The New Foothill Rancher

In this issue: Interested in Learning about using Prescribed Fire for Rangeland Improvement?

Our next round of Shepherd Skills Workshops will kick off with a Sheep Business Basics webinar on December 8! Well also be offering webinars and field days on small ruminant health and husbandry, pasture lambing systems, and livestock guardian dogs! Sign up for one or for all! And have a wonderful T...

Virtual Lambing School Four 60-90 minute sessions Registration required. $50 per farm. Registration: https://bit.

In this issue: Now is the Time to Consider Irrigated Pasture Renovations Turns Out - We are in a Drought! More Drought Information Drought Planning Decision Support Tool - Volunteers Needed! Shepherding Fire: Lessons from our Prescribed Fire on Working Landscapes Workshop A Few Tips for Hiring a Tar...

In this issue: Placer and Nevada Offices Reopening More than Simply Surviving Help us Pilot-Test a New Drought Decision Support Tool Managing Irrigated Pasture during Drought Getting our Ranches Ready for Fire Season Disaster Livestock Access Pass Program in the Works for the Foothills A Final Word.

In this issue: A Rancher's Fire Safe Council for the Foothills More on Blue Oaks Wildfire Ash on Forage and in Stock Water Round 2: More Public Safety Power Shut-offs Livestock Protection Tools - Operation Size Matters! October Webinars Podcast & Social Media...

Good morning! UCCE Placer-Nevada and Central Sierra, along with the Placer Resource Conservation District, are hosting a workshop and field days on using prescribed fire on working rangelands and forestlands, on March 30 and 31 (with live-fire field days to be scheduled in April, weather permitting)...