Range Science
RANGE SCIENCE MANAGEMENT - Department -- PSR
RULES:
- Plant press must be homemade.
- Range management collection - exhibitor must collect, press, mount, identify and place in a binder.
- Unless otherwise specified, plants may be native, exotic or introduced.
- Binder may or may not be used from year to year.
- Judging to be based on: Binder - 10% - Plant I.D. and Mounting - 90%.
PSR -- CLASS 1 - PLANT PRESS
Lot Number
- Plant Press
- Plant Anatomy Reference Book
- Any other A
PSR -- CLASS 2 - COLLECTIONS
Lot Number
- Project book
- Collection of (minimum of 10) range plants which must include five (5) grasses, two (2) forbs and one (1) shrub. (2 optional plants). Only part l of label must be filled out.
- Collection of (minimum of 30) range plants - - (2nd year range or above). Plants collected in Lot 2 can be added but no duplications are allowed.
- Any other A
PSR -- CLASS 3 - DISPLAYS
Lot Number
- Visual display of project
- Self-determined Range Project
- Project Book - Unit III
- Any other A
PSR -- CLASS 4 – INTRO. RANGE MANAGEMENT
To exhibit in this category, you must be currently enrolled in Introduction to Range Management (6401).
Lot Number
- Project book
- Picture poster showing the stages of succession.
- Poster illustrating the water cycle.
- Educational display related to what you have learned about rangelands.
- Educational display related to what you have learned about the different plants and animals that live on rangelands.
- Educational display showing different uses of rangelands.
- Educational display of the web of life on rangelands.
- Profile of a rancher or other range user.
- Display of a historical timeline related to U.S. rangeland uses.
- Any educational display related to what you have learned in this project.