The Society for Range Management conducts the Certified Professional in Rangeland Management program. The purpose of this program is "to certify individuals who have the professional credentials required to plan and implement sound management of rangelands as a means of improving the standards of professional expertise used in managing public and private rangelands. Granting of the status of "Certified Professionals in Rangeland Management" by the Society for Range Management signifies that the individual so designated has met the basic qualifications to do professional work in this field and has not been found to engage in unprofessional conduct." Quoted from the Society for Range Management website as of January 6, 2010.
