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Natural Resources & Rangeland Management

Miles Community College

Associate's DegreeAcademic

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This two-year emphasis utilizes applied plant and animal sciences to manage the northwestern rangelands by balancing competing demands on the environment. Students will consider the soil, plants, and animals as a whole in their resource management plans. They will contemplate domestic grazing, wildlife impact and other land uses within the framework of total resource management.

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64 credits

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  • Miles City, Montana

    2715 Dickinson Street, Miles City, Montana, 59301-4774

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

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Skills

Active ListeningReading ComprehensionSpeakingCritical ThinkingComplex Problem SolvingJudgment and Decision MakingMonitoringCoordination

Knowledge

BiologyEnglish LanguageGeographyLaw and GovernmentAdministration and Management

Abilities

Written ComprehensionOral ExpressionOral ComprehensionWritten ExpressionProblem SensitivityDeductive ReasoningInductive ReasoningNear VisionSpeech ClarityInformation Ordering

Tasks

  • Regulate grazing, such as by issuing permits and checking for compliance with standards, and help ra
  • Manage forage resources through fire, herbicide use, or revegetation to maintain a sustainable yield
  • Coordinate with federal land managers and other agencies and organizations to manage and protect ran
  • Apply herbicide to eliminate harmful plants.

Technology

Graphics or photo imaging softwareAnalytical or scientific softwareMap creation softwareData mining softwareGeographic information system

Tools

Compact digital camerasDesktop computersDouble-ring infiltrometersGlobal positioning system GPS devicesGram scalesHand sievesImpact penetrometersLaptop computersLaser plumb bobsMeasuring tapesPersonal computersPlant canopy analyzersPortable dataloggersQuadrat framesRobel poles

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Mastery: developing (Level 2)(based on Associate's Degree)

  • Grazing permit systems — issue seasonal permits and conduct compliance checks with limited oversight, advising ranchers on rotational grazing schedules.
  • Forage resource management — apply fire, targeted herbicide treatments, or revegetation techniques to maintain sustainable yield on assigned range units.
  • Vegetation assessments — independently conduct biological assessments and rangeland monitoring surveys to support environmental impact statement requirements.
  • GIS and analytical software — produce rangeland condition maps and analyze spatial forage data to inform management recommendations.
  • Water management advisement — provide practical guidance to rangeland users on stock-water development, watershed protection, and forage production methods.
  • Range improvement construction — coordinate contractor activities and inspect completed fencing, corral, and erosion-control projects against design specifications.
  • Carrying-capacity determinations — analyze grazing pattern data to recommend livestock numbers, species mix, and optimal seasonal use of range units.
  • Interagency coordination — attend working-group meetings with federal land managers and wildlife agencies to align rangeland use and protection objectives.
  • Written technical reports — produce detailed monitoring and assessment reports meeting agency or client standards with minimal editorial revision.
  • Wildlife habitat maintenance — implement vegetation management plans that balance livestock grazing with habitat objectives for non-grazing land uses.

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