Cottonwood Ranch Western Sustainable Agriculture Research
and Education
(Western SARE) Program Tour
Friday, November 16th,
2012
Agee Smith, of
Cottonwood Ranch, secured a Western SARE grant in 2010 to see if they can
reduce winter feed costs by having their cattle get protein and energy from
sagebrush and rabbitbrush while enhancing rangeland health and resilience.
Grazing has taken place during two fall/winter seasons since 2010 and an
initial tour was conducted in June,
2011. We invite
you to come and learn what’s come from the
use of this
valuable rangeland treatment tool.
We’ll get started at 10am (PST) with presentations and discussion.Then, we’ll have lunch (compliments of Western SARE), followed by a tour of the field sites.
The tour will conclude by
5pm.
There will be a BBQ
dinner on the evening of November 16th at Cottonwood for all who are
interested. Lodging accommodations for the night of November 16th
can be made by calling Cottonwood Lodge at 775-472-0453. Lodging and food rates
are as follows: Dinner - $20, Lodging - $55/bed (double occupancy), and
Saturday breakfast - $10. Camping and RV
space rental will also
be available. Please RSVP to Cottonwood Lodge (phone number
Contact Agee Smith
(775-752-0605) if you
have any questions
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This
project was partially funded
by
a grant from the Western Sustainable Agriculture Research
and
Education Program
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