[Sdpg] New OAEC course offering - Holistic Rangeland Management April 13 - 16, 2011

[Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

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>http://www.oaec.org/permaculture-design/holistic-rangeland-management-april

For registration information: 
<http://www.oaec.org/participate/register>http://www.oaec.org/participate/register

If you feel so compelled please forward on to others that would be interested!
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