Grasslands to Rangelands

PRe-ConvenTion TRAiL BoSS Building Bridges Grasslands to Rangelands

Joint meeting of the American Forage and Grassland Council and the Society for Range Management

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY n JANUARY −1, 008 American Forage and Grassland Council SOCIETY FOR RANGE MANAGEMENT

SUPPLEMENT TO RANGELANDS WELCOME to the SRM and AFGC Joint Annual Meeting & Trade Show!

TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome...... 5 Louisville Map...... 6 Program-At-A-Glance...... 7 Traveling to Louisville ...... 8 Hotel Information ...... 9 Meeting Facilities ...... 11 Registration Information ...... 12 Registration Form...... 13 Trade Show Information ...... 14 Sponsorship Information...... 16 Board/Council/Committee Meetings...... 17 Special Events/Activities ...... 18 Special Events At-A-Glance...... 18 Technical Field Tours ...... 19 Student Activities ...... 22 Student Activities At-A-Glance...... 24 Job Fair ...... 25 Techinical Program - At-A-Glance...... 28 Presentation Instructions...... 29 Workshops...... 30 Technical Program ...... 34 2008 Planning Committee...... 42

American Forage and Grassland Council and Society for Range Management The American Forage and Grassland Council and the Society for Range Management are co-hosting this meeting in Louisville Kentucky. The theme for the meeting is “Building Bridges: Grasslands to Rangelands”. Who We Are: The American Forage and Grassland Council (AFGC) is an organization with 19 affiliate councils in the United States and more than 2,000 members. The organization’s primary objective is to promote the profitable production and sustainable utilization of quality forage and grasslands. AFGC membership represents the academic community, producers, government agencies, private industry, institutes and foundations united in a common cause to promote and develop the forage industry. AFGC aspires to be the leader and voice of economically and environmentally sound forage focused agriculture. Contact at 800.944.2342 or email [email protected] for additional information. The Society for Range Management (SRM) is a professional and scientific society whose international membership is involved in studying, conserving, managing and sustaining the varied resources of rangelands. SRM membership includes land managers, ecologists, ranchers, erosion control specialists, educators and scientists, and decision makers in state and federal government agencies responsible for public land management. SRM has more than 3,500 professional and scientific members in 38 countries, dedicated to managing the world’s rangeland resources. SRM is committed to finding science-based so- lutions to the issues that impact the world’s rangelands. The Society’s goal is to ensure that rangeland resources are sustained in perpetuity. Contact at 303.986.3309 or email [email protected]. Bridge the Gap - Join AFGC and SRM: If you are a leader in the forage or rangeland management discipline, or seek to enhance your knowledge, there is no better way to increase your involvement and show your support than by becoming a member. AFGC and SRM members will receive a significant discount on individual registration and exhibit booth fees. To become a member: Society for Range Management, contact Lesley Radtke, Dir. of Membership / Special Events, at 303.986.3309 or email [email protected]. American Forage and Grassland Council, contact Dee Dee Bandy, Associate Director, at 800.944.2342 or email [email protected].

Welcome to the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Forage and Grassland Council and the Society for Range Management “Building Bridges – Grasslands to Rangelands” This Annual Meeting is the result of a strong partnership between AFGC and SRM. Many folks from both organizations volunteered substantial time to make it a rewarding experience for all who attend. The stage has been set for capitalizing in the future on our strengthened working relationship not only with each other, but with other organizations as well. You will see the results of our partnership in the program emphasis on Plenary Day, the broad mix of technical programs, the wide scope of program participants, a strengthened Trade Show, joint award and social activities, and in an atmosphere conducive to working together. Please take advantage of the many opportunities to advance your knowledge in technical areas, become acquainted with a broad cross section of professionals, renew old friendships, and enjoy the Southern hospitality of Louisville. We hope that you will use this occasion to form new friendships, expand your network, and provide the basis for new and productive partnerships.

Dr. Ray Smith Deen Boe General Co-Chair General Co-Chair American Forage & Grassland Council Society for Range Management

Louisville, kentucky n January 26–31, 2008 American Forage and Grassland Council and Society for Range Management WELCOME

Dear SRM Members, Colleagues and Friends,

On behalf of the Society for Range Management (SRM), I am honored and privileged to extend to you a personal invitation to attend the 2008 SRM/AFGC Joint Annual Meeting in the Bluegrass State of Kentucky. We are excited to share our 61st meeting with the American Forage and Grassland Council (AFGC) and joint partners, associates and friends.

The organizing and planning committees of SRM and AFGC have worked very hard and diligently to prepare for your attendance and participation at the Galt House Hotel and Suites in Louisville. The theme “Building Bridges, Grasslands to Rangelands” is very appropriate, and with this in mind the committees have put together an outstanding program. As expected, the program includes many educational symposia and workshops, technical papers, posters and outstanding social events and tours. As well as learning more about rangelands, grasslands and forage management, we have the opportunity to experience the horse capital of the world with tours scheduled for Churchill Downs (home of the Kentucky Derby) and many purebred horse facilities and farms. This should be a real treat for many of our members and of course the Bluegrass Region is known for its music, another attraction for many of you.

The hosting SRM sections (National Capital and Florida) as well as many other SRM and AFGC members are committed to making this meeting a great success and a worthwhile experience. As always, we look forward to fostering our partnerships with AFGC as well as many other societies, agencies and institutions represented at the meeting.

I would like to personally thank the organizing committee co-chairs, Deen Boe (SRM) and Ray Smith (AFGC) for their outstanding leadership, investment of time and dedication to the planning effort. I am confident that those attending the meeting will come away from Louisville grateful for the professional development and networking opportunities afforded by these joint efforts.

I look forward to seeing you in Louisville, January 2008.

Dennis Phillippi, President

Society for Range Management

Dear AFGC Members,

I would like to extend a personal invitation for you to attend the 2008 AFGC-SRM Joint Annual Conference on January 26-31, 2008 in Louisville, Kentucky. This meeting promises to be an exciting, fun-filled, and professionally valuable event. Both AFGC and SRM members, our host council (Kentucky Forage and Grassland Council), and headquarters personnel have been working for years to make this one of the best meetings you will ever attend.

Many of you, like me, attended the previous AFGC-SRM Joint Annual Conference in 1999 in Omaha, Nebraska. I found that conference to be very exciting and refreshing with new viewpoints and ideas expressed through this joint format. Though both organizations have members from throughout the U.S., more AFGC members are located in the eastern U.S. and more SRM members are located in the western U.S. Our geographic base may differ, but we continue to discover that we have much in common. We can learn so much from each other.

The AFGC-SRM Planning Committee led by Ray Smith (AFGC) and Deen Boe (SRM) has put together an excellent, full program with several special events. It will all be in Louisville this January --- plenary presentations, excellent symposia, informative papers and posters, emerging scientists, forage spokesperson and other contests, fellowship, tours, auctions, job fairs, dancing, and so on. There will be time to learn, time to meet with your friends, and time to make new friends.

If you have never attended an AFGC or SRM conference before, I strongly urge you to consider attending this one. You will not be disappointed! Look closely at the program, presentations, and events listed in this pre-conference mailing. I’m sure that you will find several items of interest. Louisville is centrally located for easy access. Come early and stay late so you won’t miss anything.

I’ll see you in Louisville in January!

Gary A. Pederson, President

American Forage and Grassland Council

Louisville, kentucky n January 26–31, 2008 American Forage and Grassland Council and Society for Range Management PROGRAM-AT-A-GLANCE Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday January 26th January 27th January 28th January 29th Morning 9:00AM-Noon 7:00AM-5:30PM 8AM-5PM 7AM-Noon National Hay Association Board Meeting Registration/Information Advisory Council SRM Board of Directors’ Meeting 8AM-12PM 8AM-12PM 6:30-8:30AM AFGC Board of Director URME Exam Texas Tech Breakfast Meeting 7:00AM-5:45PM 6AM-Noon 8AM-5PM Registration/Information Plant ID Contest Advisory Council 8:45-Noon 7:00AM-5:30PM 8AM-5PM Plenary Session Registration/Information Committee Meetings 6AM-11PM 7AM-Noon 4PM-7PM HSYF Home Room HSYF Paper Presentations HSYF Orientation/Social 8AM-4:30PM 6AM-7PM 5PM-7PM HSYF Tour Plant ID Coaches’ Critique, Young Professionals Conclave 8AM-8PM Grading & Viewing 6AM-11PM Plant Exchange 8AM-Noon HSYF Home Room 1PM-5PM Symposia, Technical Sessions, All Day Student Public Speaking Workshops, Poster Session 2 Employment Room All day 8AM-8PM 10AM-6PM Student Display Set Up Plant Exchange 2008 Rangeland Job Fair 8AM-11AM All Day Noon-4PM Trade Show Set-up Trade Show Career Development Workshop All Day All Day 8AM-Noon AFGC Silent Auction AFGC Silent Auction Workshop-Grazing and Grassland All Day All Day Management for Bobwhite Quail Employment Room Employment Room 10AM-Noon SRM EVP Search Committee

Lunch Noon-2PM Noon-2:30PM Past Presidents, Founding & Student Conclave Luncheon Charter Member Luncheon Noon-2PM 12PM-6PM Professional Issues Luncheon Trade Show 11:30-12:30PM Young Professionals Conclave Lunch Afternoon 3-6PM 1-5PM 1-5PM 1-5PM Forage and Grassland Foundation RTEC Symposium Advisory Council Symposia, Technical Sessions, 1-5PM 12-6PM 1-5PM Workshops, Poster Session NRCS Rangeland CEAP Literature Trade Show Set Up Symposia/Technical Sessions/ 1-5PM Synthesis 1-6PM Workshop/Poster Session HSYF Paper Presentations 1-5PM AFGC Silent Auction Set Up 1:30-3:30PM 1:30-3:30PM NRCS Pasture and Forest CEAP 1-3PM Spouse Event AFGC Forage Spokesperson Literature Synthesis AFGC-CGP Exam 1-5PM Competition Student Public Speaking Contest

Evening 5:30-7PM 5-6 PM 5-7PM Various times NHA/AFGC/SRM Board & Student Contest Registration Tapping the Top Mixer University Alumni Socials Spouse mixer 5-8PM 6PM-8PM 8-12 Midnight 7-8:30PM Registration—Student Conclave Taste of Kentucky Trade Show/ Dance SRM Board of Directors’ Meeting Business Meeting Mixer w/Committee Chairs 4-7PM 7-9PM 5-7PM High School Youth Forum HSYF Professional Interaction Registration/Information Orientation/Social Dinner 7-10PM Agency Socials

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, January 30th January 31st February 1st Morning 7:00AM-Noon 7:00AM-10:00 AM 7:30AM-1:30PM Registration/Information Registration/Information SRM Board of Directors’ Meeting 7:30-9AM 8AM-Noon AFGC Industry Affiliate Council Symposia, Technical Sessions, Breakfast Workshops 8AM-Noon 8AM-Noon Trade Show Employment Room 8AM-Noon AFGC Silent Auction 8AM-Noon Symposia, Technical Sessions, Workshops, Poster Session 8AM-Noon Undergraduate Paper Contest 8-11AM HSYF Business Meeting & Workshop 8AM-Noon Employment Room

Lunch 11:30-1PM AFGC/SRM Awards Luncheon Afternoon 2-3:30PM 1-5PM SRM Membership Forum/Business Meeting AFGC Board of Director Meeting 2-2:45PM 12:30-7PM AFGC Affiliate Council Business Meeting SRM Board of Director Meeting 2:45-3:45PM AFGC Business Meeting 3:45-5:00PM Awards Ceremony Evening 4:30-6:30PM Wild Women of the Range 6-7PM President’s Reception 7-9:30PM Banquet & Entertainment

Louisville, kentucky n January 26–31, 2008 TRAVELING TO LOUISVILLE, KY Introduction Louisville stands as a key transfer point, a leader in the five “R’s” of Logistics: • River - The Ohio River remains a key river-way in the distribution of products • Road - Three interstate highways (I64, I65, I71) help make Louisville a day’s drive to two-thirds of the country • Rail - Louisville is home to two major rail carriers - CSX and Norfolk Southern • Runway - Louisville International Airport is the home for UPS Worldport, the world’s most sophisticated shipping facility • Router - Greater Louisville offers an advanced telecommu- Louisville International Airport (SDF) nications infrastructure with numerous telecommunications Just 10 minutes from downtown, Louisville International and Internet service providers, web hosting facilities and Airport is a low-fare airport that draws travelers within a other application service providers 200-mile radius of the city. The airport now has nonstop Since 1875, Churchill Downs has been the home of the Ken- service to 29 destinations and convenient connections to tucky Derby (known as the “Run for the Roses” and “the cities worldwide. The airport accommodated more than 3.6 greatest two minutes in sports”), the first leg of the Triple million passengers in 2006. Crown of Thoroughbred horse racing. Recently completing Louisville International ranks third in North America—and a $121 million renovation and expansion, the racetrack is ninth in the world—in the total amount of cargo handled most famous for the oldest continuously run sporting event as home of UPS’s international air-sorting hub. The airport in the United States. handled 4.3 billion pounds of cargo, freight and mail in Louisville has more parkland, per capita, than any other U.S. 2006. city and is one of the nation’s oldest park systems, including It is the home base of UPS Airlines, the eighth largest airline 112 parks totaling more than 11,000 acres with 15 miles in the world. The company’s extensive air network includes of historic parkways. The park system is one of only five in international air hubs in Cologne, Taipei, Miami (to serve America to have a system of parks and connecting parkways Latin America), an intra-Asia hub in the Philippines, and the designed by Fredrick Law Olmsted Sr. “the father of Ameri- UPS Worldport-the four million, square-foot heart of UPS’s can landscape architecture.” global air network in Louisville, Kentucky. The Belle of Louisville is the oldest operating Mississippi- style sternwheeler in existence today. The Belle offers excur- Numerous national and local rental agencies offer sions from Memorial Day through Labor Day. No other vehicles for rent or lease. river steamboat in American history has lasted as long, been Taxi & Mass Transit Service to as many places, or traveled as many miles as the Belle of Airport and Ground Transportation Louisville, commissioned in 1914. The Belle, a National His- toric Landmark, is now recognized as the oldest river steam- Galt House Hotel & Suites has pre-arranged airport trans- boat still in operation. She continues to grace visitors with portation with your reservation. To take advantage of this her presence at the very site she visited so often throughout service please use the contact information below. The fee the early nineteen hundreds. Now in her nineties, the Belle for this service is as low as $10.00 and can be billed to your continues to beckon one and all to join her on a journey room. Gratuity not included. If you have questions or need back to the time when she carried passengers and goods to additional ground transportation while you or your group ports all along the beautiful Ohio River. (large or small) is visiting the Galt House please call (502) 561-4022. The Louisville Slugger baseball bat was created by Andrew “Bud” Hillerich in his father’s woodworking shop in Louis- Ground Transportation: ville in 1884. The brand name “Louisville Slugger” was first Ground Transportation is available from Sanddollar used in 1893. The Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory Limousine Service. is home to the World’s Biggest Bat, made of steel; it weighs Call 502-366-2628 68,000 pounds and stands 120-feet tall. The Big Bat is an exact-scale replica of Babe Ruth’s 34-inch Louisville Slugger.

