Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

WCC-55 Business Meeting Minutes September 5, 2004 Chair-elect, Trent Teegerstrom called the meeting to order at 1 pm at the Starkey Experimental Range Headquarters. The meeting was held following a morning tour of the elk, deer, cattle study area lead by project leader, Dr. Marty Vavra. Don Snyder gave us an administrative report. He passed out the Midterm review done by the Experiment Station Directors this summer. All areas were rated excellent, except Attendance/Participation. Don suggested that we look for colleagues from participating and other states to become involved in the committee. Don stressed the need to have minutes submitted and Impact Statements/publication lists within 60 days of the meeting. This is necessary as subsequent meetings of the committee cannot be approved prior to completion of the minutes, etc. The proceedings of the Changing Faces of Public Rangeland Users symposium which were jointly sponsored by WCC-55 and WCC-40 are held up in the process due to the fact that this is the first electronic western regional publication. The material is available; a publication number has been issued by Utah State. We are still waiting for approval to release the publication and post it to the Western Experiment Station Directors website. This should be completed shortly. Dr. Snyders final words to us were that he needs the minutes, Impact Statements and list of publications (for the last 3 years) submitted in a timely manner. We also must start thinking about revising the proposal for WCC55. This will be due to Don by January, 2006. Discussion next centered upon the off-shoot regional research project W192 (Rural Communities and Public Lands in the West: Impacts and Alternatives). The objective dealing with the Policy Analysis Center for Western Public Lands has been removed from the project. Faculty from Alaska with a background in legal issues, have expressed an interest in becoming involved in the project and will be invited to the next meeting. Tom Harris, Univ. of Nevada, is arranging the next meeting in Reno on December 13, 2004 at John Asquagas Nugget. More information will be forthcoming on that session later. Snyder also mentioned that the Midterm review of W192 was not as favorable as that for WCC55 and there are areas of improvement needed for this project. Key decisions must be made at the Reno session. Discussion on state research and regional efforts followed. State reports, Impact Statements and publication lists should be submitted to Trent ASAP. The meeting adjourned at 3:30 pm.

Arizona Impact Report Trent Teegerstrom Over the past three years, the Planning for profitability curriculum, diagnostic financial spreadsheet and public/private ranch restocking decision tool have been taught at 22 workshops to 471 ranchers and agribusiness professionals (approximately 84% of the industry based on total market sales) throughout Arizona & Utah. Training provided at the workshops have advanced student understanding of financial principles and record keeping. In soliciting feedback from participants anywhere from 1 to 6 months after they attended a computer workshop, around 5 in 10 indicated that they had actually used the software to implement a management decision. Of those that have not yet implemented, about 75 percent indicated that they planned to use the software provided but had not yet had a chance to implement it. This reflects that a lot of individuals have not yet had enough improvement in their range to purchase livestock for restocking their herds. California Impact Report Lynn Huntsinger PROGRESS: 2004/01 TO 2004/12 GSY=2. Work has concentrated on oak woodland conservation incentives and collaborative research with researchers working on Spanish oak woodlands. A group of Spanish researchers visited California field stations and oak woodland research sites as part of an information exchange supported by a Del Amo grant. The significant contribution of extensive grazing properties to environmental quality is increasingly realized by public and policymakers in Europe and the U.S. Analysis of the institutional and social framework for conservation incentives for private landowners in Spain and California found a major axis of differentiation based on the ecological volatility of the woodlands and demographic volatility of landownership. In Spain, woodland structure is highly dynamic and changes rapidly; California oak woodlands are relatively stable. Spanish patterns of land use are comparatively stable, while in California land use change is having a major impact on oak woodland extent and productivity. Prominent conservation strategies in each place reflect these differences, with conservation easements in California targeted at stabilizing land use, and European Union subventions focusing on supporting traditional vegetation management practices. Each incentive format takes advantage of landowner goals and values, and each has social and economic costs. New Mexico Impact Report L. Allen Torell Ranch value research conducted in New Mexico and the Great Basin, including the states of Idaho, Oregon, and Nevada, documents that the market value of western ranches is impacted by many factors other than livestock income. It is the ranching lifestyle that matters most. No more than 25% of ranch value was explained by income earnings. The hedonic model developed for the analysis made several theoretical adjustments relative to what had been done in the past and this greatly improved the ability to explain the selling price of western ranches. Oregon Impact Report John A. Tanaka Rangeland managers and users face both continuing and new issues regarding how resources are allocated. Understanding the economic implications of management and policy changes affects both individual producers and the communities of which they are part. The first step used in understanding public land ranchers was to survey them to find out their attitudes, preferences, and expected responses to policy changes. Ranch level models were developed for different parts of Oregon to analyze the economic impacts of cattle grazing distribution practices and management for sage grouse habitat. Additional economic analyses of western juniper use for biomass energy production and the designation of bull trout critical habitat were conducted. Participation in the development of indicators for rangeland sustainability is ongoing.

