- Author: Alexandra Stefancich
Did you miss our Ranching and Range Management in a Drying Climate Workshop? Don't despair because you can still hear all the wonderful presentations from the day on our Youtube Channel! Talks include:
Compost Applications on Rangeland: Carbon Sequestration and Ecosystem Co-benefits Healthy Soils Demonstration Project
Holly Stover, Postdoctoral Researcher, UC Berkeley
Co-Principal Investigators:Whendee Silver and Jeremy James
Direct and Legacy Effects of Compost Amendments on Rangeland Ecosystem Services
Ashley Shaw, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Oregon
In collaboration with: Lauren Hallett, Whendee Silver, Katharine Suding, and Holly Stover
Climate Data and Visualization Tools to Support Range Management Planning
Andy Lyons, Shane Feirer & Maggi Kelly
Come Rain or Shine: Incorporating Weather Forecasting/Prediction into On-Ranch Decision Making
Matthew Shapero, UC Cooperative Extension, Livestock & Range advisor
Ranching in a Variable Climate, A Practical Approach
Dan Macon, Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor
UCCE – Placer/Nevada/Sutter/Yuba
Impacts to and Opportunities for Providing Rangeland Ecosystem Services Under Climate and Land Use Change
Kristin Byrd, (kbyrd@usgs.gov)
Co-authors: Lorraine Flint,Alan Flint, Michelle Stern, Pelayo Alvarez, Torre Estrada, Jeffrey Creque,Frank Casey, Fabiano Franco, Ben Sleeter, Chris Soulard, Dick Cameron, Allegra Mayer, Whendee Silver, and Terry Sohl
Impacts of a Drying Climate on Rangeland Ecosystems
Jeremy James, Director UC SFREC
Click here to be directed to our Youtube Channel.
We hope you enjoy all that there is to learn from these valuable presentations.
- Author: Alexandra Stefancich
Kindergarteners from GVCS visited over two days for a fun-filled science field day. Students were able to hunt for benthic macroinvertebrates, look at decaying salmon carcasses, search for salmon redds (the nests that they build to lay their eggs), and understand the challenging lives that salmon have by acting out the stages of their life cycle. Students loved their field day, saying they "couldn't choose a favorite thing, it was all so fun!" Another student noted that "I am happy to be a human. Being a salmon seems hard."
The opportunity to see these natural wonders first hand can have a lasting impact on student learning. SFREC is dedicated to increasing the number of hands-on science field days it offers to local students. This spring we will be offering field science trips for 4th and 5th graders where they will learn about a variety of science concepts and field science techniques. For more information about these field science days please contact Ali Stefancich at astefancich@ucanr.edu.