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The Future Management of Grazing and Wild Lands

in a High-Tech World

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CongressRangeland

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada 16-22 july 2016

10th International

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Table of Contents

Conference Sponsors 4

Welcome from the IRC Congress Chairs 10

Greetings from the IRC Continuing Committee 11

Introduction of Plenary Speakers 12

1.0 State of Global & Canadian Rangeland and Pasture Resources 12

2.0 Ecological Goods & Services of Rangelands & Pasturelands 13

3.0 The People of the Grasslands 14

4.0 Multiple Use of Rangelands 15

5.0 Range and Forage of High Latitudes & Altitudes 16

6.0 Climate Change in Rangelands 17

7.0 Grazing Land Assessment & Management in a High-Tech World 18

8.0 Land Managers Forum 19

IRC 2016 Program at a Glance 21

Sunday 21

Monday 21

Tuesday 25

Wednesday 29

Thursday 29

Friday 32

Poster Sessions 35

Poster Session A. State of Global and Canadian Rangeland and Pasture Resource 35

Poster Session B. Ecological Goods and Services of Rangelands and Pasturelands 41

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Poster Session C. The People of the Grasslands 45

Poster Session D. Multiple Use of Rangelands 48

Poster Session E. Range and Forage of High Latitudes and Altitudes 53

Poster Session F. Climate Change in Rangelands 55

Poster Session G. Grazing Land Assessment & Management in a High-Tech World 58

Mid-Congress Tours 63

IRC 2016 Members of the Canadian Organizing Committee 65

Reviewers of Offered Papers 68

Tour Leaders 69

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Gold Sponsors

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This project was undertaken with the financial support of the Government of Canada.

Ce projet a été réalisé avec l’appui financier du gouvernment du Canada.

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Silver Sponsors

Bronze Sponsors

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Supporters

University of Saskatchewan

Chadron State College

Saskatchewan Forage Council

Tourism Saskatoon

City of Saskatoon

Dr. Reed Funk Rangeland Travel fund

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Silver Sponsors

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University of Saskatchewan

Chadron State College

Saskatchewan Forage Council

Tourism Saskatoon

City of Saskatoon

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Welcome from the IRC Congress Chairs

Dr. Bruce Coulman and Duane McCartney

Welcome to Canada and our beautiful city of Saskatoon, site of the 10th International Rangeland Congress highlighting the “Future Management of Grazing and Wildlands in a High Tech World”. For the past four years, our team of more than 215 volunteers has worked hard to provide an outstanding conference where we bring together the leading rangeland and wildland educators, researchers and land managers from 60 countries. We have over 600 presentations included in workshops, plenary and concurrent sessions, and poster presentations making a very comprehensive program.

Our goal in this congress is to provide a forum for you as delegates to gain knowledge, exchange ideas, and network with each other. From past experience in organizing and attending many international congresses, it is the long term friendship and future collaboration possibilities that have a huge impact.

We have been extremely fortunate to have many Gold and Silver sponsors; their large financial contributions have allowed us to offer financial support to more than 100 delegates. This is the largest number of delegates ever sponsored in the history of the International Rangeland Congress. Thank you to our major sponsors: Environment and Climate Change Canada; Government of Saskatchewan; the USDA Agriculture Research Service, Forest Service, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Geological Service, and Bureau of Land Management; the French National Institute for Agricultural Research; and the Dr. Reed Funk Rangeland Travel Fund.

To all the delegates, thank you for coming to Saskatoon. You are the leaders in range and wild land management. The knowledge that you gain at this congress will affect the management decisions on how these lands are managed around the world for future generations!

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Greetings from the IRC Continuing Committee

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

It is my privilege to welcome you on behalf of the IRC Continuing Committee to the 10th International Rangeland Congress. You will join this July in Saskatoon with delegates from 60 countries in order to interchange views, information and experiences of all aspects of rangelands including ecology, production, management and challenges for people and societies. The theme of this congress “The Future Management of Grazing and Wild Lands in a High-Tech World” will fire a much-needed debate about the potential of new developments to improve management and rangeland production systems. Technology is drastically changing the way that people in rangelands, who used to be isolated, trade and communicate and it has enormous potential to improve education, extension and monitoring.

You must be at this time finishing your oral or poster presentations. We are eager to attend these presentations, as they will show valuable scientific and technological findings and also teach us about the situation of rangeland science and management in your countries and societies. We encourage you to participate in the debates, as you will be discussing with colleagues from surprisingly diverse contexts that live, produce and preserve rangelands and associated livelihoods and cultures across the globe in a world that is changing in so many ways.

The members of the IRC Continuing Committee want to thank the Canadian Organizing Committee that has done a huge effort to organize the Congress itself including different and exciting tours. They will be doing their best to show us one of the great Rangelands of the World in central Canada, their institutions and their rich culture.

Dr. Gabriel Oliva President International Rangeland Congress Continuing Committee

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Introduction of Plenary Speakers

1.0 State of Global & Canadian Rangeland and Pasture Resources

A Brief Tour of Canada’s Rangeland and Pasture Resources Ed Bork, Professor & Mattheis Chair, Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Dr. Edward Bork is currently the Mattheis Chair in Rangeland Ecology and Management, and the Director of the Rangeland Research Institute at the University of Alberta. He has been teaching and conducting rangeland research since 1991 on a

wide range of basic and applied topics such as integrated weed control in pasture, grazing systems, fire ecology, forage and legume production dynamics, landscape and disturbance ecology, and more recently, on the importance of grasslands in providing environmental goods and services such as carbon storage. Dr. Bork’s work has had a strong focus on addressing practical problems of high relevance to practitioners.

Global Range Resources: A Perspective on Their Use Yingjun Zhang, Professor & Chief Scientist, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Dr. Yingjun Zhang is a professor at the China Agricultural University where he conducts research into grassland restoration, grazing management, forage development and utilization. He has made major contributions in plant community

productivity, soil carbon sequestration mechanism and animal production under grazing conditions. He clarified the mechanism of defoliation, trampling and excreta return on soil carbon sequestration and showed that moderate grazing pressure is key in sustainable development of the steppe. He and his research team are currently focusing on improving grassland productivity by reseeding legumes and applying fertilizer, thus promoting the development of the forage industry in China.

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2.0 Ecological Goods & Services of Rangelands & Pasturelands

Rangeland Goods and Services: Identifying Challenges and Developing Strategies for Continued Provisioning David Briske, Professor, Rangeland Ecology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA

Dr. Briske is a Professor in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management at Texas A&M University. His research interests include physiological plant ecology, ecosystem science, and global change biology. The broad goals of

his research program are to 1) develop plant-level information to promote a greater understanding of ecosystem function in response to natural and anthropogenic disturbances, including climate change, and 2) promote resilience-based management and monitoring of rangeland ecosystems by linking ecological theory with management protocols. Dr. Briske has served as academic coordinator for the Conservation Effects Assessment Program of the USDA-NRCS Resource Inventory and Assessment Division. He is editor of the journal Rangeland Ecology and Management.

Toward a Culture of Range: The Role of Society in Protecting Rangeland Ecological Goods and Services Don Gayton, Ecologist & Writer, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada

Don Gayton has a lifelong association with grasslands, in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Washington State. Starting off as a young hired man on cattle ranches, he went on to complete a B.Sc in Agronomy at Washington

State University, and an M.Sc in Plant Ecology at the University of Saskatchewan. Don’s specialties are grassland vegetation monitoring, fire ecology, ecosystem restoration and science extension. Gayton has published on the impacts of climate change on biodiversity in British Columbia and has co-authored several award-winning books including:

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The Wheatgrass Mechanism, Man Facing West, and Landscapes of the Interior. More on Don at www.dongayton.ca.

3.0 The People of the Grasslands

Pastoralists in the 21st Century: “Lo-Tech” Meets “Hi-Tech” Ann Waters-Bayer, Senior Associate, Prolinnova International Support Team, Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Germany

Dr. Ann Waters-Bayer specializes in socio-institutional aspects of agricultural research and development that enhance local capacity to adapt to change. She researched gender and land issues among Fulani pastoralists in

Nigeria and worked for 25 years with ETC Foundation, advising organizations in sub-Saharan Africa, Tibetan Plateau and Mongolia in pastoral/livestock systems development and participatory research and extension. She is now Senior Associate with the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT). She has worked with several international organizations in promoting ecologically oriented agriculture and natural resource management in developing countries. She has authored several books and articles on pastoralist development and on innovation by smallholder farmers and pastoralists. She is in the executive team of the Coalition of European Lobbies on Eastern African Pastoralism (www.celep.org). Canadian Indigenous Peoples and Arctic/Grassland Use Ryan Brook, Assistant Professor, Department of Animal & Poultry Science, University of

Saskatchewan; Indigenous Land Management Institute, Canada Dr. Ryan Brook is an assistant professor in the Indigenous Land Management Institute at the University of Saskatchewan. He conducts research on wildlife in southern grassland and northern

boreal and arctic ecosystems and the habitats that they utilize. Species studied include caribou and

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polar bears in the north to feral pigs, elk, white-tailed deer, and moose farther south. This work involves habitat monitoring and monitoring wildlife movements and interactions with livestock. His research also addresses the disconnect that can exist between biophysical researchers and stakeholders and the general public by developing ways of incorporating local knowledge and community-based monitoring.

4.0 Multiple Use of Rangelands

Resource Extraction and Mining Problems in Asia and Mongolia Sharav Purevsuren, Director, Nature Conservation Fund, Ministry of Nature and Green Development, Mongolia

Dr. Purevsuren is president of Green Cross, an NGO in Mongolia. He has expertise in agriculture and the environment and has worked in combating ecological disasters through public awareness, training and extension. He specializes in soil

fertility management and combating desertification with a focus on soil mapping, land use, environmental impact assessment, and rural community development. Dr. Purevsuren has made 3 documentary films, published 20 books and more than 100 articles in newspapers and journals. He works for the Geographic Institute of the Academy of Sciences and provides consultation to the Minister of Environment of Mongolia on environmental issues.

Energy Extraction Effects on North American Rangelands: Impacts on the Delivery of Ecosystem Services Urs Kreuter, Professor, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University, USA

Dr. Kreuter was born and grew up in East and Southern Africa where he became fascinated by savanna ecosystems. He obtained his BS and MS degree in Agriculture from the University of KwaZulu Natal. After working as a research scientist for

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the South Africa Department of Agriculture and as lecturer for the University of KwaZulu Natal, he moved to the USA to obtain a PhD with emphasis in rangeland economics from Utah State University. Subsequently, he worked as a post-doctoral research scientist in the Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management (now Ecosystem Science and Management) at Texas A&M University and in 1998 he was hired in the same Department as Assistant Professor, and later promoted to Associate Professor in 2004 and to Professor in 2010. Dr. Kreuter teaches courses in Ecosystem Management, Biodiversity Conservation and Eco-tourism in Southern Africa and Ecological Economics. Dr. Kreuter's research program focuses on the Human Dimensions of Ecosystem Management and aims to enhance positive incentive structures for the sustainable management of rangeland ecosystems under changing environmental and social conditions.

5.0 Range and Forage of High Latitudes & Altitudes

Rangelands of Subarctic and Arctic North America and Europe: Ecosystems, Wildlife and Management Dave Downing, Vegetation Ecologist, Alberta, Canada

Dave Downing has been working for nearly forty years as a plant ecologist throughout western and northern Canada. He has worked with government and industry colleagues throughout the boreal, montane, parkland and grassland

landscapes. He spent nine years helping to conduct an ecological survey of the entire Northwest Territories where he became immersed in its diverse landscapes and acquainted with an equally diverse population of wild ungulates, small mammals, birds and their predators that range throughout the Subarctic and Arctic. Dave will discuss the ecology of Subarctic/Arctic rangelands and different approaches to their management in North America and Europe.

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Sustainable Rangelands, Sustainable Pastoralism in Yak Herding Areas of the Greater Tibetan Plateau Marc Foggin, Acting Director/Scientist, Mountain Societies Research Institute, University of Central Asia

Dr. Marc Foggin has lived and worked in mountain areas of Asia since 1996 as a conservation biologist and ecologist. He has directed the work of Plateau Perspectives for more than 15 years with projects that protect the

natural environment of the Tibetan Plateau region through initiatives that protect wildlife and enhance the welfare of herders by introducing novel ‘co-management approaches’ within protected areas. He has long recognized the value of incorporating indigenous knowledge and culture into sustainability programs. Dr. Foggin is currently acting director of the Mountain Societies Research Institute at the University of Central Asia.

6.0 Climate Change in Rangelands

The Resilience of Western Rangeland: Exposure to 9,000 Years of Climate Variability Dave Sauchyn, Professor, University of Regina; Research Coordinator, Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative, Regina, Sasktachewan, Canada

Dr. Dave Sauchyn is Research Professor at the Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative (PARC) at the University of Regina. His research expertise is the climate and hydrology of the past millennium in Canada’s western

interior and how knowledge of the past can inform scenarios of future climate and water supplies. Dave is currently co-directing a five-year study of vulnerability to climate extremes in Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil and the Canadian Prairies. A focus of this study is the vulnerability of rural agricultural and indigenous communities to the impacts of climate change on ecological goods and services.

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Global Climate of Rangelands: Past, Present and Future Jan C. Ruppert, Assistant Professor, Institute of Evolution and Ecology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Dr. Jan C. Ruppert is a vegetation ecologist at the University of Tuebingen, Germany. His research focuses on determinants and dynamics of dryland primary production and its stability towards extreme events and disturbances.

He has taken various perspectives ranging from global meta-analyses of dryland primary production, down to field-scale analyses of functional traits. He has a strong focus on grasslands and savannas of Southern Africa and has acquired experience in several dryland biomes globally. Currently he coordinates the Drought-Act Experiment near Polokwane, South Africa, studying the impacts of likely climate scenarios as well as potential management schemes on rangeland vegetation.

7.0 Grazing Land Assessment & Management in a High-Tech World

Knowledge Tools for Sustainable Rangeland Resource Management: The Alberta Rangeland Ecological Tool Kit Barry Adams, Rangeland Extension Specialist, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Barry Adams is a range management specialist and has recently retired from after a 38-year career as the Provincial Rangeland Specialist for Grasslands and the Head of Rangeland Resource Management. A focus of his work has been to assist

ranchers apply the principles and practices of range management to promote healthy range and sustainable livestock operations. He was instrumental in developing Alberta’s rangeland health assessment protocol which has found wide acceptance and application to public lands, wildlife habitat management and grassland reclamation. Barry continues to be engaged in producer education, vegetation inventory and development

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of improved restoration practices for Alberta grasslands.

Impact of Communication Technologies on Pastoralist Societies Ed Charmley, Program Leader, Livestock Environmental System, Australian Tropical Sciences and Innovation Precinct, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Dr. Charmley comes from a farming background in the UK and received a PhD from the Grassland Research Institute near Reading. For the last 10 years he has worked for CSIRO in northern Australia where he manages a broad portfolio of

livestock research that focuses on beef production in extensive, sub-tropical rangelands. His current research lies in the use of technology to record animal and environmental variables in the field. New digital technologies are beginning to be employed to improve profitability and sustainability under variable weather conditions. His work focuses on matching the technology to the needs of industry through participatory research.

