The Western Legislative Conference is hosting a
conference on “Rangeland Reform and Watershed Management in the
West” June 24-25 in Denver. The event will profile collaborative
efforts among federal and state government officials and ranchers
and environmentalists to restore rangeland and watersheds in
Colorado, Oregon, Nevada, Washington and Arizona. Speakers include
Mike Penfold, an Interior Department grazing specialist, Nevada
State Sen. Dean Rhoads, Gary Sprung of the High Country Citizens’
Alliance in Crested Butte, Colo., and Ken Spann, chairman of the
National Cattlemen’s Association’s Federal Land Committee. Cost of
the conference is $150. For more information contact Casey
Shetterly at the Western Legislative Conference, 121 Second St.,
4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105
(415/794-6422).
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline For rangeland reformers.
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