American Forage and Grassland Council and Society for Range Management HOTEL INFORMATION Galt House Hotel & Suites 140 North Fourth Street Louisville, KY 40202 Email: [email protected] Phone: 1-800-843-4258 For Reservations : Galt House Hotel & Suites Please refer to the code “253642” when placing your reservations to receive the meeting rates. The Galt House Hotel & Suites will honor the prevailing 2008 government rate for this conference. Government rates for 2008 have been established and accordingly, we will offer the following rates for the January 2008 conference:

Standard Room Suite $97.00 - Single $127.00 - Single $107.00 - Double $137.00 - Double $117.00 - Triple $147.00 - Triple $127.00 - Quad $157.00 - Quad

Room rates do not include state and local taxes which currently total 15.01%. There is a maximum of four persons per room.

Celebrating a $60 million renovation, the Galt House Hotel complimentary Wi-Fi in all guest rooms, restaurants and lob- and Suites is one of the largest hotels in the Southeast. bies. You’ll find great convenience with six restaurants and Louisville’s Waterfront Hotel and Convention complex is the lounges, a rooftop Fitness Center, Triple Crown Club and most splendid and accommodating hotel in the city. Whether 2500 parking spaces. you’re traveling for business or pleasure the Galt House offers what no other hotel can: 1296 guestrooms (600 execu- The Galt House Hotel & Suites, the Official Hotel of tive suites and 696 deluxe rooms), 124,000 sq. ft. of space Churchill Downs and the Louisville Opera and preferred including two Ballrooms and Exhibit Hall and a magnificent partner of U of L Athletics is connected by skywalk to the view of the waterfront. Additionally, the hotel features Kentucky Int’l Convention Center. The hotel is within

Louisville, kentucky n January 26–31, 2008 Hotel Information continued Galt House features unique packages with special offers that include tickets to Louisville events and attractions. walking distance of Louisville Slugger Museum, Ali Center, Galt House is the only hotel to offer the Louisville Ticket Actor’s Theater, KY Center for the Arts, Waterfront Park, — a value-added one-price ticket program. For $35 you’ll Slugger Field, and Fourth St. Live! entertainment district and have a two-day pass to see a variety of top attractions minutes from Churchill Downs, Six Flags Kentucky King- including the Frazier Historical Arms Museum, Glassworks, dom and Louisville Int’l Airport. Kentucky Derby Museum, Muhammad Ali Center, and the Rooms are offered at the 2008 federal per diem rate. Speed Art Museum. Galt House - Louisville’s only downtown waterfront hotel, is Parking Information: Garage parking for all those indi- the most accommodating location in the city – many attrac- viduals staying at the Galt House Hotel is $7.00 per day. tions are within easy walking distance, like Actors Theatre For those that may be driving in to the meeting there are 2 of Louisville, The Kentucky Center for the Arts, the Belle of parking garages at the hotel and within 2 blocks of the hotel Louisville, Glassworks and more. there are 3-4 more. The average cost for those garages (all operated by the city) will be between $7 & $14 per day, There’s only one Louisville hotel situated on the Ohio River, depending on how long people are parked at the garages. and that’s the Galt House. Just around the corner is Louis- ville’s award-winning waterfront Park, which hosts dozens Call & make your reservations today! To make a reservation of concerts, shows and events yearly. The park also features call us toll free at 1-800-THE GALT or 502-589-5200. a 14-acre “Great Lawn,” miles of walking, running and bik- Visit the web site at http://www.galthouse.com/Destinations. ing paths and picnic areas for your enjoyment. aspx for further destinations.

10 American Forage and Grassland Council and Society for Range Management East Tower 1st Floor

Meeting Facilities

West Tower 2nd Floor Meeting Rooms East Tower 2nd Floor Meeting Rooms

West Tower 3nd Floor Meeting Rooms East Tower 3rd Floor Meeting Rooms

Louisville, kentucky n January 26–31, 2008 11 SRM & AFGC 2008 JOINT ANNUAL MEETING & TRADE SHOW JANUARY 26-31, 2008, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Registration is required for admittance to the SRM & AFGC 2008 JOINT ANNUAL MEETING & TRADE SHOW. Your name badge, issued upon registration, must be worn for admittance to all events. The full conference registration fee includes admittance to the Welcome Mixer, Plenary Session, Trade Show, Trade Show Mixer, Symposia, Workshops, Technical and Poster Sessions, President’s Reception, and Dance. The Spouse/Guest registration fee includes admittance to the Welcome Mixer, Plenary Session, Trade Show, Trade Show Mixer, Symposia, Workshops, Technical and Poster Sessions, President’s Reception, and Dance. The Day-Only registration fee includes admittance to the Symposia, Workshops, Technical and Poster Sessions, Trade Show, and any inclusive events on that given day. Please note that Day-Only registration is limited to two days maximum. If you wish to attend more than two days, you must register at the full registration rate.

REGISTRATION CONFIRMATIONS ARE MAILED/FAXED BY INDIVIDUAL REQUEST ONLY. A receipt of your registration will be included in the pre-registration packets to be picked up at the meeting. Pre-registrants may pick up their registration materials beginning Friday evening, January 25 – 5:00-7:00 PM

Registration Hours: On-Site Registration Desk will be open as follows: Saturday, January 26 – 5:00-7:00 PM Sunday, January 27 – 7:00 AM-5:30 PM Monday, January 28 – 7:00 AM-5:30 PM Tuesday, January 29 – 7:00 AM-5:30 PM Wednesday, January 30 – 7:00 AM-NOON Thursday, January 31 – 7:00 AM-NOON Registration Deadlines. Pre-registration for the meeting and all special events is encouraged so the Planning Committee can prepare to meet your needs. Registrations received at the SRM Headquarters Office via mail (postmarked), fax, or on-line by November 30, 2007 will qualify for the early-bird registration fees. Registrations postmarked or received by fax or on-line by December 21, 2007 will qualify for the regular registration fees. Due to SRM staff travel and shipping deadlines, CUT-OFF FOR REGISTRATION AT THE SRM OFFICE IS DECEMBER 21, 2007. Registrations received after this date will be processed as on-site registrations. Refund Policy. Refund requests will be honored using the following schedule: ➢ Requests received in writing prior to November 30, 2007 will be refunded, less $50.00 cancellation fee. ➢ Requests received in writing prior to December 21, 2007 will be refunded only in the case of extreme hardship (death, serious illness or hospitalization), less $50.00 cancellation fee. ➢ No refunds of registration, special events or tours will be processed after December 21, 2007 for any reason. Credit Card Change Fee. Due to the increase in fees associated with credit card use, you will be charged and additional $25 for any changes made to your registration following the initial payment by credit card. These changes may include, but are not limited to, any changes in credit card type or number, and/or switching all or some charges from one card to another. How To Register. Please complete the registration form (or a clear photocopy) in its entirety. Descriptions of special events and tours can be found elsewhere in this publication. PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY and provide all requested information; complete the number of attendees and calculate charges for each selected event. If you are bringing more than one (1) guest, please complete a separate registration form for each additional guest accompanying you. You may register with credit card via fax at 303-986-3892 or on-line at www.rangelands.org. All amounts are in US funds. Foreign registrants should remit payment using postal money orders or other instruments in US funds. You may pay by credit card using Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover. PURCHASE ORDERS ARE NOT ACCEPTED AND REGISTRATIONS CANNOT BE PROCESSED WITHOUT PAYMENT. If paying by check, please make payable to: SRM/AFGC ANNUAL MEETING and mail with your registration form to: SRM/AFGC Meeting 10030 West 27th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, CO 80215-6601 If you require additional information or assistance with your registration please contact SRM Headquarters @ 303-986-3309 or [email protected]

12 American Forage and Grassland Council and Society for Range Management SRM & AFGC 2008 JOINT ANNUAL MEETING & TRADE SHOW JANUARY 26-31, 2008, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY REGISTRATION FORM Mail to: SRM, 10030 West 27th Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO 80215-6601; Fax: 303-986-3892 Phone: 303-986-3309

First Name Middle Initial Last Name

Name for Badge (if different from above)

Organization/University/Company

Mailing Address

City State/Province

Zip/Postal Code Country

Spouse/Guest Name (only if registering)

Telephone (day)______Fax ______Mobile______Email ______Expected Date of Arrival:______Expected Date of Departure:______

MEMBERSHIP CLASSIFICATION: q SRM Member Only q AFGC Member Only q SRM & AFGC Member q Non-Member

SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS: q Charter/Founding Member q Past President q High School Youth Forum q Student Conclave q Young Professionals Conclave q New Member (since 1/1/07)

FULL CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEES (All Fees are in U.S. Dollars): EARLY-BIRD REGULAR RECEIVED BY SRM/ AFGC MEMBERS QTY 11/30/2007 12/21/2007 ON-SITE TOTAL Regular/Life ______$200 $250 $275 $______Emeritus ______$120 $145 $160 $______Student ______$80 $80 $90 $______

NON MEMBERS Regular ______$310 $360 $385 $______Student ______$11 $11 $125 $______Spouse/Guest ______$ $ $90 $______DAILY REGISTRATION FEES: Note: maximum of two (2) days. Please check day(s) attending: q Monday, 1/28 q Tuesday, 1/29 q Wednesday, 1/30 q Thursday, 1/31 Number of days checked above X $75.00/Daily Fee = $______

TOTAL REGISTRATION FEES:

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MEALS: QTY COST TOTAL Charter Members /SRM&AFGC Past Presidents’ Luncheon (Mon., 1/28) ______$ $______Professional Issues Luncheon (Tue., 1/29) ______$ $______Young Professionals Luncheon (Tue., 1/29) ______$ $______Student Conclave Luncheon (Tue., 1/29) q Student ______$18 $______q Non-Student ______$ $______AFGC Industry Affiliate Council Breakfast (Wed. 1/30) ______$ $______

SRM/AFGC Awards Luncheon (Wed., 1/30) q Awardees ______FREE $______q Guest ______$ $______

Banquet/Entertainment (Wed., 1/30) q Beef ______$ 50 $______q Chicken ______$ 50 $______

New Member Breakfast (Tue., 1/29) ______FREE Spouse/Guest Event (Mon., 1/28) ______FREE

TOTAL MEAL FEES: TECHNICAL TOURS: QTY COST TOTAL UK Woodford City, Animal Research Todd Clark Farm (Sun., 1/27) ______$ 50 $______Roundstone Native Seed and Mammouth Cave Park (Sun., 1/27) ______$ 50 $______KY Bison and Horse Farm Tour (Sun., 1/27) ______$ $______UK Woodford City., Animal Research/Todd Clark Farm (Thur., 1/31) ______$ $______

TOTAL TECHNICAL TOUR FEES:

LOCAL INTEREST QTY COST TOTAL TOURS: KY Derby Museum, Churchill Downs (Mon., 1/28) ______$ 30 $______Louisville Sluggers, Frazier History Museum, Glassworks (Tue., 1/29) ______$ 60 $______KY Horse Park, Equine Hospital, Woodford Distillery (Wed., 1/30) ______$ $______

TOTAL TECHNICAL TOUR FEES:

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Afghan q Shipped ______$60 $______q On-site ______$50 $______

TOTAL Afghan FEES:

GRAND TOTAL:

** PURCHASE ORDERS ARE NOT ACCEPTED * NO REGISTRATION WILL BE PROCESSED WITHOUT FULL PAYMENT ** REFUND POLICY: Requests received in writing prior to November 30, 2007 will be refunded, less $50.00 cancellation fee. Requests received in writing prior to December 21, 2007 will be refunded only in the case of extreme hardship (death, serious illness or hospitalization), less $50.00 cancellation fee.

