Training
Announcement:
Assessing Proper Functioning Condition of Riparian Areas & Grazing Management
for Riparian Areas
Assessing Proper Functioning Condition of Riparian Areas & Grazing Management
for Riparian Areas
This
announcement highlights an opportunity to attend a 5-day/2-part training
session on Assessing Proper Functioning Condition (PFC) of Riparian Areas
and Grazing Management for Riparian Areas. The training will be presented
by members of the Nevada Riparian Cadre, the National Riparian Service
team, and others. Dates and location are May 24th - 28th, 2004, Room 120
of the Great Basin College High Tech Center (corner of Elm Street &
Burns Road), Elko, NV, and field locations east of Elko. The workshop
will include approximately equal portions of classroom instruction and
fieldwork. Attendees should plan to bring foul weather gear and rubber
boots.
Nevada is the driest state in the nation, and therefore water and soil are our most basic natural resources. The job of a watershed is to capture, store and safely release the water from precipitation. Thus, understanding the condition of riparian areas helps us understand what our opportunities are for better land management.
This course is user-friendly and provides an opportunity for people in all walks of life to share their knowledge and focus on management activities that make a difference to the lands they care for. Riparian PFC training is a requisite for the riparian grazing management portion of the workshop. Therefore, those interested in attending the latter can forego the first 2 days (5/24-25) of the workshop if they have already had the PFC training. However, because new information is learned during each field exercise, the workshop instructors encourage attendance for the full 5 days. The accompanying agenda highlights daily workshop content.
Instructors for the workshop are as follows:
Paul Blackburn, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Kent McAdoo, Univ. Nevada Cooperative Extension
Sherm Swanson, Univ. Nevada Cooperative Extension
Pat Coffin, BLM
Dan Gralian, TS Ranch
Carol Evans, BLM
Jimmy Eisner, National Riparian Service Team
Sandra Wyman, National Riparian Service Team
Steve Leonard, National Riparian Service Team
Sarah Newman, BLM
John Wright, Marys River Ranch.
The workshop is free of charge, but seating is limited. If you plan to attend, please contact Sarah Newman at (775) 753-0200 (Sarah_Newman@nv.blm.gov) or Kent McAdoo at (775) 738-7291 (mcadook@unce.unr.edu) by May 10th, 2004.
Nevada is the driest state in the nation, and therefore water and soil are our most basic natural resources. The job of a watershed is to capture, store and safely release the water from precipitation. Thus, understanding the condition of riparian areas helps us understand what our opportunities are for better land management.
This course is user-friendly and provides an opportunity for people in all walks of life to share their knowledge and focus on management activities that make a difference to the lands they care for. Riparian PFC training is a requisite for the riparian grazing management portion of the workshop. Therefore, those interested in attending the latter can forego the first 2 days (5/24-25) of the workshop if they have already had the PFC training. However, because new information is learned during each field exercise, the workshop instructors encourage attendance for the full 5 days. The accompanying agenda highlights daily workshop content.
Instructors for the workshop are as follows:
Paul Blackburn, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Kent McAdoo, Univ. Nevada Cooperative Extension
Sherm Swanson, Univ. Nevada Cooperative Extension
Pat Coffin, BLM
Dan Gralian, TS Ranch
Carol Evans, BLM
Jimmy Eisner, National Riparian Service Team
Sandra Wyman, National Riparian Service Team
Steve Leonard, National Riparian Service Team
Sarah Newman, BLM
John Wright, Marys River Ranch.
The workshop is free of charge, but seating is limited. If you plan to attend, please contact Sarah Newman at (775) 753-0200 (Sarah_Newman@nv.blm.gov) or Kent McAdoo at (775) 738-7291 (mcadook@unce.unr.edu) by May 10th, 2004.
A listing of Elko
motels/hotels can be found at www.elkonevada.com.