2019 Summit
The 2019 Rangeland Summit was held in Stockton on January 15th. Below is the agenda and links for the presentations for your reference.
Preventing Catastrophic Wildfire in California - The Role for Livestock Grazing
9:00 Registration and Morning Coffee Midvalley Cowbelles
9:30 WELCOME! Bre Owens, Chair and Sheila Barry, Moderator
9:40 Grazing to Control Brush Lynn Huntsinger, UC Berkeley
10:10 Prescribed Fire in California: Bottlenecks and Opportunities Jeff Stackhouse, UCCE Humboldt County
10:40 Break
11:00 Fire Risk Increasing Unevenly on Public and Private Lands Van Butsic, UCB Specialist
11:30 A Rancher’s Perspective: Living with Fire Mike Williams, Los Angeles County Rancher
12:00 Lunch prepared by MidValley Cowbelles
1:00 The Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation Perspective Adam Cline, Ranch Manager, Yolo County
1:30 Post Wildfire Grazing on Public Lands in Northern California Laura Snell, UCCE Modoc County
2:00 Post Wildfire Considerations on Ranches in Annual Rangelands Matthew Shapero, UCCE Ventura & Santa Barbara Counties
2:30 California Wildfire Policy - What has California done to address this ongoing crisis? What's Left to do? Justin Oldfield, California Cattlemen’s Association
3:00 Wrap up
3:30 AdjournThank you for your participation!
Interested in more information on the California Rangeland Conservation Coalition?
Mark your calendars for the 2020 Rangeland Summit in Stockton on January 14th.
Prescribed Fire-Upper Stony Creek Watershed
By Wendell Gilgert, 2019 Rangeland Summit Photo Contest