Equipment and Techniques for New Paradigms in Brush Management  

Workshop Hosted by the Rangeland Technology and Equipment Council (RTEC)

Society for Range Management
58th Annual Meeting
(Fort Worth, TX)

Sunday, February 6, 2005
 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
Fort Worth Convention Center
201C

Harold Wiedemann, Organizer

1:15   Introduction
 

1:20   Past, Present and Future in Brush Management: A New Book
          Wayne Hamilton, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX
 

1:40   Brush Sculptors: A New Paradigm for Brush Managment on Texas Rangelands
          Dale Rollins, Allan McGinty and Jason Brooks, Texas Cooperative Extension, San Angelo, TX
 

2:20   Implementing Change: The Brush Contractor's Viewpoint [abstract]
          Mike Gibbs, Land Enhancement Services, and Rawhide Cattle Co., Uvalde, TX
 

2:40   Long-term Effects of Pinyon-Juniper Treatments to Restore Sagebrush Communities [abstract]
          Stephen Monsen¹, Robert Welch² and Pamela Motley², ¹USDA-Forest Service, Mapleton, UT;
          ²USDI-BLM, Montrose, CO

3:00   BREAK
 

4:00   Precision Aerial Spraying of Saltcedar [abstract]
          Charles Hart, Texas Cooperative Extension, Fort Stockton, TX

4:20   Revegetation Equipment Catalog Progess [abstract]
          Harold Wiedemann¹, Nancy Shaw², Mike Pellant³ and Steve Monsen^{4
          1}Texas A & M University, College Station, TX; ²USDA-Forest Service, Rocky
           Mountain Research Station, Boise, ID; ³USDI-BLM Idaho State Office, Boise, ID;
          ⁴USDA-Forest Service, Mapleton, UT
 

For more information regarding RTEC or this workshop, contact:

             Nancy Shaw or Mike Pellant