8.0 Land Managers Forum

Forages in a Systems Approach Duane Thompson, Tee Two Land & Cattle Company, Kelliher, Saskatchewan, Canada

After graduating from the University of Saskatchewan in 1987 with a Diploma in Agriculture, Duane did some travelling before returning home to work his way into his parents' operation in the Parkland Region south of Kelliher,

SK. Duane and his wife Paul now own and operate, Tee Two Land and Cattle Co, along with their four children and several employees. The business has always been a mixed operation - cow/calf, feedlot, forages, grain, pulses and oilseeds, with the forage component occupying half of the 7,000 ac land base. Duane believes firmly in the mixed enterprise concept. While it makes for a 365-day a year job, the synergy of the various enterprises working together continues to be more and more evident each year.

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How We Manage Our Native Prairie Leanne Thompson, Living Sky Beef, Ceylon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Leanne graduated with a B.Sc. in Agriculture and M.Sc. in Animal Science from the University of Saskatchewan. The focus of her Master's project was on forage and grazing and work in this area has become central to her career in

agriculture. Leanne has her own consulting firm, managing projects and doing communications work for a variety of agricultural organizations including the Saskatchewan Forage Council where from 2012 to 2015 she was the Executive Director. Leanne and her husband Ryan and their two young children own and operate Living Sky Beef near Ceylon, SK.

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How We Manage Our Native Prairie Leanne Thompson, Living Sky Beef, Ceylon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Leanne graduated with a B.Sc. in Agriculture and M.Sc. in Animal Science from the University of Saskatchewan. The focus of her Master's project was on forage and grazing and work in this area has become central to her career in

agriculture. Leanne has her own consulting firm, managing projects and doing communications work for a variety of agricultural organizations including the Saskatchewan Forage Council where from 2012 to 2015 she was the Executive Director. Leanne and her husband Ryan and their two young children own and operate Living Sky Beef near Ceylon, SK.

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olog

y an

d er

osio

n m

odel

to

ecol

ogic

al si

te d

escr

iptio

ns a

nd

man

agem

ent

C. Ja

son

Will

iam

s, U

nite

d St

ates

Past

oral

wild

life

cons

erva

ncie

s in

Ke

nya:

a b

otto

m-u

p re

volu

tion

in

cons

erva

tion,

bal

anci

ng li

velih

oods

an

d co

nser

vatio

n?

Robi

n S.

Rei

d, U

nite

d St

ates

Impr

ovem

ent o

f cat

tle g

razi

ng

dist

ribut

ion

thro

ugh

gene

tic

sele

ctio

n: c

halle

nges

and

op

port

uniti

es

Der

ek W

. Bai

ley,

Uni

ted

Stat

es

Eval

uatio

n an

d ut

iliza

tion

of L

eym

us

chin

ensis

ger

mpl

asm

reso

urce

s

Gon

gshe

Liu

, Chi

na

23

Mon

day,

July

18

2016

Aft

erno

on

12:0

0-13

:00

Lunc

h (L

ocat

ion:

Reg

al A

and

B)

13

:00-

14:3

0 Pl

enar

y Se

ssio

n 2.

Eco

logi

cal G

oods

& S

ervi

ces o

f Ran

gela

nds a

nd P

astu

rela

nds

Room

Sa

lon

C, D

Rang

elan

d Go

ods a

nd S

ervi

ces:

Iden

tifyi

ng C

halle

nges

and

Dev

elop

ing

Stra

tegi

es fo

r Con

tinue

d Pr

ovis

ioni

ng

Dr.

Davi

d Br

iske,

Pro

fess

or, R

ange

land

Eco

logy

, Tex

as A

&M

Uni

vers

ity, U

nite

d St

ates

Tow

ard

a Cu

lture

of R

ange

: The

Rol

e of

Soc

iety

in P

rote

ctin

g Ra

ngel

and

Ecol

ogic

al G

oods

and

Ser

vice

s D

on G

ayto

n, E

colo

gist

& W

riter

, Sum

mer

land

, Brit

ish C

olum

bia,

Can

ada

14:3

0-15

:00

Net

wor

king

Bre

ak

15:0

0-16

:30

Conc

urre

nt O

ral S

essi

ons

Them

es

1. N

utrit

iona

l lin

ks fr

om so

il to

pla

nt

to li

vest

ock

to p

eopl

e 2.

Car

bon

sequ

estr

atio

n in

ra

ngel

ands

3.

Wat

er su

pply

and

qua

lity

4. W

ildlif

e ha

bita

t for

end

ange

red

spec

ies

5. G

razi

ng m

anag

emen

t pra

ctic

es (2

)

Room

Ga

llery

Sui

tes

Galle

ry A

Ga

llery

B

Galle

ry C

Ga

llery

D

Mod

erat

or

Xiyi

ng H

ao

Vern

Bar

on

Sher

man

Sw

anso

n Pe

ggy

Stra

nkm

an

Cath

ie E

richs

en A

rych

uk

15:0

0-15

:15

Bota

nica

l com

posit

ion

of th

e di

et o

f ca

mel

s gra

zing

at K

alem

ando

dis

tric

t, N

orth

Dar

fur S

tate

, Sud

an

Babo

Fad

lalla

, Sud

an

Trad

e-of

fs b

etw

een

man

agem

ent o

f gr

azin

g in

tens

ity, s

oil c

arbo

n an

d bi

odiv

ersit

y

Cath

leen

M. W

ater

s, A

ustr

alia

Live

stoc

k an

d fir

e m

anag

emen

t in

fluen

ce fu

ndam

enta

l sup

port

ing

and

regu

latin

g ec

osys

tem

serv

ices

of

gras

sland

eco

syst

ems:

the

inte

ract

ing

role

s of s

peci

es, v

eget

atio

n st

ruct

ure

and

rain

fall

inte

nsity

on

the

redi

strib

utio

n of

wat

er

Elisa

beth

Hub

er-S

annw

ald,

Mex

ico

Bovi

ds, b

ugs a

nd b

irds:

live

stoc

k av

erm

ectin

s; a

thre

at to

gra

ssla

nd

bird

s?

Wes

Olso

n, C

anad

a

Gra

zing

man

agem

ent f

or b

iodi

vers

ity

cons

erva

tion

and

land

scap

e fu

nctio

n in

sem

i-arid

New

Sou

th W

ales

Sa

rah

E. M

cDon

ald,

Aus

tral

ia

15:1

5-15

:30

Effe

ct o

f gra

zing

syst

ems o

n vo

latil

e co

mpo

unds

in su

bcut

aneo

us fa

t on

Tan

lam

b

Hai

-ling

Luo

, Chi

na

The

impl

icat

ions

of t

he e

mer

ging

ca

rbon

eco

nom

y fo

r the

m

anag

emen

t of t

he ra

ngel

ands

of

wes

tern

New

Sou

th W

ales

Jo

hn G

avin

, Aus

tral

ia

Estim

atin

g ra

ngel

and

runo

ff, so

il er

osio

n, a

nd sa

lt m

obili

ty a

nd

tran

spor

t pro

cess

es

Mar

k W

eltz

, Uni

ted

Stat

es

Nat

ive

and

exot

ic se

ed g

rass

es

pref

eren

ces b

y gr

assla

nd b

irds

Alic

ia M

elgo

za, M

exic

o

Spin

esce

nce

and

the

keys

tone

pla

nt

Acac

ia to

rtili

s ssp

. tor

tilis

in th

e ar

id

Mid

dle

East

: adj

ustin

g ar

chite

ctur

e to

de

ter d

iffer

ent h

erbi

vore

s

Ahm

ad H

egaz

y, E

gypt

22 23

23

Mon

day,

July

18

2016

Aft

erno

on

12:0

0-13

:00

Lunc

h (L

ocat

ion:

Reg

al A

and

B)

13

:00-

14:3

0 Pl

enar

y Se

ssio

n 2.

Eco

logi

cal G

oods

& S

ervi

ces o

f Ran

gela

nds a

nd P

astu

rela

nds

Room

Sa

lon

C, D

Rang

elan

d Go

ods a

nd S

ervi

ces:

Iden

tifyi

ng C

halle

nges

and

Dev

elop

ing

Stra

tegi

es fo

r Con

tinue

d Pr

ovis

ioni

ng

Dr.

Davi

d Br

iske,

Pro

fess

or, R

ange

land

Eco

logy

, Tex

as A

&M

Uni

vers

ity, U

nite

d St

ates

Tow

ard

a Cu

lture

of R

ange

: The

Rol

e of

Soc

iety

in P

rote

ctin

g Ra

ngel

and

Ecol

ogic

al G

oods

and

Ser

vice

s D

on G

ayto

n, E

colo

gist

& W

riter

, Sum

mer

land

, Brit

ish C

olum

bia,

Can

ada

14:3

0-15

:00

Net

wor

king

Bre

ak

15:0

0-16

:30

Conc

urre

nt O

ral S

essi

ons

Them

es

1. N

utrit

iona

l lin

ks fr

om so

il to

pla

nt

to li

vest

ock

to p

eopl

e 2.

Car

bon

sequ

estr

atio

n in

ra

ngel

ands

3.

Wat

er su

pply

and

qua

lity

4. W

ildlif

e ha

bita

t for

end

ange

red

spec

ies

5. G

razi

ng m

anag

emen

t pra

ctic

es (2

)

Room

Ga

llery

Sui

tes

Galle

ry A

Ga

llery

B

Galle

ry C

Ga

llery

D

Mod

erat

or

Xiyi

ng H

ao

Vern

Bar

on

Sher

man

Sw

anso

n Pe

ggy

Stra

nkm

an

Cath

ie E

richs

en A

rych

uk

15:0

0-15

:15

Bota

nica

l com

posit

ion

of th

e di

et o

f ca

mel

s gra

zing

at K

alem

ando

dis

tric

t, N

orth

Dar

fur S

tate

, Sud

an

Babo

Fad

lalla

, Sud

an

Trad

e-of

fs b

etw

een

man

agem

ent o

f gr

azin

g in

tens

ity, s

oil c

arbo

n an

d bi

odiv

ersit

y

Cath

leen

M. W

ater

s, A

ustr

alia

Live

stoc

k an

d fir

e m

anag

emen

t in

fluen

ce fu

ndam

enta

l sup

port

ing

and

regu

latin

g ec

osys

tem

serv

ices

of

gras

sland

eco

syst

ems:

the

inte

ract

ing

role

s of s

peci

es, v

eget

atio

n st

ruct

ure

and

rain

fall

inte

nsity

on

the

redi

strib

utio

n of

wat

er

Elisa

beth

Hub

er-S

annw

ald,

Mex

ico

Bovi

ds, b

ugs a

nd b

irds:

live

stoc

k av

erm

ectin

s; a

thre

at to

gra

ssla

nd

bird

s?

Wes

Olso

n, C

anad

a

Gra

zing

man

agem

ent f

or b

iodi

vers

ity

cons

erva

tion

and

land

scap

e fu

nctio

n in

sem

i-arid

New

Sou

th W

ales

Sa

rah

E. M

cDon

ald,

Aus

tral

ia

15:1

5-15

:30

Effe

ct o

f gra

zing

syst

ems o

n vo

latil

e co

mpo

unds

in su

bcut

aneo

us fa

t on

Tan

lam

b

Hai

-ling

Luo

, Chi

na

The

impl

icat

ions

of t

he e

mer

ging

ca

rbon

eco

nom

y fo

r the

m

anag

emen

t of t

he ra

ngel

ands

of

wes

tern

New

Sou

th W

ales

Jo

hn G

avin

, Aus

tral

ia

Estim

atin

g ra

ngel

and

runo

ff, so

il er

osio

n, a

nd sa

lt m

obili

ty a

nd

tran

spor

t pro

cess

es

Mar

k W

eltz

, Uni

ted

Stat

es

Nat

ive

and

exot

ic se

ed g

rass

es

pref

eren

ces b

y gr

assla

nd b

irds

Alic

ia M

elgo

za, M

exic

o

Spin

esce

nce

and

the

keys

tone

pla

nt

Acac

ia to

rtili

s ssp

. tor

tilis

in th

e ar

id

Mid

dle

East

: adj

ustin

g ar

chite

ctur

e to

de

ter d

iffer

ent h

erbi

vore

s

Ahm

ad H

egaz

y, E

gypt

22 23

24

15:3

0-15

:45

Effe

cts o

f N a

dditi

on a

nd st

ocki

ng

rate

on

the

soil

nitr

ogen

m

iner

aliza

tion

rate

of t

ypic

al s

tepp

e in

the

Loes

s Pla

teau

, Chi

na

Hou

Fuj

iang

, Chi

na

Taki

ng a

ccou

nt c

arbo

n se

ques

trat

ion

of p

astu

re in

car

bon

bala

nce

of c

attle

ra

nchi

ng sy

stem

s est

ablis

hed

afte

r de

fore

stat

ion

in A

maz

onia

Vi

ncen

t Bla

nfor

t, Fr

ance

Prom

otin

g re

silie

nce

by in

fluen

cing

w

ater

infr

astr

uctu

re d

evel

opm

ent i

n co

mm

unity

man

aged

rang

elan

ds o

f Ke

nya:

cas

e st

udy

of Is

iolo

Cou

nty

Ya

sin

Mah

adi S

alah

, Ken

ya

Mul

tiple

app

roac

hes t

o ha

bita

t co

nser

vatio

n: fi

ndin

g th

e rig

ht fi

t en

cour

ages

pro

duce

rs to

man

age

for

spec

ies a

t risk

hab

itat

Tom

Har

rison

, Can

ada

Litt

er re

tent

ion

– so

me

is go

od, b

ut

can

ther

e be

too

muc

h of

a g

ood

thin

g?

Eric

. G. L

amb,

Can

ada

15:4

5-16

:00

Prod

uctiv

ity a

nd q

ualit

y of

rang

e gr

asse

s and

trad

ition

al fo

rage

cro

ps

in T

arai

regi

on o

f Ind

ian

Him

alay

as

Mah

endr

a Si

ngh

Pal,

Indi

a

Met

hane

and

nitr

ous o

xide

em

issio

ns

from

cat

tle d

ung

and

urin

e pa

tche

s on

a ta

me

past

ure

Xi

ying

Hao

, Can

ada

Stra

tegi

c su

pple

men

tatio

n to

m

anag

e m

ovem

ent o

f bee

f cow

s on

hills

Re

becc

a Hi

ckso

n, N

ew Z

eala

nd

From

idle

bac

k to

wor

king

: ev

iden

ce

of e

ndan

gere

d sp

ecie

s con

serv

atio

n ef

fort

s cha

ngin

g ra

ngel

and

man

agem

ent p

olic

y in

the

Wes

tern

U

nite

d St

ates

Sh

eila

Bar

ry, U

nite

d St

ates

Inte

ract

ive

effe

cts o

f gra

ssla

nd p

lant

di

vers

ity a

nd h

erbi

vore

gra

zing

on

litte

r dec

ompo

sitio

n

Ling

Wan

g, C

hina

16:0

0-16

:15

Pref

eren

ce o

f ran

ge p

lant

spec

ies a

s as

sess

ed b

y pa

stor

alist

s’ p

erce

ptio

n an

d ac

tual

em

piric

al d

eter

min

atio

ns

in a

sem

i des

ert a

rea

in S

udan

M

oham

med

Abd

elkr

eim

, Sud

an

Estim

atio

n an

d ec

onom

ic v

alua

tion

of a

bove

grou

nd c

arbo

n st

orag

e (C

ase

s tud

y: se

mi-s

tepp

e ra

ngel

ands

of

Mid

dle

Albo

rz m

ount

ains

) Sh

afag

h Ra

stga

r, Ira

n

Inte

grat

ed le

ntic

ripa

rian

graz

ing

man

agem

ent

Sher

man

R S

wan

son,

Uni

ted

Stat

es

Mul

ti-st

akeh

olde

r app

roac

h to

pi

lotin

g a

cons

erva

tion

offs

et to

ol in

So

uthe

aste

rn A

lber

ta

Kare

n Ra

ven,

Can

ada

Impr

ovin

g th

e pr

oduc

tion

of g

razi

ng

land

s usi

ng d

iffer

ent m

anag

emen

t pr

actic

es in

wes

t Sho

a zo

ne o

f Et

hiop

ia: T

he c

ase

of E

jere

dis

tric

t

Abul

e Eb

ro G

edda

, Eth

iopi

a 16

:15-

16:3

0 Li

vest

ock

and

fora

ge p

rodu

ctio

n in

Af

ghan

istan

H

ayat

ulla

h Es

mat

i, Af

ghan

istan

Gra

zing

and

soil

carb

on: c

ompa

ring

effe

cts o

f man

agem

ent s

trat

egy

acro

ss v

eget

atio

n ty

pes

Meg

an M

cShe

rry,

Uni

ted

Stat

es

Colla

bora

tion

on th

e m

okel

umne

w

ater

shed

to a

ssur

e w

ater

qua

lity

and

pres

erve

wor

king

land

scap

es

Ther

esa

Becc

hett

i, U

nite

d St

ates

Effe

cts o

f the

rapi

dly

chan

ging

ha

bita

t of t

he L

iben

Lar

k

Bruk

taw

it A

Mah

amue

d, U

K

Effe

cts o

f Arb

uscu

lar m

ycor

rhiza

l fu

ngi o

n ab

oveg

roun

d bi

omas

s in

rela

tion

to d

istan

ce fr

om li

vest

ock

wat

erin

g po

ints

in ty

pica

l ste

ppe

Yi

ngju

n Zh

ang,

Chi

na

16:3

0-18

:00

Post

er v

iew

ing

sess

ion

(for p

aper

s sub

mitt

ed in

The

mes

1.1

to 2

.5)

24 25

25

Tues

day,

July

19

2016

Mor

ning

8:30

-10:

00

Plen

ary

Sess

ion

3. T

he P

eopl

e of

the

Gra

ssla

nds

Room

Sa

lon

C, D

Past

oral

ists

in th

e 21

st C

entu

ry: “

Lo-T

ech”

Mee

ts “

Hi-T

ech”

Dr.

Ann

Wat

ers-

Baye

r, Se

nior

Adv

isor,

Prol

inno

va In

tern

atio

nal S

uppo

rt T

eam

, ETC

Fou

ndat

ion,

Ger

man

y

Ca

nadi

an In

dige

nous

Peo

ples

and

Arc

tic /G

rass

land

Use

Ry

an B

rook

, Ass

istan

t Pro

fess

or, D

epar

tmen

t of A

nim

al &

Pou

ltry

Scie

nce,

Uni

vers

ity o

f Sas

katc

hew

an, C

anad

a 10

:00-

10:3

0 N

etw

orki

ng B

reak

10

:30-

12:0

0 Co

ncur

rent

Ora

l Ses

sion

s

Them

es

1. C

hang

es to

pas

tora

l sys

tem

s ar

ound

the

glob

e (1

) 2.

Priv

atel

y ow

ned

and

leas

ed

rang

elan

d sy

stem

s 3.

Cha

nges

to p

asto

ral s

yste

ms

arou

nd th

e gl

obe

(2)

4. P

rofe

ssio

nal e

xten

sion

and

tech

nolo

gy-t

rans

fer

5. S

ocia

l jus

tice

issue

s in

rang

elan

ds

Room

Ga

llery

Sui

tes

Galle

ry A

Ga

llery

B

Galle

ry C

Ga

llery

D

Mod

erat

or

Eric

Lam

b Ca

mer

on K

ayte

r Ca

roly

n Ire

land

Ly

nne

Pind

er

Duan

e M

cCar

tney

10

:30-

10:4

5 N

ew w

ay to

man

age

graz

ing

lives

tock

sy

stem

in d

egra

ded

gras

sland

bas

ed

on sy

stem

eco

nom

ics

G

oudo

ng H

an, C

hina

Cow

boys

or g

rass

farm

ers?

Co

lin J.

Pat

on, A

ustr

alia

Th

e sh

ift fr

om p

asto

ral t

o ag

ro-

past

oral

live

lihoo

d: c

urre

nt

chal

leng

es a

nd fu

ture

rese

arch

pr

iorit

ies

Se

rkan

Ate

s, Jo

rdan

Wes

tern

Bee

f Dev

elop

men

t Cen

tre

1998

to 2

018:

com

bini

ng re

sear

ch

and

exte

nsio

n fo

r the

ben

efit

of th

e Sa

skat

chew

an b

eef i

ndus

try

Pa

ul Je

ffer

son,

Can

ada

En

viro

nmen

tal i

mpe

rialis

m a

nd

gree

ning

dis

poss

essio

n: so

cial

just

ice

in E

ast A

fric

a's r

ange

land

s

V. C

orey

Wrig

ht, C

anad

a

10:4

5-11

:00

Vuln

erab

ility

and

ada

ptat

ion

of

Bora

na p

asto

ralis

ts to

soci

al-

ecol

ogic

al c

hang

e in

Sou

ther

n Et

hiop

ia

Jam

es E

. Ben

nett

, UK

Man

agin

g fo

r bio

dive

rsity

: A

ranc

her’s

per

spec

tive

H

ylan

d Ar

mst

rong

, Can

ada

Ecol

ogic

al a

nd so

cio-

econ

omic

al

impa

cts o

f ran

gela

nd m

anag

emen

t ch

ange

s in

the

Mid

dle

Atla

s M

ount

ains

of M

oroc

co a

s res

pons

e to

impl

emen

ted

polic

ies

Ah

med

El A

aich

, Mor

occo

The

use

of a

kno

wle

dge

brok

er to

co

unte

ract

rem

oten

ess i

n de

liver

ing

appr

opria

te c

limat

e ch

ange

kn

owle

dge

in th

e Au

stra

lian

rang

elan

ds

Kate

For

rest

, Aus

tral

ia

24 25

26

11:0

0-11

:15

Cros

s-Le

vel g

over

nanc

e of

com

mon

pr

oper

ty ra

ngel

ands

: thr

ee c

ases

fr

om E

ast A

fric

a

Lanc

e W

. Rob

inso

n, K

enya

Th

e ef

fect

the

high

land

cle

aran

ces

had

on th

e Sc

ottis

h up

land

s

Andr

ew B

rew

ster

. Sco

tland

Evol

ving

dep

loym

ent o

f ext

ensio

n re

sour

ces f

or ra

ngel

ands

in

Wyo

min

g: m

ovin

g fr

om c

ount

y ge

nera

list t

o re

gion

al s

peci

alist

Jo

hn S

cast

a, U

nite

d St

ates

11:1

5-11

:30

Ecol

ogic

al-c

ultu

ral f

eedb

acks

in

mon

golia

n so

cial

-eco

logi

cal s

yste

ms

M

aria

E. F

erna

ndez

-Gim

enez

, Uni

ted

Stat

es

Soci

al a

nd e

cono

mic

cha

ract

erist

ics

of p

ublic

land

s ran

cher

s in

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es: r

esul

ts o

f a 2

015

surv

ey

Krist

ie A

. Mac

zko,

Uni

ted

Stat

es

A fr

amew

ork

for s

tudy

ing

the

driv

ers

of g

razi

ng sy

stem

s in

tens

ifica

tion

in

the

trop

ics

Ceci

le G

odde

, Aus

tral

ia

Past

ure

and

graz

ing

man

agem

ent

exte

nsio

n pr

ogra

min

g in

N

orth

wes

tern

USA

G

lenn

She

wm

aker

, Uni

ted

Stat

es

Gra

zing

land

and

her

der’s

pol

icy

– so

me

pert

inen

t iss

ues i

n In

dian

co

ntex

t Aj

oy R

oy, I

ndia

11

:30-

11:4

5 Pe

rcep

tion

and

awar

enes

s of

past

oral

sits

tow

ards

live

stoc

k m

arke

ting

and

prod

ucts

in B

utan

a ar

ea, S

udan

Ba

bo F

adla

lla, S

udan

Leas

ed ra

ngel

and

syst

ems:

A

Sask

atch

ewan

cas

e st

udy

Br

ant K

irych

uk, C

anad

a

Ecol

ogic

al in

tens

ifica

tion

in

“Liv

esto

ck -

Loca

l Dev

elop

men

t”

inte

ract

ion

Be

noit

Ded

ieu,

Fra

nce

The

Impa

ct o

f app

lied

rese

arch

and

fo

rage

ass

ocia

tions

ext

ensio

n ne

twor

k on

the

viab

ility

of A

lber

ta

farm

ers a

nd ra

nche

rs

Alys

sa A

. Kro

ne, C

anad

a

Smal

l-sca

le fa

rmer

s’ k

now

ledg

e of

liv

esto

ck-r

ange

land

man

agem

ent

prac

tices

in th

e G

aute

ng p

rovi

nce,

So

uth

Afric

a

Ngo

ako

Lets

oalo

, Sou

th A

fric

a

11:4

5-12

:00

Link

ages

bet

wee

n liv

esto

ck,

rang

elan

d co

nditi

on, w

ater

and

pe

ople

’ wel

l-bei

ng: A

pilo

t stu

dy o

n th

e pe

rcep

tions

of t

he c

omm

unal

fa

rmer

s in

the

rura

l Eas

tern

Cap

e,

Sout

h Af

rica

An

disw

a Fi

nca,

Sou

th A

fric

a

The

prob

lem

of s

peak

ing

for

ranc

hers

: Ref

lexi

ve so

cial

rese

arch

in

the

mul

tifun

ctio

nal r

ange

land

co

ntex

t H

aile

y W

ilmer

, Uni

ted

Stat

es

Influ

ence

s of i

nstit

utio

nal d

esig

ns o

n so

cial

out

com

es o

f com

mun

ity-b

ased

ra

ngel

and

man

agem

ent i

n M

ongo

lia

Tung

alag

Ula

mba

yar,

Mon

golia

Tech

nolo

gy tr

ansf

er: D

eliv

erin

g re

sear

ch e

xten

sion

to p

rodu

cers

in a

te

chno

logy

wor

ld

Andr

ea W

hite

, Can

ada

The

use

of th

e ra

ngel

and

NRM

al

lianc

e to

ove

rcom

e iss

ues c

ause

d by

isol

atio

n th

roug

h co

llabo

ratio

n an

d su

ppor

t Ka

te F

orre

st, A

ustr

alia

12:0

0-13

:00

Lunc

h (L

ocat

ion:

Reg

al A

and

B)

26 27

27

Tues

day,

July

19

2016

Aft

erno

on

13:0

0-14

:30

Plen

ary

Sess

ion

4. M

ultip

le U

se o

f Ran

gela

nds

Room

Sa

lon

C, D

Reso

urce

Ext

ract

ion

Impa

cts i

n As

ia a

nd M

ongo

lia

Dr.

Shar

av P

urev

sure

n, D

irect

or, N

atur

e Co

nser

vatio

n Fu

nd, M

inist

ry o

f Nat

ure

and

Gre

en D

evel

opm

ent,

Mon

golia

Ener

gy E

xtra

ctio

n Ef

fect

s on

Nor

th A

mer

ican

Ran

gela

nds:

Impa

cts o

n th

e De

liver

y of

Eco

syst

em S

ervi

ces

D

r. U

rs P

. Kre

uter

, Tex

as A

&M

Uni

vers

ity, U

nite

d St

ates

14

:30-

15:0

0 N

etw

orki

ng B

reak

15

:00-

16:3

0 Co

ncur

rent

Ora

l Ses

sion

s Th

emes

1.

Ene

rgy

deve

lopm

ent a

nd

recl

amat

ion

of in

dust

rial

dist

urba

nces

2. F

ire m

anag

emen

t and

rest

orat

ion

in ra

ngel

ands

3.

Cro

plan

d ab

ando

nmen

t, re

vege

tatio

n w

ith p

eren

nial

fora

ges,

an

d re

-use

d as

rang

elan

d

4. In

vasi

ve sp

ecie

s im

pact

s and

m

anag

emen

t in

rang

elan

ds

5. W

ildlif

e co

nflic

ts a

nd c

omm

erci

al

wild

life

utili

zatio

n op

port

uniti

es

Room

Ga

llery

Sui

tes

Galle

ry A

Ga

llery

B

Galle

ry C

Ga

llery

D

Mod

erat

or

John

Hen

dric

kson

M

icha

el F

itzsi

mm

ons

Nity

anan

da K

hana

l Ca

mer

on C

arly

le

Julie

Lan

dry-

DeBo

er

15:0

0-15

:15

Pere

nnia

l ran

gela

nd g

rass

es fo

r bi

oene

rgy

Su

sann

a Fe

ldm

an, A

rgen

tina

Rest

orin

g fir

e to

gra

ssla

nds:

An

over

view

D

onal

d Th

omps

on, C

anad

a

Seed

ling

grow

th o

f thr

ee fo

rage

sh

rubs

und

er fo

ur ra

diat

ion

envi

ronm

ents

for r

eveg

etat

ion

purp

oses

Fe

deric

o Vi

llarr

eal-G

uerr

ero,

Mex

ico

Whe

n ta

me

spec

ies

go w

ild: P

lant

bi

odiv

ersit

y lo

ss a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith

Brom

us in

erm

is en

croa

chm

ent i

n un

seed

ed g

rass

land

s

Jam

es F

. Cah

ill, C

anad

a

Indi

geno

us n

omad

ic ra

ngel

and

prac

tices

and

its i

mpa

ct o

n ru

ral

livel

ihoo

d

Port

ia G

. Ow

are

Twer

efoo

, Gha

na

15:1

5-15

:30

Fire

seas

onal

ity a

nd re

turn

inte

rval

ef

fect

s in

Nor

ther

n m

ixed

pra

irie

La

nce

Verm

eire

, Uni

ted

Stat

es

Plan

ting

time

and

gras

s m

ixtu

res

affe

ct fo

rage

koc

hia

esta

blis

hmen

t M

. Ano

war

ul Is

lam

, Uni

ted

Stat

es

Spra

y it,

wip

e it,

eat

it –

de

mon

stra

tion

of d

iffer

ent n

oxio

us

wee

d co

ntro

l opt

ions

on

Sask

atch

ewan

rang

elan

ds

Nad

ia M

ori,

Cana

da

Gra

zing

reso

urce

par

titio

ning

on

the

east

ern

slope

s of A

lber

ta

Mar

k Ly

seng

, Can

ada

26 27

28

15:3

0-15

:45

Fact

ors r

egul

atin

g lo

ng-t

erm

, lar

ge-

scal

e gr

assla

nd c

omm

unity

ass

embl

y M

atth

ew J

Rine

lla, U

nite

d St

ates

The

need

for g

razi

ng fi

ne fu

els a

fter

w

et p

erio

ds

Sher

man

Sw

anso

n, U

nite

d St

ates

Effe

ct o

f par

ticle

size

of p

ara

gras

s (B

rach

iaria

mut

ica) a

nd m

aize

gra

in

on in

take

, dig

estib

ility

and

gro

wth

pe

rfor

man

ce o

f cro

ssbr

ed h

eife

rs

unde

r zer

o gr

azin

g co

nditi

on in

Ba

ngla

desh

M

. A. S

amad

Kha

n, B

angl

ades

h

Ecol

ogy

and

man

agem

ent o

f sal

t ce

dar

Wal

ter F

ick,

Uni

ted

Stat

es

Agric

ultu

re c

onfli

cts

with

rock

y m

ount

ain

elk

in th

e Ca

riboo

-Chi

lcot

in

Tim

A. S

inge

r, Ca

nada

15:4

5-16

:00

Dyna

mic

s of v

eget

atio

n, b

iolo

gica

l so

il cr

usts

, and

seed

ban

ks a

long

pi

pelin

es in

Sou

ther

n Al

bert

a’s

mix

ed-g

rass

pra

irie

Ly

sand

ra P

yle,

Can

ada

Fact

ors a

ffect

ing

the

use

of in

tens

ive

pres

crib

ed fi

re b

y la

ndow

ners

in th

e So

uthe

rn g

reat

pla

ins

U

rs K

reut

er, U

nite

d St

ates

Effe

ct o

n ph

ysic

al a

ctiv

ity a

mon

g us

ers o

f wal

king

trac

k un

der w

etla

nd

cond

ition

s in

sub

urba

n ar

ea in

Sri

Lank

a

Lasa

ntha

Kris

han

Hirim

uthu

goda

, Sr

i Lan

ka

Indi

an c

ouch

(Bot

hrio

chlo

a pe

rtus

a)

inva

sion

in Q

ueen

sland

, Aus

tral

ia:

