Tools and Management Applications Workshop for Managing Greater Sage-Grouse

Presented by the Society for Range Management, Nevada Section

December 11th, 2013 at the University of Nevada Reno

Note that the Great Basin Consortium Conference is preceding the Sage-grouse workshop December 9-10. We hope that you consider attending both the conference and workshop. More information about the Great Basin Consortium Conference can be found at: http://environment.unr.edu/consortium/

Tools and Management Applications Workshop for Managing Greater Sage-Grouse presented by the Society for Range Management Nevada Section

Time: December 11th, 2013

Location: Room 103 Davidson Math and Science Building, University of Nevada Reno Parking: available in the Brian J. Whalen Parking Complex (cost included in registration. Enter

#1211213 on the keypad)

I. 9:00 - Introduction, Summary of Sage-grouse Discussion at Great Basin Consortium Conference, and current state of Sage-grouse with regards to listing and BLM EIS process – Genie Montblanc, University of Nevada Reno and Steve Abele U.S Fish and Wildlife Service

II. 9:30 - Conservation Planning Tool - Pete Coates. U.S. Geological Survey a. Pinion Juniper Mapping and Treatment Assessment Tool

III. 10:45 – 11:00 Break

IV. 11:15 - Conservation Credit System – Tim Rubald, Sagebrush Ecosystem Technical Team

V. 11:30: – 1:00 Lunch Break (lunch on your own at University or surrounding restaurants such as

Little Walldorf’s, Archie’s, Capriotti’s, Jimmy John’s, the Blind Onion, Cantina Del Lobo, Overlook)

VI. 1:00 - Fire and Mowing in the Sagebrush Ecosystem; Lessons Learned from the Synergistic Monitoring Project – Synergistic Monitoring Team

a. Overview of the Synergistic Monitoring Project and How Mowing Sagebrush may be a Management Tool – Sherm Swanson, University of Nevada Reno

b. Spatial Diversity: Mowed vs. Unmowed Wyoming Big Sagebrush Sites – John Swanson, University of Nevada Reno

c. Mowing Response on a Temporal Scale – Brad Shultz, University of Nevada Reno d. Preliminary Study Findings: Burned vs. Unburned Wyoming Big Sagebrush Sites – John

Swanson, University of Nevada Reno

VII. 2:30 - Tools and Applications in Nevada and Oregon: Sage-grouse Initiative (SGI) Projects a. Saving Sage-Grouse from the Trees: SGI’s Strategic Approach to Tackling Conifer

Encroachment and Quantifying Outcomes for Sage-Grouse – Thad Heater, Natural Resource Conservation Service

b. Nevada State Projects Overview - Thad Heater, Natural Resource Conservation Service c. Western Nevada Project Highlights - Jim Gifford, Natural Resource Conservation Service d. Grazing Plans in the Bi-State Area – Tracey Jean Wolfe, Natural Resource Conservation

Service

VIII. 3:30 – 4:00 Panel Discussion with Speakers

Registration for the Tools and Management Applications Workshop for Managing Greater Sage-Grouse

Presented by the Nevada Section, Society for Range Management Reno, NV – December 11, 2013

December 11th – Workshop (9 am – 4 pm), Plant ID competition (4:30 – 5:30 pm), Evening Social (4:30 – 6:30 pm) and Dinner (6:30 – 8:30 pm)

December 12th - Half-day business meeting (8 -12 There are three options for Registration. Options 1 & 2 are recommended so an accurate head count can be made for Dinner on December 11th: 1. Email registration form to Erica Freese at: ericafreese66@gmail.com by November 30th and bring payment with you to the meeting. 2. Mail registration form with payment included to Erica Freese at: 8905 Little Creek Rd., Reno, NV 89508 by November 30th. 3. Register and pay upon arrival. (This method is not recommended since it will be difficult to get an accurate head count for Dinner. Payment Options: Cash or check (payable to “NV SRM”). Credit card (bring to meeting) or Paypal (email Erica to be invoiced) can be used with a $3 per person fee. State employees can also utilize direct payment as NVSRM is a vendor. Name: _______________________________________________ Name: _______________________________________________ Name: _______________________________________________ Contact at: ___________________________________________ (Email address or phone) If you need a receipt, please check here ________ Workshop Students/Interns (#) ________x $20 = __________ SRM members (#) ________x $50 = __________ Non-SRM members (#) ________x $60 = __________ Note: registration includes parking at the Brian J. Whalen Parking Complex. Enter #1211213 Social (no host bar) Dinner (includes beverages, taxes and gratuity) (#) ________x $35 = __________ Optional: Donation to 50 year member awards $ Amount = __________

