Transboundary Grasslands Partnership Workshop

When

Oct 22, 2024 - Oct 24, 2024    
All Day


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Beyond Conservation: Connecting Communities for Resilience in the Northern Great Plains

The Transboundary Grasslands Partnership’s (TGP) purpose is to achieve better grasslands conservation outcomes by communicating, connecting, and collaborating across the TGP geography. TGP is a voluntary collaborative partnership working towards native grasslands conservation. The TGP provides a forum where transboundary jurisdictions and sectors work collaboratively to conserve and enhance native grassland landscapes. The TGP covers an expansive international area between Canada and the United States, including the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan and a vast majority of northern Montana.

2024 Workshop Outline

Tuesday October 22 Pre-workshop Field Tour

Optional pre-workshop field tour: Grazing Management in the Blackfeet Nation

10:30- Blackfeet Community College, 504 SE Boundary St, Browning, MT, meet outside the Beaver Painted Lodge.

10:45- Tour departs from BCC, sack lunch included in registration.

5:00- Return to Shelby, dinner on your own.

Wednesday October 23 – Workshop Day
Marias Valley Golf & Country Club, Shelby, MT 59474

8:00-8:20- Welcome and TGP Update- Ruiping Luo

8:20- 9:00- Grassland Partnership Development at the Biome Scale: an update on the Grassland Roadmap and USFWS Grassland Ecosystem Team—John Carlson, USFWS

9:00-9:10 Break

9:10-12:00 Connecting for Community Health

9:10-9:35- County of Warner, Alberta—Ross Ford

9:35-10:05- Pikanii Lodge Health Institute—Andrew Berger

10:05-10:30- Community Building in Rural Places—Laura Nowlin, Winnett ACES

10:30-11:00- Break

11:00-12:00 Community Panel Q & A

12:00- 1:00- Lunch

1:00-4:00 Connecting for Land Health

1:00- 1:45 As above, so below: How life underground mirrors life above- Kendall Morgan and Conni French

1:45- 2:45 Local Producer Panel: Highlighting Land Stewardship Practices

2:45-3:00- Break

3:00-4:00 Short sessions: Innovative Approaches to Stewardship

Living Lab- Kelly Williamson, South of the Divide Conservation Action Program (SK)

NRCS Indigenous Practices Team—TBD

Land Health Dashboard and Soil Carbon—Chris Mehus, Western Sustainability Exchange

Montana Grassland Partnership—Marisa Sather, USFWS and Martin Townsend, RSA

5:30 Happy Hour/Social at the Alibi

Dinner on your own

Thursday October 24 – Workshop Day
Marias Valley Golf & Country Club, Shelby, MT 59474

8:00-11:00- Connecting for the Future

8:00-8:30 Youth Range Days, Alberta- MRWCC

8:30-9:00 New Agrarian Program- Hayden Vandeberg, Quivira Coalition

9:00-9:30 Ranch Succession- RSA

9:30-10:00 Break

10:00-10:30 Kainai Ecosystems Protection Agency- Mike Bruised-Head

10:30-11:30 Tribal Colleges Showcase: Transferring Knowledge to the Next Generation

Aaniiih Nakoda College – Blackfeet Community College – Fort Peck Community College

11:30-12:00 Wrap up and fill out feedback forms

12:00- Conference adjourns, lunch on your own

For more information about the Transboundary Grassland Partnership please visit their host website: https://albertapcf.org/about-prairies/transboundary-grasslands

Blocks of rooms have been set aside at the Best Western Shelby Inn & Suites and the Comfort Inn & Suites Gateway to Glacier National Park. Group Rate Code: TGP

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