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:54@ranchstewards.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver;VALUE=DATE:20241022 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver;VALUE=DATE:20241025 DTSTAMP:20241016T180806Z URL:https://ranchstewards.org/events/transboundary-grasslands-partnership- workshop/ SUMMARY:Transboundary Grasslands Partnership Workshop DESCRIPTION:Beyond Conservation: Connecting Communities for Resilience in t he Northern Great Plains\nThe Transboundary Grasslands Partnership's (TGP) purpose is to achieve better grasslands conservation outcomes by communic ating\, connecting\, and collaborating across the TGP geography. TGP is a voluntary collaborative partnership working towards native grasslands cons ervation. The TGP provides a forum where transboundary jurisdictions and s ectors work collaboratively to conserve and enhance native grassland lands capes. The TGP covers an expansive international area between Canada and t he United States\, including the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatc hewan and a vast majority of northern Montana.\n2024 Workshop Outline\nTue sday October 22 Pre-workshop Field Tour\nOptional pre-workshop field tour: Grazing Management in the Blackfeet Nation\n\n10:30 Blackfeet Community C ollege\, 504 SE Boundary St\, Browning\, MT\, meet outside the Beaver Pain ted Lodge.\n\n10:45 Tour departs from BCC\, sack lunch included in registr ation.\n\n5:00 Return to Shelby\, dinner on your own.\nWednesday October 2 3 - Workshop Day\nMarias Valley Golf &\; Country Club\, Shelby\, MT 594 74\n8:00-8:20 Welcome and TGP Update- Ruiping Luo\n\n8:20-9:00 Grassland P artnership Development at the Biome Scale: an update on the Grassland Road map and USFWS Grassland Ecosystem Team—John Carlson\, USFWS\n\n9:00-9:10 Break\n\n9:10-12:00 Connecting for Community Health\n\n9:10-9:35 County o f Warner\, Alberta—Ross Ford\n\n9:35-10:05 Pikanii Lodge Health Institut e—Andrew Berger\n\n10:05-10:30 Community Building in Rural Places—Laur a Nowlin\, Winnett ACES\n\n10:30-11:00 Break\n\n11:00-12:00 Community Pane l Q &\; A\n\n12:00- 1:00 Lunch\n\n1:00-4:00 Connecting for Land Health\ n\n1:00-1:45 As above\, so below: How life underground mirrors life above- Kendall Morgan and Conni French\n\n1:45-2:45 Local Producer Panel: Highli ghting Land Stewardship Practices\n\n2:45-3:00 Break\n\n3:00-3:30 NRCS Ind igenous Practices Team - Brenda Simpson\n\n3:00-4:00 Short sessions: Innov ative Approaches to Stewardship\n\nLiving Lab- Kelly Williamson\, South of the Divide Conservation Action Program (SK)\n\nLand Health Dashboard and Soil Carbon—Chris Mehus\, Western Sustainability Exchange\n\nMontana Gra ssland Partnership—Marisa Sather\, USFWS and Martin Townsend\, RSA\n\n5: 30 Happy Hour/Social at the Alibi\n\nDinner on your own\nThursday October 24 - Workshop Day\nMarias Valley Golf &\; Country Club\, Shelby\, MT 59 474\n8:00-11:00 Connecting for the Future\n\n8:00-8:30 Youth Range Days\, Alberta- MRWCC\n\n8:30-9:00 New Agrarian Program- Hayden Vandeberg\, Quivi ra Coalition\n\n9:00-9:30 Ranch Succession- RSA\n\n9:30-10:00 Break\n\n10: 00-10:30 Kainai Ecosystems Protection Agency- Mike Bruised-Head\n\n10:30-1 1:30 Tribal Colleges Showcase: Transferring Knowledge to the Next Generati on\n\nAaniiih Nakoda College - Blackfeet Community College - Fort Peck Com munity College\n\n11:30-12:00 Wrap up and fill out feedback forms\n\n12:00 Conference adjourns\, lunch on your own\n\nFor more information about the Transboundary Grassland Partnership please visit their host website: http s://albertapcf.org/about-prairies/transboundary-grasslands\n\nBlocks of ro oms have been set aside at the Best Western Shelby Inn &\; Suites and t he Comfort Inn &\; Suites Gateway to Glacier National Park. Group Rate Code: TGP ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ranchstewards.org/wp-content/uploads/202 4/09/Charity-Proud-2024-Transboundary-Grasslands-Partnership.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR