Brush Management Workshop 1
Santa Rita Experiment Range, Florida Station
January 22, 2018 – 8:00am – 3:00pm
Agenda
“Historical Perspectives and Current Trends: Brush and Woody Species Management and Environmental Conditions on Southwestern Grasslands”
 Photo credit: Dan Robinett |
 Photo credit: Dan Robinett |
8:00am: Coffee and check in
8:30am – 8:45am: Introduction and logistics – Mary Miller (AVCA) and George Ruyle (UA)
8:45am – 9:15am: History and current status of the SRER (Mark Heitlinger, SRER)
9:15am – 9:45am: Grasslands and mesquite on the SRER, a historic perspective (Mitch McClaran and Elise Gornish, UA SNRE)
9:45am – 10:15am: Vegetation change and mesquite control in Southeastern Arizona (Dan Robinett, retired NRCS)
10:15am – 10:30am: Break
10:30am – 11:00am: Vegetative changes in Chihuahuan desert grasslands in New Mexico (Amy Ganguli, NMSU)
11:00am – 11:30am: Southwestern climate trends (Mike Crimmins, UACE)
11:30am – 12:00pm DISCUSSION - Morning Q&A
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch
12:30pm – 1:00pm Video; Common Ground (Cody Sheehy, UA)
1:00pm – 3:00pm Field Trip (Mitch McClaran); Wrap Up (Sarah King and Kyle Thompson (AVCA)
Project team: George Ruyle, Mary Miller, Sarah King, Kyle Thompson, Barbara Hutchinson, Sheila Merrigan
Note: This series of workshops is funded through a grant from the Western SARE Professional Development Program; and organized by the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, the Altar Valley Conservation Alliance, and the Rangelands Partnership.