Rangeland Productivity
Goal
Improve participant understanding of alternate methods of cattle management and corollary effects on forage productivity and soil health.
Description
Visit beautiful Swanton Pacific Ranch where ranchers Gordon Claasen and Becca Pulcrano work with Cal Poly students and staff to monitor and research planned grazing regimes to maintain biological diversity and increase grassland production, while teaching about and demonstrating sustainable rangeland management. The program will build off of rancher perspectives, rangeland monitoring, and science to help to direct 'next steps' with improving understanding of different approaches of grazing systems that improve soil health and rangeland productivity.
Objectives
- Participants improve their understanding of
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- The holistic management approach at Swanton Pacific Ranch
- How rangeland management can affect livestock productivity
- Challenges and solutions to monitoring rangeland soil health
- Participants enjoy hearing diverse perspectives
- Participants enjoy experiencing a new place
Meeting Format
This workshop will consist of indoor lectures and a panel discussion in the morning and an afternoon field session including three learning stations involving different aspects of rangelands. The lecture site and field sites are all located at Swanton Pacific Ranch. There will also be small group discussions interspersed throughout the day to give participants an opportunity to share their expertise and learn from the diverse experiences of other meeting participants.
Instructor Information
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Philip Brownsey |
Dr. Chelsea Carey Senior Soil Ecologist Point Blue Conservation Science |
| Dr. Marc Horney Associate Professor California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Animal Science Department |
Genevieve Landucci |
| Dr. Toby O'Geen Professor & Soil Resource Specialist in Cooperative Extension Dept. of Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis |
Ken Oster |
Contact
Grant Lyon
grant@elkhornslough.org
831-288-5404
Sponsors
Documents and Publications
Workshop Materials
| Document | Author/Source |
| CCRC Fall 2018 Agenda | Grey Hayes Central Coast Rangeland Coalition September 2018 |
| Central Coast Rangeland Coalition Introduction: Workshop on Rangeland Productivity | Larry Ford Central Coast Rangeland Coalition October 2018 |
| Grazing Management Practices - their history and relation to the 'Savory' method | Marc R. Horney Central Coast Rangeland Coalition October 2018 |
| The connection between grazing and soil health: what do we know and what are we learning? | Chelsea Carey Central Coast Rangeland Coalition October 2018 |
| Understanding Soil Health in California's Annual Rangelands | Toby O'Geen Central Coast Rangeland Coalition October 2018 |
| Welcome CCRC - Swanton Pacific Ranch |
Brian Dietterick |
| Measuring Range Livestock Productivity | Sheila Barry University of California Livestock and Natural Resource Advisor October, 2018 |
| 2018.10 Contact List |
Peer-Reviewed Publications
| Document | Author/Source |
| A global meta-analysis of grazing impacts on soil health indicators | Byrnes, R. C., Eastburn, D. J., Tate, K. W., Roche, L. M. Journal of Environmental Quality, 47:758-765 April 2018 |
| Annual Range Forage Production | University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources ANR Publication 8018: 1-12 2016 |
| Aplication of herbivore optimization theory to rangelands of the western United States | Bartolome, J.W. Ecological Applications, 3(1): 27-29 1993 |
| Multi-paddock grazing on rangelands: why the perceptual dichotomy between research results and rancher experience? | Teague, R., Provenza, F., Kreuter, U., Steffens, T., & Barnes, M. Journal of Environmental Management, 128: 699-717 2013 |
| Origin, persistence, and resolution of the rotational grazing debate: integrating human dimensions into rangeland research | Briske, D. D., Sayre, N. F., Huntsinger, L., Fernandez-Gimenez, M., Budd, B., & Derner, J. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 64(4): 325-334 2011 |
| Rotational grazing on rangelands: Reconciliation of perception and experimental evidence | Briske, D. D., Derner, J. D., Brown, J. R., Fublendor, S. D., Teague, W. R., Havstad, K. M., Gillen, R. L., Ash, A. J., Willms, W. D. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 61(1): 3-17 2008 |
| Rotational Grazing on Rangelands: Synthesis and Recommendations | Brown, J., & Kothmann, M. Rangelands October 2009 |
Other Information
| Document | Author/Source |
| Allan Savory's Explanation of "Time Control" | Allan Savory The Savory Grazing Method or Holistic Resource Management 1983 |
| Hawkins's 2017 Meta Analysis of Holistic Planned Grazing Should be Retracted | Sheldon Frith www.regenerateland.com October 2017 |
| Range Management on the National Forests | Jardine, James T., Anderson, Mark United States Department of Agriculture, Bulletin No. 790 August, 1919 |