Deve

lopm

ent o

f an

R&D

proj

ect t

o ad

dres

s los

s of p

rodu

ctiv

ity in

pa

stur

es

Nic

ole

Spie

gel,

Aust

ralia

16:0

0-16

:15

Land

owne

r, op

erat

or p

ersp

ectiv

es o

n en

ergy

-rel

ated

impa

cts t

o na

tura

l, ag

ricul

tura

l, an

d so

cial

reso

urce

s in

the

Bakk

en o

il pa

tch

D

evan

Alle

n M

cGra

naha

n, U

nite

d St

ates

Targ

eted

gra

zing

to m

anag

e w

ildla

nd

fuel

s and

alte

r fire

beh

avio

r Ka

ren

L. L

aunc

hbau

gh, U

nite

d St

ates

M

aasa

i pas

tora

lists

’ liv

elih

oods

th

reat

ened

: The

cas

e of

pas

tora

list

field

scho

ols i

n co

ntro

lling

Ipom

oea

spp

in K

ajia

do C

ount

y, K

enya

H

edw

ig C

. Nen

kari,

Ken

ya

16:1

5-16

:30

The

rang

e su

pply

revi

ew: A

m

anag

emen

t str

ateg

y fo

r a

land

scap

e w

ith m

ultip

le u

sers

Ty

ler J

. Mor

hart

, Can

ada

Fire

as a

man

agem

ent e

colo

gica

l too

l fo

r res

tora

tion

of d

egra

ded

rang

elan

d ec

osys

tem

s for

live

stoc

k gr

azin

g in

Uga

nda

El

ly N

. Sab

iiti,

Uga

nda

W

ho fe

nced

the

dogs

out

? Co

llabo

rativ

e ar

ea m

anag

emen

t in

Sout

h W

est Q

ueen

sland

Ca

ther

ine

Crow

den,

Aus

tral

ia

16:3

0-18

:00

Post

er v

iew

ing

sess

ion

(for p

aper

s sub

mitt

ed in

The

mes

3.1

to 4

.5)

28 29

29

Wed

nesd

ay, J

uly

20 2

016

Mid

-Con

gres

s Tou

rs

Mee

t you

r tou

r bus

at 7

:30A

M o

n w

est s

ide

of co

nven

tion

cent

re o

n Au

dito

rium

Ave

.

D

ay co

nclu

des w

ith b

arbe

cue

dinn

er a

t Wan

uske

win

Her

itage

Par

k fo

llow

ed b

y pe

rfor

man

ce fr

om P

lain

s Firs

t Nat

ion

danc

ers

and

drum

mer

s.

Tou

r bus

es w

ill re

turn

del

egat

es to

TCU

Pla

ce st

artin

g at

9:0

0PM

.

O

ne b

us w

ill b

e de

sign

ated

to re

turn

del

egat

es to

the

Uni

vers

ity o

f Sas

katc

hew

an re

side

nce.

Thur

sday

, Jul

y 21

201

6 M

orni

ng8:

30-1

0:00

Pl

enar

y Se

ssio

n 5.

Ran

ge a

nd F

orag

e of

Hig

h La

titud

es a

nd A

ltitu

des

Room

Sa

lon

C, D

Ra

ngel

ands

of S

ubar

ctic

and

Arc

tic N

orth

Am

eric

a an

d Eu

rope

: Eco

syst

ems,

Wild

life

and

Man

agem

ent

Dav

e Do

wni

ng, V

eget

atio

n Ec

olog

ist, A

lber

ta, C

anad

a

Sust

aina

ble

Rang

elan

ds, S

usta

inab

le P

asto

ralis

m in

Yak

Her

ding

Are

as o

f the

Gre

ater

Tib

etan

Pla

teau

M

arc

Fogg

in, A

ctin

g Di

rect

or/S

cien

tist,

Mou

ntai

n So

ciet

ies

Rese

arch

Inst

itute

, U

nive

rsity

of C

entr

al A

sia

10:0

0-10

:30

Net

wor

king

Bre

ak

10:3

0-12

:00

IRC

Busin

ess M

eetin

g - A

ll de

lega

tes t

o at

tend

12

:00-

13:0

0 Lu

nch

(Loc

atio

n: R

egal

A a

nd B

)

28 29

30

Thur

sday

, Jul

y 21

201

6 Af

tern

oon

13:0

0-14

:30

Plen

ary

Sess

ion

6. C

limat

e Ch

ange

in R

ange

land

s Ro

om

Salo

n C,

D

Th

e Re

silie

nce

of W

este

rn R

ange

land

: Exp

osur

e to

9,0

00 Y

ears

of C

limat

e Va

riabi

lity

D

ave

Sauc

hyn,

Pro

fess

or, U

nive

rsity

of R

egin

a; R

esea

rch

Coor

dina

tor,

Prai

rie A

dapt

atio

n Re

sear

ch

Colla

bora

tive,

Can

ada

Glo

bal C

limat

e of

Ran

gela

nds:

Pas

t, Pr

esen

t and

Fut

ure

Ja

n Ru

pper

t, Po

st-D

octo

ral R

esea

rche

r, Bo

tani

cal I

nstit

ute,

Uni

vers

ity o

f Col

ogne

, Col

ogne

, Ger

man

y

14:3

0-15

:00

Net

wor

king

Bre

ak

15:0

0-16

:30

Conc

urre

nt O

ral S

essi

ons

Them

es

1. P

lant

ada

ptat

ions

to c

limat

e ch

ange

2.

Liv

esto

ck a

nd g

razi

ng sy

stem

ad

apta

tions

to c

limat

e ch

ange

3.

Wat

er su

pply

and

qua

lity

impa

cts

from

clim

ate

chan

ge &

Hist

oric

&

cultu

ral r

espo

nse

and

adap

tatio

ns to

dr

ough

t in

gras

sland

s

4. M

odel

ing

futu

re h

uman

and

cl

imat

e ch

ange

in a

rid a

nd se

mi-a

rid

area

s

5. R

ange

and

fora

ge in

hig

h la

titud

es

and

altit

udes

Room

Ga

llery

Sui

tes

Galle

ry A

Ga

llery

B

Galle

ry C

Ga

llery

D

Mod

erat

or

Cand

ace

Neu

feld

Ke

rry

Heck

er

Dana

Kel

ly

Andr

es C

ibils

Su

sana

Fel

dman

15

:00-

15:1

5 Bi

omas

s pro

duct

ivity

and

fodd

er

tree

s/sh

rubs

ada

ptat

ion

to c

limat

e ch

ange

bas

ed o

n na

tura

l ran

gela

nd

man

agem

ent a

t Kor

dofa

n Re

gion

–

Suda

n

Moh

amm

ed A

bdel

krei

m, S

udan

Flex

ible

stoc

king

stra

tegi

es fo

r ad

aptin

g to

clim

atic

var

iabi

lity

Ju

stin

D. D

erne

r, U

nite

d St

ates

Wat

er fr

om ra

ngel

ands

: Clim

ate

and

resp

onsi

ve m

anag

emen

t Te

rry

Boot

h, U

nite

d St

ates

Tem

pera

ture

and

pre

cipi

tatio

n in

fluen

ces o

n gr

assla

nd p

rodu

ctio

n ac

ross

nat

ural

sub

regi

ons o

f So

uthe

rn A

lber

ta

Tann

er S

. Bro

adbe

nt, C

anad

a

Mou

ntai

n gr

azin

g on

Alp

ine

sum

mer

fa

rms i

n Sw

itzer

land

: Eco

syst

em

serv

ices

of a

pas

ture

land

scap

e

Felix

Her

zog,

Sw

itzer

land

15:1

5-15

:30

Seas

onal

var

iatio

n of

gre

enho

use

gas

fluxe

s in

Alp

ine

mea

dow

on

Qin

ghai

-Ti

beta

n Pl

atea

u Fu

-jian

g Ho

u, C

hina

Clim

ate

clev

er b

eef:

mai

ntai

ning

pr

ofita

ble

beef

bus

ines

ses i

n a

chan

ging

clim

ate

Ki

ri Br

oad,

Aus

tral

ia

Brin

ging

rang

elan

ds in

to th

e ba

ckya

rd: E

duca

ting

urba

n au

dien

ces

abou

t rur

al la

ndsc

apes

M

ae S

mith

, Uni

ted

Stat

es

Mod

elin

g sp

atia

l dist

ribut

ion

chan

ges o

f a

Mor

occa

n sy

lvop

asto

ral t

ree

unde

r clim

ate

chan

ge (e

.g. A

rgan

ia sp

inos

a L.

Ske

els)

La

hssi

ni S

aid,

Mor

occo

Stra

tegi

es to

impr

ove

rang

elan

ds in

hi

gh a

ltitu

de re

gion

s of I

ndia

for

lives

tock

pro

duct

ion

M

urar

i Roy

, Ind

ia

30 31

31

15:3

0-15

:45

Clim

ate

war

min

g an

d lo

ng-t

erm

tr

ends

in S

aska

tche

wan

hay

yie

ld

Paul

G. J

effe

rson

, Can

ada

Mon

golia

n ra

ngel

and

chan

ges w

ith a

ch

angi

ng c

limat

e M

agsa

r Erd

enet

uya,

Mon

golia

Clim

ate

com

patib

le d

evel

opm

ent i

n M

ongo

lia: A

naly

sis o

f vul

nera

bilit

y an

d ad

apta

tion

resp

onse

to g

loba

l ch

ange

s

Den

nis S

. Ojim

a, U

nite

d St

ates

Mod

ellin

g th

e im

pact

of h

uman

and

cl

imat

e ch

ange

on

Stip

a te

nacis

sima

dist

ribut

ion

in th

e ar

id a

nd se

mi-a

rid

rang

elan

ds o

f Nor

th A

fric

a

Mou

nir L

ouha

ichi

, Jor

dan

Effe

cts o

f thr

ee p

lant

litt

er w

ater

ex

trac

tion

on p

lant

com

mun

ity

char

acte

ristic

s in

the

alpi

ne m

eado

w

of Q

ingh

ai-T

ibta

n Pl

atea

u

Li Y

ue, C

hina

15

:45-

16:0

0 Ev

olut

ion

of th

e pr

oduc

tion

of

meg

athe

rmal

spec

ies

in th

e pa

mpa

s ce

ntra

l M

onic

a Sa

cido

, Arg

entin

a

Mod

ellin

g ad

apta

tion

and

miti

gatio

n st

rate

gies

for m

aori

lives

tock

farm

s in

Aote

aroa

New

Zea

land

Ta

nira

Kin

gi, N

ew Z

eala

nd

En

viro

nmen

tal r

esili

ence

of

rang

elan

d ec

osys

tem

s: a

sses

sing

clim

ate-

driv

en la

nd d

egra

datio

n in

ar

id a

nd se

mi-a

rid zo

nes o

f Cen

tral

As

ia

Dild

ora

Aral

ova,

Uzb

ekist

an

An e

colo

gica

l site

app

roac

h to

sele

ct

rang

e Im

prov

emen

t pra

ctic

es o

n An

dean

rang

elan

ds

Mel

ody

Zarr

i, Pe

ru

16:0

0-16

:15

Dive

rsity

for C

3 an

d C4

pla

nt ty

pes

in

guin

ea g

rass

reve

als i

ts h

igh

pote

ntia

l as

clim

ate

resi

lient

spe

cies

D

even

dra

Mal

aviy

a, In

dia

Rang

elan

d da

taba

se d

evel

opm

ent f

or

a liv

esto

ck e

arly

war

ning

sys

tem

in

the

Puna

regi

on o

f Per

u

Javi

er A

. Nau

pari,

Per

u

A Co

mm

unity

-bas

ed a

ppro

ach

to

iden

tifyi

ng g

razi

ng p

ress

ure

and

land

us

e m

anag

emen

t str

uctu

res a

mon

g he

rder

s in

the

Alta

y M

ount

ains

, M

ongo

lia

Bria

nne

A. A

ltman

n, G

erm

any

16:1

5-16

:30

Pota

ssiu

m a

nd so

dium

sim

ulta

neou

sly

play

s a p

ositi

ve ro

le

in re

spon

ding

to d

roug

ht st

ress

in

Apoc

ynum

ven

etum

Su

o-M

in W

ang,

Chi

na

Does

hol

istic

pla

nned

gra

zing

wor

k in

ra

ngel

ands

? A

glob

al m

eta-

anal

ysis

H

eidi

Haw

kins

, Sou

th A

fric

a

Tran

shum

ance

impl

icat

ions

in th

e up

per n

oun

drai

nage

floo

dpla

in

wet

land

s in

Cam

eroo

n

Bong

adze

m C

arin

e Su

shuu

, Ca

mer

oon

16:3

0-18

:00

Post

er v

iew

ing

sess

ion

(for p

aper

s sub

mitt

ed to

The

mes

5.0

, 6.1

to 7

.5)

30 31

32

Frid

ay, J

uly

22 2

016

Mor

ning

8:30

-10:

00

Plen

ary

Sess

ion

7. G

razi

ng L

and

Asse

ssm

ent &

Man

agem

ent i

n a

High

-Tec

h W

orld

Ro

om

Salo

n C,

D

Kn

owle

dge

Tool

s for

Sus

tain

able

Ran

gela

nd R

esou

rce

Man

agem

ent:

The

Alb

erta

Ran

gela

nd E

colo

gy T

ool K

it

Barr

y Ad

ams,

Ran

gela

nd E

xten

sion

Spe

cial

ist L

ethb

ridge

, Alb

erta

, Can

ada

Im

pact

of C

omm

unic

atio

n Te

chno

logi

es o

n Pa

stor

alis

t Soc

ietie

s

Ed C

harm

ley,

Pro

gram

Lea

der,

Live

stoc

k En

viro

nmen

tal S

yste

m, A

ustr

alia

n Tr

opic

al S

cien

ces

and

Inno

vatio

n Pr

ecin

ct, J

ames

Co

ok U

nive

rsity

, Aus

tral

ia

10:0

0-10

:30

Net

wor

king

Bre

ak

10:3

0-12

:00

Conc

urre

nt O

ral S

essi

ons

Them

es

1. T

echn

olog

y in

land

reso

urce

dat

a ac

quis

ition

and

mod

elin

g 2.

