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Nevada Section Winter Meeting – January 14-15, 2016, Elko, NV

Sage-grouse on Nevada Rangelands; Positive Management Actions Moving Forward

Schedule of Events and Meeting Agenda WHERE: Great Basin Community College, 1500 College Pkwy, Elko, Nevada

WHEN: January 14th and 15th 2016 SOCIAL EVENT: Evening Dinner and Awards Ceremony – The Star Basque Restaurant;

Thursday, January 14th, Cocktails at 5:30pm, Dinner and Awards at 6:30pm

AGENDA THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016 7:30am Registration – available all day long. 8:00am BLM/USFS, the EIS, ROD, LUPAs, and Other Alphabet Soup.

Mr. Raul Morales, Deputy State Director of BLM, and Mr. Bill Dunkelberger, Forest Supervisor for the Humboldt Toiyabe National Forest, will discuss the implementation of the recent Record of Decision and the nexus with completed and in progress District, and Forest, Land Use Planning efforts. There will be time for questions.

9:30am What’s the State’s Role in All This? Kacey KC, Program Manager of Nevada’s Sagebrush Ecosystem Technical Team will discuss the role of the State of Nevada, and in particular the implementation of Nevada’s Conservation Credit System and how it will fit into the new way of operating on federal lands.

10:30am NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY Enjoy the hospitality of our sponsors and get to know other members and introduce yourself to folks that aren’t members…yet!

10:50am Local Governments’ Actions and Roles JJ Goicoechea, DVM, Chairman of the Eureka County Commission and the Sagebrush Ecosystem Council, and Jake Tibbitts, Eureka County Natural Resources Director, President of the Nevada Association of Conservation Districts and current Supervisor on the Eureka CD, will discuss some of the

actions and projects that local governments have taken and plan to implement.

Noon Support the Future – Take a quick break, grab your lunch of sandwiches, chips and drinks out in the hallway, and return quickly to munch while enjoying the hard work of two great young leaders from Range Camp as they provide us with their presentations prepared for the National Meeting in Corpus Christi. All included in your registration!!

“Better by Working Together” Katlyn Laree Uhart is the daughter of a proud Northeast Nevada ranching couple, Domingo and Ruby Uhart. Katlyn and her family live on the Home Ranch, at the northern part of the O’Neil Basin. She has a great interest in assuring that her generation understands the importance of agriculture and healthy rangelands. Katlyn loves riding and roping and hopes to be a teacher someday. She received the Trail Boss award for her excellent work at Range Camp in 2015. “Water on the Range: Going with the Flow” is the title of Gabe Covington’s presentation. Gabe attended Range Camp for the second time this past summer, and states he is just beginning to learn about range management. As a freshman at Carson High School this year, he is involved in numerous extra-curricular activities, many with a music theme – including being a member of the Reno Philharmonic Youth Symphony Orchestra. He’s threatening to learn the banjo for use at Range Camp in June 2016!

12:50pm New Science on the Range—Fire, Sagebrush, PJ, and Sage-grouse Dr. Peter Coates, preeminent researcher and scientific writer about Sage-grouse and Nevada rangelands, will present significant new research he and fellow scientists have done in the past year about the interaction of fire, sagebrush, and pinyon-juniper and how Sage-grouse react to each of these situations. Pete will introduce his much anticipated “PJ Layer,” a new, 1m resolution GIS tool that will allow scientific selection of project sites in phase I and II PJ for treatments that will benefit the bird. This is bleeding edge science for the future – don’t miss this presentation!!

2:30pm Habitat Needs, Risks, Riparian Grazing, and the Principles for Success One of our long time members, Dr. Sherman Swanson of UNR, will present a culmination of work relating to sage-grouse. Sherm will synthesize information from three on-going themes: Increasingly, emphasis on sage-grouse habitat is focused on late brood rearing habitat, which was long the focus of UNR graduate students studying under Dr. Don Klebenow. What are the habitat needs? Riparian proper functioning condition assessment has long been taught as a useful foundation for riparian area management and is recognized as a tool for assessing sage-grouse late brood rearing habitat in

the Western Great Basin. What are the risks? There are many tools for riparian grazing management that should work well for sage-grouse late brood rearing habitat, although some of these may be difficult to apply with wild horses. What are the principles for success?