PAYMENT OPTIONS: NOTE: Due to the increase in fees associated with credit card use, you will be charged an additional $25 for any changes made to your registration following the initial payment by credit card. These changes may include, but are not limited to, any changes in credit card type or number, and/or switching all or some charges from one card to another. q Check/Money Order#______Please make check/money order payable to “SRM Annual Meeting.” Check must be in US funds drawn on a US bank.

Credit Card: q MasterCard q VISA q American Express q Discover

Card # ______Expiration Date ______

Name as it appears on Card ______

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Louisville, kentucky n January 26–31, 2008 15 The AFGC/SRM Trade Show An important and exciting component of the 2008 Joint Trade Show Schedule Conference is the trade show floor! It offers exhibitors and Sunday, January 27, 2008 attendees the ultimate opportunity to market, network AND Noon—6:00 pm Booth Set-up sell. This year’s event promises to provide more impact and opportunity than ever with a larger, diverse audience from Monday, January 28, 2008 AFGC and SRM. 8:00—11:00 am Booth Set-up Combined, SRM and AFGC represent more than 5,500 Noon—6:00 pm Trade Show Opens members, including educators and scientists, producers, state 6:00—8:00 pm Mixer and federal government agencies, private industry, institutes Tuesday, January 29, 2008 and foundations, land managers, ecologists, ranchers, and 8:00 am—6:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open erosion control specialists. Wednesday, January 30, 2008 On the show floor, attendees will find a wide variety of 8:00 am—Noon Exhibit Hall Open products and services to choose from. Trade show hours Noon Trade Show Closes present buyers and sellers with ample time to discuss chal- Noon—6:00 pm Booth Tear Down lenges and opportunities. Activities on the show floor – such as the Trade Show Mixer, breakfast and lunch availability, If you’d like to sign up and exhibit in the trade show, please – are designed to keep traffic flowing and steady throughout contact Show Management by calling 800.944.2342, or the conference. e-mail [email protected]. Ask for Michael or Dee Dee. As of September 18, the following exhibitors have signed up Sponsorship and Advertising to participate: In addition to exhibiting, many organizations choose to sup- Barenburg USA port the event and/or their trade show participation through Bureau of Land Management sponsorship or advertising. Sponsorship and advertising help Cal/West Seeds AFGC and SRM to enhance the overall conference experi- Dow Agrosciences ence for attendees and exhibitors alike. AFGC and SRM DuPont wish to thank those companies who have generously signed Ecosystems Management Research Institute (EMRI) on as conference sponsors as of September 18: Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (GLCI) International Grassland/Rangeland Congress Diamond Sponsors K-Line Irrigation North America Dow AgroSciences - Conference Tote Bags Louisville Convention & Visitors bureau Marden Industries, Inc. Gold Sponsors NK Brand Seeds Barenburg USA - General Conference NRCS National Technology Support Centers Pennington Seed - General Conference Oklahoma State University Range Club Pawnee Buttes Seed, Inc. Bronze Sponsors Pennington Seed W-L Research - General Conference Ridley Block Operations SRM Endowment Copper Sponsors The Noble Foundation Truax Co. Inc. NK Brand Seeds - General Conference USDA Forest Service Rocky Mt. Research Station Pogue Agri Partners, Inc. - General Conference USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Plant The 2008 conference offers a variety of sponsorship and Materials Program advertising packages from which to choose. To become a sponsor or request information on advertising, please con- Food Areas in the Trade Show area: tact Show Management at 800.944.2342, or e-mail Looking for a fast, good and reasonably priced alternative [email protected]. Ask for Michael or Dee Dee. for breakfast and lunch while attending the SRM/AFGC Joint Annual Meeting in Louisville? There will be two food areas located in the Trade Show area in the Exhibit Hall. The prices will be between $1 and $4 each item, with a meal at lunch between $7-9 (depending on how hungry you are). Breakfast will be Tuesday and Wednesday mornings from 7:30 – 9AM and lunch will be Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 11AM – 2PM. These will be cash only transactions. 16 American Forage and Grassland Council and Society for Range Management BOARD/COUNCIL/COMMITTEE MEETINGS All Committee Meetings are SRM unless otherwise specified

GROUP DAY/DATE/TIME LOCATION/FLOOR/ROOM 2008 Annual Meeting Planning Committee Daily, 6:30AM-7:30AM Morrow Accreditation Panel Sun., 1/27, 1-5PM Carroll Ford Advisory Council Sun., 1/27, 8AM-5PM Sampson SRM EVP Discussion - open to Members Sun., 1/27, 1PM-2PM Sampson Advisory Council Mon., 1/28, 8AM-5PM Sampson Annual Meeting Planning Committees Wed., 1/30, 7:30AM-12PM Morrow Awards Committee Sun., 1/27, 8AM-11AM Poplar AFGC Board of Directors Sun., 1/27, 8AM-12PM Laffoon “ “ Thurs., 1/31, 1PM-5PM Laffoon SRM Board of Directors Tues., 1/29, 7AM-10AM Wilson SRM EVP Discussion-open to members Tue., 1/29, 10AM-12PM Wilson SRM Board of Directors Thurs., 1/31, 12:30-7:00PM Sampson “ “ Fri., 2/1, 7:30AM-1:30PM Sampson SRM BOD Meeting w/Committee Chairs and Vice-Chairs Sat., 1/26, 7-8:30PM Nunn CPRM Committee Sun., 1/27, 1PM-5PM Breathitt CRM Committee Sun., 1/27, 3-5PM Nunn Endowment Fund BOG Sun., 1/27, 1-5PM Wilkinson Excellence in Range Management Tues., 1/29, 8AM-5PM Ballroom C Finance Committee Sun., 1/27, 9AM-3PM French GLCI Task Group Sun., 1/27, 1PM-4PM Jones Government Policy & Programs Committee Sun., 1/27, 8-5PM Maple “ “ Mon., 1/28, 8:30-12PM Wilkinson History, Archives & Library Committee Sun., 1/27, 3-5PM Morrow Information & Education Committee Sun., 1/27, 8AM-Noon Holly International Affairs Committee Sun., 1/27, 1-4PM Taylor REM Editorial Board Sun., 1/27, 8AM-Noon Beckham REM Steering Committee Sun., 1/27, 1PM-5PM Beckham Leadership Development Committee Sun., 1/27, 1-4PM Laffoon Nominations Committee Sun., 1/27, 8AM-5PM Walnut Public Affairs Committee Sun., 1/27 8AM-5PM Maple Public Affairs Committee Mon., 1/28 8AM-Noon Sun - Maple Publications Committee Sun., 1/27, 1-3PM Nunn Rangeland Assessment & Monitoring Committee Sun., 1/27, 8AM-5PM Stopher Rangeland and Grasslands Extension Professional Meeting Sun., 1/27, 7PM-9PM McCreary Rangelands Invasive Species Committee Sun., 1/27, 1-3PM Morrow Rangeland Technology & Equipment Council Sun., 1/27, 1-5PM Combs, Chandler Upland Game Bird Restoration: RTEC Workshop Rangelands Steering Committee Sun., 1/27, 8AM-12PM Wilson Rangelands Editorial Board Sun., 1/27, 1-5PM Wilson Range Science Education Council Sun., 1/27, 9AM-12PM Segell Remote Sensing & GIS Committee Sun., 1/27, 1-5PM Dogwood Section Membership Chairs Sun., 1/27, 8-11AM Taylor Student Activities Committee Sun., 1/27, 9AM-2PM McCreary Watershed/Riparian Committee Sun., 1/27, 8AM-Noon Dogwood Wildlife Habitat Committee Sun., 1/27, 1-5PM Segell Forage and Grassland Foundation Sat., 1/26, 3PM-7PM Breathitt Membership Task Force Sun., 1/27 1PM-4PM Poplar National Hay Association BOD Sat., 1/26 9AM-12PM Wilkinson

Louisville, kentucky n January 26–31, 2008 17 SPECIAL EVENTS AT-A-GLANCE EVENT/ACTIVITY TIME LOCATION/ROOM Sunday, January 27th USDA-ARS Meeting 8:00-10:00 PM Nunn AFGC-CGP Exam 1:00-3:00 PM Daisy USDA-USFS Awards and Family Meeting 7:00-10:00 PM Combs Chandler USDI-BLM Reception 7:00-10:00 PM Breathitt USDA-NRCS Family Meeting 7:00-9:00 PM Carroll Ford Monday, January 28th Hay Show Noon-8:00 PM Willis AFGC Silent Auction Noon-8:00 PM Clements Photo Contest Noon-8:00 PM Willis CSREES Funded Projects 6:00-8:00 PM Dogwood Charter Members’/Past President’s Luncheon Noon-2:00 PM Combs Chandler Spouse Event 1:30-3:30 PM Off-site HSYF Professional Interaction dinner 7:00-9:00 PM Off-site “Tapping the Top” Mixer 5:00-7:00 PM Wilkinson Taste of Kentucky Trade Show/Mixer 6:00-8:00 PM Exhibit Hall Tuesday, January 29th SRM New Members Breakfast 7:00 -8:00 AM Coe AFGC Emerging Scientist Competition 8:30 AM-Noon Stopher Texas Tech Alumni Breakfast 6:30-8:30 AM Liverpool South AFGC Forage Spokesperson Competion 1:30-3:30 PM Stopher SRM Professional Issues Luncheon Noon-2:00 PM Laffoon SRM Student Conclave Luncheon and Meeting Noon-2:30 PM Archibald SRM CPRM Exam 8:00 AM-5:00 PM Wilkinson Young Professional Lunch & Meeting 11:30AM-1:30 PM Cochran UA Alumni and Friends Social 5:30-8:00 PM Morrow MSU Mixer 6:00-8:00 PM Sampson OSU Mixer 6:00-8:00 PM McCreary USU Mixer 6:00-8:00 PM Laffoon UW Mixer 6:00-9:00 PM Daisy Texas A&M University Alumni Social 6:00-8:00 PM Wilkinson Idaho Reception - University of Idaho Department of 6:00-8:00 PM Beckham Rangeland Ecology and the Idaho Section SRM University Nevada Reno Alumni Social 6:00-8:00 PM Dogwood Iowa State Alumni Gathering 6:00-8:00 PM Wilson Fort Hays Kansas State University Social 7:30-8:00 PM Off-Site Dance 8:00 PM-12:00 AM Ballroom A Wednesday, January 30th AFGC Industry Affiliate Council Breakfast 7:30-9:00 AM Coe SRM Wild Women of the Range 4:30-6:30 PM Wilkinson SRM Membership Forum/Business Meeting 2:00-3:30 PM Archibald & Arch Addition SRM Awards Ceremony 3:45-5:00 PM Archibald & Arch Addition President’s Reception and Banquet 6:00-9:30 PM Ballroom A&B AFGC Affiliate Council Business Meeting 2:00-2:45 PM Sampson AFGC Business Meeting 2:45-3:45 PM Sampson AFGC/SRM Awards Luncheon 11:30 AM-1:00 PM Cochran Thursday, January 31th 2008 Annual Meeting Planning Committee Celebration 5:00 PM onward Off-site Friday, February 1st ON-YOUR-OWN ACTIVITIES

18 American Forage and Grassland Council and Society for Range Management TECHNICAL FIELD TOURS baling. The farm’s personal hay, combined with custom baling, amounts to 40,000 small squares and 1,000, 4’x5’ Technical Tours round bales per year, all of which is sold. The spring flush of (all tours will return by approxi- mately 5:00 pm unless indicated cool season grass pasture is utilized by stocker cattle using or lunch will be provided) intensive rotational grazing management practices. The farm also produces 80 acres of burley tobacco and 425 acres of hydroponics tobacco plants. This tour will also feature a visit to the picturesque Walnut Hall Stock Farm where tour participants will have the opportunity to see and learn about the production of standardbred horses. Forage/Animal Research and Production Tour Roundstone Seed/Mammoth Tour 1 Sunday, January 27, 2008 Cave Tour Departure 8:00 a.m. Tour 2 Tour 4 Thursday, January 31, 2008 Sunday, January 27, 2008 Departure 8:00 a.m. Departure 8:00 a.m. Cost: $50 Cost: $50 Maximum Tickets: 108 Maximum tickets: 108 The 1500 acre University of Roundstone Native Seed Company Kentucky Animal Research Cen- is the largest producer of native ter is a state-of-the-art research grasses and forbs in the southeast. center dedicated to both animal Roundstone specializes in produc- and crop research as part of the tion of local ecotype native grasses Kentucky Agricultural Experiment and forbs. Owners Randy and Station. The center is the site of John Seymour will discuss their research conducted by Animal and production facilities including Food Sciences, Plant and Soils Sci- production stands, harvest equip- ences, Biosystems and Agricultural ment, seed cleaning equipment, Engineering and a USDA-Agricul- and seed storage facilities. They tural Research Service unit. The will also discuss forage quality of farm is home to Beef, Swine and several local ecotype native grasses Sheep Research Units. The 400 acres of cropland are used they are testing with the University to produce forages for research livestock, in addition to crop of Kentucky. In addition to seed production, Roundstone variety trials, pest control studies, irrigation projects and provides many other services including native grass planting, studies on precision agriculture. The 175 acre Sheep Unit is establishment and management, land preparation, herbicide surrounded by pastures designed to maximize forage evalua- applications, botanical surveys, and consulting services. tion under different management systems. The 700 acre Beef Lunch will be served at the Mammoth Cave Hotel Restau- Unit includes facilities for grazing trials and studying cow/ rant. Lunch will consist of a buffet with drink. calf, stocker, backgrounding, and finishing systems. Current forage-related beef projects include the use of complemen- tary forages for fescue-based systems (e.g. grazing corn or bermudagrass), optimizing nitrogen utilization from high quality forages, effect of carbohydrate supplementation on efficiency of nitrogen utilization, effects of endophyte-infected fescue on nutrient transport across the gut, and use of novel endophyte-infected fescue as an alternative to endophyte-infected fescue. Participants on this tour will have the opportunity to tour numerous research and feeding facilities. Clark Farms is a first generation full time forage, beef and tobacco operation. The farm’s forage operations consist of alfalfa/orchardgrass hay, mixed grass hay, and custom

Louisville, kentucky n January 26–31, 2008 19 This tour will also encompass a tour of the Mammoth Cave National Park ecosystem. Mammoth Cave is the world’s longest cave system, with more than 365 miles explored. Mammoth Cave National Park was established in 1941 to protect the unparalleled underground labyrinth of caves, the rolling karst topography, and the Green River valley. Since then, ongoing study and exploration have shown the park to be far more complex than ever imagined, hosting a broad diversity of species living in specialized and intercon- nected ecosystems. This tour will feature discussion of the following topics: history of Mammoth Cave, cave forma- tions, cave species diversity and native prairie and woodland management at Mammoth Cave National Park. This tour will include a short cave tour (optional) that will include light walking and some stairs to climb in and out of the cave.