Tec

hnol

ogy

in so

cial

and

ps

ycho

logi

cal d

ata

acqu

isitio

n an

d m

odel

ing

3. T

echn

olog

y in

ani

mal

mov

emen

t da

ta a

cqui

sitio

n an

d m

odel

ing

4. T

echn

olog

y in

edu

catio

n an

d ex

tens

ion

5. T

echn

olog

y in

fenc

ing,

wat

er

supp

ly, a

nd li

vest

ock

heal

th

Room

Ga

llery

Sui

tes

Galle

ry A

Ga

llery

B

Galle

ry C

Ga

llery

D

Mod

erat

or

Kare

n La

unch

baug

h Te

rry

Kow

alch

uk

Mira

nda

Mee

han

Step

hani

e La

rson

Tr

evor

Len

nox

10:3

0-10

:45

Gra

ssla

nd m

appi

ng, m

easu

ring,

m

onito

ring,

mod

elin

g, a

nd p

redi

ctio

n (4

MP)

usi

ng re

mot

e se

nsin

g m

etho

ds

Xulin

Guo

, Can

ada

Cart

ogra

phy

of p

asto

ral v

eget

atio

n co

mm

uniti

es in

Nor

th A

fric

an a

rid

salin

e ra

ngel

ands

: the

cas

e of

Tun

isia

G

hass

en C

haie

b, F

ranc

e

The

driv

ers o

f liv

esto

ck fo

rage

pr

efer

ence

in A

ustr

alia

n he

tero

gene

ous (

non-

unifo

rm)

padd

ocks

Ja

ime

Man

ning

, Aus

tral

ia

Deve

lopi

ng w

eb a

pplic

atio

ns to

aid

gr

azie

r dec

isio

n m

akin

g D

avid

R. S

teve

ns, N

ew Z

eala

nd

Holis

tic m

anag

emen

t in

a se

mi-a

rid

Pata

goni

an sh

eep

stat

ion:

slow

gr

assla

nd im

prov

emen

t with

ani

mal

pr

oduc

tion

com

plic

atio

ns

Gab

riel E

. Oliv

a, A

rgen

tina

10:4

5-11

:00

Map

ping

Can

ada'

s ran

gela

nd a

nd

fora

ge re

sour

ces

usin

g ea

rth

obse

rvat

ion

Em

ily L

inds

ay, C

anad

a

Expl

orin

g dy

nam

ics o

f ev

apot

rans

pira

tion

in a

sem

i-arid

gr

assla

nd o

f Sou

th A

fric

a O

nale

nna

Gw

ate,

Sou

th A

fric

a

Use

of a

UAV

-mou

nted

vid

eo c

amer

a to

ass

ess f

eedi

ng b

ehav

ior o

f Ra

ram

uri C

riollo

cow

s An

dres

Cib

ils, U

nite

d St

ates

Tech

nolo

gy in

edu

catio

n an

d ex

tens

ion

N

adia

Mor

i, Ca

nada

Effic

acy

of g

arlic

and

nee

m se

ed

extr

act a

s con

trol

gas

troi

ntes

tinal

pa

rasi

tes i

n go

ats g

razi

ng o

n ra

ngel

and

Al

do S

ales

, Uni

ted

Stat

es

32 33

33

11:0

0-11

:15

A ris

k-ba

sed

vuln

erab

ility

app

roac

h fo

r ran

gela

nd m

anag

emen

t M

aria

no H

erna

ndez

, Uni

ted

Stat

es

Dete

ctin

g an

d m

appi

ng th

e la

st

fron

tiers

of S

avan

na g

rass

land

s of t

he

wes

tern

hig

h pl

atea

u of

Cam

eroo

n

Step

hen

K. N

dzei

dze,

Uni

ted

Stat

es

The

effe

cts o

f see

d in

gest

ion

by

lives

tock

, dun

g fe

rtili

zatio

n,

tram

plin

g, g

rass

com

petit

ion

and

fire

on se

edlin

g es

tabl

ishm

ent o

f tw

o w

oody

pla

nt sp

ecie

s

Juliu

s Tje

lele

, Sou

th A

fric

a

Man

itoba

bee

f & fo

rage

initi

ativ

es

inc.

- A

new

pub

lic/p

rivat

e co

llabo

rativ

e m

odel

for s

uppo

rtin

g be

ef a

nd fo

rage

rese

arch

C

arol

lyne

E. J

. Keh

ler,

Cana

da

Abov

egro

und

biom

ass a

ccum

ulat

ion

of E

aste

rn M

ongo

lian

Stip

a gr

andi

s co

mm

unity

Kh

ongo

rzul

Otg

on, M

ongo

lia

11:1

5-11

:30

Asse

ssin

g th

e pr

ovisi

on o

f eco

syst

em

serv

ices

in A

lber

ta’s

rang

elan

d us

ing

a m

odel

ing

appr

oach

M

ajid

Irav

ani,

Cana

da

Rang

elan

d da

ta a

cqui

sitio

n: L

esso

ns

lear

ned

from

mob

ile to

ol

deve

lopm

ent

Nan

cy J.

Elli

ot, C

anad

a

The

digi

tal h

omes

tead

ass

ists

ra

ngel

and

man

ager

s to

mak

e tim

ely

and

info

rmed

dec

ision

s

Ed C

harm

ley,

Aus

tral

ia

Exte

nsio

n pr

iorit

ies g

uide

ranc

h st

ewar

dshi

p m

appi

ng c

urric

ulum

W

ill R

. Boy

er, U

nite

d St

ates

Driv

ing

miss

dai

sy; F

acto

rs c

ontr

ollin

g sh

eep

beha

viou

r in

Aust

ralia

n gr

assla

nds

La

chla

n In

gram

, Aus

tral

ia

11:3

0-11

:45

Impr

ovin

g th

e fr

amew

ork

of st

ate

and

tran

sitio

n m

odel

for c

ondi

tion

asse

ssm

ent o

f Art

emisi

a sp

p.

rang

elan

ds in

Uzb

ekis

tan

To

shpu

lot F

. Raj

abov

, Uzb

ekis

tan

Estim

atin

g ve

geta

tion

biop

hysi

cal

and

bioc

hem

ical

pro

pert

ies

usin

g re

mot

e se

nsin

g an

d m

odel

ing

in a

se

mi-a

rid g

rass

land

Bi

ng L

u, C

anad

a

Alte

rnat

ive

bree

ding

scen

ario

s for

Ab

erge

lle g

oat b

reed

suite

d to

arid

cl

imat

e in

Eth

iopi

a

Tem

esge

n Je

mbe

re B

akar

a, E

thio

pia

From

farm

ers t

o fa

rmer

s and

from

re

sear

cher

s to

the

publ

ic a

t lar

ge:

Film

s for

com

mun

icat

ing

best

pr

actic

es a

nd re

sear

ch fi

ndin

gs

Felix

Her

zog,

Sw

itzer

land

11:4

5-12

:00

The

NRM

spat

ial h

ub –

turn

ing

big

data

into

dec

ision

s in

the

padd

ock

Ph

il Ti

ckle

, Aus

tral

ia

A pr

otot

ype

appl

icat

ion

of st

ate

and

tran

sitio

n sim

ulat

ion

mod

ellin

g in

su

ppor

t of g

rass

land

man

agem

ent

Mat

t Ree

ves,

Uni

ted

Stat

es

Pr

ecisi

on p

asto

ral m

anag

emen

t sy

stem

: aut

omat

ed ‘b

ig d

ata’

ana

lysis

fo

r pas

tora

l pro

pert

ies

Sa

lly L

. Lei

go, A

ustr

alia

12:1

5-13

:00

Lunc

h (L

ocat

ion:

Reg

al A

and

B)

32 33

34

Frid

ay, J

uly

22 2

016

Afte

rnoo

n13

:00-

14:3

0 Th

e Ra

nche

r/St

ockm

en/C

attle

men

/Her

dsm

en F

orum

- Ev

eryo

ne is

invi

ted

to a

tten

d Ro

om

Salo

n C,

D

Mod

erat

or

Bran

t Kiry

chuk

13

:00-

13:3

0 Fo

rage

s in

a Sy

stem

s App

roac

h: D

uane

Tho

mps

on, T

ee T

wo

Land

& C

attle

Com

pany

, Kel

liher

, SK,

Can

ada.

Dua

ne w

ill d

iscus

s ho

w fo

rage

s are

the

cata

lyst

of a

sust

aina

ble

syst

em a

nd h

ow h

e ke

eps

thei

r fam

ily o

pera

tion

prof

itabl

e on

the

land

. 13

:30-

13:4

0 Ca

nadi

an V

ideo

: A R

anch

ers V

iew

- The

Gra

ssla

nd P

roje

ct a

t Mile

s And

erso

n ra

nch

Sask

atch

ewan

. Mile

s And

erso

n’s

ranc

h is

bord

ered

on

thre

e sid

es b

y an

exp

andi

ng G

rass

land

s N

atio

nal P

ark

and

its c

onse

rvat

ion

impe

rativ

e.

Catt

le w

ere

once

con

side

red

a m

ajor

thre

at to

the

inte

grity

of t

he g

rass

land

s and

the

enda

nger

ed sa

ge g

rous

e in

the

regi

on. H

owev

er, d

ue in

larg

e pa

rt to

Mile

s’ p

ersis

tenc

e, h

is ca

ttle

are

now

se

en a

s par

t of t

he c

onse

rvat

ion

solu

tion.

13

:40-

14:1

0 Ho

w W

e M

anag

e O

ur N

ativ

e Pr

airie

: Lea

nne

Thom

pson

, Liv

ing

Sky

Beef

, Cey

lon,

SK,

Can

ada.

Lea

nne

will

pre

sent

how

thei

r ran

ch u

ses

rota

tiona

l gra

zing

to a

chie

ve th

eir g

oal o

f sus

tain

able

ra

ngel

and

use.

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Poster Sessions

Note: Posters for Monday and Tuesday will go up during the network break and lunch hour on Monday, and to be removed on Tuesday evening after the poster session. Posters for Thursday and Friday will go up on Thursday at network break or lunch hour and to be removed on Thursday evening. Authors to be at their poster board from 16:30 to 18:00 on their respective days.

Monday, July 18 (16:30 – 18:00) Poster Session A. State of Global and Canadian Rangeland and Pasture Resource Ecosite descriptions & ecoregion classification

1 Nature of the Savanna-Forest Boundary on Mount Rinjani, Lombok Island, Indonesia Sutomo Sutomo, Indonesia

3 Ecological Condition and Trend of Mongolian Rangelands Dennis Sheehy, United States

5 Substrate Synusia of Mosses in Rangeland Ecosystems of Uzbekistan Holmurod Jalov, Uzbekistan

7 Development of the Ecological Site Classification in Mongolian Rangelands: Case Study in Forest Steppe Zone Ulambayar Budbaatar, Mongolia

9 Micro Minerals Profile of Forbs and Grasses at Flowering Stage in Rangelands of North Kordofan, Sudan Sahar Ezzat, Sudan

11 National Resources Inventory (NRI) on-Site Grazing Land Study of Rangeland and Pasture Resources Gene Fults, United States

13 Seriphium plumosum L Encroachment is Influenced by Landscape Factors and Variations in Grassland Community Hosia Turupa Pule, South Africa

Historical development of rangelands 15 Constraints to Forage Production and

Rangeland Management in Afghanistan Serkan Ates, Jordan

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Note: Posters for Monday and Tuesday will go up during the network break and lunch hour on Monday, and to be removed on Tuesday evening after the poster session. Posters for Thursday and Friday will go up on Thursday at network break or lunch hour and to be removed on Thursday evening. Authors to be at their poster board from 16:30 to 18:00 on their respective days.

Monday, July 18 (16:30 – 18:00) Poster Session A. State of Global and Canadian Rangeland and Pasture Resource Ecosite descriptions & ecoregion classification

1 Nature of the Savanna-Forest Boundary on Mount Rinjani, Lombok Island, Indonesia Sutomo Sutomo, Indonesia

3 Ecological Condition and Trend of Mongolian Rangelands Dennis Sheehy, United States

5 Substrate Synusia of Mosses in Rangeland Ecosystems of Uzbekistan Holmurod Jalov, Uzbekistan

7 Development of the Ecological Site Classification in Mongolian Rangelands: Case Study in Forest Steppe Zone Ulambayar Budbaatar, Mongolia

9 Micro Minerals Profile of Forbs and Grasses at Flowering Stage in Rangelands of North Kordofan, Sudan Sahar Ezzat, Sudan

11 National Resources Inventory (NRI) on-Site Grazing Land Study of Rangeland and Pasture Resources Gene Fults, United States

13 Seriphium plumosum L Encroachment is Influenced by Landscape Factors and Variations in Grassland Community Hosia Turupa Pule, South Africa

Historical development of rangelands 15 Constraints to Forage Production and

Rangeland Management in Afghanistan Serkan Ates, Jordan

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Conservation of wildlife and natural areas 17 The Status of Biodiversity in the Grassland

and Parkland Regions of Alberta Tara Narwani, Canada

19 Conservation of Wildlife and Natural Areas in Southern Saskatchewan, Canada, through Nature Saskatchewan’s Stewardship Program Rebecca Magnus, Canada

21 Managing Cattle and Wildlife Species at Risk on Crown Rangelands in British Columbia, Canada Eleanor Bassett, Canada

23 Alberta Prairie Conservation Action Plan 2016-2020: Strategies and Outcomes for Future Prairie Conservation Initiatives Katheryn Taylor, Canada

25 Biodiversity Conservation of Riparian Grassland by Conversion the Harvested Biomass into Bioenergy Piotr Goliński, Poland

Grazing management practices 27 Lessons on Peste des Petits Ruminants

Disease Study of Sheep and Goats in the Rangelands of East Africa George Gitao, Kenya

29 Mosaic Irrigation - a Viable Option for North Australian Beef Enterprises? Neil MacLeod, Australia

31 A Possible Way Forward with Pimelea Poisoning in Australian Rangelands Richard Silcock, Australia

33 Does Grazing Management Matter in the Arid Koup Region of the Karoo, South Africa? Nelmarie Saayman, South Africa

35 Grazing Strategy Effects on Herbage Utilization, Production, and Animal Performance on Nebraska Sandhills Meadow Jerry Volesky, United States

37 Effect of Utilization on Above Ground Biomass in Mongolian Rangeland Otgontuya Lkhagvajav, Mongolia

39 Stocking Rate and Grazing Systems Change the Relationship Between Sheep Live Weight Gain and ANPP, Pant Diversity of Alpine Meadow in Tibetan Plateau, China Wang Yingxin, China

