Beyond Conflict: Sustaining Economic Viability in the Working Wild
November 8-10, 2021
11am - 5pm Mountain Time
Join us virtually for three engaging days with land stewards seeking solutions around large carnivore conflict reduction with partners from the Conflict on Working Lands Conservation Innovation Grant and Conflict Reduction Consortium.
EVENT AGENDA
Day 1: Conflict on Working Lands (CoW) Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) Work Day
November 8 | 11am - 5pm
Participants: CoW-CIG partners and Conflict Reduction Consortium participants.
- Welcome and agenda overview - Alex Few, WLA Working Wild Challenge Coordinator
- Opening Remarks - Tom Watson, NRCS Montana, State Conservationist
- Intro to CoW CIG - Gary Burnett, HOTR Executive Director & Denny Iverson, Iverson Family Ranch, Potomac, MT
- Jim Stone - Rolling Stone Ranch, Ovando MT
- Seth Wilson - Blackfoot Challenge, Executive Director
- Eric Graham - Blackfoot Challenge, Wildlife Coordinator
- Josh Schrecengost - NRCS Montana, District Conservationist, Deer Lodge
- Jerry Shows - Assistant State Conservationist - Programs, NRCS Montana
- Thad Heater, NRCS Technical Contact
- Bre Owens, Western Landowners Alliance Stewardship Coordinator
- Julie Young, USDA-Wildlife Services National Wildlife Research Center
- Linda Owens - Madison Valley Ranchlands Group, Ennis, MT
- Stewart Breck, USDA-Wildlife Services National Wildlife Research Center
- Matt Hyde, Colorado State University
- Josh Schrecengost - NRCS Montana, District Conservationist, Deer Lodge
Lounge open
- Jay Shepherd - Northeast Washington Wolf Cattle Collaborative
- Wyatt Hanson - Willow Creek Ranch, Susanville, CA
- Rae Nickerson, Utah State University
- Kyle Tackett - NRCS Montana, Assistant State Conservationist - Programs
- Jim Stone - Rolling Stone Ranch, Ovando, MT
- Matt Hyde - Colorado State University
- Josh Schrecengost - NRCS Montana, District Conservationist, Deer Lodge
Four separate rooms on:
- Range Riding
- Carcass Management
- Resource Concerns
- Technological Solutions to Conflict Reduction: Real Time Remote Detection of Wildlife
Platform closes at 5:30
Day 2: Integrated Approaches for Success in Comprehensive Conflict Reduction: the 4Cs
November 9 | 11am - 5pm
Participants: Land steward guests of WLA, HOTR and CRC members along with CoW-CIG partners, Conflict Reduction Consortium participants, and USDA guests.
Jared Talley, Environmental Philosopher and Interdisciplinary Scholar, Boise State and ID Office of Species Conservation
- James Rogers, Winecup Gamble Ranch
- Liz Munn, Sagebrush Ecosystem Program Manager, The Nature Conservancy
Lounge open
- Albert Sommers, Sommers Ranch, Upper Green River Cattlemen’s Association, WY
- Cat Urbigkit, author and rancher, Sublette County, WY
- Jim Hagenbarth, rancher, Dillon, MT
- Lenny Klinglesmith, LK Ranch, Northwestern CO
Bre Owens kicks off Happy Hour!
Four separate happy hour rooms on:
- Q&A with Dave Naugle
- Conflict Reduction on Federal Grazing Allotments
- Technological Solutions to Conflict Reduction I: Real Time Remote Detection of Wildlife
- Technological Solutions to Conflict Reduction II: Responses to Predator Presence
Day 3: USDA Listening Session and Conflict Reduction Consortium Work Day
November 10 | 11am - 5pm
Participants: CoW-CIG partners, Conflict Reduction Consortium participants, and USDA guests.
- Robert Bonnie, USDA Undersecretary Nominee for Farm and Conservation Programs
- Janet Bucknall, Deputy Administrator, USDA-Wildlife Services
- Arthur Middleton, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California Berkeley Interconnecting voices on the 4Cs
- A Landowner Voice
- Compensation
- Conflict Prevention
- (Lethal) Control
- Collaboration
Breakouts continue
The ACE ACT - Zach Bodhane, WLA Policy Director
- Matt Collins WLA Working Wild Challenge Program
- Alex Few, WLA Working Wild Challenge Program
Facilitation Team
Alex Few
Matthew Collins
Bre Owens
Emily Harkness
Hallie Mahowald
Zachary Bodhane
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