60 year tradition of breeding thoroughbred stakes winners including Dark Star (Kentucky Derby ’53). Here you will not only learn about the thoroughbred industry but about the role forages plays in producing championship race horses. Local Interest Tours Kentucky Derby Museum Tour Tour 1 Monday, January 28, 2008 Departure 12:30 p.m., (no lunch provided) Cost: $30 Maximum Tickets 108 KY Bison and Horse Farm Tour Tour 3 The Kentucky Derby Museum is one of Kentucky’s premier cultural attractions which captures the pride, tradition and Sunday, January 27, 2008 excitement of “the greatest two minutes in sports,” the Ken- Departure 12:00 Noon, (no lunch provided) tucky Derby. Once at the museum, the starting gate will lead Cost: $35 you into an atmosphere full of the sights, sounds and color Maximum Tickets 108 of the Kentucky Derby. Interactive exhibits, fine art and Kentucky Bison Company or Woodland Farm is a fully artifacts; it’s all here. Feel the excitement of the crowd and vertically integrated farm. They raise, harvest and sell bison the thunder of hooves as you view “The Greatest Race,” our meat from “farm-gate-to-plate” as well as sell breeding 360-degree, high definition video. Watch as some of the best stock. Their bison are raised without the use of sub-thera- owners and trainers share Derby stories, listen to jockeys peutic antibiotics and growth hormones. While visiting the relive their Derby moments and learn to ride like a jockey Kentucky Bison Company you will learn about bison pro- on our “Riders Up” exhibit…but that is only the beginning. duction and grazing systems used at Woodland Farm. Take a guided walking tour of historic Churchill Downs, vis- Hermitage Farm is a 700- acre farm noted for its lush pas- it the Museum’s resident Thoroughbred and miniature horse, ture, large barns, century old trees and most importantly it’s view the Grandstands, the Finish Line and Winner’s Circle. For an additional fee of $10, the Museum tour guides will take guests on an hour and a half in length behind the scenes “Insiders Tour” of the Jockeys’ Quarters, Millionaires’ Row, the Press Box and other areas of Churchill Downs’ newly renovated clubhouse. Louisville Sluggers, Heroes and Glassworks Tour Tour 2 Tuesday, January 29, 2008 Departure 8:45 a.m. Cost: $60 Maximum Tickets: 108 Since 1884, Hillerich & Bradsby Company has made the world-famous Louisville Slugger bats – the Official Bat of Major League Baseball. At Louisville Slugger Museum,

20 American Forage and Grassland Council and Society for Range Management you’ll experience history-in-the-making, as you stroll The tour features the flame- through the factory where today’s bats are created right working, glassblowing, and before your eyes. architectural glass studios Louisville Slugger Museum is a treasure trove of history as well as a 12 - minute and memorabilia from the greatest players in the game. video that covers the history See the genuine sticks swung by legends such as Babe and origin of glass art. The Ruth, Ty Cobb, Stan Musial, Henry Aaron, and many Glassworks Gallery offers an others. You don’t want to miss the museum’s 120 feet extensive selection of quality bat or the inspirational film glass objects, crafted to please called “THE HEART OF any art enthusiast. THE GAME” that explores Unbridled Spirits the split-second when lumber Tour 3 meets leather and we hear the “crack of the bat!” Past Wednesday, January 30, 2008 legends and current stars Departure 8:00 a.m. reminisce and share insights Cost: $65 on hitting. This tour stop Maximum Tickets 108 will be a “hit.” Kentucky is noted for thoroughbred horses and bour- History comes alive at The Frazier International History bon whisky. The Unbridled Spirits tour will feature both Museum in the 100,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art mu- of these unique industries as we begin with a behind the seum. Here you can relive historical events that challenged scenes tour of Keeneland Racetack, Paddock Area and Sales our ancestors. Here you can meet heroes, generals, and Pavilion where in 2006, the September yearling sales was famous leaders of America and the world whose military the highest grossing Thoroughbred auction in the world, victories – and defeats – changed history. with sales of $399 million. The museum focuses on U.S. and UK arms, armor and The 1,200 acre Kentucky Horse Park (home of the 2010 various other historical objects from 1,000 years, with World Equestrian Games) is an equine theme park dedicat- exhibits including firearms, shields, swords, suits of armor ed to man’s relationship with the horse. Home to approxi- and various medieval weapons. It is the only museum in mately 50 different breeds of horses at work and at play, the world to have a satellite museum of the Royal Ar- the park introduces you to the world of the horse. Visit the mouries (Britain’s oldest museum). Specific items in the International Museum of the Horse, the largest of its kind th collection include a rifle owned by George Washington, in the world with exhibits that include a collection of 19 Teddy Roosevelt’s “Big Stick” hunting rifle, items owned by Century horse-drawn carriages and racing vehicles. View of “Buffalo Bill” Cody and outlaw Jesse James. The Frazier is the The American Saddlebred Museum offers a panorama also home to The Royal Armouries USA – a component of of the exhilarating sights and sounds of the American Britain’s Royal Armouries (Britain’s oldest museum). Saddlebred’s role in American history to its modern uses. In the Farrier Shop, the blacksmith exhibits his iron-pound- The Louisville Glassworks tour will assist visitors in rec- ing craft and provides visitors the opportunity to watch the ognizing the mystery and beauty of glass, to understand its age-old art of horse shoeing. An outstanding display of origins and its development, as well as to appreciate the 24 of the park’s nearly 50 breeds of horses is located in the artistry and craftsmanship that goes into each creation. Breeds Barn. Located in the heart of Kentucky’s Bluegrass region, Wood- ford Reserve Distillery visitors center provides a panoramic view of the entire 78-acre site, filled with unique exhibi- tions, historical photos and artifacts that celebrate the living history of Kentucky Bourbon. The distillery tour begins near the 14–feet- high fermenting tanks, where sour mash bubbles throughout the week. The oldest section of the distillery is the distilling room with three copper pot stills, dating back to 1838. Tour allows visitors to witness the exact art of coopering and see the steps taking to create the charred oak barrels used to mature the bourbon. You will tour the warehouses where thousands of barrels of bourbon are aged to perfection. From the warehouse you will tour the bottling facility and at the end of the tour, visitors over 21 years old can sample the original Woodford Reserve Bourbon.

Louisville, kentucky n January 26–31, 2008 21 SRM STUDENT ACTIVITIES HSYF Workshop: A workshop developed by the HSYF Sub- committee to help students develop skills to enhance their The student events and activities provide a great opportuni- future as a rangeland professional. ty for high school and college students to become involved with SRM and to learn more about rangeland resources Undergraduate and Graduate Student Activities: and the field of range science. The various events and activities are designed to: 1) provide insights concerning the Student Exhibits: Student SRM Chapters will display their functioning and working of the Society; 2) give students the exhibits as part of the Trade Show. Awards will be presented opportunity to meet SRM members; 3) provide a format for the best display at the Awards Ceremony. that encourages synthesis of information and enhance- Undergraduate Range Management Exam (URME): Un- ment of communication skills; 4) allow students to interact dergraduate teams will compete to test their knowledge and with range professionals and explore career opportuni- understanding of range management and ecology. The high- ties; 5) provide an opportunity to learn about the ecology point individuals and high-point teams will be recognized at and natural resources of the annual meeting location; 6) the Awards Ceremony. provide a forum for students to test their knowledge of Student Conclave Business Meeting and Mixer: All SRM rangeland ecology, plant identification and rangeland man- student members are part of the Student Conclave and in- agement; and 7) create an atmosphere that fosters cama- vited to participate in Conclave activities. raderie, friendships and lasting relationships. We encourage SRM members to attend student events and activities. Plant ID Contest: This is a time-honored tradition of SRM. Exceptional presentations can be heard at the High School Students will test their skills by identifying plants from a list Youth Forum Oral Presentations, Undergraduate Speaking of 200 important range plants. Awards will be given to the Contest, Undergraduate Paper Presentations and Gradu- top teams and the top individuals. ate Student Paper Competition. Please check the Student Undergraduate Public Speaking Contest: Undergraduates Activities Schedule for times and locations of the various will compete in an extemporaneous public speaking contest. events and activities. Remember, the students represent the Each student will select one of 3 provided speech topics future of SRM. related to range management. They will have 3 hours to develop a 5-7 minute presentation of that topic. Students can High School Youth Forum (HSYF) Activities: use any resources available at the SRM meeting to develop HSYF Orientation and Social: A social to get acquainted their speech, including people, displays, and presentations. with other students participating in the HSYF. Don’t miss Everyone is invited to attend these presentations. this kick off event. Tapping the Top Mixer: This event is organized by the HSYF Field Tour: Youth Forum participants will travel to Student Activities Committee, and provides students with the view various field projects. opportunity to meet with top professionals from the range HSYF Professional Interaction Dinner: Here is your chance management and natural resource management fields. This to meet and visit with natural resource professionals in a is a casual event conducive to conversation between students relaxed dining atmosphere. Find out about career opportu- and professionals. nities and begin to develop your professional network. Undergraduate Papers: Undergraduate students have this HSYF Paper Presentations: Each HSYF participant will opportunity to present research projects or papers to the present a 6-8 minute presentation on a rangeland/grassland SRM membership. Everyone at the Annual Meeting is in- topic of their choice. The presentations will be judged, with vited to attend these presentations. the winner being invited to attend the 2009 Annual Meeting. Student Employment Workshop: Sponsored by the Public Presenters, remember to bring visual aides to illustrate your Affairs and Student Affairs Committees. Come prepared to discussion and be prepared to answer questions from the learn how to enhance your employability! judges. All SRM members and guests are invited to attend Graduate Student Paper and Poster Contest: The Graduate these presentations. A practice room will be provided. Student Paper/Poster Contest offers graduate students the HSYF Business Meeting: Attend this meeting to develop opportunity to compete in the presentation of their research. next year’s HSYF activities. There will be an election for the The four categories are M.S. Oral, M.S. Poster, Ph.D. Oral 2008 HSYF officers. and Ph.D. poster. First and second prizes will be awarded in each category.

22 American Forage and Grassland Council and Society for Range Management AFGC STUDENT ACTIVITIES

The American Forage and Grassland Council (AFGC) pro- Grassland Evaluation Contest - Due to the timing of the vides a wide variety of educational and networking venues 2008 conference, the Grassland Evaluation Contest will not for students. These include: be held. However, AFGC is planning a Grassland Evalua- The Emerging Scientist Competition - Upon nomination, tion Workshop at the conference from 1-4 p.m. on Monday, participants are selected by the Emerging Scientist Commit- January 28. tee and invited to participate. All participants will present Youth in Grazing Management Essay Contest - This Contest during the conference. Presentations will be judged by a is funded by the generous support of R.L and Pat Dalrymple panel of experts. The Emerging Scientist Competition will of Ardmore OK. There are three age categories for partici- take place Tuesday, January 29, beginning at 8:30 a.m. pants. Essays must be original composition of the entrants. The AFGC Forage Bowl Competition - An undergraduate The age categories are based on age as of January 1, 2008. team competition held in conjunction with AFGC meetings. • Category 1) Under 14 years of age 200 to 400 word essay The format is similar to the popular game show Jeopardy. • Category 2) 14 to 18 years of age 350 to 500 word essay We encourage colleges and universities throughout the U.S. to enter teams in this competition. Recognition and awards • Category 3) 19 to 22 years of age 800 to 1000 word essay are provided. Contact Ozzie Abaye or Ray Smith if you have For details on these programs, please visit www.afgc.org. any questions. The AFGC Forage Bowl Competition takes place Monday, January 28, at 4 p.m.

