Managed Grazing for Soil and Plant Health with Jim Gerrish

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

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…

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

Dr. 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!