Soil Health Symposium 2015
6th National Conference on Grazing Lands
December 15, 2015
- Session Agenda
- Speaker Biographies
- Imperatives and opportunities for enhancing soil health
Presenter: Wayne Honeycutt (USDA-NRCS) - Soil health and rangeland sustainability
Presenter: Jim Gulliford (Soil and Water Conservation Society) - USDA – Agricultural Research Service: Soil Health efforts on Grazinglands
Presenter: Justin Derner (USDA-ARS) - Soil Renaissance
Presenter: Sheldon Jones (Farm Foundation) - How the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) uses soil information and soil quality indicators in evaluating a standard for public land health
Presenter: Scott Davis (USDI-BLM) - Managing soil health for sustainable rangelands: The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
Presenter: Evan Whitley (The Noble Foundation) - Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable: Soil health and sustainability
Presenter: John Tanaka (University of Wyoming) - Managing for rangeland soil health in the National Forest System
Presenter: Allen Rowley (USDA-FS) - Recognizing outstanding ag leadership in conservation delivery
Presenter: Craig Ficenec (Sand County Foundation)
Soil Health Tour
- Presentations
- Rangelands and Soils: What we know and don’t know
Presenter: Justin Derner (USDA-ARS) - Interseeding Falcata Alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. Falcata) into Native Rangelands: Effects on forage production and quality
Presenters: G.E. Shuman, M.C. Mortenson, L.J. Ingram (USDA-ARS, University of Wyoming)) - Soil Health: Economics and Ranch Sustainability
Presenter: John Tanaka (University of Wyoming) - Fire and Soil Health on Rangelands
Presenter: J. Derek Scasta (University of Wyoming)
- Rangelands and Soils: What we know and don’t know
- Reading Materials: