RANGELAND WATERSHED PROGRAM WORKGROUP

Dec 11 – 13, 2006, PES 2005

Dec 11

 

 

10-12

Medusahead Project Meeting

Emilio Laca

12-1

Lunch

 

 

 

 

1:00 – 1:15

Welcome

Mel George/Bill Frost

 

Plant Science Ecologist Research

Mel George

1:15-1:35

Plant-Soil Interactions as Tools in Range Management

Valerie Eviner

1:35-1:55

IGERT – Survey onn Ranchers’ Views of  The Causes and Consequences of Yellow Starthistle Invasions

Jay Sexton

1:55-2:15

Rapid Genetic Changes in Range Weeds

Kevin Rice/ Judah Grossman

2:15-2:35

Reconstruction of Central Valley Grassland Biodiversity

Ayzik Solomeshch and M.Barbour

2:35-2:55

The Use of the New Herbicide Aminopyralid (Milestone) in Rangelands

Joe DiTomaso

3:00 –3:30

Break

 

3:30-5:00 pm

Range Science Extension, Research and Education

Bill Frost

3:30 – 3:45

The Future of Range Science Education and Research in Plant Sciences, UCD (Curricula, Positions, Research Strengths and Directions).

Chris van Kessel

3:45 – 4:00

The Future of Range Science Education and Research in ESPM, UCB (Curricula, Positions, Research Strengths and Directions).

Jim Bartolome

4:00 – 4:15

Farm Advisor and Specialist Position Needs

Bill Frost

4:15 – 4:30

CAES Strategic Plan

Chris van Kessel

4:30 – 5:00

Discussion

 

6:00 pm

Social Hour and Dinner

 

 

 

 

Dec 12

 

 

7:30-8:20

Breakfast

 

 

Grazing Studies

Royce Larsen

8:20-8:40

Medusahead Studies

Morgan Doran

8:40-9:00

Hitting Medusahead When it Hurts  (SARE)

Emilio Laca

9:00-9:20

Vines And Ovines Project  (ANR)

Morgan Doran

9:20-9:40

Modeling Livestock Movement To Manage Landscapes

Stephanie Larson

9:40-10:00

SFREC Cow Tracking Layer Development

Jaylee Tuil

10:00 – 10:30

Coffee

 

10:30-10:50

Artificial Flavor Preferences by Sheep

Emilio Laca

10:50-11:10

Pasture Production on Salt-Affected Soils in the San Joaquin Valley Using Saline Dranage and Waste Water.

Steve Kaffka

11:10-11:40

Site and Temperature Effects on Distribution

Mel George

11:40-12:00

Grazing Management Course

Mel George

12:00-1:00

Lunch

 

1:00-2:00

 

Grazing Waiver Roundtable (Doran, Lewis, Harper, Larsen, Larson, George, Tate, CDFA, and others)

David Lewis

 

Ecological Studies

Ken Tate

2:00-2:20

 

The Weislander Vegetation Type Map Collection: What It Can Do for You (or You Can Do With It)!

Barbara Allen-Diaz

2:20-2:40

Ecological Site Description (ESD) Project

Mel George

 

2:40-3:00

America’s Heartland Video

Mel George

3:00-3:20

Break

 

3:20-3:40

Russian River Captive Broodstock Program

David Lewis

3:40-4:00

Carbon Sequestration In California Agriculture: What are the Potentials?

Johan Six

4:00-4:20

Aspen Response to Grazing and Forage Quality Study

Bobbett Jones/Tate

4:20-4:40

Toad Project – Utilization Patterns and Toad Habitat Disturbance in Meadows.

Leslie Roche/Allen-Diaz

4:40-5:00

Fire and Riparian Oaks

Katherine Holmes

TBA

Extension Education Projects

Mel George

 

 

 

 

Dinner on your own

 

Dec 13

 

 

7:30-8:20

Breakfast

 

 

Water Quality Projects

John Harper

8:20-8:40

Update on the Upper Feather River Watershed Project

Holly George

8:40-9:00

Update on  Buffer and Wetland Filtration Efficiency

Ken Tate

9:00-9:20

Update on Pathogen Studies

Rob Atwill

9:20-9:40

Range Soils Data

Toby O’Geen

9:40-10:00

Stream-Based Irrigated Pasture Water Quality (DANR) – 2004 And 2005

David Lile

10:00-10:30

 

Coffee

 

10:30-10:50

Riparian Restoration Survey

David Lewis

 

 

 

10:50-11:10

Follow up on Riparian Grazing Project

Theresa Becchetti
  Water Quality and Aquatic Bugs Tate

11:10-11:30

Ecohydrology of Western Juniper and Feasibility for Water Yield Augementation in The Klamath Basin, California

Tim Kuhn

11:30-11:50

Meeting Conclusion

 

11:50

Box Lunch