Tronstad, Russell, Trent Teegerstrom, and Daniel Osgood. The Role of Electronic Technologies for Reaching Underserved Audiences. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 86(3), August 2004:767-771. Tronstad, R., and Teegerstrom, T. Economic Trade-Offs Between Sale Weight, Herd Size, Supplementation and Seasonal Factors, J. of Range Manage., Vol 56, pg 425-431, Sept. 2003 Rosenberg, H.R., Carkner, R., Hewlett, J., Owen, L., Teegerstrom, T., Tranel, J.E., Weigel, R.R., Ag Help Wanted: Guidelines for Managing Agricultural Labor. Ordering information is online at www.AgHelpWanted.org. ISBN 1-892979-04-7 Western Farm Management Extension Committee 2002. Teegerstrom, T., and Tronstad, R., Managing Herd Composition of Range Cattle: Sale Weight and Seasonal Factors, Selected Paper of the 2001 Western Agricultural Economics Associations Annual Meeting, July 8-11, 2001, Logan, Utah Tronstad, Russell, Trent Teegerstrom, and Xing Gao. Trade-Off Between Cow Numbers, Calf Size, and Sale Date Incorporating Seasonal Factors and Supplemental Feeding., Arizona Ranch Management Guide, 2001 pp. 181-187. Tronstad, Russell, and Trent Teegerstrom. Overview of Ranch Financial Analysis Spreadsheet., Arizona Ranch Management Guide, 2001 pp. 141-146. Teegerstrom, Trent, Russell Tronstad, and Jim Sprinkle. Modified Cash Projections., Arizona Ranch Management Guide, 2001 pp. 153-156. Tronstad, Russell, Jim Sprinkle, and Trent Teegerstrom. Evaluating Management Decisions., Arizona Ranch Management Guide, 2001 pp. 157-174. Teegerstrom, T., and Tronstad, R., Cost and Return Estimates of Cow/Calf Ranches for Five Arizona Regions. Arizona Cooperative Extension Bulletin AZ 1193. December 2000 Tronstad, Russell, Trent Teegerstrom, and Jim Sprinkle, Planning for Profitability, University of Arizona Ranch Management School Workbook that provides materials for ranchers to utilize the Excel spreadsheet templates developed: December, 1999: 1-200. Tronstad, Russell, and Trent Teegerstrom. Overview of Ranch Financial Analysis Spreadsheet, Planning for Profitability Workbook, Ranch Analysis 98 Section, 1999: 1-6. Teegerstrom, Trent, Russell Tronstad, and Jim Sprinkle. Modified Cash Projections, Planning for Profitability Workbook, Ranch Analysis 98 Section, 1999: 10-15. Tronstad, Russell, Jim Sprinkle, and Trent Teegerstrom. Evaluating Management Decisions, Planning for Profitability Workbook, Ranch Analysis 98 Section, 1999: 16-42 Chamie, J., G. Frisvold, and T. Teegerstrom. The Hualapai Mountain Land Exchange: Impacts on Ranching and the Costs of Providing Public Services in Mohave County. Report Submitted to Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management. Kingman, Arizona. 1998. Arizona Decision Software: 1) Ranch Restocking Decision Spreadsheet 2) Financial Ranch Analysis Program 3) Short Financial Analysis Spreadsheet Huntsinger, L. in press. Maos war on the environment. Book Review, Society and Natural Resources. Huntsinger, L. Sulak, A, Standiford, R. and Campos-Palacin, P. in press. Conservation matching funds from working woodlands in California. In: Silvopastoralism and sustainable Management, CAB International. Standiford, R. Huntsinger, L., Campos-Palacin, P., Chaparros, A. in press. Economic Considerations of Silvopastoralism in California Oak Woodlands. In: Silvopastoralism and Sustainable Management, CAB International. Huntsinger, L. Sulak, A, Gwin, L. and Plieninger, T. 2005 (in press). Oak woodland ranchers in California and Spain: conservation and diversification. In: Schnabel, S. and Goncalves, A. (eds). Sustainability of Agrosilvopastoral Systems: Dehesas, Montados. Advances in Geoecology 37, 18 pgs. Sulak, A., Huntsinger, L., Standiford R, Merenlender, A, Fairfax S. 2005 (in press). The agricultural conservation easement: a strategy for oak woodland conservation. In: Schnabel, S. and Goncalves, A. (eds). Sustainability of Agrosilvopastoral Systems: Dehesas, Montados. Advances in Geoecology 37, 11 pgs. Huntsinger, L. Sulak, A, Gwin, L. and Plieninger, T. in press. Who is working the woodland? oak woodland ranchers and initiatives for conservation in California and Spain. Joffre, R and Mooney, H. (eds) Mediterranean