Tour of the Upper Colorado Environmental Plant Center

• June 18th, 2024, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
• Hosted by CSU Extension, the White River Conservation District, and the Upper Colorado Environmental Plant Center.
• Sponsored by the Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program.

“What should I plant?” is a common question asked of natural resource professionals. Come sharpen your knowledge and skills on seed selection, learn about resources to help, and learn about the work of the Upper CO Environmental Plant Center. Tour is free but space is limited.

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Pinyon-Juniper Management & Virtual Fence Workshop

• March 12, 2024 | Western Colorado Campus, Grand Junction, CO
• Hosted by TNC’s Canyonlands Research Center & CO Section of the Society for Range Management.
• Sponsored by the Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program.

How do we balance fuel & forage management, habitat, and Pinyon-Juniper ecosystem conservation?

Learn about key issues and how managers and scientists are dealing with conflicting management mandates in the face of global change.

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Rangelands Data Workshop

• When: February 17th 2022, 1:00 – 5:00 pm
• Where: Western Colorado Research Campus, 3170 B ½ Rd., Grand Junction, CO 81503
• Event is free but lunch provided with registration. Lunch served at 12:00.

Do you wish you’d kept track of changes on landscapes you manage? Did you mean to take photos of your allotments and never quite get around to it?

The Rangeland Analysis Platform is a new tool that allows you to access
decades of data on rangelands in a few minutes.

Join us and learn how to use it
to inform management on allotments, pastures, for drought planning and more.

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Livestock and Forage Grower Update

A yearly virtual event for livestock and forage growers. Topics include biosecurity, emergency preparedness, AgrAbility, carbon and carbon markets, grasshoppers, market updates, and yearly climate/ weather outlooks.

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Drought Leadership Training

We can’t control drought. But we can change how it impacts our agricultural operations.  Join us for a pilot Drought Leadership Training Series. This is a hybrid program that combines virtual and in-person training opportunities, specifically for retail agriculture, agricultural services, extension, or with agriculture-focused agencies/organizations.

This series is free and sponsored by a grant from the Colorado Department of Agriculture.

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CO Section for the Society for Range Management Annual Meeting

Adapting to Change: Avoid, Reduce, Restore

Oct. 6-7, 2021

This year’s conference was a joint production of CSSRM and the Colorado Plateau Science and Management Forum. We explored what is known about the future impacts of aridification to western Colorado rangelands and how we can adapt and build resilience. The theme of “Avoid, Reduce, Restore” is a framework for thinking about how to respond strategically to future and current challenges like aridification and climate change.
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Presentations covered strategies for avoiding and reducing land degradation and restoring degraded lands.

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Drought Workshops – 2018-2019

Drought Preparation workshops

• • Farmington, NM, Feb. 7, 2018 at the San Juan Beef Cattle Symposium 
    • • Materials available here 

• • Rifle, CO, February 26, 2018
    • • Materials available here

• • Montrose, CO, February 27, 2018
    • • Materials available here

• • Durango, CO, March 20, 2018
    • • Materials available here

• • Dove Creek, CO, April 11, 2018
    • • Materials available here

Drought Response Workshops

• • La Junta, CO, August 9, 2018
    • • Materials available here

• • Westcliffe, CO, August 10, 2018
    • • Materials available here

• • Delta, CO, August 21, 2018
    • • Materials available here

• • Loma, CO, August 21, 2018
    • • Materials available here

Drought Recovery and Planning

• • Rifle, CO, January 16, 23, & 30,2019
    • • Info available here
    • • Flyer