We are glad you choose to participate in the Virtual Rangeland Assessment CDE Workshop! Below you will find the agenda as well as pre-workshop assignments. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or comments.
Contacts:
- April Hulet | aprilh@uidaho.edu
- Karen Launchbaugh | klaunchb@uidaho.edu
- Gretchen Hyde | ghyde@idrange.org
Pre-Workshop:
Prior to the workshop, we would like you to complete the following sections:
- What is Rangeland?
> WATCH: Life on the Range: What are Rangelands? (1:07)
> EXPLORE: What are Rangelands? (high school curriculum)
(you will find this activity under “Rangeland Resources and Uses”)
> EXPLORE: What is Rangeland? (IROAM curriculum)
(you will find this activity under “IROAM Section 1: Intro to Rangeland” - Can You Have It All?
> WATCH: Life on the Range: Multiple Use in the Boise Foothills (6:30)
> REVIEW: Value of Rangeland (high school curriculum)
(you will find this activity under “Rangeland Resources and Uses”)
> REVIEW: Rangeland Stewardship: Uses and Values of Rangeland (IROAM)
(you will find this activity under “IROAM Section 1: Intro to Rangeland”)
> COMPLETE by COB 7/27: Can You Have It All? Activity (enter your answers
here: Google Form) - EXPLORE the Idaho Rangeland Resources Commission website
> Life on the Range
> Life on the Range (lessons that go with our videos)
> IROAM Education Trailer Intro Video (15:35)
> IROAM Curriculum
> High School Curriculum
> Grant Application - Western National Rangeland CDE website
- COMPLETE: Stocking Rate and Management/Current Rangeland Issue Scenarios. We will discuss the problems on Tuesday morning during our zoom session.
> Stocking Rate Calculations Worksheet (with answers)
For more information, visit “How Many Animals? Setting Stocking Rates”
under the High School Curriculum Section Rangeland Animals.
> Practice Stocking Rate Examples | Idaho CDE Example (answers) | WNRCDE Example (answers)
> Life on the Range: Restoring the Land after the Pony and Elk Wildfires in Idaho(13:33). Practice Problem: Current Rangeland Issue scenario based on Life on the Range video | Current Rangeland Issue (answers) - ICEBREAKER:
Find a picture of rangeland near you that you can share with the group during the introductions on Tuesday morning. Be prepared to share with the group a little about you, where you are located, and why you are interested in the Rangeland Assessment CDE.
WORKSHOP CHECKLIST
July 28, 9:00am-4:00pm MDT
- Welcome and Introductions
- Part 1: Review Stocking Rate and Management scenarios and Current Rangeland Issue scenario (pre-workshop assignments).
- Overview: Rangeland CDE Video
***PLEASE GIVE FEEDBACK on videos in this SIMPLE FORM
- Part 2: Plant ID
> Rangeland Plant ID – CDE Walk-Through Video
> Tips on Plant ID – CDE Tips & Tricks Video
> Plant Flash Card Sort & Key. You’ll need THIS FORM and your plant Flash Cards
> Activity: collect at least three plants that are on the CDE plant list, take a picture of each and upload to padlet.
- Part 3: Site Description
> Rangeland Site Description – CDE Walk-Through Video
> Tips on Digging a Soil Pit – CDE Tips and Trick Video
> Texture soils samples (included in your kit). For additional resources visit IROAM Section 2:Rangeland Soils > Skills Challenge: Soil Texturing
>How to determine soil texture by feel – Video
> Find your annual precipitation using PRISM (PRISM Instructions).
> Using Web Soil Survey, identify potential soil texture and plant biomass and composition (WSS Instructions).
> How to clip a plot to determine biomass– CDE Walk-Through Video
>Biomass Calculations Video
>Activity: Collect biomass data (take a picture of your plot and the landscape, clip, weigh, and calculate herbaceous and current season shrubs pounds/acre), upload to Padlet | (Biomass Example) | Biomass Conversion information - Part 4A: Similarity to Desired State
> Videos coming soon
> Review the “Plant Composition” numbers you extracted from the WSS activity above. This is the process we use to determine plant composition for the state event.
> Working through the calculations | Step-by-Step Instructions (ppt) | Calculate Similarity Example - Part 4B: Browse Age Diversity
> Videos coming soon
> Working through the calculations | Step-by-Step Instructions (ppt) | Calculate Browse Age Diversity Example
> Take pictures of shrubs (any species) that represent the four age classes (young, mature, aged, dead). Upload pictures to Padlet - Part 4D. Identify state or phase in simplified State and Transition Model
> Identify state or phase in State and Transition Model – CDE Walk-Through Video
> State & Transition Model Diagram (pdf)
> 360 Image of Site… go ahead use you cursor to look in all directions. - Part 5A: Landscape Appearance Utilization Estimate
> Videos coming soon
> Working through the calculations | Step-by-Step Instructions (ppt) | Calculate Landscape Appearance Utilization Estimates Example
> Using you 1.92ft2 hoop, manipulate vegetation to represent each of the class intervals and take a picture. Upload pictures to Padlet - Part 5B: Shrub Cover Estimates
> Estimating Shrub Cover – CDE Walk-Through Video
> Working through the calculations | Step-by-Step Instructions (ppt) | Calculate Shrub Cover Example
July 29th, 8:00am-12:00pm MDT
- Part 2: Review collected plants in Padlet
- Part 3A: What is the soil texture for soils A, B, and C?
- Part 3B: Share biomass estimates in Padlet
- Part 4D: State and Transition Model (STM) –Team Activity (pdf file)
- Part 5A: Review shrub class intervals in Padlet
- Part 5B: Practice measuring shrub cover using a virtual line
- Q&A Session
- Evaluation/Feedback
Idaho State Rangeland Assessment CDE 