range management 1. the proportion of the current year's forage production that is consumed or destroyed by grazing animals —note use may refer either to a single species or to the vegetation as a whole —synonym degree of use, utilization, range use 2. the utilization of range for a purpose such as grazing, bedding, shelter, trailing, watering, watershed, recreation, forestry 3. land use types of land use include the following:

—compatible use a land use that can exist without improving or detracting from the quality of another —note in practice compatible uses usually include those that can coexist with only slight conflict

—competitive use a land use that cannot occur at the same general time and in the same general place without detracting from the quality or quantity of itself or others

—complementary use a land use that improves its quality or quantity when in association with other uses in the same area

—conflicting use a land use whose quality is harmed by association with others that occur in the same area, because of competition for limited resources, use, or byproducts —synonym incompatible uses

—cumulative use the total stream of resource use over time —see rate of use This definition last updated 08/17/2008