Sustainable Management of California’s Fire-Prone Landscapes: Using Grazing to Help Keep Communities Safe
The California Range Management Advisory Committee, an advisory body to the California Natural Resources Agency under the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, is co-hosting a virtual workshop with the California Fire Science Consortium to discuss the use of prescribed livestock grazing as a sustainable fuel reduction and environmental management tool.
Three separate workshops will be hosted on different topics as listed below. Watch the full playlist on Youtube here > or watch each day based on topic below
Wildland Fuels: A Primer
Nov 5, 2020
Wildland Fuels: A Primer for Concerned Citizens & Grazers
Speakers:
Rob Hazard, Santa Barbara County Fire
John Bailey and Alison Smith, UC ANR Hopland Research and Extension Center
View recording on Youtube >
Using Grazing for Fuels Mgmt
Nov 12, 2020
Organizing Community-Based Projects
Nov 19, 2020
Using Grazing for Fuels Management 101: Practices & Strategies
Speakers:
Glenn Nader, UC Cooperative Extension
Tony Toso, Rancher
Andree Soares, Star Creek Land Stewards
Marie Hoff, Full Circle Wool
View Recording on Youtube >
Organizing Community-Based Wildland Fuels Management Projects: Approaches and Examples
Speakers:
Stephanie Larson, UC Cooperative Extension, Sonoma County, and Elaina Cromer, match.graze
Fadzayi Mashiri, UC Cooperative Extension, Mariposa and Merced Counties
Matthew Shapero, UC Cooperative Extension, Santa Barbara County
View Recording on Youtube >
Networking Lunch Hour 11/19: Great Plains Prescribed Burn Association Panel
John Weir, associate extension specialist, Natural Resource Ecology and Management Department at Oklahoma State University.
Morgan Treadwell, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Range Extension Specialist, Dept. of Rangeland, Wildlife, & Fisheries Management, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Russell Stevens, The Noble Research Institute, Strategic Consultation Manager and Wildlife & Range Consultant
Great Plains Fire Science Exchange