Oak Woodlands: Facing Environmental Changes. Fairfax, S.K., Gwin, L. and Huntsinger, L. 2004. Presidio and Valles Caldera: A Preliminary Assessment of Their Meaning for Public Resource Management. Natural Resources Journal 44(2): 445-473. Sulak, A. Huntsinger, L. Bartlett E.T. and Rowe H.I. 2004. Western ranching: loving it or leaving it. IN: Torell, L.A., Rimbey, N., and Marlow, C. (eds) The changing faces of rangeland users: implications for management and rangeland sustainability. Proceedings of a Symposium sponsored by Western Regional Coordinating committees, WCC-40 (Range Ecology) and WCC-55 (Range Economics). Society for Range Management 57th Annual Meeting. January 24-30, 2004, Salt Lake City, Utah Huntsinger, L. and J.W. Bartolome. 2004. Grasslands.pgs. 606-609. 2004. IN: Shepard Krech III, J.R. McNeill, and Carolyn Merchant (eds). Encyclopedia of World Environmental History, Routledge Press, New York. Huntsinger, L. and J.W. Bartolome. 2004. Ranching. pgs. 1033-1034. IN: Shepard Krech III, J.R. McNeill, and Carolyn Merchant (eds). Encyclopedia of World Environmental History, Routledge Press, New York. Huntsinger, L. and J.W. Bartolome. 2004. Succession. pgs. 1068-1069 Shepard Krech III, J.R. McNeill, and Carolyn Merchant (eds). Encyclopedia of World Environmental History, Routledge Press, New York. Merenlender, A., Huntsinger, L., Guthy, G. and Fairfax, S. 2004. Land Trusts & Conservation Easements: Who is Conserving What for Whom. Conservation Biology 18(1): 65-75. Standiford, R.B., Huntsinger, L., P. Campos, D. Martin, P. Mariscal. 2003. The bioeconomics of Mediterranean oak woodlands: issues in conservation policy. XII World Forestry Congress Proceedings, Quebec City Canada, September 21 to 28, 2003. Session A Forests for People. pages 111 to 120 (Awarded distinguished paper notation). Huntsinger, L. Journal of American Indian Culture and Research. 2003. Book Review. Trusteeship in Change: Toward Tribal Autonomy in Resource Management. Edited by Richmond L. Clow and Imre Sutton; foreword by David H. Getches. Sulak, A., and Huntsinger, L. 2002. Central Sierra Grazing in Transition. South Lake Tahoe, California: Sierra Nevada Alliance, California Cattlemens Association, and California Rangeland Trust. 35 pgs. Huntsinger, L and Barrie, S. 2002. Will Californias landscapes keep working? Rangelands 24(3):6-10. Huntsinger, L. 2002. End of the trail: ranching in transformation on the Pacific Slope.. In: E. Marston and R. Knight (eds.) Ranching West of the 100th Meridian: Culture, Ecology and Economics, pgs. 77-90. Island Press. Huntsinger, L. 2002. Reinventing the range: to graze or not to graze is not the question. In: Rapport, D., Lasley, W., Rolston, O., Nielsen, C., Qualset, C., Damania, A. (eds). Managing for healthy ecosystems pgs. 1041-1048.CRC Press/Lewis Publishers 1552 pp. Ballard, H., Kraetch, R., and Huntsinger, L. 2001. How collaboration can improve a monitoring program. In: Standiford, Richard B.; McCreary, Douglas; Purcell, Kathryn L., technical coordinators. 2002. Proceedings of the fifth symposium on oak woodlands: oaks in Californias changing landscape, pgs.617-624. 2001 October 22-25; San Diego, CA. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-184. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 846 p. Campos-Palacin, P., Huntsinger, L., Standiford, R., Martin-Borroso, D., Mariscal-Lorente, P., and Starrs, P.F. 2001. Working Woodlands: Public Demand, Owner Management, and Government Intervention in Conserving Mediterranean Ranches and Dehesas. In: Standiford, Richard B.; McCreary, Douglas; Purcell, Kathryn L., technical coordinators. 2002. Proceedings of the fifth symposium on oak woodlands: oaks in Californias changing landscape, pgs. 511-528. 2001 October 22-25; San Diego, CA. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-184. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 846 p. Sulak, A., and Huntsinger, L. 2001. The importance of federal allotments to central Sierran oak woodland permittees: a first approximation. In: Standiford, Richard B.; McCreary, Douglas; Purcell, Kathryn L., technical coordinators. 2002. 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