Louisville, kentucky n January 26–31, 2008 23 STUDENT ACTIVITIES EVENTS AT-A-GLANCE EVENT/ACTIVITY TIME LOCATION/ROOM Sunday, January 27th HSYF Orientation/Social 4:00-7:00 PM Willow Student Plant ID Study Room 7:00 AM-11:59 PM Brown Young Professionals Conclave 5:00-7:00 PM Laffoon Student Activities Committee Meeting 9:00 AM-2:00 PM McCreary Student Conclave Business Meeting 5:00-8:00 PM Archibald and Archibald Addition Contestant Registration 5:00-6:00 PM Archibald and Archibald Addition HSYF Home Room 6:00 AM-11:00 PM Willow Employment Room 8:00 AM-10:00 PM Fields 2008 Rangeland Job Fair 8:00 AM- 6:00 PM Cochran Career Development Workshop 12:00 PM- 4:00 PM Archibald and Archibald Addition Monday, January 28th HSYF Technical Tour 8:00 AM-4:30 PM Buses load @ HSYF Professional Interaction Dinner 7:00-9:00 PM Off Site/within walking distance UG Public Speaking Contest Registration Room 8:00 AM-5:00 PM Wilson Speaker Prep Room 8:00 AM-5:00 PM Collins Undergraduate Public Speaking Contest 1:00-5:00 PM Room A = Beckham 1:00-5:00 PM Room B = Taylor “Tapping the Top” Mixer 5:00-7:00 PM Wilkinson HSYF Home Room 6:00 AM- 11:00 PM Willow Employment Room 8:00 AM- 10:00 PM Fields Employment Interview Room (NRCS 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM Poplar Employment Interview Room (BLM) 8:00 AM-10:00 PM Walnut Forest Service On-the-Spot Hiring Event 7:00 AM-8:00 PM Maple Student Exhibits Set-Up and 8:00 AM- 6:00 PM(Set-UP) Exhibit Hall with Willis & Clements Tradeshow 12:00 PM- 8:00 PM (Trade Show) Student Plant ID Study Room 12:00 AM-11:59 PM Brown URME Exam 8:00 AM- 12:00 PM Daisy/Sunflower AFGC Grassland Evaluation Workshop 1:00 PM- 4:00 PM Carroll Ford AFGC Forage Bowl 4:00 PM-5:00 PM Nunn Taste of Kentucky Tradeshow/Mixer 6:00 PM- 8:00 PM Exhibit halls with Willis and Clements Tuesday, January 29th HSYF Home Room 6:00 AM- 11:00 PM Willow Speaker Prep Room 8:00 AM- 5:00 PM Collins Employment Room 8:00 AM- 10:00 PM Fields Employment Interview Room (NRCS 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM Poplar Employment Interview Room (BLM) 8:00 AM-10:00 PM Walnut Forest Service On-the-Spot Hiring Event 7:00 AM-8:00 PM Maple AFGC Emerging Scientist Competition 8:30 AM-12:00 PM Stopher Student Exhibits 8:00 AM- 6:00 PM Exhibit Hall with Willis and Clements Student Plant ID Study Room 12:00 AM- 11:59 PM Brown High School Youth Forum Presentations 7:00 AM- 5:00 PM Taylor Plant ID Staging & Coaches Workshop 6:00 AM- 1:00 PM Rose Tulip Plant ID Contest/Viewing 8:00 AM- 3:00 PM Daisy/Sunflower Plant ID Coaches Critiques 6:00 PM-7:00 PM Rose Tulip Student Conclave Lunch & Meeting 12:00 PM-2:30 PM Archibald Young Professional Conclave Lunch & Meeting 11:30 AM- 1:30 PM Cochran Student Conclave Tour 3:00 PM-? Kentucky Derby Museum Rangeland Cup 8:00AM – 5:00 PM Ballroom C 24 American Forage and Grassland Council and Society for Range Management Wednesday, January 30th Speaker Prep Room 8:00 AM-6:00 PM Collins Student Plant ID Study Room 12:00AM-10:00 PM Brown HYSF Business Meeting & Workshop 8:00 AM-11:00 PM Willow Employment Room 8:00 AM- 10:00 PM Fields Employment Interview Room (NRCS) 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM Poplar Employment Interview Room (BLM) 8:00 AM-10:00 PM Walnut Forest Service On-the-Spot Hiring Event 7:00 AM-12:00 PM Maple Student Exhibits 8:00 AM- 12:00 PM Exhibit Hall with Willis and Clements Undergraduate Student Contributed (Technical) 8:00 AM-12:00 PM Carroll Ford Papers SRM Student Awards Ceremony 3:45 PM- 5:00 PM Archibald and Archibald Addition Thursday, January 31st Employment Room 8:00 AM- 12:00 PM Fields Student Activities Committee Breakfast Meeting 8:00 - 10:00 AM Liverpool South

RANGELAND CAREERS….ITS ALL ABOUT THE FUTURE AGENCY ON-THE-SPOT HIRING The demand for professionals who can manage rangelands Sunday January 27 through Wednesday January 30, 2008. is currently very high. Nearly all students graduating with Several federal agencies have successfully coordinated On- degrees in range science & management are finding opportu- the-Spot Hiring programs at the SRM annual meetings in nities for jobs. Many people also appear to be switching to past years. For example, at the SRM 60th Annual Meeting rangeland management as a second career choice later in life. in Reno, Nevada, the USFS and BLM successfully filled 18 However, even though the demand for quality new recruits Rangeland Management Specialist (GS-454) entry level va- appears high, there also appears to be a decreasing supply of cancies. Several more positions were filled subsequent to the job-ready seniors from university programs. meetings using the same applicant pool. Agencies are very The Society for Range Management (SRM) is concerned interested in pursuing this opportunity again in Louisville. about the future management of rangelands. We are espe- Stay tuned for more details!!! For more information visit cially concerned about the future of the workforce dedicated http://www.rangelands.org/jobfair_onthespot.shtml to managing these lands. Information from the Office of EMPLOYMENT ROOM Personnel Management (OPM) reveals that at least 25-33% of the workforce currently classified as “Rangeland Man- Sunday January 27 through Thursday January 31, 2008, agement Specialists” (i.e., 454-series) within the US Forest 8:00am - 10:00pm; Thursday until noon. Job announce- Service (USFS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and ments, internships and vacancy postings representing the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will likely diversified membership of SRM. retire in the next 10 years. Who will fill their shoes? INTERNET CAREER CAFÉ In order to start addressing these concerns, SRM plans to Sunday January 27 through Wednesday January 30, 2008, expand its job hiring and career development opportunities 8:00am - 6:00pm. A sponsored technical service in support at the 2008 SRM and the American Forage and Grasslands of the JOBFAIR and On-the-Spot HIRING activities. Council (AFGC) Annual Meeting and Trade Show in Louis- ville, Kentucky, January 26-31, 2008. Preliminary informa- CAREER DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS tion and scheduling for planned activities is presented below. For developing details please visit the 2008 Annual Meeting In addition to the successful Student Employment Workshop, Rangeland Career website at: www.rangelands.org/jobfair_ where you can ask questions on how to really succeed in rangelandcareers.shtml the job market, SRM is planning to host additional workshops on: “What are Employers Looking For,” and “What RANGELAND JOB FAIR AND HIRING are Agencies Looking For,” and “Thinking about Graduate School.” All workshops will be one-half hour to two hours RANGELAND JOB FAIR in length and will be offered concurrently with the 2008 Sunday January 27, 2008, 10am - 6pm. Just as rangelands Rangeland JOB FAIR on Sunday afternoon, January 27, and grassland are diverse, so are related careers. Just look 2008. Top professionals from both the private and public at the SRM and AFGC membership as an example of this sectors of rangeland management have volunteered to guide diversity! In order to better match job opportunities with these workshops to benefit SRM/AFGC members. job seekers, SRM/AFGC will expand professional employ- WHAT ARE EMPLOYERS LOOKING FOR? ment efforts at their 2008 Joint SRM/AFGC Meeting. This 12:00 noon - 12:30pm. Employers are looking for ethi- is a free service for SRM and AFGC members and Trade cal, motivated, hard working, persons who can think, Show participants. For more information visit: http://www. solve problems, communicate effectively (all modes), rangelands.org/jobfair.shtml work effectively on a team, and have good leadership

Louisville, kentucky n January 26–31, 2008 25 skills. Dr. Mort Kothmann has been teaching a Senior plish these things. You don’t have to be a student, but Seminar twice a year since 1999 with an emphasis on you can’t be an employer. If you don’t learn something job applications, cover letters and resumes. At the 2008 here, you aren’t paying attention. meetings, he will conduct a one-half hour session with hands-on opportunities. MORE CAREER DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES TAPPING THE TOP WHAT ARE AGENCIES LOOKING FOR? 12:30-1pm. Students and professors alike often ask Monday January 28, 2008; 5:00-7:00pm. For over 15 years, “What are agencies looking for?” and “How does the SRM has given students and professionals the opportunity agency hiring process work?” These are good questions to “Tap the Top”. In the beginning, Tapping the Top (TTT) and the agencies are very interested in the opportunity to gave students a chance to shadow a professional throughout address these questions during a one-half hour work- part of the SRM meeting. When TTT outgrew this format, shop at the 2008 Meetings. the student professional mixer evolved. The one thing that hasn’t changed is the opportunity for students to ask ques- THINKING ABOUT GRADUATE SCHOOL? tions and learn what it is really like to be a professional in 1-2pm. This one-hour workshop will be offered for the the natural resources field. first time at the 2008 meeting by Dr. Mark Brunson. Many undergraduate students, as well as younger range MENTOR A YOUNG PROFESSIONAL professionals, find themselves unsure whether they Monday January 28 through Wednesday January 30, 2008. should pursue or continue in a job in the profession, SRM is inviting its seasoned professionals to extend a help- or whether they would be better off earning a graduate ing hand to the college-age and young professionals of the degree. The answer will vary for each person, but this society. Consider it the beginning of a career mentoring pro- workshop will offer viewpoints that address the question cess. During registration at the meetings, we will be asking from various angles. SRM/AFGC mentors to sign a roster if they are interested STUDENT EMPLOYMENT WORKSHOP in spending some quality professional time with a newer 2-4pm. Want to stand out from the crowd? Want to member of the society in an informal lunch or dinner setting. know how you really “get” a job instead of just “find- This activity has been successfully tried by other professional ing” one? The Student Employment Workshop (SEW) organizations and the benefits to the younger members have gives you a chance to learn the skills necessary to accom- been outstanding.

26 American Forage and Grassland Council and Society for Range Management Plenary Program 2008 SRM/AFGC Conference January 26-31, 2008 Louisville, Kentucky

Monday, January 28 8:45 Welcome to Kentucky – Photo Highlights

9:00 Opening Remarks Moderator, Dr. Ray Smith, 2008 Meeting Co-chair, American Forage and Grassland Council Dr. Scott Smith, Dean, University of Kentucky, College of Agriculture Dennis Phillippi, President, Society for Range Management Dr. Gary Pederson, President, American Forage and Grassland Council Phil Howell, President, Kentucky Forage and Grassland Council

9:20 Patriotic Tribute

9:25 Remembrance Deen Boe, 2008 Meeting Co-chair, Society for Range Management

9:30 Kentucky: More Than Bluegrass Dr. Garry Lacefield,E xtension Forage Specialist, University of Kentucky

10:00 Building Bridges: Grasslands to Rangelands Dr. Vivien Allen, Thornton Distinguished Chair in Plant and Soil Sciences, Texas Tech Dr. Jim O’Rourke, President Continuing Committee of the International Rangeland Congress, Chadron, NE

10:30 Building Bridges: Rural to Urban Bill Tucker, AFGC Director of Legislative Affairs, Amherst, VA

11:00 Building Bridges: Farmers/Ranchers to Consumers nelson Curry, Cattle Procurement Representative, Laura’s Lean Beef, Lexington, KY

11:30 Building Bridges: Working Together invitation Extended Honorable Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary of the Interior

12:00 Closing Remarks

Louisville, kentucky n January 26–31, 2008 27 TECHNICAL PROGRAM AT-A-GLANCE Sunday Morning: January 27th, 2008 Ecology (38 posters(Authors present 8-10AM)) Workshop: Grazing and Grassland Management for Bob- Rangeland Cup (Authors present 1-3PM) white Quail (Nunn) Excellence in Range Management (Authors present Sunday Afternoon: 1-3PM) Workshop: Rangeland Technical Equipment Council, Up- land Game Bird Restoration (Combs Chandler) Tuesday Afternoon: Symposium: Energy from Biomass – Agronomic and Eco- Monday Morning: January 28th, 2008 nomic Considerations II (Jones) Plenary Session (Ballroom A& B) Monday Afternoon: Symposium: State-and-Transition Models: Triggers, Feed- Symposium: Building Bridges: National Leaders’ Perspec- backs and Thresholds II (French) tives on Natural Resource Issues (Archibald) Symposium: Current Ecological Issues in Grassland Sci- Symposium: Remote Sensing and GIS Applications – What ence (Nunn) Can They Do For You? (Cochran) Symposium: Pasture Management Tools: Current & Fu- Technical Sessions ture Technology (Beckham) Grazing Systems (McCreary) Symposium: Forage Priorities (Carroll Ford) Weed & Brush Management (Jones) Forum: Forage/Producer Spokesperson (Stopher) Ecology (French) Technical Sessions Reclamation & Restoration (Segell) Education & Extension (Segell) Wildlife-Livestock Interactions (Stopher) Domestic Animals (Breathitt) Poster Sessions (Authors present 3-5 PM, Ballroom C Remote Sensing, GIS and Modeling – All day) (Combs Chandler) Range & Pasture Management (40 posters) Wednesday Morning: January 30, 2008 Energy & Biomass (5 posters) Technical Sessions (8:30-10:00 AM) Silvopasture & Herbivory (Stopher) Range & Pasture Plants (12 posters) Carbon Sequestration & Global Change (Segell) Tuesday Morning: January 29th, 2008 Symposium: Energy from Biomass – Agronomic and Eco- Landscape Ecology (French) nomic Considerations I (Jones) Assessment & Monitoring (Jones) Symposium: State-and-Transition Models: Triggers, Feed- Economics (Combs Chandler) backs and Thresholds I (French) Alfalfa (Breathitt) Symposium: Use of Heterogeneity-Based Grassland Man- Public Policy (Wilkinson) agement Techniques for Improved Wildlife Habitat: What Invasive Species II (Nunn) Does It Look Like? (Segell) Biomass & Energy (Sampson) Symposium: Novel Market-based Approaches to Enhance Sustainability of Grazinglands (Nunn) Special Session Symposium: Fescue Toxicosis (Carroll Ford) SRM Undergraduate Student Papers (Carroll Ford) Technical Sessions Poster Sessions (Authors present 8-10 AM, Ballroom C Riparian Ecology & Management (Breathitt) – All day) Invasive Species I (Combs Chandler) Conservation Effects Assessment Program (17 posters) Special Sessions Technology & Monitoring (7 posters) AFGC Emerging Scientist Competition (Stopher) Socio-Economics & Education (9 posters) GLCI Grazing Symposium (Sampson) Watershed Management & Hydrology (6 posters) Poster Sessions (Ecology Authors present 8-10 AM, Rangeland Cup and Excellence in Grazing Management Domestic Animals (11 posters) authors present 1-3 PM Ballroom C – All day) Wildlife (6 posters)

