June 27-28, 2018
JE Canyon Ranch of Branson, Colorado
$50 per person (includes lunch)
HMI and The Nature Conservancy are joining forces to bring in top-notch experts to inform Colorado ranchers on the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (USRSB) Sustainability Framework, engage in discussions and explore putting regenerative methods into practice. Join us for this valuable experience where you will learn more about:
- Implementing tools from the USRSB and keying in on success for the U.S. beef supply chain
- Holistic Management®, planned grazing and evaluation of ecosystem processes
- TNC’s scientific monitoring studies on bighorn sheep and various wildlife and pinion-juniper plus other vegetation and results of prescribed burning
- The PastureMap app and how to efficiently and effectively plan, monitor, and manage grazing
- Practice forage evaluation and calculating animal days per acre (ADAs)
Agenda
| Wednesday, June 27, 2018 | Activity Description |
|---|---|
| 9:00 – 9:30 AM Welcome & Overview of JE Canyon Ranch and Managing for Sustainability with JJ Autry | |
| 9:30 – 10:45 AM U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef National Beef Sustainability Framework with Kim Stackhouse-Lawson, Ph.D. and Steve Wooten | Leaders of the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (USRSB) will describe its new Sustainability Framework, which is open for public comment until July 1, 2018. The proposed framework presents metrics and guidance for key indicators of success for each sector in the U.S. beef supply chain, including efficiency and yield, land resources, animal health and well-being, air and greenhouse gasses, employee health and well-being, and water resources. To learn more about the USRSB Sustainability Framework or to participate in the public comment period, please visit www.USRSBFramework.org. |
| 10:45 – 11:00 AM Break | |
| 11:00 – 12:00 PM A Colorado Scorecard for Sustainable Grazing Lands with William Burnidge | In alignment with the USRSB Sustainability Framework, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is currently testing a “scorecard” to evaluate how integrated planning and management support improved economic, social, and ecological outcomes on working ranches in Colorado. TNC will present the scorecard, offer examples of how we are beginning to apply it at JE Canyon and other Colorado ranches, and lead a discussion of how the scorecard may be improved. |
| 12:00 – 1:00 PM Lunch | |
| 1:00 – 2:00 PM Science & Holistic Management with Chris Pague | The Nature Conservancy is committed to using best available science to guide its work and support improved outcomes for nature and people. TNC staff will describe how we are (1) advancing our understanding of ecological processes, current and potential conditions, and the influence of grazing and other management tools and (2) using that knowledge to create and implement goal-based plans intended to maintain and improve the economic performance and ecological conditions of ranches in ways that enhance the lives of the people who depend on them for their livelihoods. |
| 2:00 – 4:00 PM JE Canyon Ranch Field Tour | TNC staff will lead a field tour to illustrate how we are seeking to put the principles described in the prior session into practice at JE Canyon Ranch through a bighorn sheep collar study, wildlife and vegetation monitoring, a pinon-juniper baseline study, and the results of recent prescribed burns and plans for future action. |
| 4:00 – 4:45 PM Holistic Management as a Practical Means for Planning & Attaining Goals with Kathy Harris | Learn how Holistic Management can practically assist ranchers to systematically manage toward improved economic, social, and ecological objectives and provide examples of the success that TNC and Beatty Canyon Ranch are achieving at JE Canyon and other Colorado ranches by using Holistic Management. |
| 4:45 – 5:30 PM Discussion & Wrap Up | |
| 5:30 PM Adjourn |
| Thursday, June 28, 2018 | Activity Description |
|---|---|
| 9:00 – 10:00 AM Using Holistic Management to Improve Outcomes & Advance the Sustainability of Your Operation with Kirk Gadzia | Kirk Gadzia, a highly experienced sought out Professional Holistic Management Certified Educator, will describe his experience applying Holistic Management to improve working-ranch outcomes in the US and other countries and how Holistic Management can practically assist ranchers to manage toward relevant sustainability metrics. |
| 10:00 – 10:30 AM Break | |
| 10:30 – 12:00 PM PastureMap and the Potential for Technology to Improve Ranch Management & Outcomes with Christine Su, Erin Kiley & JJ Autry | PastureMap staff will describe how their tools support ranchers to efficiently and effectively plan, monitor, and manage grazing and other aspects of their operations; keep team members connected and coordinated at all times; plan ahead and respond quickly to weather and drought; and document actions and outcomes relevant in today’s marketplace. The Nature Conservancy will also demonstrate how it is beginning to use PastureMap at JE Canyon to better plan and document management and outcomes. |
| 12:00 – 1:00 PM Lunch | Discussion with Kathy Harris and William Burnidge: What else would you like to know? What resources, tools, knowledge, or training would you most like to obtain? |
| 1:00 – 3:30 PM Field Tour with Kirk Gadzia and experienced producers: Louis Martin, Will Johnson | This field tour and interactive land study discussion will engage participants and experienced producers to address these topics: Wildlife as Part of the Whole: Enriching Ranching with Conservation Perspectives Applying the Tool of Grazing to Your Ranch: Timing and Recovery Evaluating Ecosystem Processes: Looking at your Land Through a New Lens Practice Forage Evaluation and Calculating Animal Days per Acre (ADAs) |
| 3:30 – 4:00 PM Q&A and Evaluations | |
| 4:00 Adjourn |
Presenters
JJ Autry
JE Canyon Ranch Manager; SE Colorado Project Director for The Nature Conservancy
Kim Stackhouse-Lawson, Ph.D.
