The Society for Range Management 2017 Annual Meeting will be held in St George UT Jan 29- Feb 2.

As part of the meeting, the GB-SER is co-sponsoring a Range Technology and Equipment Committee workshop on “Restoration of Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystems” along with the Great Basin Fire Exchange, on Jan 29.

for more info, see http://rangelands.org/events/

Schedule:

1:00 PM Welcome. Steve Monsen (retired USFS Shrub Sciences Lab), Provo, NV

1:05 RTEC Overview—Mike Pellant (retired Bureau of Land Management) Boise, ID

1:10 Great Basin Fire Science Exchange & Great Basin Society for Ecological Restoration Overviews-Genie Montblanc, Reno, NV and TBD.

1:20 Seed source and seed testing for big sagebrush restoration.  Bryce Richardson, USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station, Provo, UT

1:40 Site preparation and seeding practices to reestablish big sagebrush communities in Idaho. Alan Sands, Idaho Fish and Game, Boise, ID

2:00 Site preparation and seeding of sagebrush and associated species on depleted rangelands in Colorado. Trevor Balzer, Colorado Parks and Recreation, Grand Junction, CO

2:20 Equipment employed to seed sagebrush using aerial seeding and anchor chaining, disk chaining, and interseeding with small modified. Danny Summers, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Ephraim, UT
2:40  Sponsored Break

3:00 Development and evaluation (Go Pro camera) of a new and improved drill (Basin Range Drill) for range and wildland plantings.  Jim Truax, Truax Co. Minneapolis, MN

3:20 Evaluation of aerial and drill-seeding techniques for Wyoming big sagebrush.  Jeff Ott, USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station, Boise, ID

3:40 Project activities and support capabilities of the USDA FS Equipment Development Centers. David DelSordo, Forest Service Technology and Development Program, Missoula, MT

4:00          Session Wrap-up & Questions
4:20          RTEC Business Meeting (workshop participants encouraged to attend)

5:00          End of Business Meeting