Rancher, Manager, and Scientist Forum on Rangeland Conservation

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Established in 2011, the Rancher, Manager, and Scientist Forum on Rangeland Conservation focuses on key rangeland conservation topics identified through interviews with sponsor agency personnel and CCRC membership surveys. Under the joint supervision of university faculty and a CCRC co-principal investigator, graduate students conduct scientific literature reviews on each topic, prepare formal papers, and present their findings at CCRC meetings. The Forum’s short-term goal is to provide research-based information to rangeland stakeholders, and the long-term goal is to improve communication and understanding among the myriad of rangeland stakeholders (ranchers, agency personnel, technical advisors/consultants, educators, scientists, and others). This work is generally showcased in spring CCRC meetings, as well as archived online (see links to Forum papers below).

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

Rancher, Manager, and Scientist Forum on Rangeland Conservation

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