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The Nevada section of the Society for Range Management is a member-dependent professional organization that brings together multiple sectors of the rangeland management community to provide leadership for the stewardship of rangelands based on sound ecological and socioeconomic principles. Our goal is functioning and sustainable rangelands for the future.

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Section Summer Zoom Meeting (July 2020) 

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Announcements

Nevada Rangeland Monitoring Handbook Training 1 day course

September 21, 2018 – Ely, NV Bristlecone Convention Center, 150 W 6th St,

October 4, 2018 – Paradise Valley Community Center 50 S. Main (40 mi. No. of Winnemucca)

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Progressive Rancher NV Section SRM Summer Tour Article

Read about the Nevada section Summer Tour (full article)

Stockmanship School Cottonwood Guest Ranch, O’Neil Basin Wells, NV October 11-14, 2018

Lead Stockmanship Instructor: Steve Cote.   Features Practical Presentations and Hands-on Experience.  Steve Cote specializes in teaching livestock handling for range and grazing lands management. He worked for 26 years helping farms and ranches with range and soil conservation with USDA. (registration)

 

Join us at the annual UNR Agricultural Experiment Station Nevada Field Day !

The University of Nevada, Reno event features hands-on activities and information focusing on the latest advancements in agriculture, horticulture, nutrition, natural resources and the environment. The event will be held 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the University’s Main Station Field Lab, 5895 Clean Water Way in Reno, near the intersection of McCarran Boulevard and Mill Street.   (link)

Wild Horses: The Consequences of Doing Nothing

By Ben Masters
Failing to manage wild herds in Western states, experts say, could have devastating effects on rangelands—and all of the animals that depend on them.The ecological consequences of poor grazing management in the desert ecosystems of the American West’s Great Basin can be severe. To find out how severe, I met Dr. Barry Perryman, rangeland ecology professor at the University of Nevada, at a dry water well near the 230,000-acre Fish Creek Complex Herd Management Area on public lands managed overseen by the Bureau of Land Management near Eureka, Nevada. (full article)

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