Sponsors support ANR’s efforts to extend drought information to ranchers

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Updates on agriculture and natural resource topics from the Sierra Foothills

Author: Jeremy James

Published on: January 27, 2014

Recognizing the overwhelming need for extending drought mitigation information to ranchers across the state and the practical constraints many producers face in trying to travel for a day-long workshop the California Institute for Water Resources in cooperation with the Department of Water Resources has provided support to help extend information generated in the UC SFREC Drought workshop across the state. This includes local support for 7 UCCE satellite workshops that bring workshop information to other regional meetings across the state as well as support for a few “train the trainer” programs where UCCE academics, California Cattlemen, and Farm Bureau representatives can get support to learn about the UC SFREC workshop material and extend this information to regional partners. Given the immediacy of this drought and the need to quickly pull programs together, this sponsorship represents an effective opportunity to extend information.

Tags: Beef Cattle (23), Community (8), Drought (14), Outreach (31), Ranchers (30), SFREC (72), UCANR (42)

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by Charles A Raguse

on January 28, 2014 at 9:14 AM

Author Jeremy James, Director of the SFREC, deserves recognition for leadership in organizing this crucially important event. The information presented, and made widely available through multiple webcast sites, should stimulate widely-based discussion about a new role for the SFREC. Much, if not all, of the station could be managed as a working ranch. Direct involvement of the California Cattleman's Association, along with the State Department of Water Resources, and the California Institute for Water Resources, along with the development with an industry-wide Advisory Committee to replace the now largely-defunct station Research Advisory Committee would, deservedly, "put the SFREC on the map" as a premiere research, outreach and teaching institute for the resource and stakeholder base it represents.