CCRC Forum Scholarships

Forum Scholarships

Forum Scholarships focus on key rangeland conservation topics identified through CCRC membership surveys, interviews with sponsor agencies, or academic researchers. Under the joint supervision of university faculty and a CCRC co-principal investigator, graduate students conduct scientific literature reviews on their topic, write synthesis reports, and present their findings at CCRC meetings. Forum Scholars generally participate in Steering Committee meetings and take on significant roles in workshop development.

In addition to sharing Forum Scholar research, the program’s longer-term goals are to improve communication and understanding across the spectrum of rangeland stakeholders (ranchers, agency personnel, technical advisors/consultants, educators, scientists, and others) and provide career development and networking for young rangeland practitioners.

Previous Forum Scholar reports are available below, and slide decks of presentations are available at the Coalition Meeting that the scholar participated in.

Forum Scholar Sponsorships

Initiated in 2011, and supported largely through five-year sponsorship cycles, the Forum Scholars Program crucially depends on the generosity of organizations that are interested and able to invest in the development of the next generation of rangeland practitioners. During the current cycle (2022-2027), we’ve received generous grants from Midpennisula Regional Open Space District and Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority. We’re looking for additional sponsors to help complete this funding cycle, and propel the program into the next five years.

If your organization is interested in helping to support the career development of young rangeland practitioners, please reach out to Dan Brumbaugh, Lewis Reed, or Sheila Barry.

Current Sponsors

Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District

Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority

Written by the Forum Scholars, each of these papers focus on a rangeland conservation topic.

Document	Forum Scholar
Prospects for grazing to AMP up soil carbon on California rangelands - in Review	Stanley, P., Bowles, T., Roche, L.
Holistic Management Shifts Ranchers’ Mental Models for Successful Adaptive Grazing	Paige Stanley and Lynn Huntsinger UC Berkeley April 2022
Cattle grazing behavior and monitoring techniques and the impact on rangeland resources and conservation	Megan Banwarth and Z. D. Mc Farlane, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo October 2022
Are Landowners, Managers, and Range Management Academics on the Same Page About Conservation	Lina Aoyama and Lynn Huntsinger University of California, Berkeley Rangelands 41(1):61-69 February 2019
Perceptions of barriers and opportunities for conservation in Central Coast	Lina Aoyama University of California, Berkeley May 2018
Targeted and Prescribed Grazing in California's Central Coast Region	Erin Campbell-Craven Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo 2017
Compatibility of livestock grazing and recreational use on coastal California public lands: Importance, interactions, and management solutions	Kristina M. Wolf, Roger A. Baldwin, and Sheila Barry University of California, Davis April 2016
Stewarding Soil- promoting soil quality to meet management objectives on California rangelands	Jasmine Westbrook and Susan Edinger Marshall Humboldt State University October 2014
Sharing the range- managing wildlife impacts to livestock production in California Coast Range working landscapes	Sheri Spiegal University of California, Berkeley October 2014
Grazing for conservation on public lands in urban California: rancher and manager perspectives on the prospects for partnership	Gareth Fisher University of California, Berkeley March 18, 2012
Livestock management and water quality	Lewis Reed University of California, Santa Cruz April 2011

Forum Scholarships

Forum Scholar Sponsorships

Current Sponsors

Written by the Forum Scholars, each of these papers focus on a rangeland conservation topic.

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Forum Scholar

Sponsors

This work has been made possible by generous support from several local partners.