Training

See also: Central Coast Rangeland Coalition, Sustainable Human Systems

Description

The goal of this meeting will be to improve understanding of tools for increasing livestock safety and carnivore tolerance on California’s central coast rangelands -- from the perspectives of ranchers, agencies, and other rangeland owners.  We will explore how techniques are applied to prevent depredations as well as methods for increasing economic viability of ranching alongside carnivores, including agency policies for compensation.  Meeting presenters and participants will discuss animal husbandry practices, as well as hear from practitioners involved with local wildlife compensation programs.

• Improve understanding of tools and approaches that Central Coast ranchers and land managers can apply to reduce carnivore-livestock interactions
• Provide an introduction to a local depredation compensation program for losses when they occur
• Foster productive discussion of these topics

Please register only yourself- no third party registration is allowed, as this frequently causes all sorts of problems. Registration deadline is October 5, 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 October 9, 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.