Chair of US Roundtable for Sustainable Beef; JBS USA Director of Sustainability
Steve Wooten
President of Beatty Canyon Ranch; Board Member of US Roundtable for Sustainable Beef; First Vice President of Colorado Cattlemen’s Association
William Burnidge
Sustainable Grazing Lands Program Director CO for The Nature Conservancy
Chris Pague
Senior Conservation Ecologist for The Nature Conservancy
Kathy Harris
HMI Program Director for Holistic Management Professional Certified Educator
Kirk Gadzia
Professional HMI Certified Educator; International Consultant/Owner of Resource Management Services
Christine Su
CEO and Co-Founder of PastureMap
Erin Kiley
Rancher Success and Grazing Planning for PastureMap
Louis Martin
CEO and General Manager of Round River Resource Management
Duke Phillips III
CEO of Ranchlands, Inc.
Duke Phillips IV
Operating Officer of Ranchlands, Inc.
Alison Holloran
Executive Director of Audubon Rockies
Registration
Registration Fee: $50/person for 2 days or $30/person/day – includes lunch
Advanced Registration Deadline: June 23, 2018
Walk-In Registration: $40/person/day
Space is limited and registration fees are non-refundable.
This unique workshop is brought to you by a collaboration between:
Thanks to these organizations for providing speakers and outreach assistance:
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Adelene is a resident of Arkansas and loves exploring the state’s natural trails. Her passion for education and technology led her to earn a master’s in learning systems technology from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. With her professional experience managing student/client databases and instructional design, Adelene will bring skill and understanding to her role as Office Manager & Instructional Designer at HMI. Her focus on making education more accessible to diverse communities is evident through her volunteer work as an board member for a scholarship program. Adelene is devoted to creating educational opportunities that align with HMI’s mission to promote healthy, resilient lands and thriving communities.
Seth Wilner has been a Holistic Management International Certified Educator since 2005. For 22 years he has worked as an agent educator with University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension where he specializes in farm business management with an emphasis on whole farm planning.
Dana was first introduced to Holistic Management in the 1990s while working in the Texas Hill Country. She strongly believes that Holistic Management can positively impact families that are on the land, the communities they are a part of, and larger landscape resource regeneration efforts.
Sarah Robertson grew up in Taos, New Mexico and has always been passionate about land stewardship, growing things, and nurturing others. After completing a BA in Communication from the University of New Mexico and working with local non-profits, she started her journey as a first-generation farmer. Since 2015, she has been learning and growing alongside her husband on various leased properties in Albuquerque, NM and running a small market farm with goats, chickens, and a CSA. In her role as Programs Assistant at HMI, Sarah brings her enthusiasm for regenerative agriculture, devotion to supporting others, and drive for lifelong learning and growing.
Jozua Lambrecht is from South Africa and divides his time between their home in Somerset West and their family farm in Sutherland, one of the coldest places in South Africa, where they farm with sheep. He is married to his wife Therese and they have two daughters.
Alejandro Carrillo is a fourth-generation rancher, and he is quite familiar with the challenges of running a profitable cattle ranch in the Chihuahuan desert. Because annual precipitation seldom exceeds nine inches, every drop counts when it comes to growing more grasses. Grazing year-round with only sea salt as an input, he is not willing to waste any water in such a brittle environment.
Jared L Talley was born and raised in Southwestern Idaho and now seeks to help rural communities adapt and thrive in a rapidly changing world. He is an Assistant Professor in the School of Public Service at Boise State University, earning his PhD in Philosophy from Michigan State University and his MPA in Environmental Policy and Natural Resource Management from Boise State University. An environmental philosopher by training and an interdisciplinary scholar in practice, he seeks to better understand how communities relate to the land and how this relationship poses obstacles and opportunities for collaboration and governance. In doing so, he studies the role of science in collaborative policy, the role of place in environmental identity, and the role of the imagination in mediating both. Specifically, he studies grazing management and public land permitting, community-led conservation programs, rural education and entrepreneurship, place-based environmental governance, and the imaginative experience of our natural and built environments — all in the contexts of the intermountain American West.
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