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Trailing of the Sheep Festival
Gather in the Wood River Valley to celebrate, present, and preserve the history and cultures of sheepherding in Idaho and the West. See the full festival schedule here.
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2024 Fall Rangeland Forum – Digging in…to Soil Health
Soils 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.
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Blackfeet Retreat
The 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.
Practical Approaches to Building Soil Health on Rangelands
Practical Approaches to Building Soil Health on Rangelands
Ranchers 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.
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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 diverse landscape. This includes parklike Ponderosa pine forests near the Metolius River in the Cascades, to sage-steppe habitats of the high desert in the east,…
Fall Cover Cropping for Soil Health!
Fall Cover Cropping for Soil Health!
Join us October 7th! Learn how cover cropping can improve the health, productivity, and drought resilience of your land! And learn how you can access free cover crop seed through the Taos Soil and Water Conservation District! DINNER PROVIDED!!!
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Working Hands, Wild Lands – Mini documentary film festival
Working Hands, Wild Lands – Mini documentary film festival
An 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
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“I’m here for you.” Peer-to-peer support for trying times
“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.
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Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition 20th Annual Meeting
This 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
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Central Coast Rangeland Coalition Fall 2024 Workshop
Central Coast Rangeland Coalition Fall 2024 Workshop
Restoration 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.
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Range Riding Workshop – Eastern Oregon
Do you operate in an area with wolves or other large carnivores? Are you concerned about conflicts? Join for a day of conversations and learning alongside local livestock producers and agency representatives focused on applications of range riding and significant new cost-sharing opportunities for the practice. Together with compensation, control, and collaboration, expanding access…
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Virtual fencing and grazing for ecological restoration
Virtual fencing and grazing for ecological restoration
Join us for a fascinating webinar featuring New Mexico rancher, Jorge Ramirez, who will share his extensive experience in implementing rotational grazing and virtual fencing as a tool to promote ecological restoration. Learn about the intersection of technology and the food system and gain valuable insights from Jorge’s 35 years of hands-on experience in ecological recovery and innovative ranching practices specifically targeted to areas that are experiencing extreme droughts.
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11th Annual Early Californios Skills of the Rancho
The 11th Annual Early Californios Skills of the Rancho, hosted by the Californio Bridlehorse Association, will be held October 25-27, 2024 at the Parkfield Rodeo Arena on the Historic V6 Ranch.
Ditch Water Workshop
Ditch Water Workshop
Free and open to San Luis Valley ditch/surface water users. Come learn from local experts, legal advisors, and organizational partners. Discuss your experiences about how to make the best use of surface waters, how to sustain that water use, how to work with the Division of Water Resources and other partners, and ideas on how…
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Managed Grazing for Soil and Plant Health with Jim Gerrish
Managed Grazing for Soil and Plant Health with Jim Gerrish
Managed Grazing for Soil and Plant Health with Jim Gerrish
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People, Land, and Animals: The Keys to Conservation that Work
People, Land, and Animals: The Keys to Conservation that Work
The 75th Anniversary of Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac
People, Land, and Animals: The keys to conservation that work.
Wednesday, October 30
5:00-8:00pm
Lory Student Center Theater
Speakers:
Curt Meine - Aldo Leopold Foundation
Lesli Allison - Western Landowners Alliance
Robbie LeValley. -LeValley Ranches
Erik Glen - Partnerships of Rangeland Trust, Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust
Ken Shockley - Holmes Rolston Chair in Environmental Ethics & Philosophy, Colorado State University
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2024 Colorado Ag Water Alliance Drought Resiliency Program Tours
2024 Colorado Ag Water Alliance Drought Resiliency Program Tours
Drought Resiliency Tour - Surge Valves for Improved Irrigation This project seeks to manage flood irrigation in a way that better saturates the root zone by using surge valves to deliver the proper amount of water to the field. REGISTER HERE Drought Resiliency Tour - Milo Seeding Rates This project seeks to study different milo…
Montana FWP Habitat Conservation Lease Program Webinar
Montana FWP Habitat Conservation Lease Program Webinar
A habitat conservation lease is a voluntary, incentive-based agreement between FWP and private landowners in which the landowner commits to retaining wildlife habitat in exchange for a one-time per-acre fee for a 30 or 40-year lease. Lease values are based on 15% of fee value for a 30-year lease and 20% of fee value plus a 5% bonus for a 40-year lease. Prices range between $85-$1021/acre and vary depending upon habitat type.
Sign-up for the program runs from Oct. 15th to Nov. 30th
Available for producers within:
-Sagebrush
-Mixed grass prairie
-Pothole wetland grasslands
-Intermountain shrub
-Grasslands
-Riparian floodplain habitats
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