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It has rained and your pastures look good. But how much have they improved? Can you add more livestock? Has the rain sprouted too many weeds? How do you know?
The answers to these and other questions will be the focus of three fall meetings conducted by Texas Cooperatives Extension's rangeland ecology and management specialists and local Extension staffs.
The dates, host locations and cooperating counties are:
•Oct. 12 in Fredericksburg (Gillespie, Llano, Mason and Blanco counties);
•Oct. 25 in Odessa (Ector, Ward, Crane and Andrews counties); and
•Oct. 27 in Sonora (Sutton, Schleicher, Crockett and Edwards counties).
Dr. Wayne Hanselka, state Extension project leader based in Corpus Christi, said the program will work in most rangeland situations.
"The whole idea is to help landowners develop a simple range monitoring system that ensures they are headed in the right direction and that they're not damaging the range," Hanselka said. "There are several useful rangeland monitoring systems available, but most landowners won't use them because they're just too complex and time consuming.
"These workshops will introduce a practical, simple monitoring system that's fine for landowners, managers or private consultants," he said.
A landowner need attend only one workshop as all share the same format.
For more information call Jim Word, Extension agent in Ector County, at (432) 498-4071; Pascual Hernandez, Extension agent in Sutton County, at (325) 387-3101; or Bill Botard, Extension agent in Gillespie County, at (830) 997-3452.
