Open range sheep herding definition
Open range sheep herding means, generally, sheep herding on land that is not cultivated, but produces native forage ("browse" or herbaceous food that is available to livestock or game animals) for animal consumption, and includes land that is re-vegetated naturally or artificially to provide forage cover that is managed like range vegetation. The range may be on private, federal, or state land. Typically, the land is not only non-cultivated, but not suitable for cultivation because it is rocky, thin, semiarid, or otherwise poor. Also, many acres of range land are required to graze one animal unit (five sheep) for one month. By its very nature, open range sheep herding is conducted over wide expanses of land, such as thousands of acres.