Managing Working Lands in 2025: Learning from the past, leaning into the future
Keynote Speaker: Tip Hudson, host of Art of Range podcast

• 9:00am – Soft start: Registration and conversation over coffee and light refreshments
• 10:00am 
• Welcome from Steering Committee 

• Keynote with Tipton Hudson of the Art of Range Podcast

• 10:45am
  • Invasive Annual Grasses: Presentations and Q&A with local practitioners and scientists, including
    • Toby Maxwell, researcher
    • Tyler Bales, Grant SWCD
    • Will Price, OSU Extension
    • Mark Porter, Oregon Department of Agriculture
• 12:00pm: Catered lunch
• 1:15pm:
  • Wildfire: Presentations and panel discussion with regional practitioners and local landowners, including
    • Katie Wollstein, OSU Extension
    • Andrew Hubur, Wallowa County Grain Growers Agronomy
    • First-hand experiences with wildfire response and impacts from ranchers and operators
• 2:30 – Break
• 2:50pm:
  • Grazing Flexibility: Presentations, panel and full-group discussions

• 4:20pm – Final Reflections & Closing
• 5:00pm – Adjourn

The first-ever Northeast Oregon Rangeland Summit will be held virtually and in-person at Eastern Oregon University in La Grande on Thursday, April 3rd, 2025. The theme of the event is “Managing Working Lands in 2025: Learning from the past, leaning into the future.”