About Nevada Rangelands
Nevada is a rangeland state, our state flower is sagebrush. With
few exceptions, (unvegetated playas, large lakes, mountain tops,
cities,
and a bit of cropland) this most arid state supports indigenous or
introduced
vegetation that is managed as a natural ecosystem. Most of it
is either grazed or has the potential to be grazed. Over 250
mountain
ranges each vary in their vegetation across differences in elevation,
slope, aspect, climate and soils. Major vegetation types include
alpine, coniferous forest and woodland, mountain brush, sagebrush
(big,
low, black and others), low or salt desert shrub, aspen or
cottonwood,
willow or alder riparian areas, mountain meadows, marshlands, Mojave
Desert types, and introduced annual grasslands.
7000 miles of rivers and streams mostly flow into closed basins characterized by salt flats, or saline lakes. Only a few escape the Great Basin by flowing to the Columbia or Colorado Rivers.
Nevada rangelands support ranching, most of the Nation’s wild horses, big game and small game hunting, fishing, wildlife viewing, motorized and non-motorized recreation, military training and testing, and it is the neighborhood back yard to most Nevadans, including those whose ancestors lived here when many of the basins were filled with glacial melt-water.
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About this Site
Nevada Rangelands is a project of the University of Nevada, Reno Libraries, the Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station, and University of Nevada Cooperative Extension. This site is a component of Rangelands West and the Rangelands Partnership.
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