BRUSH MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP #1: Please join us for the first workshop in a series of three on brush management. This workshop is titled: “Historical Perspectives and Current Trends: Brush and Woody Species Management and Environmental Conditions on Southwestern Grasslands.” It will be held on January 22, 2018 from 8am – 3pm at the Santa Rita Experimental Range. This series is funded by Western SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program). To learn more or to register, click here.
NOON RANCH ARROYO RESTORATION WORKSHOP: We’ll be hosting an Arroyo Workshop at the Noon Ranch outside of Arivaca on February 16th and 17th. Rangelands Hands’ Steve Carson will be leading two days in the field teaching arroyo restoration techniques and providing participants with a hands-on opportunity to install conservation structures in the Altar Valley. To learn more or to register, click here.
ELK/LD WORKSHOP SURVEY: Since 2012, AVCA has been working on the Elkhorn/Las Watershed Restoration Demonstration Project. The site serves as an outdoor classroom and workshop site. Thanks to generous ongoing funding from Freeport-McMoRan, AVCA has support to hold an educational workshop at the site in 2018. We are reaching out to request thoughts from interested parties to help us plan this next Elk/LD workshop event. The survey can be found here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/69KFZFY. .
A few other upcoming events to take note of:
January 27th: Highway 286 Clean-up. Save the date to join us for this clean-uporganized by Rancho Sierra Vista de Sasabe and the Alliance. For more information or to sign up, contact kyle@altarvalleyconservation.org.
February 28th, 2018: Spring Altar Valley Fire Meeting. Coffee will be on at 8:30.
May 30th, 2018: Annual Altar Valley Community Meeting. Save the date! We hope you can join us to hear about all of our partners’ activities!
P.S. You can stay current with all of our upcoming events by checking out the calendar on our website.
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