North Dakota 4-H State Range Judging Contest
Sep 18, 2025
Junior Division
Overall

ID: 4027 - 1 -
Team Name: McKenzie County 4-H
Participant Name:
ELLIE PENNINGTON
Individual Rank: 20
Individual Total Score: 283
Team Rank: 2
Team Total Score: 1797

DefinitionResponsesScore
Ecological Site - Site 1
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1D. Limy BackslopeD. Sandy
Good
0
Ecological Site - Site 2
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1A. Shallow
Fair
A. Shallow
Fair
30
Ecological Site - Site 3
PartContestantJudge
1D. SandyD. Limy Backslope
Good
0
Grouse Eval - Site 1
PartContestantJudge
1< 10% aerial cover
4 to 16 inches
> 30% by weight
10 to 30% aerial cover
> 30% aerial cover
> 16 inches
10 to 30% by weight
< 10% aerial cover
0
Grouse Eval - Site 2
PartContestantJudge
1< 10% aerial cover
< 4 inches
< 10% by weight
< 10% aerial cover
> 30% aerial cover
< 4 inches
< 10% by weight
< 10% aerial cover
25
Grouse Eval - Site 3
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110 to 30% aerial cover
> 16 inches
< 10% by weight
< 10% aerial cover
> 30% aerial cover
> 16 inches
< 10% by weight
< 10% aerial cover
25
Beef Cattle Eval - Site 1
PartContestantJudge
1Fair
Decrease
> 15%
Smooth
> 30%
Excellent
Keep the Same
5 to 10%
Smooth
< 30%
3
Beef Cattle Eval - Site 2
PartContestantJudge
1Good
Decrease
> 15%
Rough
Excellent
Increase
5 to 10%
Smooth
< 30%
0
Beef Cattle Eval - Site 3
PartContestantJudge
1Fair
Decrease
> 15%
Rough
< 30%
Excellent
Decrease
> 15%
Smooth
< 30%
18
Grouse Mgmt - Site 1
PartContestantJudge
1Improve nesting Cover
Decrease Stocking Rate
Improve Protective Cover
Add More Livestock Grazing or Burn
Improve Food Habitat
Improve Protective Cover
9
Grouse Mgmt - Site 2
PartContestantJudge
1Continue Present Management
Improve nesting Cover
Add More Livestock Grazing or Burn
Improve Food Habitat
Improve Protective Cover
Improve nesting Cover
Decrease Stocking Rate
Improve Food Habitat
Improve Protective Cover
12
Grouse Mgmt - Site 3
PartContestantJudge
1Decrease Stocking Rate
Improve Food Habitat
Add More Livestock Grazing or Burn
Improve Food Habitat
Improve Protective Cover
12
Beef Cattle Mgmt - Site 1
PartContestantJudge
1Develop Water
Apply Undesirable Grass/Forb Control
Burn or Mow Old Grass
Plant Adapted Forage Species
Continue Present Management
21
Beef Cattle Mgmt - Site 2
PartContestantJudge
1Develop Water
Decrease Stocking Rate
Apply Undesirable Grass/Forb Control
Develop Water
Increase Stocking Rate
Begin a Plan Grazing System
27
Beef Cattle Mgmt - Site 3
PartContestantJudge
1Develop Water
Decrease Stocking Rate
Apply Undesirable Grass/Forb Control
Burn or Mow Old Grass
Plant Adapted Forage Species
Develop Water
Decrease Stocking Rate
Defer Part of Grazing Season
Begin a Plan Grazing System
24
Site 1 Total
33
Site 2 Total
94
Site 3 Total
79
Plant ID #1
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1ID 076
Perennial
Warm
Increaser
Native
Undesirable
Undesirable
Desirable
ID 076
Perennial
Warm
Increaser
Native
Desirable
Undesirable
Undesirable
8
Plant ID #2
PartContestantJudge
2ID 056
Biennial
Warm
Introduced
Undesirable
Undesirable
Undesirable
ID 056
Biennial
Warm
Invader
Native
Undesirable
Undesirable
Undesirable
8
Plant ID #3
PartContestantJudge
3ID 086
Perennial
Warm
Increaser
Native
Undesirable
Desirable
Undesirable
ID 085
Perennial
Warm
Increaser
Native
Desirable
Undesirable
Undesirable
0
Plant ID #4
PartContestantJudge
4ID 008
Perennial
Warm
Invader
Native
Undesirable
Undesirable
Desirable
ID 008
Perennial
Cool
Invader
Introduced
Desirable
Desirable
Desirable
6
Plant ID #5
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5ID 090
Perennial
Cool
Invader
Introduced
Undesirable
Undesirable
Undesirable
ID 064
Perennial
Warm
Increaser
Native
Undesirable
Undesirable
Undesirable
0
Plant ID #6
PartContestantJudge
6ID 079
Perennial
Warm
Increaser
Native
Undesirable
Undesirable
Desirable
ID 079
Perennial
Warm
Decreaser
Native
Desirable
Undesirable
Desirable
8
Plant ID #7
PartContestantJudge
7ID 081
Biennial
Warm
Increaser
Native
Undesirable
Desirable
Undesirable
ID 073
Perennial
Warm
Increaser
Native
Desirable
Undesirable
Undesirable
0
Plant ID #8
PartContestantJudge
8ID 066
Perennial
Warm
Decreaser
Introduced
Undesirable
Undesirable
Desirable
ID 057
Perennial
Warm
Increaser
Native
Undesirable
Undesirable
Undesirable
0
Plant ID #9
PartContestantJudge
9ID 88
Perennial
Warm
Increaser
Introduced
Undesirable
Undesirable
Desirable
ID 045
Perennial
Cool
Decreaser
Native
Desirable
Undesirable
Desirable
0
Plant ID #10
PartContestantJudge
10ID 64
Perennial
Warm
Increaser
Introduced
Undesirable
Undesirable
Undesirable
ID 060
Annual
Cool
Invader
Native
Desirable
Undesirable
Desirable
0
Plant ID #11
PartContestantJudge
11ID 026
Biennial
Warm
Increaser
Native
Desirable
Undesirable
Undesirable
ID 084
Perennial
Warm
Increaser
Native
Undesirable
Undesirable
Undesirable
0
Plant ID #12
PartContestantJudge
12 ID 061
Perennial
Warm
Decreaser
Native
Undesirable
Undesirable
Undesirable
 
