You're Invited: Avenales Ranch, San Luis Obispo County Field Trip

Jun 8, 2011

To Register Click Here by June 24th!

When: Thursday, June 30, 2011 9:00am-2:30pm. Please register by Friday, June 24th.

Where: Avenales Ranch Road, Pozo, CA 93453, San Luis Obispo County . We will meet at the American Canyon Forest Service Campground

Who: Anyone interested in research, education, management and conservation of oak woodland ecosystems. This includes landowners and managers, consulting range managers and registered professional foresters, community and conservation groups, land trusts and policy makers.


What: Agenda for the day

9:00 am - Arrive for coffee and registration

10:00 am - Brief Introduction to Avenales Ranch


10:15 am - Oak woodland management concerns

 

10:30 am - Oak regeneration, seeding, stump-sprouting

 

11:15 am - Oak thinning, measuring, management

 

12:00 pm - Lunch*

 

12:45 pm - Forest production and management

 

1:15 pm - Wildlife in Oak woodlands

 

1:45 pm -Sycamore regeneration study

 

2:15 pm - Alternative Review Program

 

2:30  pm - Adjourn

*Please remember to bring your own bag lunch.
In addition, appropriate clothing and footwear are recommended. There will be some off-trail hiking.

Please register by June 24th by Clicking Here!

For more detailed information, including directions, please Click Here! Please note: you do not need to be an Oak Webinar participant to attend this field trip.

Questions? Email Rick Standiford: standifo@berkeley.edu

Pictures from one of our field trips to the Sierra Foothills Research and Extension Center:

Overlook of the Yuba River from Sierra Research and Extension Center.
Overlook of the Yuba River from Sierra Research and Extension Center.

 

Greg Giusti, UCCE forester and wildlife biologist, speaking with landowners and managers on the field trip.
Greg Giusti, UCCE forester and wildlife biologist, speaking with landowners and managers on the field trip.

 

12 year old planted blue oak established with in a tree shelter.
12 year old planted blue oak established with in a tree shelter.

 

Doug McCreary speaking to field trip participants on the one mile nature hike around the center about Native American uses of oak woodlands at a grinding rock location.
Doug McCreary speaking to field trip participants on the one mile nature hike around the center about Native American uses of oak woodlands at a grinding rock location.