(a) For purposes of this exemption, ``range'' is defined generally
as land that is not cultivated. It is land that produces native forage
for animal consumption, and includes land that is revegetated naturally
or artificially to provide a forage cover that is managed like range
vegetation. ``Forage'' as used here means ``browse'' or herbaceous food
that is available to livestock or game animals.
(b) The range may be on private or Federal or State land, and need
not be open. Typically it is not only noncultivated land, but land that
is not suitable for cultivation because it is rocky, thin, semiarid, or
otherwise poor. Typically, also, many acres of range land are required
to graze one animal unit (five sheep or one cow) for 1 month. By its
nature, range production of livestock is most typically conducted over
wide expanses of land, such as thousands of acres.
