Archived Workshops/References

Central Coast Rangeland Coalition

Description

The Central Coast Rangeland Coalition is a group of individuals and organizations that envision vibrant, diverse, productive, diverse and sustainable rangelands and communities in California's central coast region. Partners include conservation organizations such as The Nature Conservancy and the California Department of Fish and Game as well as ranchers and educational organizations such as the Elkhorn Slough's Coastal Training Program.

This website contains reference materials and information about the Central Coast Rangeland Coalition. Check it often as we are constantly updating it with information about the group.

Training Programs


Grazing Management Planning	Mar 3, 2003
Experts Roundtable: Designing Workshops for Monitoring and Managing for Wildlife On Central Coast Rangelands	Feb 14, 2008
Experts Roundtable: Soil Indicators of Rangeland Health	Feb 29, 2008
How and Why to Manage and Monitor for Residual Dry Matter (RDM)	Sep 30, 2008
Rangeland Stewardship - Grassland Conservation: Central Coast Rangeland Coalition Fall 2009 Membership Meeting	Oct 16, 2009
Central Coast Rangeland Coalition Steering Committee Meeting	Dec 11, 2009
Central Coast Rangelands Coalition Spring 2010 Membership Meeting	Apr 15, 2010
Central Coast Rangelands Coalition Fall 2010 Membership Meeting	Oct 21, 2010
Remote Sensing for California's Rangelands	Apr 19, 2011
Grazing Public Lands for Conservation- Improving Cooperation between Public Agencies and Ranchers	Apr 21, 2011
Grazing and Rancher Stewardship for Native Conservation	Oct 20, 2011
Central Coast Rangelands Coalition Spring 2012 Meeting: Rangeland Soils - They Aren't Just Dirt!	Apr 19, 2012
Central Coast Rangelands Coalition Fall 2012 Meeting: Importance of Coastal Grasslands and Influence of Shrub Establishment	Oct 18, 2012
Open Range, Open Parks, Open Minds: Opportunities for Outreach in Grazed Parks and Ranches - Central Coast Rangeland Coalition Spring 2013 Membership Meeting	Apr 18, 2013
Wildlife Teeming with Our Rangelands: Management Decisions for Deer and other Wildlife	Oct 17, 2013
Rancher, Manager, and Scientist Forum on Rangeland Conservation	Jan 2, 2014
Leases that Work for the Land, Landowners, Lessees, and Livestock. Central Coast Rangeland Coalition Spring 2014 Membership Meeting	Apr 17, 2014
Central Coast Rangelands Coalition Fall 2014 Membership Meeting: Helping Each Other Weather the Worst of Times	Oct 16, 2014
Protecting Critters on Both Sides of the Fence: Practical Techniques for Protecting Livestock and Carnivores - Central Coast Rangeland Coalition Spring 2015 Membership Meeting	Apr 16, 2015
Keeping Cattle and People at Home on the Range: Positive Livestock and Recreation Interactions	Sep 29, 2015
Where Grazing and Regulations Meet: Working Together for Ranching and Water Quality - Central Coast Rangeland Coalition Fall 2015 Meeting	Oct 15, 2015
Central Coast Rangeland Coalition Spring 2016 Membership Meeting: Rancher Economics	Apr 21, 2016
Grazing to Improve Habitat for Grassland Plants and Birds - Fall 2016 Membership Meeting of the Central Coast Rangeland Coalition	Oct 20, 2016
Targeted/Prescribed (Rotational / Deferral) Livestock Grazing for Meeting Conservation Goals	Apr 20, 2017
Central Coast Rangeland Coalition's Rancher, Manager, and Scientist Forum on Rangeland Conservation	Jul 1, 2017
Ranching in Carnivore Country: Livestock Protection and Compensation Programs on the Central Coast - Central Coast Rangeland Coalition Fall 2017 Meeting	Oct 19, 2017
Conservation Easements to Keep Ranches Working - Central Coast Rangeland Coalition Spring 2018 Meeting	Apr 19, 2018
Rangeland Productivity - Central Coast Rangeland Coalition Fall 2018 Meeting	Oct 18, 2018
Sustaining Ranching for Public Good	Apr 18, 2019