Plant ID #13
PartContestantJudge
13ID 015
Perennial
Warm
Increaser
Introduced
Undesirable
Undesirable
Desirable
ID 015
Perennial
Cool
Invader
Introduced
Undesirable
Undesirable
Desirable
8
Plant ID #14
PartContestantJudge
14ID 033
Perennial
Warm
Increaser
Native
Undesirable
Desirable
Undesirable
ID 036
Perennial
Cool
Decreaser
Native
Desirable
Desirable
Desirable
0
Plant ID #15
PartContestantJudge
15ID 088
Perennial
Cool
Increaser
Native
Desirable
Undesirable
Desirable
ID 081
Perennial
Cool
Increaser
Native
Undesirable
Undesirable
Undesirable
0
Plant ID #16
PartContestantJudge
16ID 045
Perennial
Cool
Increaser
Introduced
Undesirable
Undesirable
Undesirable
ID 083
Perennial
Cool
Increaser
Native
Desirable
Undesirable
Undesirable
0
Plant ID #17
PartContestantJudge
17ID 62
Perennial
Cool
Invader
Introduced
Undesirable
Undesirable
Undesirable
ID 062
Perennial
Cool
Increaser
Native
Undesirable
Undesirable
Undesirable
8
Plant ID #18
PartContestantJudge
18ID 011
Perennial
Warm
Increaser
Native
Undesirable
Undesirable
Desirable
ID 017
Perennial
Cool
Increaser
Native
Undesirable
Desirable
Desirable
0
Plant ID #19
PartContestantJudge
19ID 040
Perennial
Warm
Increaser
Native
Undesirable
Undesirable
Desirable
ID 040
Perennial
Cool
Increaser
Native
Undesirable
Undesirable
Desirable
9
Plant ID #20
PartContestantJudge
20ID 023
Perennial
Cool
Increaser
Introduced
Undesirable
Undesirable
Desirable
ID 032
Perennial
Warm
Decreaser
Native
Undesirable
Undesirable
Desirable
0
Plant ID #21
PartContestantJudge
21ID 077
Biennial
Cool
Invader
Introduced
Undesirable
Undesirable
Undesirable
ID 077
Perennial
Warm
Increaser
Native
Desirable
Undesirable
Undesirable
5
Plant ID #22
PartContestantJudge
22ID 025
Perennial
Warm
Increaser
Native
Undesirable
Undesirable
Desirable
ID 025
Perennial
Warm
Decreaser
Native
Undesirable
Desirable
Desirable
8
Plant ID #23
PartContestantJudge
23 ID 020
Perennial
Warm
Decreaser
Native
Undesirable
Undesirable
Desirable
 
Plant ID #24
PartContestantJudge
24ID 0* ID 004
Perennial
Warm
Increaser
Native
Undesirable
Undesirable
Desirable
0
Plant ID #25
PartContestantJudge
25ID 101
Perennial
Warm
Increaser
Native
Desirable
Undesirable
Undesirable
ID 101
Perennial
Cool
Increaser
Native
Desirable
Undesirable
Undesirable
9
Plant ID #26
PartContestantJudge
26ID 0
Perennial
Warm
Desirable
ID 011
Perennial
Cool
Decreaser
Native
Undesirable
Desirable
Desirable
0
Plant ID #27
PartContestantJudge
27 ID 033
Perennial
Cool
Invader
Introduced
Undesirable
Desirable
Desirable
 
Plant ID #28
PartContestantJudge
28 ID 087
Perennial
Warm
Decreaser
Native
Desirable
Undesirable
Desirable
 
Plant ID #29
PartContestantJudge
29ID 113
Perennial
Warm
Increaser
Native
Undesirable
Desirable
Undesirable
ID 107
Perennial
Cool
Increaser
Native
Desirable
Desirable
Undesirable
0
Plant ID #30
PartContestantJudge
30ID 072
Perennial
Cool
Increaser
Introduced
Undesirable
Undesirable
Desirable
ID 088
Biennial
Cool
Invader
Introduced
Desirable
Undesirable
Desirable
0
Plant ID Total
77
Team Situation Map
PartContestantJudge
1  300
 


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