Total $ = __________ If you have questions or concerns please call: Mark Freese: 775-560-2414 Or Erica Freese: 541-231-5267

CEUs: sign-up sheet at the meeting

Society for Range Management Winter Meeting Schedule

December 11, 2013

I. Tools and Management Applications Workshop for Managing Greater Sage-Grouse, 9 am – 4:00 pm at the University of Nevada Reno, Davidson Math and Science Building Room 103

II. University of Nevada Reno Plant Identification Competition, 4:30 - 5:30 at the Santa Fe. (235 Lake St. Reno, NV 89501)

III. Social at the Santa Fe (235 Lake St. Reno, NV 89501), 4:30 - 6:30.

IV. Dinner and Banquette at the Santa Fe (235 Lake St. Reno, NV 89501), 6:30-8:30 a. 50 year member Awards

December 12, 2013

I. Business Meeting 8–12:00 at the University of Nevada Reno, Mathewson –IGT

Knowledge Center Room 201

Link to UNR Maps http://www.unr.edu/around-campus/maps

Note that the Great Basin Consortium Conference is preceding the Sage-grouse workshop December 9-10. We hope that you consider attending both the conference and workshop. More information about the Great Basin Consortium Conference can be found at: http://environment.unr.edu/consortium/

2013 Winter Meeting Plant List

Forbes and Shrubs Asteraceae Artemisia nova – Black sagebrush Artemisia tridentata sp. vaseyana - Mtn. big sagebrush Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus – Low rabbitbrush Ericameria nauseosa – Rubber rabbitbrush Iva axillaris – Poverty weed Tetradymia canescens - Horsebrush Chenopodiaceae Atriplex confertifolia - Shadscale Halogeton glomeratus – Halogeton Kochia scoparia – Forage kochia Krascheninnikovia lanata - Winterfat Sarcobatus vermiculatus – Black greasewood Fabaceae Astragalus purshii – Milkvetch Lupinus argenteus – Silver lupine Trifolium andersonii – Five leaf clover Grossulariaceae Ribes cereum – Wax currant Ribes velutinum – Plateau gooseberry Ranunculaceae Aquilegia formosa - Columbine Rhamnaceae Ceanothus velutinus – Tobaccobrush Rosaceae Amelanchier alnifolia – Western serviceberry Cercocarpus ledifolius – Curl leaf mountain mahogany Prunus andersonii – Desert peach Purshia tridentata – Antelope bitterbrush Grasses and Grass-like Aveneae Deschampsia danthonioides – Annual hairgrass Phleum alpinum – Mountain timothy Trisetum spicatum – Spike trisetum Bromeae Bromus carinatus – Mountain brome Bromus inermis – Smooth brome Cynodonteae Dactylis glomerata - Orchardgrass Distichlis spicata - Saltgrass Pleuraphis jamesii – Galleta grass Eragrostis Muhlenbergia asperifolia - Scratchgrass Sporobolus airoides – Alkali sacaton Paniceae Echinochloa muricata – Barnyard grass

2013 Winter Meeting Plant List

Poaceae Alopecurus pratensis – Meadow foxtail Festuca idahoensis – Idaho fescue Poa secunda –Sandburg’s bluegrass Vulpia myuros – Rattail fescue Stipeae Achnatherum thurberiana – Thurber’s needlegrass Achnatherum hymenoides – Indian ricegrass Hesperostipa comata – Needle and thread Triticeae Agropyrum cristatum – Crested wheatgrass Elymus elymoides – squirreltail Elymus triticoides - Creeping ryegrass Elymus spicata – Bluebunch wheatgrass Eremopyrum triticeum – Annual wheatgrass Hordeum jubatum – Foxtail barley Pascopyrum smithii – Western wheatgrass Cyperaceae Carex nebrascenses – Nebraska sedge Carex douglasii – Douglas sedge Eleocharis spicata – Common spikerush

Muhlenbergia richardsonis – mat muhly