Intensive industrial development of the northern territories leads to the violation of deer pastures. The northern territories are vulnerable, the vegetation cover is difficult to recover, adverse climatic conditions and anthropogenic impact negatively affect all ecosystems. Irrational use of rangeland leads to a decrease in pasture productivity, deterioration in the quality of feed. The condition of forage lichens on deer pastures is not the same, in many respects depends on the nature and degree of consumption by deer and the state of the environment (climatic natural changes, anthropogenic pollution factor). The traditional management of the indigenous peoples of the North and nature management of the indigenous population has been and is the most important, historically developed component of the northern ecosystems. For this, it is necessary to take an inventory of all pasture lands, outline conservation measures and study in more detail the degree of restoration of pasture lands.