$15 to participate (morning refreshments and lunch provided).

See http://ucanr.org/centralcoastoaks for updates

Focus & Goal:  Learn more about monitoring your ranchland, ranching sustainability self-assessments and California oak regeneration.

Who Should Attend:  This workshop will be of interest to ranchers, farmers, other private land managers, conservation professionals, students, and the general public.

Background:  Oak regeneration is an ongoing concern in California and therefore a topic often revisited in this workshop series, introducing the issue to new participants and providing updates to all.  

Rancher's Self-Assessment was created with some input from resource professionals but mainly created by ranchers for ranchers, the self-assessment tool is an ambitious, long-range project developed by an impressive committee of local ranchers with decades of ranching experience.  They believe that this can be a powerful, proactive tool to guide ranchers through evaluating and improving their operations.  This is done by a self-assessment process in which the producer asks a series of questions about the social, economic, and natural resource management practices he or she is using.  Workshop lectures, discussions, and related activities will help ranchers and land managers achieve their sustainability goals.  Your participation, expertise, and feedback will help this project to evolve and ensure that it meets the needs of the California ranching community.

            This is one of a series of workshops and field days—Working Among the Oaks—on agricultural stewardship and oak woodland conservation.  Working Among the Oaks provides a forum for teaching and learning among the public and agricultural community, with an emphasis on practical expertise.  The ultimate goal of the workshop series is to foster sustainable management of California’s oak woodlands, which occur mostly on agriculturally zoned land.

Planned topics:

• Oak Regeneration & Monitoring
• EQIP Projects & Funding
• Voluntary self-assessment tool developed by ranchers and for ranchers
• Rangeland Photo Monitoring
• Assessing Residual Dry Matter
• Central Coast Rangeland Coalition Monitoring Program

For more information, contact:

805-781-5938 – Jim Zingo (jzingo@co.slo.ca.us) or Bill Tietje (tietje@berkeley.edu)

To Register:

Enrollment is limited, so register now by mail, phone, fax, email, or online (http://ucanr.org/oakregenregistration). Please make checks payable to UC Regents. Contact Sherry Cooper (530-224-4902, slcooper@berkeley.edu) with questions. 

Driving Directions

from Hwy 101:  http://www.mapquest.com/mq/7-excMdwnXV0jXhV16