Advisor: Mrs. Heather Hendren
2023-24 Range Science team presents to the school board.
From left to right: Hayden Ward, Ryver Hayden, Rusten Hatch, Hadyn Frandsen, Hyrum Barnes and Myken Rindlisbaker.
Congratulations to the North Gem Range Science Team! They took the victory at Ririe competing in the North Upper Snake River District contest. Team members were: Rusty Hatch, high point individual, Ryver Hayden 2nd high point individual, Hayden Ward 4th high point individual, Myken Rindlesbaker, Hadyn Fransen, and Hyrum Barnes.
Rangelands are vast western landscapes including grasslands, shrublands and woodlands that are managed largely for livestock grazing and wildlife habitat. However, many other uses such as recreation, mining, and alternative energy development also occur on rangelands. The proper management of rangelands requires knowledge of ecological concepts, understanding what people want from rangelands, and how managers effectively assess rangeland ecosystems. Land management is an art and a science that requires a keen eye and attention to complicated factors such as multiple resource use, yearly climate variation, landownership patterns, and natural disturbances (i.e., weed invasions, wildland fire, insect outbreaks, drought, and floods). Students who participate in this contest learn to calculate AUM’s, learn to calculate total cost of management practices, identify important information regarding current events, identify many range plants and their use, evaluate a given range site for various factors, evaluate the rangelands current state compared to its desired state and estimate shrub cover.
Range Science team at Western Nationals