28 American Forage and Grassland Council and Society for Range Management Thursday Morning: January 31, 2008 Specific instructions for a poster presentation Symposium: Effects of Diurnal Variation in Water-Soluble Poster boards will be 4 feet high by 8 feet wide (120 cm by Carbohydrates on Grazing and Animal Production (Segell) 240 cm). The boards will be covered with cloth, so post- Symposium: It’s All About the Land...Success in BLM ers can be mounted with either Velcro or push pins. The Partnerships (Stopher) posters must be put up before 8 AM in Ballroom C (East Symposium: The Multi-Agency Oregon Pilot Project: A Tower- Second Level) and taken down immediately after 5 Roadmap for Indicator-Based Rangeland Management PM. On Monday (Jan 28), presenters are expected to be by (McCreary) their posters from 3 PM to 5 PM; Tuesday (Jan 29) Ecology presenters are expected to be by their posters from 8-10AM, Symposium: Livestock Management in Shrub-dominated the Rangeland Cup and Excellence in Grazing Management Semi-arid Rangelands: A comparison of Landscape Histo- presenters are expected to be by their posters from 1-3PM ries and Pattern Use in The Mediterranean and Southwest- and Wednesday (Jan 30), presenters are expected to be by ern North America (French) their posters from 8 AM to 10 AM. Symposium: Restoration and Rehabilitation of Grazing Titles should be clearly readable from 10 feet (3 m) away, so Lands (Jones) the font size should be 54 pt. (0.75 in or 19 mm) or larger. Technical Sessions Text should be readable from 5 feet away and should be 24 Livestock Behavior (Combs Chandler) pt. or larger. Fire Ecology (Carroll Ford) Range and Pasture Plants (Nunn) AFGC/SRM 2008 Workshops Water Quality and Hydrology (Breathitt) Titles and Summary Sunday Presentation Instructions Workshop: Grazing and Grassland Management for If you are unable to make your presentation, and have to Bobwhite Quail withdraw your presentation, please contact the program The popular, and once common, bobwhite quail has expe- co-chair by email ([email protected]). Whereas rienced dramatic declines (typically more than 80%) over the meeting is fully scheduled at the present time, some slots much of its range in the southeastern U.S. Multiple factors may open up closer to the meeting. have been involved, but loss of habitat, namely native Specific instructions for an oral presentation warm-season grasses, has been a key factor in most areas. This workshop will examine grazingland issues that need Twenty minutes are allotted for each oral presentation in to be addressed if bobwhite restoration efforts are to be a technical session. The length of time for a symposium successful. Panelists will discuss opportunities and obsta- presentation is determined by the symposium organizer. cles, which include conversion to tame pastures, economics Presentations must be in either Microsoft Office Powerpoint of grazinglands (native and tame), and ongoing efforts to 2003 (XP) or Adobe PDF; we can not handle Powerpoint slow/reverse the decline of this magnificent game bird. 2007 (Vista). Please put the presentation title, author(s) and institution(s) on the first slide. Workshop: Rangeland Technical Equipment Coun- Please bring your presentations on a USB Flash Drive (also cil, Upland Game Bird Restoration called a thumb drive or jump drive) one hour before the start This workshop promotes the wise use of rangelands of your session. CD-ROM drives will be available if neces- through functional equipment and innovative technology. sary, but loading presentations onto the computers is slow. Presenters will describe use development, modification and The session moderator (or another volunteer) will load the use of equipment to accomplish a number of rangeland file onto the computer, and afterwards, will delete your pre- management needs. The focus in 2008 will be on upland sentation from the computer. habitat restoration, especially in eastern environs.

Louisville, kentucky n January 26–31, 2008 29 TECHNICAL PROGRAM Monday, January 28, 2008 • Survival And Vigor Of 11 Alfalfa Populations In Semi- arid Rangeland 8:00 AM-5:00 PM • Impact Of Fertilization On Smooth Brome Production (Authors present from 3:00-5:00 PM) And Crude Protein Concentration Range & Pasture Plants Posters • Development Of A Grazing Management Plan Bal- • Genome Size Variation In The USDA PI Collection Of ancing Biodiversity And Livestock Production For The Tall Fescue Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve • Relationships Between Long Husk Leaves And Tiller • Quantifying Parkland Forage Yield Responses To Si- Trait In Set M Recombinant Inbred Line (RIL) Population multaneous Legume And Weed Removal • Lespedeza Seeding Rate And Nitrogen Fertilization Ef- • Recovery And Structural Characteristics Of Mechani- fects On The Yield And Botanical Composition Of Crab- cally Treated Wyoming Big Sagebrush grass-Lespedeza Mixtures • Rough Fescue Restoration In Central Alberta Range- • Comparative Physiology Of The Invasive Forb Lespe- lands deza Cuneata • Growth, Flowering, And Productivity Of Crimson Clo- • Profiles Of Nonstructural Carbohydrates, As A Function ver Varieties In Spring And Autumn Planting Of Species And Extraction Method, In Four Cool-Season Forage Grasses • Controlling Medusahead – Identifying The Period Of Susceptibility • Estimation Of Genetic Parameters For Corn Leaf Aphid (CLA) In Maize • Reduced Feed Cost And Improve Feed Quality By • Seed Longevity Of Two Subspecies Of Big Sagebrush Stockpiling Tall Fescue (Artemisia tridentata) • Control Of Medusahead With Imazapic And Prescribed • Developing Hairawn Muhly For Urban Conservation In Burning In The Northern Great Basin Florida • Reductions In Livestock Gain With Rotational Graz- • Generation Mean Analysis (GMA) For Stay Green Leaf ing And Heavy Stocking Rates In Northern Mixed-Grass In Forage Maize Prairie • Triploid Buffalograss Occurring Naturally In México • Three Years Of Vegetation Succession On The Ruby Gulch Waste Rock Repository, Northern Black Hills, • Developing Buffelgrass Populations With Wide Genetic South Dakota Diversity • Germplasm Evaluation Of Rhizoma Peanut For • Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr. Genetic Resourc- Growth And Forage Potential es Embryo Sac Analysis. Toward Genetic Improvement • Impacts Of Removal And Seeding Treatments On Veg- 8:00 AM-5:00 PM etative Structure In Greasewood (Sarcobatus Vermicu- (Authors present from 3:00-5:00 PM) latus) And Smooth Brome (Bromus inermis) Dominated Range/Pasture Management Posters Bottomlands • Economic Benefits And Environmental Precautions • Remediation Of Former Sugarcane Lands For Sustain- When Fertilizing With Broiler Litter able Forage Production • Evaluation Of The Differences On Diet's Profiles Of • Medusahead Dispersal And Establishment In Sagebrush Different Breeds Of Sheep And Goats Grazing Under Na- Plant Communities tive And Thinned Caatinga Conditions • Getting Off Of The 'Louisiana Hayride' • Disappearance Of Residual Dry Matter On Coastal And Sierran Annual Rangeland Of California • An Integrated Approach To Grassland Restoration In A Chihuahuan Desert Mesquite-Dominated Community • Big Sagebrush Seed Bank Densities Following Wildfires • Huisache Control Using Broadleaf Herbicides • Persistence Of Cool- And Warm-Season Forages In Competition With Bahiagrass In East Texas • Diversification Of Crested Wheatgrass Stands In Utah • Application Of Alternative Management Strategies For • Effect Of Pre And Post Grazing Herbage Mass On Sea- Prickly Pear (Opuntia Spp.) Control In Texas sonal Pasture Growth And Nutritive Value • Species Composition Of Northern Mixed Grass Prairie • Phytotoxic Effects Of Western Juniper (Juniperus occi- After 23 Years Of Non-Use dentalis Hook): Implications For A Natural Weed Con- • Effects Of Grazing And Fire On Seed Dynamics And trol Agent On Western Rangelands Species Composition Of Cheatgrass Dominated • Restoration Status Of 50 Oil And Gas Disturbances At Rangeland Rumsey Block In Central Alberta

30 American Forage and Grassland Council and Society for Range Management TECHNICAL PROGRAM • Herbage Production And Animal Performance Re- 1:30 PM-5:00 PM sponse To Grazing System In The Nebraska Sandhills Symposium: Remote Sensing And GIS - What Can • Effect Of Different Herbicides On Switchgrass Estab- They Do For You? lishment This symposium will be combination of traditional • Effect Of Plateau® Treatment On Vegetation And Fire papers and computer based demonstrations to highlight Modeling For Cheatgrass-Dominated Rangelands how these tools can be of use. The papers and demon- • Utilization Of Two Aphthona Flea Beetle Species And strations will include the current and developing technol- Oberea Erythrocephala Within A Twice Over, Multi-Spe- ogy as well as tools currently available for monitoring, cies Rotational Grazing System For The Control Of Leafy livestock or pasture management, animal use (wildlife Spurge (Euphorbia esula) and livestock), and vegetation mapping. • Mycorrhizal Associations Of Fremontodendron Cali- • A New Remote Sensing System For Assessing Seeded fornicum From California And Arizona Pasture Condition In Western Canada • VLSA: A Brief Overview With Application Examples • Biomass Yield Differences For Introduced Versus Na- From Shortgrass And Sagebrush Rangelands tive Grasses In Mono- Or Poly- Cultures In Southwestern Saskatchewan • Rangeland Nutritional Patterns And Cattle Distribution • Fireweed (Senecio madagascariensis poiret) Control: • Detecting Aspen Woodlands Remotely – A Comparison An Adaptive Management Approach Of SPOT 5 And Landsat 7 ETM+ • Grazing Strategies To Control Medusahead On Califor- • Long-Term Recovery Of Sagebrush Communities After nia Rangelands Fire: Assessment Using SPOT5 And Very Large-Scale Aerial Imagery • Islands Of Diversity: The Potential For Introducing Na- tive Species Into Boer Lovegrass Infestations • Demo: An Application Of GIS To Improve Water Dis- tribution And Carrying Capacity 8:00 AM-5:00 PM • A Method For Georeferencing Very-Large-Scale-Aerial (Authors present from 3:00-5:00 PM) (VLSA) Images In Sagebrush Steppe Communities Storage & Biomass Posters 1:30 PM-5:00 PM • Effect Of Mucuna Biomass Quantity Used On Potential Of Legume In Improvement Of Maize Growth And Yield Ecology In Kenya • Effects Of Plant Community Structure And Composi- tion On Insect Abundance And Diversity: Implications • Competitiveness Of Glyphosate-Resistant Alfalfa During For Sage-Grouse Brood Rearing Establishment • Value Of Rangeland Ecosystem Services At Various • Lawn Clippings As A Biofuel Source Grazing Intensities • An Analysis Of The Nutritional Quality Of Forage • Plant Community Ordination Analysis Of The Arid Components Within Rough Fescue Grasslands Zone Of Uzbekistan • Nutritional Properties Of Stockpiled And Standing Basin • Impacts Of Bivouacking On Plant Community Dy- Wildrye Over Time namics In The Transitional Grasslands Of The Northern Plains 1:30 PM-5:00 PM • Comparisons Of Bee Diversity Between Contiguous Building Bridges: National Leaders’ Perspective Stands Of Pinyon/Juniper, Sagebrush, Crested Wheat- on Natural Resource Issues grass, And Cheatgrass In The Eastern Great Basin In this symposium, eight organization heads were asked • Landscape Scale Assessment Of Aspen Decline In The to address the following questions: 1) What are the three Owyhee Mountains, Idaho most important natural resource issues your organization • Combined Effects Of Litter And Defoliation On Soil will face in the next decade? 2) How can the professional Moisture And Associated Forage Production In Aspen societies help your organization face these issues? Agency Parkland Grasslands heads have been invited from ARS, CSREES, NRCS, BLM, U.S. Forest Service, National Association of State Depart- • Renovation And Management Effects On Pasture Pro- ments of Agriculture, National Association of Conserva- ductivity Under Rotational Grazing tion Districts, and British Columbia Ministry of Forests • Impacts Of Sustainable Livestock Production Systems and Range. Following these speakers, the AFGC and On Soil Carbon Levels And Plant Community Composi- SRM Presidents will respond from the professional society tion Of Post-Contract Conservation Reserve Program perspective. Lands

