Portal, AZ - Rodeo, NM

 

Malpai Borderlands Group – Ranching Today Seminar

Geronimo Events Center Rodeo, NM

September 22, 2023, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm (MDT) (8:30 am AZ)

9:30 – 9:35     Channing Moore            Executive Director, Malpai Borderlands Group

    Introduction and Welcome

9:35- 9:50    Caiti Steele                USDA Southwest Climate Hub    

    An Intro into Precision Management

9:50 – 10:30   Darren James & Caiti Steel         USDA-ARS Jornada Experiment Range

    Rangeland Analysis Platform and Grasscast

10:30- 11:15    Sky Aney, Rob Dunlap, Andres Perea    USDA-ARS Jornada Experiment Range

    Precision Ranching Technologies

11:15- 11:35    Richard Winkler                Board member, Malpai Borderlands Group

     Precision ranching on the ground

11:35 -11:55     Donald Decker                NRCS, Malpai Borderlands Group Liaison

    NRCS Projects and Programs

Lunch 12:00 – 1:30    Sky Islands Grill, Rodeo Café, Portal Café

1:30 – 2:15    Ashley Hall                Rangeland Management, U of A

    Vegetation response to fire and reseeding

2:15 – 2:20     Myles Traphagen            Science Coordinator, Malpai Borderlands Group

    Science efforts in the southwest

2:20 – 3:05     Molly Hunter                Science Advisor for the Joint Fire Science Program, BLM

    Fire management in southwestern rangelands: Emerging issues, science, and resources

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