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For Immediate Release

 

Contact: Robert Waggener, Editor

Phone: (307) 766-3571

E-mail: robertw@uwyo.edu

 

Date: April 4, 2006

 

Pole Mountain water quality, grazing issues among UW symposium topics

            Livestock production, grazing on federal lands and an update on water quality and grazing issues on Pole Mountain between Laramie and Cheyenne are among topics of a symposium Friday, April 7, on the University of Wyoming campus.

            The UW Range Club is hosting the second annual symposium from noon to 5 p.m. in room 1032 in the College of Agriculture. The public is welcome.

            “It should be very informative for the public, faculty and staff members, and students alike,” said Range Club reporter Keith Olson, a senior rangeland ecology and watershed management major from Casper.

            The program follows:

            1 p.m. – Status of U.S. Forest Service-managed rangelands, Clarke McClung, USFS range management specialist in Chadron, Neb.;

            1:45 p.m. – Range schools for livestock producers, David Beard, USFS range management specialist in Sheridan;

            2:30 p.m. – Status of federal Bureau of Land Management rangelands, Jim Cagney, Wyoming BLM range management program leader in Cheyenne;

            3:30 – Livestock grazing on federal lands: a producer’s viewpoint, Laramie County rancher Mark Eisele, president of the Pole Mountain Grazing Association;

            4:15 – Status of Pole Mountain water quality and grazing issues, Tony Hoch, district manager of the Laramie Rivers Conservation District (LRCD) in Laramie.

            The Pole Mountain grazing unit is on the Medicine Bow National Forest. One of the pastures in the allotment receives the highest year-round recreation use of any area on Pole Mountain, said Paul Meiman, a UW Cooperative Extension Service range specialist and state council member of the Wyoming Section of the Society for Range Management. The state SRM is one of the sponsors of the symposium.

            The event begins with a noon luncheon provided by the LRCD. Other sponsors include the College of Agriculture’s Department of Renewable Resources and Wind River Seed Inc.           

            There is no fee for UW students while the fee for others is $15. Lunch and afternoon refreshments are provided. Persons are encouraged to register by calling Matt Scott, resource specialist for the LRCD, at (307) 721-0072, or by contacting the Department of Renewable Resources at (307) 766-2263.

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