Documents and Publications

TITLE DATE ADDED	AUTHOR SOURCE	DESCRIPTION
WORKSHOP MATERIALS
Member Suggestions for the Central Coast Rangeland Coalition from Fall 2010 Membership Meeting PDF, 159KB Nov 09 10	CCRC Members at 2010 Fall Meeting Grant Lyon, Elkhorn Slough Coastal Training Program November 2010	These suggestions were derived from exercises during the Fall 2010 CCRC Membership meeting. The CCRC will consider and act on these as possible; many thanks to the many who shared their insights.
Minutes: Central Coast Rangeland Coalition Steering Committee June 2008 Meeting PDF, 78KB Oct 10 08	Grey Hayes, PhD Elkhorn Slough Coastal Training Program August 2008
Rangeland Soil Quality Organic Matter PDF, 2MB Apr 25 12	USDA NRCS Soil Quality Institute, Grazing Lands Technology Institute, and National Soil Survey Center, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA; the Jornada Experimental Range, Agricultural Research Service, USDA; and Bureau of Land Management, USDI May 2001	Soil organic matter is carbon-rich material that includes plant, animal, and microbial residue in various stages of decomposition. Live soil organisms and plant roots are part of the carbon pool in soil but are not considered soil organic matter until they die and begin to decay. This publication helps to better understand this.
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Applications and Research Using Remote Sensing for Rangeland Management PDF, 5.9MB Jun 06 11	E. Raymond Hunt, Jr., James H. Everitt, Jerry C. Ritchie, M. Susan Moran, D. Terrance Booth, Gerald L. Anderson, Patrick E. Clark, and Mark S. Seyfried Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 69(6):675-693 2003
California Guidelines for Residual Dry Matter (RDM) Management on Coastal and Foothill Annual Rangelands PDF, 389KB Sep 25 08	James W. Bartolome, William E. Frost, Neil K. McDougald, and Michael Connor University of California 2006
Grain Feeding and the Dissemination of Acid-Resistant Escherichia coli from Cattle PDF, 199KB Jan 10 07	Francisco Diez-Gonzalez, Todd R. Callaway, Menas G.Kizoulis, James B.Russell Science, 281:1666-1668 September 1998
Monitoring Forest Carbon Sequestration with Remote Sensing and Carbon Cycle Modeling PDF, 530KB Jun 06 11	David P. Turner, Michael Guzy, Michael A. Lefsky, William D. Ritts, Steve Van Tuyl, and Beverly E. Law Environmental Management, 33(4):457-466 2004
Rangelands - Rotational Grazing Issue PDF, 3.2MB Jun 01 10	Society for Range Management Rangelands, 31(5) October 2009
Soil biological and chemical properties in restored perennial grassland in California PDF, 231KB Mar 12 08	M. Potthoff, L. E. Jackson, K. L. Steenwerth, I. Ramirez, M. R. Stromberg, D. E. Rolston Restoration Ecology, 13(1):61-73 2005
OTHER INFORMATION
Agency Manager Meeting to Refine Indicators - Southern Region, Templeton, June 23, 2006 PDF, 37KB Aug 12 09	L.D. Ford, L. Huntsinger, and G. Hayes USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Central Coast Rangeland Coalition July 14, 2006	This report summarizes the priority concerns about rangeland health and sustainability, and concepts for indicators to measure them as expressed by the agency managers of this area in three categories: a) management planning, basic health indicators, and special resource indicators.
Agency Manager Meeting to Refine Indicators: Northern Region, Sunol, June 13, 2006 PDF, 40KB Aug 12 09	L.D. Ford, L. Huntsinger, and S. Barry USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Central Coast Rangeland Coalition August 2, 2006	This report summarizes the priority concerns about rangeland health and sustainability, and concepts for indicators to measure them as expressed by the agency managers of this area.
CCRC Concept Paper PDF, 52KB Feb 09 07	Richard Morris CCRC 2004	This paper outlines the rationale for forming the CCRC.
CCRC Newsletter: August 2008 PDF, 16KB Oct 15 08	Dr. Lawrence Ford Central Coast Rangeland Coalition 2008
CCRC Newsletter: July 2008 PDF, 15KB Oct 15 08	Dr. Lawrence Ford Central Coast Rangeland Coalition July 2008
CCRC Spring 2010 Membership Meeting Participant Evaluation Results PDF, 269KB May 18 10	Grey Hayes, PhD Elkhorn Slough Coastal Training Program May 2010	This has the summarized results of the participant evaluations from the meeting, along with an analysis of those results.
CCRC Statement of Purpose PDF, 11KB Feb 09 07	CCRC Central Coast Rangeland Coalition January 2007
CCRC Strategic Planning Session - January 15, 2009 - CCRC DOC, 199KB May 18 10	CCRC Steering Committee Central Coast Rangelands Coalition January 2009
Central Coast Rangeland Coalition--Holistic Goal PDF, 21KB Dec 18 08	Central Coast Rangeland Coalition CCRC February 2005	This statement encapsulates the big picture, providing a compass and a tuning fork for Central Coast Rangelands Coalition actions. The idea is that all Coalition actions should resonate with this Goal, and vice versa. It is called a 'draft' only insofar as the group wishes to continue to refine and review it.
Central Coast Rangelands Coalition Mission Statement PDF, 18KB Jan 14 09	CCRC ESNERR CTP August 2008
Deputy Attorney General Memo: CERTIFIED RANGELAND MANAGEMENT LICENSING ISSUES PDF, 27KB Oct 10 08	Shana A. Bagley, California Deputy Attorney General, Office of Attorney General, Oakland California Department of Justice, Oakland, CA August 4, 2008
Final Report and Results of Indicator Testing Final Report and Results of Indicator Testing PDF, 1.2MB Aug 12 09	Lawrence D. Ford, Ph.D. and Lynn Huntsinger, Ph.D. Central Coast Rangeland Coalition September 17, 2007	This work includes nine technical reports and 15 individual property test reports, and summarizes the results in the context of testing indicators of rangeland health.
Grassland Management Plan for Palo Corona Regional Park PDF, 2.8MB Sep 24 08	Jodi M. McGraw, Keith Guenther Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District Feb 26, 2007
Indicators of Sustainable Rangeland Stewardship-- Test Monitoring Results PDF, 1.3MB Aug 12 09	Larry Ford and Lynn Huntsinger Presentation to the CCRC General Meeting August 29, 2007	Summary of monitoring results
Livestock management and water quality PDF, 250KB Apr 06 11	Lewis Reed CCRC and Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District April 2011	Scientific literature review and overview of livestock management as it pertains to water quality on the central coast of California
Rangeland Resolution PDF, 103KB Oct 10 08	California Rangeland Conservation Coalition CRCC August 2008
Summary of CCRC Indicators [Science Panel] Review, Part #1 PDF, 110KB Aug 12 09	Grey Hayes and Larry Ford Elkhorn Slough Coastal Training Program March 30, 2007	On February 28, 2007, Grey Hayes sent Larry Ford and Lynn Huntsinger's document "Indicators of Sustainable Rangeland Stewardship" to a number of scientists and rangeland planners asking for their review. This is a summary of those reviews.
SYNTHESIS OF RANCHER PRIORITY CONCERNS, INDICATORS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL COAST PDF, 126KB Aug 12 09	L.D. Ford and L. Huntsinger Central Coast Rangeland Coalition May 8, 2006	Tables of prioritized rangeland health indicators compared across the geographic range of the Central Coast Rangeland Coalition.
Who is the CCRC and what do we do? PDF, 640KB Jan 10 07	CCRC Central Coast Rangeland Coalition