Range Management in North East British Columbia

Range Management in North East British Columbia

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Baptized by fire and grazing into the Society of Range Management

Likely close to a hundred display booths were around at the tradeshow portion of the meetings. This particular display caught my eye and reminded me of the Horn and the "clean energy and power" in Western Canada.

Dr. Richard Mack - famous weed scientist.

I learned a lot about cheatgrass and smooth bromes monstrous impacts on the land. I then wondered why we are planting them both in British Columbia and why we haven't taken them off our agronomic lists and added them to our top FRPA invasive species lists?

The plenary session at the joint meeting of the Society for Range Management and the Weed Science Society of America. Over 2,100 people were in attendance for this 5 day+ international conference and symposium.

My first sight of Denver from the ground.

Possibly one of the most fascinating things to me on the trip to Denver was to see Yucca plants growing out on rangeland and private land. I have never seen them like that before and didn't actually think they grew like that, especially in this climate.

Colorado!

Antelope on our drive to Denver Colorado for the Society for Range Management and Weed Science Society of America international conference. February 2010.

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