Members of the Modoc-Washoe Experimental Stewardship Program Steering Committee will discuss various rangeland management topics when they hold a field tour and business meeting, Tuesday and Wednesday, June 24th and 25th, in Modoc County.
The tour and meeting are open to the public.
On June 24th, the committee members will convene at 9:00a.m. at the Modoc National Forest Headquarters office, 225 West 8th Street, in Alturas, and depart immediately for a tour of Fitzhugh Creek meadow restoration projects. Members of the public must provide their own vehicles, lunches and water. High clearance four-wheel-drive vehicles are required.
On June 25th, the committee will convene a business meeting at 9:00a.m. at the Bureau of Land Management Surprise Field Station, 602 Cressler Street, in Cedarville. Members of the public are welcome to attend, or participate virtually via Zoom, using this registration link and information:
https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/96455658087?pwd=vKYotJLFMjU089bobL5RN9H8KgNnoi.1
Meeting ID: 964 5565 8087
Passcode: 360463
By telephone: Dial +1 669 900 6833 US
The committee will accept public comments at 11:30a.m.
Agenda topics include wild horse management, funding programs from the Natural Resources Conservation Service, bear population information and hunting season potential in the Warner Mountains, and a report from a master’s student’s study on the relationship between livestock grazing and songbirds in Warner Mountain meadows.
Committee members will provide status reports from their areas of representation, and managers from the Bureau of Land Management and the Modoc National Forest will provide reports.
The Modoc-Washoe steering committee is part of the national Experimental Stewardship Program, created by Congress in the Public Rangelands Improvement Act of 1978. The program encourages rangeland management innovation and incentives for improving conditions on public rangelands.
It focuses on public lands managed by the BLM’s Applegate Field Office east of the Warner Mountains, and Modoc National Forest lands in the Warner Mountain Ranger District.
