Training

How Not To Be Cowed

Becoming an Effective Warrior

for Our Public Lands

When: May 25th -27th

Where: Elko County, Nevada

Come join a group of experts in western ecology and federal agencies to learn how to maximize your effectiveness in protecting our public lands.

George Wuerthner - ecologist, ecological projects director for the Foundation for Deep Ecology, author of 38 books

Welfare Ranching – Understanding the vast web of impacts of public lands livestock grazing

Jonathan Ratner - ecologist

How to be an effective watchdog of the agencies

The Framework - Understanding law, regulations and policy

FOIA – Get the inside information

Monitoring and documentation (think like a detective)

Ecological Site Descriptions

Mapping

Roger Rosentreter – Retired Bureau of Land Management researcher, plant ecologist

Soils 101 – A view into the foundation of the ecosystem,

Biological Soil Crusts

Laura Cunningham and Laura Welp – botanists

How to listen to the plant community to hear what it’s telling you

Dennis Willis – Retired BLM Range Con

Understanding how the agencies act to maximize your influence

Jon Marvel – Founder of Western Watersheds Project

The long view on ridding our public lands of private livestock

Others TBD

The training begins at 9 am, May 25th and continues until 5 pm, on the 26th.  An optional Field Trip Offering on Monday May 27, to spring exclosures and riparian areas.

Accommodation is camping on BLM land or motels in Jackpot, NV.

Bring your own food and drink. Coffee, tea, cream and sugar provided. Kitchen, bathroom and good water will be available!

There is no fee for this training event. But if you can donate $25 to help cover instructor travel that would be greatly appreciated. Donate here.

Number of participants will be limited to 20.

Directions to the workshop location at a private house and property with a sagebrush-steppe restoration project surrounded by a BLM grazing allotment will be emailed to attendees. This is in northeastern Nevada, north of Wells, NV from I-80.