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Agricultural producers and land managers have decision and operational implementation calendars � some of which are written; however, many of these calendars are subconsciously shared orally from one generation to another. These calendars are instrumental in the success of the management of working lands � especially when one considers inter and intra annual weather variability and extreme events. However, many service providers of weather and climate forecasts, and other relevant information used by working land managers to make informed decisions are several generations removed from agricultural production and land management. Therefore, the service providers are unaware of when working land mangers make and implement decisions, and what information is needed to make informed decisions. There is a need to document when different types of working land managers are making and implementing decisions, and conditions they consider when making these decisions � directly or indirectly related to weather and climate. Additionally, there is a need to share these decision calendars with service providers to increase their literacy of working lands. In theory, increasing the literacy of service providers will result in more timely delivery of relevant information enabling working land managers to adapt their decision-making and implementation, which would result in more resilient working lands. We are starting to document decision calendars in several locations in Wyoming and Colorado through workshops with working land managers. We will assess the received information and then explore how to share the decision calendars with service providers in a useful and useable format.