Louisville, kentucky n January 26–31, 2008 31 TECHNICAL PROGRAM 1:30 PM-5:00 PM • Integrated Pest Management 8 Year Journey Grazing Systems & Management • Chemical Control Of Rough-Leaved Dogwood • Grazing Systems On The Arizona Strip • Managing Noxious And Invasive Weeds In Pastures And Rangeland • Investigation On Animal Grazing Behavior And Indig- enous Grazing Systems In Arid Rangelands Of Iran • Brush Encroachment On Pasturelands In Western Canada • Managing Grazing By Alternating Water Points Across • Fall Applications Of Rimsulfuron In Rangelands For Northern Australian Rangelands The Control Of Downy Brome And Medusahead • Economic Benefis Of Overseeding Warm-Season Peren- • Effects Of Sequential Cattle And Sheep Grazing For nial Grasses With Annual Clovers Spotted Knapweed Control • Litter Rate Affects Soil Moisture In Southwest Mani- • Effects Of Timing And Intensity Of Defoliation On Yield toba Pastures And Seed Production Of Sulfur Cinquefoil • Modified Intensive-Early Stocking On Shortgrass 1:30 PM-5:00 PM Rangeland Wildlife & Livestock Interactions • Value Of Conservation Farming Practices In The Win- • Building Bridges Using Livestock As Ecosystem Engi- ter Forage Grazing Enterprise neers In Semi-Arid Rangelands: Addressing Conservation • Financial Analysis Of Tall Fescue Technologies On And Livestock Production Goals Grazing Farms • Monitoring Of A Tebuthiuron Treatment To Enhance • Forage Chicory (Cichorum intybus) As An Alternative Wildlife Habitat And Increase Livestock Production In Grazing Crop For Stocker Cattle Operations Southeastern Roosevelt County, New Mexico • Grazing Systems And Grassland Birds: Does The System 1:30 PM-5:00 PM Really Matter? Reclamation & Restoration • Predicting Feeding Site Selection Of Mule Deer In Foot- • The Response Of Native Shrubs To A Soil And hill And Mountain Rangeland Habitats Spoil Double Wedge On A Reclaimed Mine In New • Impacts Of Sustainable Livestock Production Systems Mexico On Ring-Necked Pheasant Nest Success And Density On • Use Of Winterfat In Restoration Of High Desert Ecosys- Post-Contract Conservation Reserve Program Lands tems: Factors Affecting Seed Viability • Use Of Ecological Site Indicators To Describe Upland • Identifying Mechanisms Regulating Competition Be- Passerine Habitat tween Re-Established Foothills Rough Fescue And Ken- • Sub-Lethal Influences Of Wolf Presence On Cattle tucky Bluegrass • Livestock Impact For Revegetation Of A Floodplain Tuesday, January 29, 2008 Range Site In Central Arizona 8:00 AM-5:00 PM • Renovation Of Range Sites In The South Park Colorado (Authors present from 8:00-10:00 AM) Area Impacted By Increases In Fringed Sage Ecology Posters • Land Application Of Bio-Solids To Restore Disturbed Western Rangelands • Methods To Select Promising Native Grass Genotypes As Competitors With Introduced Invasive Weed Species • Reestablishing Diverse Native Wyoming Big Sagebrush Communities: A Comparison Of Seeding Equipment • Genetic Variation Within Genotypes Of Two Native Grass Species After Two Generations Of Greenhouse Seed • Combating Erosion On Military Lands: Restoration Of Source Improvement Drastically Disturbed Rangelands • Survival And Forage Production Of Five Native Grasses • Animal Tracking Systems To Evaluate Effects Of Land- From Aridlands In Mexico scape-Scale Disturbance On Livestock Distribution And Activity Patterns: Demo • Ecology Of Kearney's Buckwheat For Restoration Ef- forts 1:30 PM-5:00 PM • Effect Of Four Cool-Season Grass Species On Bite Mass Weed & Brush Management By Cattle Foraging An Artificial Sward • To Spray Or Not To Spray: Grass-Legume Responses To • Landscape Influences On Soil Moisture Within A Rough Weed Control In Mixed Forage Stands Fescue Grassland Of The Alberta Parkland • Forage Response To Simulated Sheep Grazing Of Leafy • Soil Organic Carbon And Nitrogen Pools Changes Un- Spurge der Long-Term Bioenergy Crops

32 American Forage and Grassland Council and Society for Range Management TECHNICAL PROGRAM • Sideoats Grama And Plains Lovegrass Response To Sum- • The Timing Of Harvest Relative To Pollen Shed On Seed mer Prescribed Fire Production And Viability Of Creeping Bentgrass • Dynamic Soil Properties In Relation To Potential State • Chondrilla Juncea L. Demography Following Wildfire On Transitions In The Northern Great Plains The Snake River Plain • Nutritional Properties Of California Chaparral Species. • Invasive Weed Seed Response To Fire And Fuel Load Tannins Chemistry And Bioreactivity • Effects Of Season Of Fire And Grazing On Japanese Brome • Biochemical And Morphological Changes In African Rue • Rehabilitation Of Native Prairie Remnants In The North- (Peganum harmala) Under Water Deficit ern Great Plains Utilizing Fire And Herbicide • Cooperative Sagebrush Steppe Restoration Project • A Comparison Of Cumulative-Germination Response Of • Endophyte Effects On Soil Nutrient Pools, Microbial Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) And Six Perennial Bunch- Communities, And Litter Decomposition Rates In Tall Fescue grass Species To Simulated Field-Temperature Regimes Pasture • The State Of The SRM: Are We Relevant To Science? • Incorporating Invasive Species And Degraded Landscapes 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Into Ecological Site Descriptions Rangeland Cup Posters • Simulation Of Extreme Fire As A Brush Management Tool (Authors present from 1:00-3:00 PM) In Texas Excellence in Grazing Management Posters • Beyond The Surface: Diversity Of Arbuscular Mycorhizal (Authors present from 1:00-3:00 PM) Fungi (AMF) In Prairie Grasses • Use Of N-Alkanes To Estimate Seasonal Diet Composition, 8:30 AM-12:00 PM Intake, And Digestibility Of Sheep And Goats Grazing In AFGC Emerging Scientist Competition California Chaparral • Management Practices For Reducing Nitrate Content In • Cheatgrass Response To Simulated Grazing Bermudagrass Forage • Soil Carbon Levels In Pastures In The Humid U.S. Under • Building Soil Organic Matter While Extending The Different Fertility Levels Grazing Season With Cover Crops • Herbaceous Biomass Dynamics In The Arid Zone Of Uz- • Can Grazing Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions From bekistan Dairy Farms? • Community Wildfire Protection Planning And Rangelands • Plant Constituents Affecting Preferences Of Horses For Cool Season Grasses • Seeding Great Basin Forbs: Assessing The Effects Of Grass • Identification Of P And K Fertility Regimes That En- Competition hance Long-Term Productivity Of Alfalfa Using Cluster • Evaluating Post-Fire Cattle Grazing Strategies For Sage- Analysis brush Steppe Rangelands • Harvest Frequency Effects On Yield, Quality, And Re- • Heavy Grazing Impacts On Carbon Flux In A Southern growth Rate Among New Alfalfa Cultivars Plains Mixed-Grass Prairie • Using Microhistological Techniques To Predict Botani- • Shrub And Herbaceous Cover Dynamics In The Arid Zone cal Composition Of Horse Diets On Cool-Season Grass Of Uzbekistan Pasture • Soil Nitrogen Enhances The Competitive Ability Of Bro- • Pasture Growth And Decomposition Under Continuous mus Tectorum Relative To Native Grasses And Rotational Grazing • Fire, Great Basin Sagebrush Rangelands And Vegetation • Pre-Graze Mowing: A Cost-Benefit Analysis Management 8:30 AM-12:00 PM • Plant Root Biomass And Respiration On Rangelands Of Symposium: Fescue Toxicosis South-Central North Dakota: Impact From 18 Years Of Cattle Grazing Speakers in this symposium will provide updated information on toxic and non-toxic endophyte interactions with • Dynamics Of Perennial Shrub Density In The Arid Zone herbivores (cattle, horses, small ruminants, and insects). Of Uzbekistan New technologies that are being used in studying fescue • Effects Of Clear And Select Cutting, And Prescribed Burn- toxicosis will also be presented and discussed. ing On Bur Oak Regeneration In North Dakota • Overview Of Tall Fescue And Impact On Livestock Pro- • One-Seed Juniper Use By Goats: Influence Of Stocking duction Density And Mixed Grazing In Summer And Spring • Ergot Alkaloid Effects On Animal Physiology

Louisville, kentucky n January 26–31, 2008 33 TECHNICAL PROGRAM • Novel Endophyte Tall Fescues 8:30 AM-12:00 PM • Tall Fescue Alkaloids And Their Effects On Insect Popu- Symposium: Use Of Heterogeneity-Based Grass- lations land Management Techniques For Improved Wild- • Fescue Toxicity For Horses: Historical Overview And life Habitat : What Does It Look Like? Kentucky's Successful Pasture Evaluation Program Habitat variability, especially in vegetation structure, may be critical to declining grassland species. The • Novel Approaches To Alleviate Stress Associated With synergy between fire and grazing applied in a patchy Fescue Toxicosis In Cattle manner in pastures may benefit plants, wildlife, and • Endophyte Infected Tall Fescue And Meat Goat Produc- livestock. Although some studies support fire-driven tion: Do We Have A Problem? focal grazing systems to improve habitat, they may not have application in all grassland contexts. Research- 8:30 AM-12:00 PM ers and practitioners are also investigating alternative Symposium: Novel Market-Based Approaches To techniques to create habitat heterogeneity where fire or Enhance Sustainability Of Grazinglands grazing might not be options. Speakers will discuss application of heterogeneity management practices in both Speakers will present and summarize different market- native and introduced pasture systems in the US and based environmental incentive programs (e.g., water stor- abroad. age on subtropical pasture/rangelands, bird nesting habitat in eastern U.S. pastureland, and carbon sequestration on • Forage, Fire, And Fescue: The Considerations And Chal- western rangelands) for pasture and rangelands. Addition- lenges Of Applying A Patch-Burn Grazing Model On Tall ally, the speakers will discuss how such programs have or Fescue-Dominated Tallgrass Prairie will move from government funded studies into market- • Diverse Plant Communities, Heterogeneous Landscapes, place reality. And Behavior-Based Grazing Management For Herbivores • Ecosystem Services From Grazing Lands: Building And Ecosystems Bridges Between Sustainability And Profitability • Savanna Fire Ignition Research Experiment (Savfire) – Promoting Grassland And Savanna Heterogeneity For • A Field Experiment Comparing Mechanisms For The Pro- African Wildlife Through Greater Pyrodiversity vision Of Nesting Bird Habitat On Active Farm Hayfields • Restoring Heterogeneity In A Privately Owned Land- • Carbon Sequestration In Rangeland Soils scape: Implementation Challenges 8:30 AM -12:00 PM • Redefining The Bottom Line: Ranching For Diversity In The Kansas Flint Hills Symposium: GLCI Grazing • Evaluation Of A Grazing System For Maintaining The Grazing Land Conservation Initiative (GLCI) is a Grassland Integrity And Improving Upland Bird Habitat In partnership of producer and professional organizations Missouri promoting volunteer technical assistance on privately owned grazing lands across the United States. • Sheep, Sagebrush, And Sage-Grouse: Managing Habitats Through Strategic Intensive Grazing The GLCI grazing symposium will feature six individuals • Is Patch Burning A Silver Bullet For Conservation Of who have on the ground experience with grazing Rangelands? Challenges, Opportunities And Future Direc- management. The speakers will talk about: horse grazing tions on small acreages and dairy and beef cattle grazing across the United States. They will show what impact animal 8:30 AM-5:00 PM grazing has on controlling weeds and improving grass species and production at the same time enhancing wildlife Symposium: Energy From Biomass - Agronomic species. And Economic Considerations Ethanol production from corn is having a wide rang- • Grazing Horses on Small Acreages ing ripple effect on cropping decisions, land manage- • Grazing: What Can we do Between the Fences – Inte- ment, and both consumer and producer economics in grated Bird Management the US. Given the expectation of a large scale ethanol industry dependent on cellulosic biomass, what kind • Graze 365 Days a Year While Maintaining Quality and of ripple effects can we expect for our forage, pasture Quantity and rangeland resource base? What shifts in land use • The Bottom Line in Dairy Grazing patterns can we anticipate? What will be the economic impact on our forage and livestock industry? What can • Turn Goldenrod into Green the producer legitimately expect? Will we see signifi- • Targeted Grazing: A Natural Approach to Vegetative cant environmental impacts or changes in our historic Management conservation practices including effects on soil, water