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41 Diet Composition, Voluntary Feed Intake and Distance Walked by Grazing Sheep in a Protected and Open Rangeland, North Kordofan, Sudan Mohammed Fatur, Sudan

43 Role of Area Enclosure as a Tool for Woody Species Rehabilitation in a Highland Grazing Lands of Eastern Zone of Tigray, Ethiopia Gebrewahd Amha Abesha, Ethiopia

45 Overgrazing and Stocking of Alpine Meadow in Mongolia Bolormaa Damdinsuren, Mongolia

47 Effects of Mob Grazing with Sheep in Winter or Spring on Green-up and Reproductive Effort of Poa ligularis in Northern Patagonia Clara Fariña, Argentina

49 Characteristics and Productivity of Rangelands in Farish District (Uzbekistan) Tolibjon Mukimov, Uzbekistan

51 Involvement of the Population in the Forest-Rangeland Management in Morocco Moukrim Said, Morocco

53 Animal-to-Land Relationship and Individual Gain of Beef Heifers Managed in Natural Grasslands of Pampa Biome – A Meta-Analysis Emerson Soares, Brazil

55 The Where and Why of Livestock Movement Patterns: Understanding Herder Decision-Making in an Agropastoral Context Megan Mcsherry, United States

57 Grazing and N-Amendment Impacts on Soil Nitrate-N Supply Rate Vern Baron, Canada

59 Physiological Characteristics, Root Mass and Crude Protein of Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu Under Inoculation or Nitrogen Fertilization Vera Banys, Brazil

61 Morphological Characteristics of Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu Inoculated or Nitrogen Fertilized. Ana Luisa Castro, Brazil

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63 A Time Series Analysis of Goats Foraging Behavior in a Semi-Natural Grassland: A Preliminary Report Masato Yayota, Japan

65 Grazing Management for Tree Recruitment on Pastoral Land Kenneth Hodgkinson, Australia

67 Range Reference Areas: Monitoring Vegetation in the Presence and Absence of Livestock Grazing Don Gayton, Canada

69 Use of Alternative Pastures on Dry Land Farms in New Zealand to Promote Heifer Growth Penny Back, New Zealand

71 Dynamics and Distribution of Grazed Patches under Different Stocking Strategies in Tropical Savanna Rangelands of Australia Milou Dekkers, Australia

73 Feeding Behavior of Steers on Natural Grasslands of Southern Brazil Bruna Faria, Brazil

75 Nutritional Groups of Herbaceous Species from the Pampas Grasslands Teresa Genro, Brazil

77 Bird Responses to Grasslands Under Glyphosate Applications in the Flooding Pampas, Argentina Mariano Codesido, Argentina

79 Effects of Short Duration, High Density Stocking on Soil Properties and Plant Species Composition of a Mesic Grassland in South Africa Sindiso Chamane, South Africa

81 Effects of Rest Period of Herbage Production and Botanic Composition in a Native Pasture. Ramiro Zanoniani, Uruguay

83 Morphogenetic and Structural Characteristics of Marandu Grass Inoculated and Fertilized with Nitrogen Vera Banys, Brazil

85 Tillering of Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu Inoculated with Azospirillum brasilense or Fertilized with Nitrogen Ana Luisa Castro, Brazil

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87 Tradeoffs between Vegetation Management Goals and Livestock Production under Adaptive Grazing Management David Augustine, United States

89 The Potential Use of Landsat Images to Discriminate Different Forage Allowances on Natural Grasslands of Southern Brazil Carolina Bremm, Brazil

91 Monitoring the Grazing Activities of Cattle on Clover-Based Pasture in Northern Japan Yumiko Suzuki, Japan

93 Grazing-Driven Soil Erosion in Sandy Rangelands of Kyzylkum Desert in Uzbekistan Toshpulot Rajabov, Uzbekistan

95 Tan Sheep Grazing Effects on Productivity of Typical Steppe on Loess Plateau Wang Zhaofeng, China

97 Grazing Management Practices in Api Nampa Conservation Area Nathu Prasad Chaudhary, Nepal

99 Response in Structure Vegetation of Campos to Herbage Allowance and Nitrogen Fertilization Pablo Boggiano, Uruguay

101 Cows and Clearcutting: How Can We Manage Both in an Aspen Forest? Marika Cameron, Canada

103 Pastureland Change Study in Mongolia Using Advanced RS Technique Amarsaikhan Damdinsuren, Mongolia

105 Evaluation of 7 Annual Forages for Fall Stockpiled Grazing in Beef Cattle Brittainy Hewitt, Canada

107 The Effect of Grazing and Browsing on Aspen Forest Sites in Central British Columbia Francis Njenga, Canada

109 Compensatory Growth of Leymus chinensis in Response to Clipping under Saline-Alkali Addition Conditions Yingzhi Gao, China

Genetic resources and forage development 111 Species Resources of Manitoba’s Vanished

Prairies Douglas Cattani, Canada

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113 Lulu Cattle (Bos taurus L.): An Unique High Altitude Livestock Breed in Rangelands of Nepal Saroj Sapkota, Nepal

115 Goat Raisers’ Acceptability and Willingness to Pay for Baled Hay in the Philippines Maria Excelsis Orden, Philippines

117 Effect of Seed Size on Sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.) Agronomic Performance and Seed Germination Surendra Bhattarai, Canada

119 Nutritive Value and Anthelmintic Properties of Selected Leguminous Shrubs and Trees for Goats Edgar Orden, Philippines

121 Forage Yield of North American and Eurasian Wheatgrass Species in Central Canada Bill Biligetu, Canada

123 Effect of Drying Methods on Condensed Tannin Concentration and Nutritive Value of Purple and White Prairie Clovers Edmund Sottie, Canada

125 Potential of Stockpiled Perennial Forage Species for Fall and Winter Grazing in the Canadian Great Plains Region Xinhui Peng, Canada

127 The Potential of Silver Thicket (Euphorbia stenoclada Baill.) as Dry Season Supplement Feed for Pastoral Herds in Southwestern Madagascar Eva Schlecht, Germany

129 Morpho-Phenological Characterization and Seed Set Enhancement in Sehima nervosum cv. Bundel Saen Ghas- 1 Vijay Dunna, India

131 Performance of Beef Cattle in a Cultivated Legume-Grass Pasture in Brazilian Savannah Gustavo Braga, Brazil

133 Zootechnical Value of Halophytes Communities Post- Exclusion to Grazing in Flooding Pampa, Argentina Victor R.A. Bolaños, Argentina

135 Eco-Physiological Characteristics of Two Native Forage Species of the Canadian Prairies Nityananda Khanal, Canada

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137 Overexpression of Medicago sativa TMT Improves Alfalfa Nutritional Qualities Hongwen Gao, China

139 Ratio of Seed Yield to Nitrogen Loss, an Effective Approach for Assessing Nitrogen Benefits and Risks in Perennial Grasses Seed Production in Semi-Arid Regions Junfeng Wang, China

Poster Session B. Ecological Goods and Services of Rangelands and Pasturelands

Nutritional links from soil to plant to livestock to people

141 Growth Response of West African Dwarf Sheep Fed Guinea Grass Substituted with Mulberry Oluwatosin Bode Omotoso, Nigeria

143 Modeling of Radioactive Cesium Dynamics on Japanese Semi-Natural Grassland Mikinori Tsuiki, Japan

145 Soil-Vegetation Relationship in North African Saline Rangelands: The Case of a Salt Steppe in Tunisia Ghassen Chaieb, France

147 Ficus thonningii Silvopastures an Indigenous Innovation for Livelihood Improvement, Climate Change Adaptation and Environmental Resilience in Northern Ethiopia Mulubrhan Balehegn Gebremikael, Ethiopia

149 Effect of Tanniniferous Acacia karroo Leaf Meal Inclusion Level on Feed Intake, Digestibility and Live Weight Gain of Pedi Goats Fed Seteria verticillata Grass Hay-Based Diet David Brown, South Africa

151 Effect of Varying Levels of Phosphorus Fertilizer Application on Mineral Composition of Centrosema Pubescens in the Derived Savannah Zone of Nigeria Olusola Aderinola, Nigeria

153 Natural Occurrence and Grazing Impact of Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhizae (VAM) Associated Medicinal Plants in Free Range Lands of Tamil Nadu, India Marudhu Ramachandran Murugesan, India

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155 Effect of Grazing System on the Carcass Characteristics of Yunnan Long-Ling Yellow Goats Hail-Ling Luo, China

157 Chemical Composition of Seasonal Pasture in High Mountain Zone Bolormaa Damdinsuren, Mongolia

159 Influence of Level of Pasture Feeding on Breeding Quality of Young Karakul Sheep in Uzbekistan Dilnoza Parmanova, Uzbekistan

161 The Importance of the "Montado" Ecosystem in the Fat Quality of "Alentejano" Pig Eduarda Potes, Portugal

163 Biogeochemical processes of Flooding Pampa rangeland are affected by the use of glyphosate Adriana Rodríguez, Argentina

165 Rangeland and Goat Foraging Behaviour at Ebelo Amboasary in Southern of Madagascar Arsene Randrianarivloseheno, France

167 Chemical Composition of Animal Feed and Demand of Feed Supplement in Mongolian Livestock Altantsetseg Lhaamaa, Mongolia

169 Livestock Grazing Increases Litter Decomposition of Plant Species across Alberta Rangelands Xiaozhu Chuan, Canada

171 Methane Suppression and Larval Migration Inhibition by Bauhinia cheilantha Fed to Sheep Grazing at Four Forage Allowances Mercia Santos, Brazil

173 Crude Protein and Phenol Precipitated Protein from Desmanthus pernambucanus (L.) Thellung Submitted to Different Harvesting Regimes Mercia Santos, Brazil

175 Biomass Yield and Nutritional Value of Taiwan Grass (Cenchrus Purpureus Schum.) Morrone at Three Cutting Frequencies Claudia Wilson, Mexico

177 Anatomical Structure of Leaves, Originating from the Use of Annual and Perennial Pasture and Forage Plants Grown in the Desert Steppe of Mongolia Shinekhuu Tumurjaw, Mongolia

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179 Supplementation with Baked Rapeseed Causes Reduction of Methane Emissions from Feedlot Growing Yak (Bos grunniens) Lizhuang Hao, China

181 The Diversity of Fungi Associated with Oxytropis kansuensis Among Three Locations in China Baoyu Zhao, China

183 Nutritive Value and Condensed Tannin Concentration of some Tropical Legumes Edmund Sottie, Canada

185 Performance of Hortipasture Land Use System at Farmers Field in Bundelkhand Regions of India Rajiv Agrawal, India

187 Degradation Parameters and Crude Protein Fractions in Mature Tobosagrass Rangeland Carlos Villalobos, United States

189 Beyond Ad Hoc Debates: A General Equilibrium Model Incorporating Taro Takahashi, UK

Carbon sequestration in rangelands 191 Environmental Services of Montado

Ecosystem José Potes, Portugal

193 Carbon Sequestration Potentials of Semi-Arid Rangelands under Traditional Management Practices in Borana, Southern Ethiopia Bikila Negasa Gilo, Ethiopia

195 Carbon Sequestration in Silvipastoral Systems in Arid and Semi-arid India Murari Roy, India

197 Carbon Sequestration in Themeda triandra and Heteropogon contortus Dominated Grazing Lands of Tamil Nadu, in South India Koildhasan Manoharan, India

199 Effects of Hot Water, Acid and Mechanical Scarifications on Seedling Emergence and Early Growth of Leucaena leucocephala Muhammad Rusdy, Indonesia

201 Effects of Grazing Disturbance on the Size and Quality of Soil Organic C Reservoir in Arid Rangelands of the Patagonian Monte, Argentina Cecilia Larreguy, Argentina

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203 Impact of Grazing Management on GHG Emissions Intensity for Canadian Beef Production Systems Using Life Cycle Analysis Aklilu Alemu, Canada

205 Exclusion as Soil Organic Carbon Restoring Strategy in Halophyte Grasslands in the Flooding Pampa, Argentina Victor R.A. Bolaños, Argentina

207 Productivity and Transfer Dynamics of Tropical Grassland of Western Ghats, Kodayar, Tamil Nadu Karuppiah Karunaichamy, India

209 Ecosystem-Level Carbon Stock Assessment in Two Savannah Ecosystems of Western Ghats, India SM Sundarapandian, India

211 Intra-Annual Variability of the Greenhouse Gas Balance of a Sylvo-Pastoral Ecosystem in Semi-Arid West Africa Mohamed Habibou Assouma, France

213 No Difference in Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Grazed and Non-Grazed Temperate Grassland Soils Cameron Carlyle, Canada

215 Soil Carbon Change under Tropical, Subtropical and Native Grasses in SE Australia Bezaye Tessema, Australia

217 Designing Dynamic Model for Sustainable Management of Rangeland Ecosystems: A Case Study of Arid Rangelands of Iran Mohammad Ali Zare Chahouki, Iran

219 Stock and Quality of Carbon in High Andean Wetlands Angela León, Peru

Water supply and quality 221 Leaching of Nitrate from Grassland in Ireland

Abdulfatah Aboufayed, Libya 223 Hydrologic Response to Restoration in

Rangelands of Northern Mexico Carlos Ochoa, United States

225 Effects of Rehabilitating Degraded Rangelands on Pastures and Water Quality Trevor Hall, Australia

227 Nutrient Loss in Snowmelt Runoff from Cattle Winter Bale-Grazing Sites Barbara Cade-Menun, Canada

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Wildlife habitat for endangered species 229 Grass Vegetation Dynamics of Vettangudi

Wildlife Habitat Ponds, Southern India Dorai Pandian Kannan, India

231 Diversity, Floristic Richness and Evenness of a Natural Grassland in Uruguay Valeria Cejas Pena, Uruguay

233 Seed Morphology and Anatomy of Haloxylon ammodendron Bge. C.A.Mey (Amaranthaceae) Binderiya Gonchigdorj, Mongolia

235 The Structure of Coenpopulation of Lagochilus vvedenskyi (Lamiaceae) in Kyzylkum Desert Akbar Akhmedov, Uzbekistan

237 Ecosystem Integrity Index: A New Tool for Ecosystem Services Evaluation in Livestock Production Systems Oscar Blumetto, Uruguay

239 Effects of Cattle on Bees in Alberta’s Rangelands Ashton Sturm, Canada

Grazing management practices 241 Effect of the Different Plants on Community

Stability for Slope Protection in Inner Mongolia, China Jian-guang Wang, China

Tuesday, July 19 (16:30 – 18:00) Poster Session C. The People of the Grasslands Changes to pastoral systems around the globe

2 Eleven Years Change in Plant Species Presence in Mongolian Rangelands: Desert and Desert Steppe Zone Dennis Sheehy, United States

4 Eleven Years Change in Plant Species Presence in Mongolian Rangelands: Forest Steppe and Steppe Zone Daalkhaijav Damiran, Canada

6 Eleven Years Change in Ground Cover Attributes of Mongolian Rangelands Daalkhaijav Damiran, Canada

8 Voicing Pastoralism Though Integrative Advocacy: Experiences and Lessons Learned from Ethiopia Tezera Getahun Tiruneh, Ethiopia

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10 Present State of Desert Pastures of Uzbekistan Bekhzod Adilov, Uzbekistan

