2024 Fall Rangeland Forum – Digging in…to Soil Health
Barber Park Education and Event Center 4049 S Eckert Rd, Boise, IDSoils are a key driver to rangeland diversity, and also crucial for healthy rangelands. But how do management decisions connect with soil health? We’ll examine the science of soil health on Idaho’s rangelands, and the management practices and policies that come into play.
Elemental Idaho Series
Boise Brewing 521 W Broad St, Boise, IDDr. Emily Wakild (BSU's Andrus Center) discusses the history and future of Idaho recreation with Gretchen Hyde (Idaho Rangeland Resources Commission), and John Robison (Idaho Conservation League).
We'll learn about the Ridge to Rivers trail system, the Owyhee Travel Management Plan, and everything in between!
Practical Approaches to Building Soil Health on Rangelands
Perryton, TX Perryton, TXRanchers on unirrigated pastures have traditionally had limited options for large-scale tools that affect soil health. Emerging research suggests that using materials like compost and biochar (a charcoal-like substance made from waste wood) may be as effective for holding soil moisture and protecting the surface from erosion as bale grazing is known to be. However, we know that not every area responds the same way to management practices. Join us to be part of setting up a new demonstration site at a ranch owned by a New Agrarian Program alum in the Texas panhandle to compare these practices side-by-side.
Blackfeet Retreat
Kwataqnuk Resort & Casino U.S. 93, Polson, MT, United StatesThe idea for the Rooted in the Land program emerged from our initial conversations with a small group of Indigenous women ranchers. They brought to light their communities’ urgent needs and, most importantly, asked, “What is Women In Ranching going to do about it?”
Acknowledging the historical and systemic inequities faced by Indigenous land stewards, and recognizing that true leadership must come from within the community, the program was realized in 2023 when Erin Thomas of the Navajo Nation and Tiffany St. Goddard of the Blackfeet Nation answered the call as co-leaders.
While Women In Ranching provides support, it is Erin and Tiffany’s leadership that listens to their communities, drives the initiative, and organizes gatherings like this one.
Private Lands Partners Day 2024
Eagle Crest on the outskirts of Redmond is located in Central Oregon, on the lee side of the Cascade Mountains. This creates a moisture gradient that results in an incredibly…
Working Hands, Wild Lands – Mini documentary film festival
High Desert Music Hall 818 SW Forest Ave, Redmond, OR 97756, Redmond, OR, United StatesAn evening of film and conversation about the value of working lands and collaboration for conservation. Tuesday, October 8th at 6pm MDT
High Desert Music Hall, Redmond, OR
Join Western Landowners Alliance and Range Revolution for an in-person conservation-minded documentary film festival, followed by a panel discussion. We will be highlight three films:
Against the Herd
Almost a century of overgrazing has destroyed much of America’s public lands, but Cottonwood Ranch has discovered that cattle can actually be the key to restoring our rangelands.
Now the Smith family must convince legislators that cows aren't always eco-villains, or they’re sure to lose their land.
Grizzlies and Grazing
Grizzlies and Grazing is a film that explores how the fate of these iconic landscapes and their inhabitants hangs in a delicate balance, where the survival of both grizzlies and ranchers are deeply intertwined
The Fish and the Flame
This award-winning short film shows how Tim Haarmann, ranch manager at Banded Peak Ranch, and Jim White, a biologist with Colorado Parks and Wildlife, teamed up to save one of the last remaining populations of nearly-extinct San Juan cutthroat trout, just as a wildfire threatens to decimate the fish.
Admission $15
Elemental Idaho Series
Boise Brewing 521 W Broad St, Boise, IDDr. Emily Wakild (BSU's Andrus Center) discusses the history and future of Idaho recreation with Gretchen Hyde (Idaho Rangeland Resources Commission), and John Robison (Idaho Conservation League).
We'll learn about the Ridge to Rivers trail system, the Owyhee Travel Management Plan, and everything in between!
“I’m here for you.” Peer-to-peer support for trying times
Come learn what to say and how to help someone who seems to be struggling. COMET™️ (Changing Our Mental and Emotional Trajectory) is a community-based approach to activate rural community members to support one another in times of stress. COMET™️ aligns with rural cultural values of neighbor helping neighbor, and provides people with the language, tools, and confidence so that we can support the people we care about.
Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition 20th Annual Meeting
Stanford Sierra Conference Center 130 Fallen Leaf Road, South Lake Tahoe, CAThis year’s Annual Meeting will build upon the exciting work undertaken during RVCC’s 19th Annual Meeting, which explored the emerging vision for rural western communities rooted in the stewardship economy - an economy shaped by the need, and responsibility, to manage for the sustainability of both land and communities. What practices, strategies, investments and policies will lead to thriving landscapes and people in the face of shifting economic drivers and population trends, environmental challenges such as catastrophic wildfire and climate change, and historic levels of funding for conservation and rural communities? Agenda topics included:
Wildfire resilience in federal policymaking
Structures and strategies for all-lands partnerships
Community-based rural development
Sustainable and accessible recreation
Building the stewardship workforce
New federal funding sources and rural community accessibility
Central Coast Rangeland Coalition Fall 2024 Workshop
Cal Poly Beef Center Pennington Road, San Luis Obispo, CA, United StatesRestoration and improvement plays an important role in the management of rangeland systems and consists of many different complex ecological and social processes. Exploring the restoration and improvement process with its associated social aspects like funding and collaboration opportunities is imperative for assuring the future health of rangelands on the central coast of California.