Occidental Arts and Ecology
Center offers this exciting new course!
Holistic Rangeland
Management
April 13 - 16, 2011
Instructors: Kirk Gadzia, Rob Rutherford, Brock Dolman, and
Doniga Markegard with guests.
This course in Holistic Rangeland Management is intended for ranchers,
land managers, park officials, policy makers, and others. This course
applies a systems-thinking approach to managing land resources that
improves production, generates financial strength, regenerates
ecosystems, and improves the quality of life for those who use
it.
Developed by Allan Savory,
Holistic Management offers a new decision-making framework that
managers in a variety of rangeland-based enterprises are using to help
ensure that the decisions they make are economically, socially, and
environmentally sound, in both the short and long term. One of the
four days will be a field day that will focus on integrated
forest/meadow coastal rangeland properties, including the 6,000 acre
Jenner Headlands ranch, the newest acquisition of the Sonoma Land
Trust, and possibly another TBD location.
Time: Class begins 10 am Wednesday and will end at
5 pm Saturday.
Participants may arrive at OAEC Tuesday evening and depart Sunday
morning. There will be a fee of $35 for each extra night.
Residential cost: $595 or $545
if registered two weeks in advance (includes all meals beginning with
lunch Wednesday through lunch Saturday, and lodging).
Non-Residential cost: $445 or
$395 if registered two weeks in advance and includes lunch and dinner
during the course.
The deposit amount for this course is $100 for both residential and
non-residential participants.
Ranchers who make more than 50% of your income from ranching receive a
10% discount on the course fee.
http://www.oaec.org/permaculture-design/holistic-rangeland-management-april
For registration information: http://www.oaec.org/participate/register
If you feel so compelled please
forward on to others that would be interested!