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The Working Lands Collaborative has announced the 2025 workshop series.
As interest is increasing resiliency and productivity of working lands, the Collaborative strives to offer programs and resources to support local producers.
Past workshops have covered topics related to soil health and adaptive grazing principles.
The 2025 event will include a classroom portion in March and a field day in June, to provide an opportunity for participants to increase their knowledge on the subject matter and increase their understanding by seeing it on-the-ground.
The fires in 2024 sparked an interest for looking a bit more into how wildfires impact working lands and the producers that manage those landscapes.
Once an unplanned fire is underway, it can be hard to keep track of what needs to happen when.
After it is over, it is hard to know where to start.
With those thoughts in mind, the 2025 workshop will provide information on building resiliency in the operation (through planning) and the landscape (through management), understanding how agencies and emergency personnel approach a fire, and how rebuilding can also be an opportunity.
Speakers will also touch on insurance and financial considerations.
Registration is required and is available through the Sheridan County Conservation District website (Click here); the deadline to register is March 1st.
The cost is $25.00; a limited number of student scholarships are available.
This year’s workshop is made possible through the Sheridan County Ranch and Farm Bureau Federation and the Plank Stewardship Initiative.
Andrew Cassiday, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service highlighted the timeliness of the current discussions: “with all of the chaos surrounding fires and drought in the past year, this will be a good opportunity to learn from the experience of others so we can be more ready for these occurrences in the future.”
The Working Lands Collaborative is a group of local landowners and agency partners committed to offering programs and resources on soil health and regenerative agriculture.
With a motto of “Growing Local Wisdom to Cultivate Resilient Futures”, the Collaborative hopes to encourage operators to take the next step themselves, and in time, become a resource for others as they take on new-to-them challenges.
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Last modified: February 14, 2025