12 Anthropogenic Exploitation of Grazing Lands in the Eastern Ghats of India Bhuvan Sakthivel, India

14 Mediating and Moderating Factors for Positive Social Outcomes of Community-Based Rangeland Management in Mongolia Tungalag Ulambayar, Mongolia

16 Pastures Need People to Manage them Jorge Santos, Brazil

18 A Critical Assessment of Regulatory/Policy Framework for Nomadic Livestock in West Africa Thomas Agyekum Kyeremeh, Ghana

20 Enabling Environment for Pastoralists by Bridging Practice and Policies Andreas Jenet, Belgium

22 Features of Using Pastureland and Soil Fertility in Mongolia Altantsetseg Bazarragchaa, Mongolia

24 Collaborative Management of Natural Resource: The Indigenous Community Contributions Towards Sustainability of Common Use Pasture in Mongolia Tserendash Sainkhuu, Mongolia

Privately owned and leased rangeland systems 26 Rangeland Leasing and Its Results – Mongolia

Boloroo Nayanbaatar, Mongolia

Changes to pastoral systems around the globe 28 Promoting the Value of Cattle Grazing and

Ecosystem Services on Open Space through Curriculum and Interpretative Trail Signage Stephanie Larson, United States

30 Economic Valuation for Improving the High Andean Wetlands Ecosystem around Huaraz City, Peru Enrique Flores, Peru

Professional extension and technology-transfer 32 Two Different Approaches to Maintain the

Genetic Purity of Forage Cultivars in Italy Renzo Torricelli, Italy

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34 Improving Producer Profitability and Rangeland Management through Professional Extension Methodology and Technology Transfer in the Australian Gulf Savannas Bernie English, Australia

36 Teaching the Word “Waterponding” and “Waterspreading” Aus. Aid Style Ray Thompson, Australia

38 What Have We Learned from Rancher Surveys in the Western US? Preliminary Results of a Systematic Review Maria Fernandez- Gimenez, United States

40 Improving Equine Pastures through Evaluation and Education Krista Lea, United States

42 Attendance at National Agronomy Competition Leads to Career Opportunities for Undergraduates Krista Lea, United States

44 The Ranching Sustainability Self-Assessment Project Royce Larsen, United States

46 Monitoring Regenerative Landscapes for a Sustainable Future Dana Kelly, Australia

48 The Effects of Cutting Roots Vertically on the Leymus chinensis Communities Man Jing, China

50 Principles of Standardization Demonstration Ranches to Increase Grassland Sustainability in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Lihua Tian, China

52 Quality Graze Steer Challenge - Engaging Pastoralists in Central Australia Pieter Conradie, Australia

54 A Practical Guide to Evaluate Operative Efficiency of Mexican Cattle Ranches/Ejidos Ricardo Vásquez, Mexico

Social justice issues in rangelands 56 Will Mongolia`s Herders Disappear within 10

Years? Bayarmaa Enkhbayar, Mongolia

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58 Protecting Pastoral Granaries: An Application of the FAO Resilience Model among Households in Northern Kenya Patrick Watete, Kenya

60 A Grazing System Using Solar-Powered Electric Fence to Expand Rangeland Productivity Hossein Arzani, Iran

62 Participatory Rangeland Management as an Approach for Securing Rights to Resources in Rangelands: Experiences from Ethiopia Fiona Flintan, Ethiopia

Poster Session D. Multiple Use of Rangelands

Energy development and reclamation of industrial disturbances

64 Access Mats Reduce Mixedgrass Prairie Soil Physical Responses to Industrial Traffic Kassia James, Canada

66 Switchgrass Quality and Biomass Suitability over Fertilizer Type and Rate and Maturity S. Ray Smith, United States

68 Contrasting Access Mats and Conventional Powerline Construction Impacts on Mixedgrass Vegetation Seyedeh Faezeh Najafi, Canada

70 Energetic Potential of some Pastoral Alien Species in Semi Desert Rangelands of Uzbekistan Nilufar Vakhabova, Uzbekistan

72 Carbon Sequestration in Rangeland of Potowar in Pakistan Mohammad Umar Farooq, Pakistan

Fire management and restoration in rangelands 74 Reclamation of Gullies in the Arid Karoo

Region of South Africa Stefan Theron, South Africa

76 Compounds in Plant-Derived Smoke Affect Seed Germination Lei Ren, Canada

78 Application of the Sample Point Photo Monitoring Methods in Mongolia for Monitoring Short Term Grazing Management Impacts Nyamochir Ganhuyag, Mongolia

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80 Can Degraded Rangeland in Mongolia be Restored through Better Management? Burmaa Dashbal, Mongolia

82 Waterponding the Rangelands Ray Thompson, Australia

84 Wildfires Cause Long-Term Plant Community Conversion in a Western Great Plains Steppe Lauren Porensky, United States

86 Burning and Growing Season Influences on a Semi-Arid Grassland Tanner Broadbent, Canada

88 Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Fires in Open Vegetation of Insular South-East Asia Eddie van Etten, Australia

90 Grass Morphology and Fire Naledi Zama, South Africa

92 Seasonal Effects of Fire and Defoliation on Purple Threeawn (Aristida purpurea) Forage Quality Leobardo Richarte, United States

94 Seasonal Effects of Fire and Defoliation on Purple Threeawn (Aristida purpurea) Total Non-Structural Carbohydrates Concentration and Mortality Leobardo Richarte, United States

96 Effect of Drought; Clipping and Fire on Purple Threeawn (Aristida purpurea) Survival Carlos Villalobos, United States

98 Restoration of Steppes in Algeria: Case of the Stipa Tenacissima L. Steppe Halima Kadi-Hanifi, Algeria

100 Ecosystem Restoration on Interior British Columbia’s Dry Forests Ecosystems Perry Grilz, Canada

Cropland abandonment, revegetation with perennial forages, and re-used as rangeland

102 Investigation of Chemical Essential Oil Components of Thymus Kotschyanus in Zagheh Area (Lorestan Province) Ali Ariapour, Iran

104 Support for Survival and Sustenance to the Marginalised People from the Semi-Arid Lands of Southern Districts of Tamil Nadu, India Murugesan Ramamoorthy, India

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106 Can Legumes ‘Stem the Tide’ of Pasture Rundown? Colin Paton, Australia

108 Possible Rehabilitation Methods of Abandoned Croplands in the Cederberg Mountains, South Africa Nelmarie Saayman, South Africa

110 Stratification Need of Hierochloe odorata Douglas Cattani, Canada

112 The Effect of Film Coating on Sideoats Grama “Bouteloua curtipendula” Masoume Amirkhani, United States

114 Dry Matter Production and Water Use of Winter Wheat/Forage Catch Crop Rotation Systems on the Loess Plateau, China Zikui Wang, China

116 Forage Production and Quality of Summer Sown Forage Crop After Spring Wheat in the Loess Plateau, China Zikui Wang, China

118 Vegetation Patterns of Different Managements in Natural Grasslands of Pampa Biome Fernando Furquim, Brazil

Invasive species impacts and management in rangelands

120 Assessment of Rangeland Rehabilitation Using Ground Based Photo Monitoring (GBPM) Tool: The Case of Didahara, in Southern Ethiopia Desalegn Yayeh Ayal, Ethiopia

122 Grasses and Shrubs Species Composition and Abundance in Opuntia humifusa Invaded Semi – Arid Rangeland Grazed by Sheep and Cattle Herds Lukas Chipfupa, South Africa

124 Effect of Silvicultural Thinning and Prescribed Burning on Bush Invasion in South Ethiopia Getachew Gebru Tegegn, Ethiopia

126 The Monitoring of Woody Plant Succession in a Rural Area, Mafikeng (NWP), with Special Reference to the Perceptions of Local Residents Towards Environmental Change Tshegofatso Sebitloane, South Africa

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128 Elaeagnus angustifolia Colonization and Herbaceous Succession in Mid Valley Riparian Areas Guadalupe Klich, Argentina

130 Scheduling Cattle Grazing Considering the Offer and the Nutritive Value of the Invader Elaeagnus angustifolia Guadalupe Klich, Argentina

132 Landscape Assessment of Euryops floribundus Invasion in the Communally Used Grasslands of South Africa and Impacts on Herbaceous and Soil Layer Solomon Beyene, South Africa

134 Changes in Species Richness in Response to Seasonal Grazing Pressure Gantuya Jargalsaikhan, Mongolia

136 Effect of Environmental Factors on Decreasers, Increaser and Invading Species Dominant and Distribution the Semi-Steppe Grasslands in North of Iran Mousa Akbarlou, Iran

138 Disturbances Effects in a Temperate Grassland of the Flooding Pampa, Argentina Bárbara Heguy, Argentina

140 Environmental Management of a Military Training Area in North Eastern Australia Robert Norman Shepherd, Australia

142 Effects of Associated Pod Quality on Seed Recovery and Germination of Dichrostachys cinerea and Acacia tortilis Fed Ruminants Piet Monegi, South Africa

144 Supplementation with Digitaria eriantha Hay and Protein Licks Increases Bite Rate of Acacia karroo by Goats Michael Mokwala, South Africa

146 Effectiveness of Burning and Glyphosate in Enhancing Seeding Establishment in Agropyron cristatum John Hendrickson, United States

148 Characterization of the Genetic Structure of a Poisonous Grass Oxytropis ochrocephala by SSR Markers Wei He, China

150 Vegetation, Soil, and Groundwater Interactions in Western-Juniper Dominated Landscapes Carlos Ochoa, United States

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152 Application of Remote Sensing Techniques for Detection of Hypochaeris radicata L. Yumiko Suzuki, Japan

154 Preliminary Framework for Mapping and Monitoring Invasive Weeds in the Savanna Grasslands of Western Highlands – Cameroon Mairomi Harry Wirngo, Cameroon

156 Bromus tectorum Abundance on Northern Great Plains Foothills Rangelands is Related to Disturbance, Vegetation Diversity, and Site Characteristics Craig Carr, United States

158 Impacts of Mowing Treatments on Bromus inermis Belowground Bud Bank Lan Xu, United States

160 Predicting the Potential Distribution of Eupatorium adenophorum in Response to Climate Change in China Huilong Lin, China

162 Growth Rates and Mortality Patterns of an Encroaching Woody Species in an Arid Savanna in Namibia. A Need to Revisit Perceptions? David Joubert, Namibia

164 Gap Size between Perennial Herbs as an Index of Cattle Grazing Impact across Rangelands of the Great Basin Sagebrush Steppe Lea Condon, United States

166 Productivity Dynamics and Management Implications in Southeast Misiones Grasslands Maria Belen Rossner, Argentina

168 Behavior of Four Vegetation Parameters of Fodder Shrubs in a Silvopastoral System Luis Lauro, Mexico

Wildlife conflicts and commercial wildlife utilization opportunities

170 Response of Vegetation to the Increase in Guanaco Density after Sheep Removal in North-Eastern Victoria Rodriguez, Argentina

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Thursday and Friday, July 21-22 (16:30 – 18:00) Poster Session E. Range and Forage of High Latitudes and Altitudes

1 Site Selection of Melica persica for Rangeland Improvement by AHP and GIS (Mahidasht Sanjabi Basin, Kermanshah Province, Iran) Ali Ariapour, Iran

2 Investigation of Vegetations of Protected and Grazed Areas Fronting on Different Directions in Alpine Pastures Yavuz Selim Karakuş, Turkey

3 Integrated Approach to Cheatgrass Suppression on Great Basin Rangelands Charlie Clements, United States

4 The Effect of Bio-digester Slurry on Chemical Composition of Napier Fodder at Different Growth Stages Joseph Baloyi, South Africa

5 Understanding Milking Performance of Transhumant Cattle × Yak Hybrids Grazing High Altitude Rangelands in The Eastern Himalaya Shanker Raj Barsila, Nepal

6 An Analysis of Seasonal Pattern Variation in the Diet of Free Range and Herded Livestock on a High Altitude Island in the Kamiesberg, Namaqualand, South Africa Igshaan Samuels, South Africa

7 What the Bioindicators Exhibit in the Damavand Rangelands in Alborz Mt. (Iran)? Mohammad Hassan Jouri, Iran

8 Estimate of the Intake, Diet Composition, and Digestibility of Sheep Grazing on Typical Inner Mongolian Steppe Changqing Li, China

9 Biological Performance Evaluation of Astragalus adsurgent (var. Telmen-1) Seed in Forest-Steppe Zone of Mongolia Udval Gombosuren, Mongolia

10 Opportunities and Constraints to Implement Rangeland Policy, 2012 in Api Nampa Conservation Area Nathu Prasad Chaudhary, Nepal

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11 Effect of Glyphosate on Forage Dry Matter Yield, Nutritional Content, and Drying Time of Oat and Barley Harvested as Yellowfeed Allan Foster, Canada

12 Cross-border Analysis of Biomass Availability and Stocking Densities on Seasonal Pastures in the Chinese-Mongolian Altay-Dzungarian Region Eva Schlecht, Germany

13 Affects in Rangeland Productivity, High Mountain Area Lkhagvasuren Davaasambuu, Mongolia

14 Economy and Biology of Local Fodder Plant Varieties Cultivated from Natural Wild Population Sukhbaatar Purevjav, Mongolia

15 Suckler Cow Efficiency in Specialized Norwegian Beef Production Systems Leif Jarle Asheim, Norway

16 Effects of Diet Mixing and Supplementation on Intake of Tannin-Rich Plants by Goats Ntuthuko Mkhize, South Africa

17 Conceptual Framework and Methodology for Estimating the Health of High Andean Wetlands Enrique Flores, Peru

18 Effects of Grazing on Plant C, N, P Stoichiometry in an Alpine Meadow on the Tibetan Plateau Decao Niu, China

19 Aboveground Net Primary Production in High Altitude Pastures on the Tibetan Plateau Aya Nishiwaki, Japan

20 Dynamics of Plant Community Succession on Plateau Zokor Mound in Subalpine Meadow in Tibetan Plateau Yuying Shen, China

21 Indicator Species of Different Managements in Natural Grasslands of Pampa Biome Fernando Furquim, Brazil

22 Soil Characteristics on the Hulunbeier Meadow Steppe under Different Grazing Intensities - A Case from the Steppe around a Herdsmen's Settlement Wang Mingjiu, China

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23 Effect of Litter on the Vegetation of the Desert Steppe in Inner Mongolia Mengli Zhao, China

Poster Session F. Climate Change in Rangelands

Plant adaptations to climate change 24 Performance of ‘Climate Smart’ Grass

(Pennisetum pedicellatum) as Affected by Altitude and Harvesting Days in Ethiopia Bimrew Asmare, Ethiopia

25 Abiotic Stress Responses in Stipa sibirica (L) Altanzaya Tovuu, Mongolia

26 The Role of Bioinformatics’ Approaches to Survey the Altitudinal Rangeland Hotspots Mohammad Hassan Jouri, Iran

27 Leaf Epidermal Features of some Rangeland Species of Kovilpatti Makesh Kumar Balakumar, India

28 Forage Production of Some Native Species in Dry and Wet Year in the Semi-Arid Prairie Ecoregion, Saskatchewan Canada Mostafa Serajchi, Canada

29 The Effects of Climatic Fluctuations on Vegetative Cover and Production Case Study: The Rangeland of Taleghan Research Station (Iran) Diana Askarizadeh, Iran

