Range 101: Principles of Range and Watershed Analysis and ManagementWednesday, October 15, 2014
Cochise County Board of Supervisors Conference Room
1415 Melody Lane, Bisbee
Registration at 8:00 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction:
Jim Lindsey, Chair, Hereford NRCD
How Plants Grow and Respond to Grazing:
George Ruyle, Rangeland Extension Specialist, UA Cooperative Extension
Watershed analysis: brush management, runoff erosion
Mary Nichols, Hydrolic Engineer, USDA ARS
Break
Principles of Grazing Management-including riparian grazing
Lamar Smith, Cascabel Ranch and Consulting
Grazing Influences on Fish and Wildlife- upland and riparian
Al Medina, Retired research Ecologist, USFS
Lunch
Leave for field tour
Field tour- Ladd Ranch
Brush control and its effect on forage production, runoff and erosion.