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Roots of Resilience: Rejuvenating Grasslands Through Grazing Management
Washington Family Ranch
Antelope, OR
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Roots of Resilience: Rejuvenating Grasslands Through Grazing Management
May 6: Grazing Conference $99
This all-day conference will feature keynote speaker renowned rangeland ecology and management scientist, Dr. Richard Teague, of Texas A&M University. Dr. Teague will speak on the importance of planned grazing to ranchland productivity and prosperity. Other topics covered include water quality and riparian management, mitigating drought and fire risk, and improving soil health.

May 7: Intensive Workshop $99
The second day of this conference will feature two day-long workshops. Choose from either ecological monitoring with WSU livestock extension specialist and plant guru Tip Hudson, or a holistic planned grazing workshop with father-daughter duo Maurice and Beth Robinette, third and fourth generation ranchers based in Eastern Washington.

Room and Board: $70/night  (includes meals)
If you're worried about finding accomodations in the booming metropolis of Antelope, OR, never fear! Stay at the beautiful Washington Family Ranch and enjoy warm bunks, tasty grub, and a campfire under the stars.
One night free room and board for the first 30 registrants!
Room and board is available the evenings of May 5th, 6th, and 7th.


Speakers:

Richard Teague, Ph.D. (Keynote Speaker)
Dr. Teague is a range ecologist with Texas AgriLife Research. Dr. Teague grew up and received his schooling in Zimbabwe, Africa. He received his BS (1972) in Grassland Science, from the University of Natal, Pietermaritsburg, South Africa and Ph.D. (1987)in Botany-Ecology at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. He has practical and research experience in grazing management systems, brush control with fire and chemicals on semi-arid rangeland in Africa and North America. He joined the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Vernon in late 1991 as an Associate Professor.
He believes that research and service must provide the linkage that enables managers to base decisions for sustainable land use on the principles of ecosystem function. He has used four key elements to enhance this linkage: a systems research program, resource accounting, long-term assessment and partnering with rancher clientele. He uses a systems approach in developing land and livestock management practices that sustain natural rangeland resources and the people depending on the land. His goals are to (1) broaden the understanding of requirements needed to sustain rangeland resources and economic viability, and (2) generate science based information to allow producers to improve management practices on rangeland.

Doug Warnock, MS
Doug Warnock was raised on a ranch in eastern Oregon. Upon completion of a B.S. degree in agriculture from OSU, he helped in the management of the family ranch for several years. Doug accepted an assignment as Extension Educator and served in three Washington counties over a 35 year career with WSU. During the early years of his Extension career he completed an M.S. in animal Science from WSU. He currently operates a home-based business, which includes agricultural consulting, natural resource education and writing for agricultural publications. He is experienced in both beef cattle and sheep production. Doug is certified as an Accredited Consultant and Educator in Holistic Management and certified as a facilitator for seeking consensus between groups in conflict. He is a member of the American Society of Animal Science and the Society for Range Management. He was active in the National Association of County Agricultural Agents and served as president in 1995. He was recently admitted to the organization's Hall of Fame. He is the co-author of several popular management guides, as wells as, five articles in professional journals and 20 WSU Extension publications. He and his wife Pasty Adams Warnock own a farm in southeast Washington.

Maurice Robinette, MS
Maurice Robinette, MS is a third generation cow-calf operator and a sustainability activist in Cheney, WA. He attended graduate school at the University of Idaho and worked for three years in Montana studying the social impacts of large scale construction force on small rural communities. He was also a participant in the five-year long Kellogg Foundation Integrated Farming Systems (IFS) initiative funded WSU Holistic Management project (1995-1999). He resumed ranching in 1981 and started using holistic management on the Lazy R in 1996. Using the techniques of holistic management, he has cut costs, improved productivity and made the ranch a happy and healthy place to raise a family. He wants to continue to learn and understand the interaction of economics, people and the environment. He is an educator in Holistic Management and a certified consensus facilitator. Maurice has been actively promoting sustainable agriculture practices in the northwest. He is married to Ellen and they have two grown daughters.