30 Effect of Soil Moisture on Grass Yield of Typical Steppe in China Jun Zhang, China

31 Diversity of Soil Microfauna Community in Different Salinity Habitats of the Songnen Grasslands Xiuqin Yin, China

32 Resilience of Steppe Vegetation After a Dryness Cycle in Algeria (Example of Hadj Mechri Commune in the Laghouat Wilaya) Simon Taugourdeau, Algeria

33 Interactions between Microorganisms and Plant Genotype Affect Soil Carbon Under Drought Conditions Vahab Nazeri, Canada

34 Heat Waves Reduce Ecosystem Carbon Sink Strength in a Eurasian Meadow Steppe Jixun Guo, China

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Livestock and grazing system adaptations to climate change

35 Foot and Mouth Disease Patterns in the North-Eastern Rangelands of Keny George Gitao, Africa

36 Isotopic Signatures of Vegetation Change on Northern Mixed Grass Prairie Matt Sanderson, United States

37 They Know Let’s Ask Them: Climate Change Variability and Households Adoption Strategies in Ghana’s Rangeland Isaac Nunoo, Ghana

38 Plant Species Composition Change in South Gobi Region of Mongolia Tsogoo Damdin, Mongolia

39 Climate Change Adaptation Strategies by Pastoralists Along an Aridity Gradient in Southern Africa Mogamat Igshaan Samuels, South Africa

40 Economic Impacts of Increased Seasonal Precipitation Variation on Cow/Calf Producers John Ritten, United States

41 Capturing Climate Change Knowledge of Pastoralists in Semi-Arid Rangelands of South Africa Khululiwe Ntombela, South Africa

42 Pastoral Land Use and Management Strategies Under the Changing Climate: The Case of Pastoral Farmers of Narok County, Kenya Paul Katiku, Kenya

43 A Resilience-Based Management System for Mongolian Rangelands Bulgamaa Densambuu, Mongolia

44 Strategies for Genetic Improvement of Cattle in the North Patagonian Rangelands Graciela Noemi Yaful, Argentina

45 Drought and Animal Health Status Impacts on Cattle Rangeland Management in North Patagonia, Argentina Graciela Noemi Yaful, Argentina

46 Avoided Clearing of Vegetation; A New Business in Australia's Rangeland Kenneth Hodgkinson, Australia

47 Simulated Results of Grazing Effects on Soil Organic Carbon in Mongolian Rangelands Erdenetsetseg Baasandai, Mongolia

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48 Effect of Climatic Anomalies on the Productivity of a Modified Rangeland in the Flooding Pampa, Argentina Lorena Agnelli, Argentina

49 Regional Co-Design and Co-Production of Research and Management Actions to Support Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Managing Natural Resources in the Northern Great Plains Dennis Ojima, United States

50 Impact of Climate Change on Livestock Keepers Livelihoods in Usangu in Mbeya Region, Tanzania Conrad Ndomba, Tanzania

51 Use of Socio-Economic Indicators in Ecosystem Services of Natural Grassland of Pampa Biome in Southern Brazil Daniela Schossler, Brazil

52 Ecosystem Services at Two Farms of Pampa Biome Using the “Toolkit for Ecosystem Service-Site- Based Assessment” Methodology Daniela Schossler, Brazil

53 In Vitro Methane Production of Plants Species from the Pampa Biome in Southern Brazil Teresa Genro, Brazil

54 Economic and Environmental Performance Assessment of Beef Cattle Production Systems on Natural Grassland in Southern Brazil Jorge Santos, Brazil

55 Impact of Nitrapyrin, N-(N-Butyl)-Thiophosphoric Triamide (NBPT) and Dicyandiamide (DCD) on Reducing N2O Emission from Cow Urine on a Tame Pasture Xiying Hao, Canada

56 Remote Sensing Estimates of Rangeland Ecosystems Primary Production: A Case in The Central Highlands of Peru Javier Naupari, Peru

57 Comprehensive Risk Assessment of the Snow Disaster in Qinghai Province Xiaodong Huang, China

58 Experience from Rangeland Management from Tadjikistan Carola von Morstein, Germany

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59 Subsurface Recycling Irrigation of Perennial Dairy Pasture in Maritime Canada Alan Fredeen, Canada

Water supply and quality impacts from climate change

60 Effects of Climate Change on Precipitation and Rainfall Erosivity during 21st Century Diana Askarizadeh, Iran

Modeling future human and climate change in arid and semi-arid areas

61 Theatre as a Sustainable Communication Tool in Addressing Climate Change Impact on Affected Communities Dinah Mawutor Agbayizah, Ghana

Poster Session G. Grazing Land Assessment & Management in a High-Tech World

Technology in land resource data acquisition and modeling

62 Plant Species Identification Via Drone Images in an Arid Shrubland David Gallacher, UAE

63 The use of the Double-sampling Procedure and the Dry Weight Rank Method (DWR) for Herbage mass and Composition Determination Bashir Zahran, Sudan

64 Insight into Sediment Transport Processes on Saline Rangeland Hillslopes Using Three-Dimensional Soil Microtopography Changes Sayjro Nouwakpo, United States

65 Parameterization of Erodibility in the Rangeland Hydrolgy and Erosion Model Osama Al-Hamdan, United States

66 Rangeland Runoff and Soil Erosion Database Jason Nesbit, United States

67 Water-Use-Efficiency of Southern African Rangelands: What Does it Reveal about Pattern and Process? Anthony Palmer, South Africa

68 Assessment of Desertification Using Remote Sensing Data, Evaluating Environmental Variables and their Correlation on Local Scale in Mongolia Munkhnasan Lamchin, Korea

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69 Estimating Forage Biomass in a Scrubland Using Digital Photography and Reflectance Aldo Sales, United States

70 Animal Unit of Grazing Animal Hossein Arzani, Iran

71 Is Adaptive Management Based on Plant Underground Biomass Relevant in Mongolian Grazing Systems? A Resilience-Based Modeling Exploration Frédéric Joly, France

72 A Vegetation Map for the Land Use Planning of the Southernmost Rangelands of the World: The Steppes of Tierra Del Fuego Juan Anchorena, Argentina

73 Plant/Life Form Considerations in the Rangeland Hydrology and Erosion Model (RHEM) Kennneth Spaeth, United States

74 Evaluating the Grazing Response Index for Use in Western Canada Wendy Gardner, Canada

75 Microarthropod Fauna in Grasslands of Arid Western Plain of India Sharmila Roy, India

76 Relationship between Forage Mass and Canopy Height in Natural Grasslands: A Meta-Analytical Study Emerson Soares, Brazil

77 Monitoring Technology for Semi-Arid Rangelands: the MARAS System Gabriel Oliva, Argentina

78 The Rangeland Vegetation Simulator: A User-Driven System for Quantifying Production, Succession, Disturbance and Fuels in Non-Forest Environments Matt Reeves, United States

79 Correlation Analysis between Vegetation Evaporation, Meteorological Factors and Community Characteristics in Stipa breviflora Desert Steppe Yin Guo-mei, China

80 Determination of Green Biomass Ratio in Desert Steppe Using MODIS-Based Vegetation Index Hongrui Ren, China

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81 Areal Changes in Gully Erosion along the Burdekin River Frontage in North-Eastern Australia Robert Norman Shepherd, Australia

82 The Dry-Weight-Rank Technique of Botanical Analysis: An Often Overlooked Technique Kevin Kirkman, South Africa

83 Data-Driven Ranch Management: A Vision for Sustainable Ranching Corey Moffet, United States

84 Camera Traps as a Tool to Estimate Grazing Intensity and Effects on Rangeland Health and Biodiversity Cameron Carlyle, Canada

85 Assessing Vegetation Productivity Across Rangelands of Southeastern Arizona Using Machine Learning Guillermo E. Ponce- Campos, United States

86 Remote Sensing Biomass Estimation from Permanent Monitoring Sites Located in Chihuahua, Mexico Alfredo Pinedo, Mexico

87 Grazing Land Degradation Study in Mongolia Using Advanced GIS-Based Modelling Technique Amarsaikhan Damdinsuren, Mongolia

88 Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Radiation Use Efficiency in Semi-arid Shrublands of La Rioja (Argentina) Lisandro Blanco, Argentina

89 Ecological Risk Assessment of the Alpine Grassland in the Eastern Tibetan Plateau Based on Remote Sensing Technology Wenlong Li, China

90 Oceanic Nino Index Driven Variability in Vegetation Index Values in Arid and Semi-Arid Ecosystems of Central Asia Dildora Aralova, Uzbekistan

Technology in social and psychological data acquisition and modeling

91 Adaptive Grazing Management for Multiple Ecosystem Goods and Services: Does it Enhance Effective Decision-Making? Hailey Wilmer, United States

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Technology in animal movement data acquisition and modeling

92 Dry Season Effects on the Biomass Yield and Nutritive Quality of Andropogon tectorum on the Natural Pasture in Abeokuta, Nigeria Adekeye Adetayo, Nigeria

93 A Framework for Separating Genetic and Environmental Influences on Cattle Performance on Open- Range Pasture Carly Moore, Canada

94 Rainy Season Herding Patterns of Agro-Pastoral Livestock Smallholders in Southwestern Mali: A Preliminary GPS- Based Assessment Andres Cibils, United States

Technology in education and extension 95 Grazing Response Index (GRI): A Simple and

Effective Assessment of Grazing Management Cameron Kayter, Canada

96 Evaluation of Natural Vegetation and Habitat Restoration of Newly Designated Range Land Reserves in the Eastern Desert (Sahara) Of Jordan Khaled Abulaila, Jordan

97 Influence of Methodology on the Potential Ranking of Ryegrass Types When Assessing their Relative Value Under Grazing David Stevens, New Zealand

98 New Technologies and Knowledge Sharing for Improved Pasture Management in Central Asia Umed Vahobov

Technology in fencing, water supply, and livestock health

99 Diet Composition and Nutrient Uptake of Cattle in a Pasture-Forest Combining Grazing Area of Northeast Japan Shin-ichiro Ogura, Japan

100 Effect of Native Grasses, Forbs and Trees on Nutrient Uptake of Grazing Cattle in a Temperate Region of Japan Shin-ichiro Ogura, Japan

101 Design and Implementation of Technological Solutions: The Case of Livestock Health in India Ashish Kumar, India

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102 Livestock Health Management through Traditional Siddha (Indian Medicine) Practices in India Aravind Dhanush, India

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Mid-Congress Tours

Wednesday, July 20 2016

Tour Names Locations Distance (km)

1 Early History of Saskatchewan Tour

Fort Carlton - Duck Lake - Batoche

270

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University of Saskatchewan Campus & Forage Breeding Tour

University of Saskatchewan – Forage Research plot - Kernen Prairie

<50

3A Western Beef Development Centre Tour Western Beef

Development Centre

300

3B Western Beef Development Centre Tour

4 Saskatchewan Farm Tour

Western Development Museum - Case New Holland - Local Farm

<100

5 Specialized Livestock Tour

Western College of Veterinary Medicine - Bison Ranch - Wolverine Grazing Alliance

320

6 Industry of the Saskatoon Area Tour

Cory Potash Mine - Great Western Brewing - Canadian Light Source Synchrotron

50

7 Dairy Research and Milk Production Tour

Rayner Dairy Research & Teaching Facility - WesternCollege of VetMedicine -Kornelius Dairy -Feitsma Dairy

95

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8 A Glimpse of the Northeast Tour

AAFC Melfort Research Farm - Fort a la Corne Provincial Forest - Choiceland -Prince Albert

550

9 South Saskatchewan River Tour

Beaver Creek Conservation Area - Spring Creek Garden - Irrigation Diversification Centre - Gardiner Dam

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Buses will load on Auditorium Avenue on the west side of TCU Place at 7:30 AM.

All buses will arrive at Wanuskewin Heritage Park by 5:00 PM for dinner and entertainment.

Buses will return delegates to TCU Place.

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IRC 2016 Members of the Canadian Organizing Committee

Allan Foster Co-Chair, Tour Committee Regional Forage Specialist Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, Tisdale, SK

Dr. Alan Iwaasa Co-Chair, Publication Committee Grazing Management and Ruminant Nutrition, Research Scientist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Swift Current, SK

Dr. Bart Lardner Co-Chair, Publication Committee Research Scientist Western Beef Development Centre Lanigan, SK

Dr. Bill Houston Chair, Delegate Sponsorship Committee Senior Range and Forage Biologist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Regina, SK

Dr. Bruce Coulman Co-chair, IRC 2016 Congress Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Duane McCartney Co-chair, IRC 2016 Congress Forage Beef Systems Research Scientist (retired) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lacombe, AB

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Dr. John McKinnon Co-Chair, Local Arrangements Committee, Professor and Saskatchewan Beef Industry Chair, Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK

Kerry LaForge Co-chair, Pre-Congress Tour Committee Senior Range and Forage Biologist Science and Technology Branch Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Swift Current, SK

Kathy Larson Chair, Communications Committee Research Economist, Western Beef Development Centre Lanigan, SK

Dr. Bill Biligetu Program committee Assistant professor, Crop Development Center, University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, SK

Dr. Greg Penner Co-chair, Local Arrangements Associate Professor, Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK

Dr. Jim O’Rourke IRC Liaison Professor Emeritus, Rancher Chadron, Nebraska, USA

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Dr. Michael Schellenberg Co-Chair, Program Committee Range and Forage Plant Ecologist Swift Current Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Swift Current, SK

Dr. Paul Jefferson Co-chair, Sponsorship and Trade Show Committee Vice president, Western Beef Development Centre, Lanigan, SK

Dr. Walter Willms Co-chair, Program Committee Rangeland ecologist (retired) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, AB

Sarah Sommerfeld Co-Chair, Tour Committee Regional Forage Specialist, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture

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Reviewers of Offered Papers

Adrienne Tastad Aklilu Alemu Allan Foster Alan Iwaasa Anne Smith Barbara Cade-Menun Barry Adams Barry Irving Bart Lardner Bill Biligetu Bill Houston Bret Olson Brian McConkey Bruce Coulman Cameron Carlyle Daniel Hewins Don Thompson Doug Cattani Duane McCartney Edmund Sottie Edward Bork Emma Mcgeough Eric Lamb Glenn Friesen Harold Steppuhn Herb Cutforth Hong Wang Hushton Block Jan Bertilsson Jay Woosaree Jeff Schoenau Jeffrey Mosely Jillian Bainard John Hendrickson John Wilmshurst Kathy Larson Kendall Swanson Kerry Laforge Kim Ominski Lauchlan Fraser Luke Bainard Mark Petersen Mengli Zhao Michael Undi Murray Feist

Myra Martel Myriam Fernandez Nityananda Khanal Obioha Durunna Pat Fargey Paul Jefferson Robert Sissons Roland Kroebel Sarah Pogue Sarah Sommerfeld Shabtai Bittman Susana Feldman Terry Kowalchuk Trevor Lennox Vern Baron Walter Willms Wendy Gardner Xiying Hao Xulin Guo

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Tour Leaders

Allan Foster Alicia Sopatyk Andre Bonneau Bill Biligetu Colby Elford Dwayne Summach Halsey Shaheen Jessica Smith Joanne Kowalski John Hauer Kerry Laforge Leah Clark Lorne Klein Murray Feist Nadia Mori Natasha Wilkie Obi Durunna Rachel Turnquist Sarah Sommerfeld Stacey Spenst Travis Peardon

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