3:15pm NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY 3:40pm Presenting NRCS’ Sage-grouse Initiative 2.0

NRCS’ Sage Grouse Initiative (SGI) has successfully worked cooperatively with partners and producers across the West to put several hundred million dollars on the ground over the past five years. This is being followed by NRCS’ strong conservation investment commitment into the future with the recently launched SGI 2.0 conservation effort. The SGI 2.0 commitment will continue innovatively using science to both build and expand upon the original SGI cooperative conservation investment (another $211 million or more committed!) in strategically targeting sagebrush ecosystem conservation implementation on the ground. Invited as our panel of experts is NRCS State Wildlife Biologist for Nevada Thad Heater; Tim Griffiths, National Coordinator of SGI and now West Regional Coordinator of Working Lands for Wildlife, an NRCS Program; and Dr. Dave Naugle, SGI’s Science Advisor and Professor, Wildlife Biology Program at the University of Montana, Missoula. These gentlemen will update us on the additional and ongoing conservation opportunities in SGI 2.0; proven to be one of the most effective and innovative ways to get projects done on the ground.

5:15pm Adjourn to The Star Hotel’s Basque Restaurant for cocktails, dinner, awards, and fun starting at 5:30pm!!

NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY DELUXE!!

Your Agenda at-a-glance January 14 & 15, 2016

Nevada Section Society of Range Management Elko, Nevada

Thursday, January 14th 7:30am – Registration opens at Great Basin College, Greenhaw Technical Arts Building #130. Please see attached map. Registration’s open all day! 8:00-9:30am – BLM/USFS, the EIS, ROD, LUPAs, and Other Alphabet Soup.

Raul Morales and Bill Dunkelberger 9:30-10:30am – What’s the State’s Role in All This?

Sagebrush Ecosystem Technical Team, Kacey KC, Program Manager 10:30-10:50am – NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY 10:50-Noon – Local Governments’ Actions and Roles.

JJ Goicoechea and Jake Tibbitts Noon-12:40pm – Support the Future – Lunch on site, cost included with presentations by two up and coming young people; Katlyn Laree Uhart and Gabe Covington 12:50-2:30pm – New Science on the Range—Fire, Sagebrush, PJ and the Bird.

Dr. Peter Coates, USGS Scientist 2:10-2:30pm – NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY 2:30-3:15pm – Grazing Management for Riparian Function as it Applies to Sage-grouse.

Carol Evans and Dr. Sherm Swanson 3:15-3:40pm – NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY 3:40-5:15pm – Presenting Sage-grouse Initiative 2.0 by NRCS

Thad Heater, Dr. Dave Naugle, Tim Griffiths 5:30-???pm – Cocktails, dinner, awards and fun.

The Star Hotel, 246 Silver Street, Elko, Nevada Friday, January 15th 8:00am – Section Business Meeting; detailed agenda to follow, at Great Basin College, Greenhaw Technical Arts Building #130. Please see attached map.

Noon – Adjournment and safe travels!

Sage-grouse on Nevada Rangelands; Positive Management Actions Moving Forward

Presented by the Nevada Section, Society for Range Management

Registration Form Elko, Nevada – January 14-15, 2016

January 14 Program and presentations 8:00am to 5:30pm – Great Basin College 1500 College Parkway – Greenhaw Technical Arts Building – Room #130 Evening Dinner and Awards Ceremony – The Star Basque Restaurant 246 Silver Street, Elko

COST OF DINNER IS NOT INCLUDED IN REGISTRATION January 15 – Half-day business meeting (8a-12 noon) – Great Basin College – Greenhaw Technical Arts Building – Room #130

Registration Options (#1 or #2 are recommended) 1. Email registration form to Erica Freese at: [email protected] by January 4th and bring payment with you to the meeting. 2. Mail registration form with payment included to Erica Freese at: 8905 Little Creek Rd., Reno, Nevada 89508 by January 4th. 3. Register and pay upon arrival. (This method is not recommended due to meal planning difficulties).

Payment Options Cash or check (payable to “NV SRM”). Credit card (bring to meeting) or PayPal (email Erica to be invoiced) can be used with a $3 per person fee. State employees can also utilize direct payment as NVSRM is a vendor. Name: ___________________________________ Name: ___________________________________ Name: ___________________________________ Contact at: _ ____

(Email address or phone) Check here for a receipt Workshop Registration Fees – Lunch INCLUDED on Thursday attending both days Students/Interns (#) ______x $30 = _______ SRM members (#) _ _ ___x $60 = _______ Non-SRM members (#) __ _ __x $70 = _______ Dinner and Awards Program – No host bar, and The Star will be featuring some great specials – cost is NOT included in registration, but we MUST know if you’re attending!! Please indicate how many (#) __ _ __ Credit Card Service Fee: $3.00 if paying with credit card . . . . . . . . $ __________

Optional: Donation to 50 year member awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ __________ Total $ __________ If you have questions or concerns please call Tim Rubald 775-790-0035 or email at [email protected]

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