Stockmanship School
Cottonwood Guest Ranch HC 62 Box 1300, O'Neil Route, Wells, NV, United StatesFacilitator: Dawn Hnatow Years spent interning and working with Bud Williams and owner/founder of Cattle Up Stockmanship 50% Hands-on and 50% Classroom Learning Topics to be covered: Stockmanship- economic benefits and fundamentals Driving Corral work Facilities Fenceline weaning Lodging out Placing cattle on range without fences Solving handling challenges: riparia loafers, bunch quitters Price: $1000/person…
State-and-Transition Models for Management of Rangeland Ecosystems
Cottonwood Guest Ranch HC 62 Box 1300, O'Neil Route, Wells, NV, United StatesFacilitators: Tamzen Stringham, Ph.D., Rangeland Scientist, University of Nevada Reno Lucas Phipps, Rangeland Ecologist, University of Nevada Reno This two-day course will focus on a process to classify rangeland landscapes into ecologically-meaningful units for management and restoration. The course will include lectures on ecological processes, resilience concepts, state-and-transition modeling, disturbance ecology and monitoring/ inventory tools.…