NW Colorado Range Workshop: Grazing and Grass 101

Join Range Management Specialist Retta Bruegger, Ecologist Terri Schulz, and economist Jenny Beiermann as they cover:

• Setting goals for your range
• How to make your pastures more resilient in changing conditions
• Preventing weeds through grazing management
• The economics of seeding, brush management, and more

Held Friday, December 15th from 1:00-5:00pm in the Commissioners Hearing Room at the Historic Routt County Courthouse in downtown Steamboat Springs.

Agenda

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Packet

• Additional Resources [embeddoc url=”https://rangemanagement.extension.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/2017/12/Additional-resources-NEW.pdf” width=”60%” height=”60%” download=”all”]
• Dryland Pasture Condition Assessment & Guidelines 
• Grass Growth and Response to Grazing Fact Sheet 
• Questions for Land Managers Sheet [embeddoc url=”https://rangemanagement.extension.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/2017/12/Questions-for-Land-Manager-Workshop.pdf” width=”40%” height=”40%” download=”all”]
• Goal Setting Guide [embeddoc url=”https://rangemanagement.extension.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/2017/12/Ranch-Goal-Activity2.pdf” width=”40%” height=”40%” download=”all”]
• Claypan and Mountain Loam Information Sheet [embeddoc url=”https://rangemanagement.extension.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/2017/12/CP-and-ML-STM-handout-w-cover-matrix-2.pdf” width=”60%” height=”60%” download=”all”]
• Moffat County and Routt County Information Sheets [embeddoc url=”https://rangemanagement.extension.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/2017/12/EM-WM-ESDs-STMs-and-Data.pdf” height=”77%” download=”all”]

Presentations

• Adaptive Management – Terri Schultz

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• Grass and Grazing – Retta Bruegger

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• Rangeland Weed Management – Strategies and Practices for Weed Control – Greg Brown

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• Economic Analyses of Rangeland Practices – Jenny Beiermann

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