Range Managers Salary in IA

Common tasks

• Tailor conservation plans to landowners' goals, such as livestock support, wildlife, or recreation.
• Study grazing patterns to determine number and kind of livestock that can be most profitably grazed and to determine the best grazing seasons.
• Maintain soil stability and vegetation for non-grazing uses, such as wildlife habitats and outdoor recreation.
• Manage forage resources through fire, herbicide use, or revegetation to maintain a sustainable yield from the land.
• Mediate agreements among rangeland users and preservationists as to appropriate land use and management.
• Study rangeland management practices and research range problems to provide sustained production of forage, livestock, and wildlife.
• Offer advice to rangeland users on water management, forage production methods, and control of brush.
• Coordinate with federal land managers and other agencies and organizations to manage and protect rangelands.
• Measure and assess vegetation resources for biological assessment companies, environmental impact statements, and rangeland monitoring programs.
• Plan and implement revegetation of disturbed sites.