The 2022 Summer Meeting will be held Sunday, July 10 through Friday, July 15. This will be the 100th Anniversary of WAFWA so festivities will be included in the agenda throughout the week! New this year, the schedule will be a Sunday through Friday pattern.

RSVP by July 8 to Comanche County Conservation District:  620-582-2211 Meal included. No cost. Flyer attached.   Agenda: 9:00-9:30am Registration   9:30am-12:00pm Tour of burned pastures and grazing systems 12:00-1:00pm Lunch provided (no cost) Lunch Time Program – Weather, Fire and Variability         

In addition to information on culturally important plants, NRCS and SDSU Extension staff will discuss grazing and rangeland management. Topics covered will include plant identification, similarity index, how to measure pasture forage production, and how to monitor pasture usage during the grazing season. Range management kits will be provided to help participants with plant identification…

This is not your ordinary classroom! Youth, ages 8-18, will be transported to nature’s classroom to have hands on learning about grasses, forbs, and shrubs while also learning the importance of these plants to the Lakota people and culture. See flyer for more details. 

Registration: $350; includes tuition, room & board for 2.5 days RSVP by June 22, 2022  https://www.kglc.org/range-school-application.cfm Scholarships: $175, available for most ranchers and eligible college students; $125, available for most natural resource agency personnel. For more information contact Barth Crouch ([email protected] , 785-452-0780)     There will be rancher and expert panels that will talk about how…

Are you interested in learning more about Conducting Prescribed Fires on the Land you Manage? Then come meet us for a one-day Prescribed Fire Workshop where you will conduct burns with experienced Grassland Prescribed Fire crew leaders and hear Fire experts present on Grassland Burning. COST: FREE but registration required Includes Lunch and a Prescribed…

SEE multi-years of growing and dormant season Rx fire results HEAR livestock producer testimony/results D ISCUSS Sericea lespedeza control efforts LEARN management techniques for deer, turkey, quail, and dove MEET livestock producers, wildlife managers, and grassland management practice leaders Lunch will be provided Please RSVP by July 28th [email protected] or 580.559.5151 See attached flyer for…