Training

See also: Central Coast Rangeland Coalition, Sustainable Human Systems

Description

Grazing is becoming increasingly recognized as an effective and efficient way to meet a wide variety of conservation goals at various scales. This workshop will bring ranchers, other land managers, and biologists together to discuss how to use grazing to aid in the conservation of natural resources from water quality to species of conservation concern. Worksho participants will explore a broad range of grazing practices that are or could be used to replicas de relojes help meet conservation targets in central coast rangelands. Discussions will include how these strategies work to meet conservation goals, how to implement strategies in a variety of different rangeland scenarios, and how these strategies fit into livestock operations on a broader scale. The discussions generated will facilitate improved working relationships between the many stakeholder groups operating on rangelands, benefit rangeland productivity, and improve conservation outcomes.

Goal: To increase participant awareness and familiarity with a variety of grazing practices (particular strategies and methods) can be used to meet specific conservation objectives.

Objectives:

1. Identify specific practices under the broader topic of targeted/prescribed and rotational/ deferral grazing that could be used to meet specific conservation objectives. Examples of conservation objectives covered will include management oriented toward watershed function and special status species.
2. Consider how different grazing practices or strategies may be used to achieve conservation objectives, and the nuts and bolts of implementing these various practices.
3. Identify tradeoffs in management outcomes replica rolex daydate associated with different grazing strategies discussed.

Meeting Format

This workshop will consist of indoor lectures and a panel discussion in the morning and an afternoon field excursion to sites featuring rangeland issues with riparian restoration and grazing for special status species. Participants will carpool between the morning indoor session and the afternoon field sites.  There will also be small group discussions interspersed throughout the day to give participants an opportunity to share their expertise and learn from the diverse experiences of other meeting participants.

Registration Information

Please note- your registration will not be final until we receive and acknowledge payment of $30. You can pay online at the link provided after you register, or you can mail a check made out to Elkhorn Slough Foundation addressed to: Grey Hayes, c/o ESF, 1700 Elkhorn Road, Watsonville, CA 95076 

Please register only yourself- no third party registration is allowed, as this frequently causes all sorts of problems. Registration deadline is April 12, 5 p.m. If you cancel, we can refund payment minus $10 processing fee before that deadline, but cannot refund anything if you cancel after that date. We reserve the right to cancel the workshop before April 14, in which case we will provide full refund. If you sign up, please show up- repeated failure to provide timely notification of inability to attend can jeopardize future registration opportunities.