopes have been placed on the potential for intensification of low-productivity cattle ranching to spare land for other agricultural uses, cattle productivity in the Amazon biome (29% of the Brazilian …
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