Beth Robinette, MBA
Beth Robinette is the fourth generation on the family ranch. She graduated from Fairhaven College at Western Washington University where she earned a self-designed degree entitled "Empowering Family Farms: Profiting from Sustainability." She recently completed her MBA program in Sustainable Systems at Bainbridge Graduate Institute with a certificate in Sustainable Food and Agriculture. Beth was raised with Holistic Management and is an active partner on the ranch. She is very involved in promoting holistic and sustainable agriculture practices. She is well versed in holistic decision making and holistic financial planning.When she is not chasing cows and fixing fence, she runs a food hub in Spokane which she co-founded, which focuses on connecting small farms to institutional scale markets. She is married to Matt and is a step mother and guardian of two young children.

Tip Hudson, MS
Tip Hudson has worked for Washington State University Extension as a regional rangeland and livestock management specialist since 2003; he previously served two years as the Executive Director for the Washington Cattlemen's Association. At WSU, his outreach efforts have focused on sustainable rangeland grazing, ecosystem monitoring, protecting or improving riparian function and watershed health through smarter grazing practices, and animal husbandry for new or small-scale farmers.
Tip is a Certified Professional in Range Management (CPRM) and a certified consultant in Land EKG, a proprietary rangeland monitoring system. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Rangeland Ecology and a Masters of Natural Resources, both from the University of Idaho. Tip is a native of the Arkansas Ozarks; his career path was heavily influenced by growing up on a 5th generation 600-acre ranch with timber, cattle, and more wildlife than livestock.
Today, convinced that range- and pasture-based livestock production is the most sustainable form of agriculture and that our culture has a responsibility to pursue means of food production that sustain natural plant communities and soils which also produce many less tangible ecosystem goods and services, he works to help meat & fiber producers improve their ability to achieve the triple bottom line: economic, environmental, and social sustainability.

Andrea Malmberg, MS
Andrea Malmberg is the Director of Research and Knowledge Management at the Savory Institute, a global network restoring the grasslands of the world.  She was raised on the land with livestock and real food in the western United States and has run profitable land-based businesses for over fifteen years.  She holds a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and a Master of Science in Natural Resources from Washington State University as well as a Masters of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania.  After completing her studies in Zimbabwe and Argentina in 2007, Andrea became an Accredited Field Professional in Holistic Management.  Over the last twenty years and in many different capacities, Andrea has facilitated researchers and citizens in gathering data and interpreting and understanding ecological, financial, and psycho-sociological phenomena so that they can make sound ecological, economic, and quality of life decisions.

Peter Donovan
Peter Donovan has reported on successful examples of managing wholes on http://managingwholes.com. He founded the Soil Carbon Challenge in 2010 as a competition to recognize land managers for turning atmospheric carbon into water-holding soil organic matter, based on measured performance over a 10-year span. Since then he has been slowly traveling the continent in a converted school bus, putting in baseline plots to gauge soil carbon change under creative and committed management from California to Vermont, Canada to Mexico. See soilcarboncoalition.org

Sandra Matheson, DVM
Dr. Sandra M. Matheson is a life-long farmer, educator, filmmaker, author, speaker, and retired veterinarian. She lives and ranches in Bellingham, Washington where she runs a cow/calf operation and grass fed beef business. Sandra was a participant in the five-year Washington State University IFS Holistic Management Project. She also completed the intensive two-year training to become a Certified Educator and Accredited Consultant/Field Professional in Holistic Management. She is certified as a facilitator by Consensus Associates. Sandra been trained in personal development, leadership, consensus building, public speaking, facilitation, cross-cultural skills, rural community development, and the holistic approach to management of natural resources, people, and finances. She has worked throughout Washington and the United States presenting, teaching, and facilitating various aspects of agriculture, holistic management and consensus building. Currently she serves as the President of the Pacific Northwest Center for Holistic Management, Managing Change Northwest and Acting President of the North Cascade Meat Producer's Cooperative. Sandra is a co-owner of Raincrow Film where she is a documentary filmmaker specializing in the areas of agriculture, sustainability, and social change. She recently co-authored a #1 Bestselling book "The Art and Science of Success" along with Mark Morris and many other bestselling authors. She is the mother of two grown daughters and is a grandmother of two.

Registrations after May 3rd, 2015 cannot be guaranteed lodging but we will do our best and expect to have some openings.

Cancellation Policy: Refunds may be requested through noon 4/28/15. After that, we must pay the venue for all registered attendees.

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Washington Family Ranch (View)
1 Muddy Rd.
Antelope, OR 97001
United States

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