2024 Summer field day on the 2023 Excellence in Rangeland Conservation Award Winner's Ranch July 19th
Registration is now open for our summer tour on Prairie Canyon Ranch, our 2023 Conservation Award of Excellence winner. The Colorado Section is pleased to sponsor an exciting training opporutninty tying forage, livestock, and open space aspects of ranching operations together.
Cost is $15 and includes continental breafast and BBQ lunch on July 19th. Registration is now open click here! July 18th: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Summer CSSRM Board of Directors Meeting at the Prairie Canyon Ranch meeting room, 4620 South State Highway 83, Franktown, CO. Free on-site camping is available (bring your gear and food for your dinner). July 19th: 8:30 am continental breakfast opens, field day starts at 9:30 am, BBQ lunch included, tour expected to go through 4:00 pm. Jamie Hull has managed the grazing on the ranch for the past few years. The tour will inform and educate partipants about managing fooothill grasslands, through good land stewardship pratices and holistic grazing management while considering livestock-wildlife interactions and working toward common goals of all partners. The ranch has a unique history to share. Check out the flyer for more information. The ranch is not normally open to the public so don't miss this opportunity! |
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2024 SE Colorado 4-H Junior Range Camp June 11-12th in Kim, CO
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REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
Ben Berlinger, Chair of the Youth Activities Committee, and Kim Peters, CSU Extension, have been working hard to create the first ever 4-H Junior Range Camp in Kim, Colorado June 11-12th. Who: The camp is open to 4-H members in the Southeast Area, Las Animas, Huerfano, and Pueblo counties, ages 11-14. What: Come learn about the plants and animals that call southeastern Colorado home and talk to ranchers, scientists, and other rangeland management professionals as they share the ins and outs of their day-to-day life. When: June 11-12, 2024 in Kim, CO. We will begin at 9:00 AM on the 11th. We will conclude at 2:00 PM on the 12th. Agents or parents will be responsible for getting campers to and from camp. We are also interested in any agents or leaders who would like to serve as chaperones. Where: The Mustang Pavilion in Kim, Colorado, a large metal arena/building just north of Kim on 160, you can’t miss it. Registration is open, click here! Payment due at camp. Please fill out the form in the link and bring it to camp with your payment. Details: The cost will be $25, due upon arrival in Kim. Please send your camper with a sack lunch for the day of the 11th. All other meals are covered. We will be camping under the covered arena. Everyone will have access to restrooms. However, campers will be responsible for bringing a sleeping bag and pillow at minimum, and a tent if they desire. Please go through setting it up with them or plan to help them with set up, as tents can be tricky. They will need toiletries and a change of clothes. We will likely be out in the field some. Please make sure they have sturdy, closed toed shoes (cowboy boots, hiking boots), long pants, shirt (I would recommend long sleeve), hat, insect repellent, sunscreen, backpack, water bottle, and anything else they might need. |
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2024 Field Day at Central Plains Experimental Range
Research on the range on June 21st
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Join CSSRM and AgNext for a field day on the Central Plains Experimental Range at the Semi-Arid Grasslands Reserach Center that will focus on research on virtual fencing and methane monitoring, grazing principles, plus training on plant ID and biodiversity using Line Point Intercept monitoring.
Friday June 21st from 8:00am to 4:00pm, cost is $15 (includes lunch and refreshments) Registration is now open click here! Researchers whose work focuses on the Central Plains Experimental Range, a 15,500 acre short grass prairie with an average of 12 inches of annual precipitation, will introduce you to their work on virtual fencing and methane monitoring with Anna Shadbolt and Kim Stackhouse-Lawson, grazing principles for today's land managers led by Justin Derner and Anna Shadbolt, and there will be line-point-intercept training for plant biodiversity and associated plant identification led by a cadre of range professionals. Thank you sponsors! AgNext, Colorado Cattlemen's Association, Pawnee Buttes Seeds, and CSSRM. The research was supported by a Conservation Innovation Grant from the USDA-NRCS. |
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2024 Summer field day on the 2023 Excellence in Rangeland Conservation Award Winner's Ranch July 19th
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Registration is now open for our summer tour on Prairie Canyon Ranch, our 2023 Conservation Award of Excellence winner. The Colorado Section is pleased to sponsor an exciting training opporutninty tying forage, livestock, and open space aspects of ranching operations together.
Cost is $15 and includes continental breafast and BBQ lunch on July 19th. Registration is now open click here! July 18th: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Summer CSSRM Board of Directors Meeting at the Prairie Canyon Ranch meeting room, 4620 South State Highway 83, Franktown, CO. Free on-site camping is available (bring your gear and food for your dinner). July 19th: 8:30 am continental breakfast opens, field day starts at 9:30 am, BBQ lunch included, tour expected to go through 4:00 pm. Jamie Hull has managed the grazing on the ranch for the past few years. The tour will inform and educate partipants about managing fooothill grasslands, through good land stewardship pratices and holistic grazing management while considering livestock-wildlife interactions and working toward common goals of all partners. The ranch has a unique history to share. Check out the flyer for more information. The ranch is not normally open to the public so don't miss this opportunity! |
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October 2024 field day & section awards date to be announced
We had our annual section meeting in March this year instead of October, but decided to keep our awards nomination due date of July 1, 2024 and awards ceremony and business meeting in October. We're planning a fall tour to go along with the award presentations.
Click here for info on nominations for section awards due July 1, 2024!
Click here for info on nominations for section awards due July 1, 2024!
We had our 2024 annual section meeting in march
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Interested in More Events from US?
We host two section meetings per year that may take the form of a field day, ranch tour, workshop or training.
Usually we do one in the summer and one in the fall plus our annual meeting, but some years we may do more. Section members are kept up-to-date with local, regional, and national range related events via email blasts, a twice-yearly newsletter (The Range Rider), our website, and through our Facebook page.
Usually we do one in the summer and one in the fall plus our annual meeting, but some years we may do more. Section members are kept up-to-date with local, regional, and national range related events via email blasts, a twice-yearly newsletter (The Range Rider), our website, and through our Facebook page.
Interested in our tours and workshops?
You don't have to be a member to attend our tours and workshops, but Colorado Section Members receive
advanced notification through emails and newsletters. We don't maintain a contact email list outside
our official active membership list.
So check our Facebook page, our website, or consider becoming a member. It's easy to become a member through the Society for Range Management and choose Colorado as your primary section.
advanced notification through emails and newsletters. We don't maintain a contact email list outside
our official active membership list.
So check our Facebook page, our website, or consider becoming a member. It's easy to become a member through the Society for Range Management and choose Colorado as your primary section.
