Santa Lucia Conservancy manages 18,000 acres of rangeland in Carmel. They are hiring a full-time Grazing Program Technician. The hourly rate is between $21 and $23/hour, depending on experience. Comprehensive benefits will be offered, including health, vision, and dental insurance, as well as vacation pay and 401k.

The deadline to submit your cover letter and resume is August 9, 2020.

Click here for more information about the position and how to apply.

The California Range & Natural Resources Camp is usually a week-long summer camp for high school students, 14-18 years old. It has been running for over 30 years.  During camp, students learn about management of plants, livestock, wildlife, and landscapes from university and cooperative extension faculty, land management agency staff, and other professionals. 

This year, because of COVID-19, we are not able to have our regular in-person camp. Instead we are having Virtual Camp! Subject matter specialists have put together more than 20 new videos just for us, ranging in time from 2-15 minutes. Video topics include rangeland ecology and management, botany, ranch economics, wildlife, grazing animal nutrition, ornithology, fire, and a great series of interviews with people about their careers in in this exciting field, and with students about their college experiences. Some of the videos even give you science-based activities you can do from your home or a local park. 

The Virtual California Range Camp is free, but students must register in order to get an email with the link to the videos. Range Camp T-shirts will be given to the first 20 students who register (must be high school students!).

Register here : http://ucanr.edu/rangecamp2020.

Watch the videos and then join us on August 31 at 3:00 pm for a one-hour live Zoom webinar to discuss your questions and ideas with experts in the field of range management and natural resources!

This message is from Ken Tate, Professor and Rustici Specialist in Rangeland Watershed Sciences at UC Davis...

"This is an important opportunity for the CA rangeland and livestock community (academics, managers, producers) to provide input on the guidance document the state water board is developing. I am working with the board as they develop this non-regulatory guidance, and they are truly open to input. Input based on clear science, management experience with situational context (e.g., specifying rangeland ecosystem, private or public lands, cattle or sheep grazing, bacteria or sediment or nutrients).

Note this survey is on-line and closes July 22.

I can provide more background and context on this effort if interested, but this is the outcome of the state's resolution in 2015 to halt GRAP – updating the 1995 CA Ranch Water Quality Plan (https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/publications_forms/publications/general/docs/ca_rangeland_wqmgmt_plan_july1995.pdf)."

If you have questions for Ken, he can be reached at kwtate@ucdavis.edu.

Here is the link to the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Q78F5KC. If you want to see the questions and write your responses ahead of time, Click the following link to download the questions: California State Water Board Grazing Survey.

We had a great workshop on 7/2/2020 related to Grazing and Prescribed Burning for Fire Safety. We recorded the video in case you missed it and want to check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXW2Ilsn038.

Also, here's the link to the PowerPoint presentation on Benefits of Cattle Grazing for Fuels Reduction and Fire Safety: https://ucanr.edu/sites/UCCESanBenito/files/329263.pdf.