Prescribed Grazing and Wildlife Workshop
Hosted by the Society for Range Management and the Florida Chapter of the Wildlife Society. May 20, 2010. Disney Wilderness Preserve, Kissimmee
This workshop is designed to provide wildlife biologists, land managers and ranchers with basic information on how to develop a prescribed grazing plan and understand wildlife habitat management opportunities associated with prescribed grazing in Florida. Livestock can be managed to maintain or improve vegetation structure and composition primarily to benefit wildlife or to maintain healthy ecological communities. Prescribed grazing, if properly implemented, can be one of the easiest and least expensive tools for maintaining early successional habitats and improved species pastures in good condition.
Registration Information
Prescribed Grazing and Wildlife Workshop
May 20, 2010
Disney Wilderness Preserve, Kissimmee FL
Workshop Agenda
9:00-9:30 Meet and Greet
9:30-10:00 Introduction……………………SRM & FL TWS
10:00-10:30 Grazing 101……………………… Chad George
NRCS Range Conservationist; Okeechobee, Florida
10:30-11:00 Wildlife Habitats in Central Florida…Erin Myers
USFWS Private Land’s Biologist; Naples, Florida
11:00-11:30 Grazing and Wildlife…………………Pete Heard
NRCS Agricultural Wildlife Conservation Center, Mississippi
11:30-12:30 Lunch (Provided)
12:30-3:00 Grazing Plan Construction………Group Leaders
~ Break out session of two groups: Onsite grazing plan development
3:00-3:30 Question and Answers Session
Group Leaders:
Grazing:
Brandee Williams, NRCS Rangeland Management Specialist, Palmetto
George Poole, NRCS Grazing Resources Specialist, LaBelle
Wildlife:
Greg Hendricks, NRCS State Resource Conservationist, Gainesville
Michael Busch, NRCS State Biologist, Gainesville
Chris Matson, TNC Disney Wilderness Preserve, Kissimmee
Mark Asleson, Florida Fish and Wildlife Cons. Comm., Ocala |
