BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Denver X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Denver BEGIN:VEVENT UID:87@ranchstewards.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260219T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260219T203000 DTSTAMP:20251208T212612Z URL:https://ranchstewards.org/events/rural-resilience-ranch-water-low-tech -high-impact-restoration/ SUMMARY:Rural Resilience- Ranch Water: Low-Tech\, High-Impact Restoration DESCRIPTION:Join us for the sixth year of the Rural Resilience Webinar Seri es\, where we’re growing our ranching and rural community’s financial\ , ecological\, and social resilience with experienced speakers and actiona ble insights.\n\nThis free\, four-part series will tackle key topics desig ned to support ranchers and rural residents:\nFebruary 19 - Ranch Water: L ow-Tech\, High-Impact Restoration\nSometimes the simplest solutions have t he biggest impact. Paul Jones with Tomichi Creek Ecosystem Services will e xplore Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration\, a hands-on approach to rebuild ing natural water systems. Learn how mimicking beaver dams can improve wat er retention\, restore riparian function\, and boost drought resilience us ing minimal materials and practical techniques that bring lasting benefits to your land and livestock.\n\nMore about Paul: He started his career wit h the Colorado Division of Wildlife in July 1992 as a District Wildlife Ma nager (Game Warden).  His first District the Littleton District\, where h e worked until the spring of 1995\, when he transferred to the Gunnison Ea st District.  There as part of his biological duties\, he was assigned as the CDOW representative on the Gunnison Sage Grouse Working Group\, the f irst collaborative sage-grouse working group in the west.  In 2001\, he l ateraled into the Habitat Biologist Position for Area 16\, which morphed i nto the Conservation Biologist position when the Habitat Section ceased to exist.  In that role\, he negotiated and acquired eight CDOW conservatio n easements\, five State Wildlife Areas\, and assisted with multiple third -party conservation easements permanently protecting over 15\,000 acres of important habitat for the Gunnison sage-grouse in the Gunnison and North Fork Basins.  He also helped develop the template language for the umbrel la Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA) for the Gunniso n sage-grouse\, which helped protect habitat for the species on 40 private ranches.   In 2006\, took the Aquatic Conservation Biologist position f or the Southwest Region.  In that position\, he worked with the Three Spe cies (round tail chub flannel mouth and bluehead suckers)\, Rio Grande suc ker and chub\, and boreal toads until he retired In 2018.   Since that t ime\, he has started his own consulting company\, Tomich Creek Ecosystem S ervices\, and focuses his work on wet meadow restoration\, and those gulli ed systems that Dave Rosgen once said were too flashy to restore.\nEach se ssion includes a 60-minute presentation followed by a 30-minute Q&\;A\, allowing you to engage directly with our expert speakers.\nCost: FREE!\n\ nDon’t miss this opportunity to gain practical knowledge and connect wit h others dedicated to building resilient ranching and rural communities.\n \nPre-registration is required—Zoom link will be emailed upon registrati on.\n\nThe Zoom link is the same for all four webinars.\n\n(PLEASE NOTE: Y ou will be registering for the entire series.  It is not necessary to reg ister for each webinar separately.) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ranchstewards.org/wp-content/uploads/202 5/08/FINAL-2026-Rural-Resilience-General-Charity-Proud-Website.png LOCATION:https://ranchstewards.org/events/rural-resilience-ranch-water-low- tech-high-impact-restoration/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Denver BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR