Northern Great Basin Experimental Range

{{short description|Livestock range operated by Oregon State University}}

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The Northern Great Basin Experimental Range is a large livestock range operated by the Oregon State University's Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center and the United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service. The range is located in the Oregon Outback and covers an area of {{convert|16,000|acre|adj=off}} of land owned by the United States and a further {{convert|640|acre|adj=off}} of land owned by the State of Oregon.{{cite news |last1=Angel |first1=Carpenter |title=Two sisters enjoy range camp in the High Desert |url=https://www.bluemountaineagle.com/life/two-sisters-enjoy-range-camp-in-the-high-desert/article_e725b5c4-8491-5d55-96a6-18fa7e397cdd.html |accessdate=June 24, 2019 |work=Blue Mountain Eagle |date=July 18, 2017}}{{cite web |last1=Rost |first1=Bob |title=OSU's Home on the Range |url=http://oregonprogress.oregonstate.edu/fall-2003/osus-home-range |website=oregonstate.edu |publisher=Oregon State University |accessdate=June 24, 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=John |title=Traveling Eastern Oregon |url=https://www.bendbulletin.com/csp/mediapool/sites/BendBulletin/News/story.csp?cid=1610282&sid=497&fid=151 |accessdate=June 24, 2019 |work=Bend Bulletin |date=October 23, 2011}}

The Northern Great Basin Experimental Range is a testing ground for the study of fauna growth for purposes of livestock grazing in eastern Oregon's desert environment. Experimental activities are coordinated out of a research station in Burns, Oregon.

This station is not to be confused with the similarly named Great Basin Experimental Range in the Rocky Mountains.{{Cite web |last=US Forest Service |title=Great Basin Experimental Range |url=https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/rmrs/forestsandranges/locations/gber |website=Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture}}

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Further reading

  • {{cite journal |last1=O’Brien |first1=Dennis |title=ARS Scientists Rally 'Round the Range |journal=Agricultural Research Magazine |date=January 2012 |url=https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1113&context=usdaagresmag}}