34 American Forage and Grassland Council and Society for Range Management TECHNICAL PROGRAM and wildlife? These questions need to be discussed in 8:30 AM-12:00 PM a rational and scientific manner. This symposium will Invasive Species I provide a forum for expects in these areas to present their thoughts and hopefully stimulate spirited discus- • Effects Of Timing Of Defoliation On Spotted Knapweed sion on this dynamic and very important topic. Seed Production And Viability • Lehmann Lovegrass Population Changes Following A 20 • Biofuels And Bioenergy Production From Rangelands Year Period On Central Rangelands In Chihuahua, Mexico And Grasslands • Is Federally Threatened Water Howellia (Howellia • Cellulosic Biofuels: Current Status And Future Prospects Aquatilis Gray) An Indicator Of An Unfavorable Environ- • Economic Issues In Utilizing Grasslands And Rangelands ment For Reed Canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea L.)? For Bioenergy And/Or Biofuels • Detecting Invasive Sericea Lespedeza (Lespedeza cunea- • Energy From Biomass - Food Or Fuel - A Global Per- ta) In Missouri Pasturelands With Hyper- And Multi-Spec- spective tral Aerial Photos • Cellulosic Feedstock For Renewable Fuels – Prospective • Conversion Of Smooth Brome (Bromus inermis) Old- On Breeding fields To Native Plant Communities In The Northern Great • Implications Of Perennial Biomass Energy Cropping For Plains Pasture And Forage Lands • Response Of South Texas Coastal Prairie Rangeland To Management Of Non-Native, Invasive Bluestems 8:30 AM-5:00 PM • Soil Alterations And Black Henbane Growth Following Symposium: State-And-Transition Models: Trig- Disturbance gers, Feedbacks & Thresholds • Herbicide Use Causes Long-Term Negative Impacts On State-and-transition models (STM) have been widely Native Species adopted as a management tool for describing rangeland • Control Methods For Converting Old World Bluestem ecosystems responses to natural or human induced dis- Monocultures To Native Mixed-Grass Prairie Plant Com- turbances. Our understanding of STMs has advanced munities substantially since formal definitions of model components were proposed by Stringham and others (2003). This sym- 8:30 AM-12:00 PM posium presents recent advancements in STMs including Riparian Ecology & Management the concepts of ecological resilience, triggers and feedback mechanisms that strengthen the potential for STM’s to • The Effects Of Grazing Management Strategies On capture a broader set of relevant information for antici- Burned And Unburned Riparian Areas In Central And pating and identifying variables and conditions that drive Northern Nevada Great Basin ecosystem dynamics. • Long-Term Effects Of Cattle Grazing On Nitrogen Dy- namics In A Montane Riparian Ecosystem • Rangeland Health Indicators: Can They Provide Early Warning Signals? • Riparian Area Management: Changing 100 Years Of Grazing Effects Across A Landscape • Current Status Of The State-And-Transition Framework • Riparian Management Photos: A 6 Year Journey • Variation In Ecological Resilience: A Fundamental Con- • Sedges Have Edges, But Which Stream Edges For Sedges: cept For Rangeland Ecology Revegetation Following Channel Reconstruction • Resilience-Based Application Of State-And-Transition • Woody Riparian Species Patterns Along NE Oregon Models Mountainous Streams • Soils, Resilience, And State And Transition Models • Cattle Grazing Of Lentic Riparian Areas In An Aspen • Resilience, Triggers, Feedbacks And Thresholds: A West- Forest ern Juniper Model 1:30 PM-5:00 PM • Winterfat In The Catlow Valley: Ecological Resilience Symposium: Forage Priorities And State-And-Transition Modeling This symposium will detail and discuss Ten Keys to Forage • Vulnerability And Triggers In Threshold Development: Profitability. These KEYS are basic to success in forage Models From The Chihuahuan Desert livestock programs. The second half of the symposium • Plant Community Dynamics In The Northern Great will focus on the role and importance of forage legumes to Plains - Recognizing The Impacts Of Invasive Species sustainable livestock programs. • Resilience And Feedbacks Within A Deep Sand Savan- • Ten Keys To Forage Profitability nah Ecological Site • Forage Legumes

Louisville, kentucky n January 26–31, 2008 35 TECHNICAL PROGRAM 1:30 PM-5:00 PM 1:30 PM-5:00 PM Symposium: Current Ecological Issues In Grass- Domestic Animals land Science • The Effect Of Cattle Grazing On Herbage Production Of This symposium will highlight current scientific work on CRP Fields Dominated By Native Grasses global change issues, such as alterations in climate, in- • Role Of Secondary Compounds In Foraging On Medi- creased atmospheric carbon dioxide, and invasive species, terranean Rangelands in both native rangeland and forage-based pasture ecosys- • Effect Of Protein Supplementation On Ruminal Diges- tems. A synthesis of the state of knowledge on these topics tion Of Herbage During Continuous Culture Fermentation that identifies commonalities/differences in the scientific approaches employed in the two types of systems and sug- • Assessing Pasture Nonstructural Carbohydrate Content: gests new directions of research or unanswered questions Implications For Horse Nutrition will be attempted. • Pharmacokinetic Differences In High And Low Juniper • Biodiversity And Invasive Species: Challenges And Op- Consuming Goats portunities For Rangeland Research • Effects Of Temporary Weaning And Energy Supplemen- • How Resident Plant Diversity, Disturbance Events, And tation On Pregancy Rate Of Primiparous Cows On Pasture Soil Nutrient Availability May Influence Weed Invasion Within Pasture Communities • Variation Of Pasture Biomass, Botanical Composition And Nutrient Content Of Horse Pasture • Grasses, Shrubs And The Carbon Cycle: Functional Consequences Of Ecosystem State Changes • The Louisiana Forage-Based Bull Performance Testing Program • Multiple Climatic Changes And The Structure And • Renovating Equine Exercise Lots To Reduce Soil Erosion Function Of Ecosystems: Effects Of Atmospheric Carbon And Nutrient Runoff Dioxide, Warming, And Soil Moisture On An Oldfield Ecosystem 1:30 PM-5:00 PM • Interactions Between Plant Growth And Soil Nutrient Education & Extension Cycling Under Elevated CO 2 • Outreach To A Coalition To Conserve Rangelands: Envi- • Grass And Juniper Responses To Modified Precipitation ronmentalists, Ranchers And Agencies Working Together Seasonality And Warming • Using An Iclicker Audience Response System As A Tool • Climate Change And Tallgrass Prairie To Engage Participants In Extension Programs • Change Is In The Air: Impacts Of The Historical And Pre- • Montana Soils Climate Network Tools And Applications dicted Increase In Atmospheric CO On Pasture And Prairie 2 • Using Handheld Computers For Record Keeping • Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration In Pastures • Building Partnerships To Educate Urban Landowners 1:30 PM-5:00 PM On Grazing Management Symposium: Pasture Management Tools: Current • Montana Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (GLCI) & Future Technology Education Awareness Campaign: "Cowboy Up With Con- servation-It Can Save Your Grass" This symposium will review current new technologies that are related to pastureland activities in USDA-Natural • Graduate Education At A Distance: Building Bridges Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Between Academia And Agencies • NRCS Pastureland NRI Pilot Study • Introduction To Rangeland Health And Ecological Sites: An Original Course Module • National Soil Information System (NASIS) Grouping Strategies For Development Of FSGS • Rural Road Trips - Nevada Range Management School • Experience With The Pasture Condition Score System In 1:30 PM-3:30 PM On-Farm Research AFGC Forage Spokesperson Competition • Multivariate Techniques For Developing Forage Suitabil- ity Groups 1:30 PM-5:00 PM • Developing Forage Suitability Groups In Texas Remote Sensing, GIS & Modeling • Ecological Site Information System – Web Application • Remote Sensing Studies Of Arid Rangelands In The For Constructing Forage Suitability Group Reports Southwestern United States • Pasture Condition Score Indicators: Controls On Plant • Accurate Modeling Of Bare-Earth Exposure Using Re- And Forage Diversity mote Sensing And Geographic Information Systems • Introduction To Forage Suitability Group Reports • Comparison Of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Platforms For

36 American Forage and Grassland Council and Society for Range Management TECHNICAL PROGRAM Assessing Vegetation Cover In Sagebrush-Steppe • Too Much Data? Optimizing GPS Collar Data Collec- Ecosystems tion Schedules • Design Of Rangeland Field Studies Using Hierarchical, • Spatial Behavior Of Domestic Goats (Capra hircus) Remotely-Sensed Image Objects Grazing A Central Oregon Rangeland • Ecological Site Mapping Arcobjects Solution And User • Influence Of Prior Exposure And Basal Diet Quality On Interface Intake Of Three Locoweed Species By Naïve Heifers • Coregistration Error Between Imagery And Field Data: • Evaluating Grazing Preference And Production Differ- A Limiting Factor For The Detection Of Patchy Targets In ences Among Four Crested Wheatgrass Cultivars Rangelands • Predicting Current Year Forage Production From Pre- • Effect Of Corn Or High-Quality Hay Supplementation cipitation On Rangeland On Performance Of Beef Heifers Grazing Annual Ryegrass Pastures From The Argentinean Flooding Pampa Range • A Comprehensive Framework For Determining Short- Term Grazing Capacity 8:00 AM-5:00 PM • Evaluating Land Capability Of Yekkeh Chenar Maraveh (Authors present from 8:00-10:00 AM) Tappeh For Range Application Using GIS Socio-Economics & Education Posters Wednesday, January 30, 2008 • Texas GLCI - Growing Partnerships In Texas 8:00 AM-5:00 PM • Using Soil Moisture To Estimate The Economic Value Of (Authors present from 8:00-10:00 AM) Rainfall Events For Range Forage Production Conservation Effects Assessment Program Posters • Assessing Economic Risk In Forage Production Using • Remote Sensing Of Leaf Area Index From Unmanned Stochastic Budgets In Excel Airborne Vehicles (UAVs) • Can Collective Action And Human Capacity-Building Reduce Livelihood Vulnerability Among Ethiopian Pasto- • Floodwater Spreading For Carbon Sequestration In Iran ralists? Deserts • Variables In Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Pro- • Rangeland Monitoring With Unmanned Aerial Vehicles gram (NAP) Determinations In California Annual Range- (UAVs) lands • International-Bridges - Texas To Mexico • Corralling Change: Changing Corrals. Managing The • Line-Point Intercept, Grid-Point Intercept, And Ocular Difference Estimate Methods: Their Relative Value For Rangeland • Rangeland Management Policy In Western North Africa Assessment And Monitoring 8:00 AM-5:00 PM • Low-Altitude Aerial Surveys Monitor Riparian Response (Authors present from 8:00-10:00 AM) To Prescription Grazing Technology & Monitoring Posters 8:00 AM-5:00 PM • Terrestrial Arthropod Community Composition As An In- (Authors present from 8:00-10:00 AM) dicator Of Restoration Success In A Semi-Arid Shrub-Steppe Domestic Animal Posters • Testing The Weed Invasion Susceptibility Prediction • Effect Of Body Condition On Consumption Of Pine (WISP) Model For Leafy Spurge Using Hyperspectral Re- Needles By Cattle mote Sensing • An Apparatus For Measuring Pasture Forage Mass • Comparing Alfalfa-Grass Versus Sainfoin Pastures In Beef And Forage Production And Methane Emissions • Adapting The Line Intercept To Measure Bunchgrass Biomass • Palatability Of Forage Chicory Cultivars For Goats • Monitoring...Determine What The Question Is...Then • A Comparison Of Grazing Behavior Between Desert Determine How To Answer The Question: An Example Of Adapted Mexican Criollo Cattle And Temperate British A Nevada Public-Land Ranch Monitoring Program Breeds Using Two Diverse Landscapes In New Mexico And Chihuahua • Determining The Optimum Number Of GPS Collars For Livestock Distribution Studies Or How Many Tracking • Effects Of Soyhull And Corn Supplementation And Collars Does It Take? Poloxalene On Milk Yield And Composition Of Lactating • How Much Are We Missing? Field Validation Of His- Dairy Cattle Under Management Intensive Grazing toric Aerial Photography • Establishment And Utilization Of Switchgrass In A Ro- tational Grazing System • Ohio Pasture Growth In A Dry Year

Louisville, kentucky n January 26–31, 2008 37 TECHNICAL PROGRAM • An Analysis Of Techniques For Measuring Plant Density Stable And Less Stable Poplulations In The Presence Of And Cover In A Sonoran Desert Ecosystem Domestic Sheep • Cross-Scale Comparison Of Common Vegetation Indices • A Winter Range Comparison Index In A Semi-Arid Environment • Observations Of Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus • Monitoring A Level 5 Watershed With Very-Large Scale colchicus) Nest Parasitism Of Sharp-Tailed Grouse (Tym- Aerial Imagery panuchus phasianellus) Nests In Southwestern North • 2007 Pastureland National Resource Inventory Test Dakota • Determining Habitat Preferences And Site Potential Of • Eastern Gama Grass Utilized By Cattle And Wildlife In Fremontodendron Californicum In The Southern Mazatzal South Central Kentucky Mountain Region, Arizona • Species At Risk Habitat Modeling • Bridging Communication And Technology Gaps Be- 8:30 AM-10:00 AM tween Soil And Range Scientists:Tools To Effectively Develop Ecological Site Descriptions Alfalfa & Other Legumes • Innovative Range Monitoring On A California Ranch In • Evaluation Of Medicago sativa Spp. Falcata For Sustain- The Eastern Sierra-Nevada able Hay Production Systems In Michigan • Mapping Arundo donax In A Northern California Wa- • Alfalfa Yield And Quality Above Subsurface Drip Irriga- tershed tion Lines • What Should I Do With My Monitoring Data? A Practi- • Evaluation Of Conventional And Roundupready® cal Guide To Electronic Data Storage Grazing Tolerant Alfalfa Cultivars In The Deep South USA • Systems, Anova And Risk Analyses • Seeding Rate Effect On Establishment And Yield Of 8:00 AM-5:00 PM Alfalfa In Bermudagrass Sod (Authors present from 8:00-10:00 AM) 8:30 AM-10:00 AM Watershed Management & Hydrology Posters Assessment & Monitoring • Channel Geomorphologic Changes And Hillslope Soil Movement Following Juniper Treatment On Camp Creek • Pasture Condition Scoring And EQIP - A Good Combi- Paired Watershed Study nation • Native And Introduced Mycorrhizal Fungi Effect On • ES&R Monitoring – Lessons From A Pilot Project To Switchgrass Response To Water And Defoliation Stress Standardize Monitoring • Effects Of Buffers And Grazing Management On Runoff • Watershed Assessments Led By County Advisory Com- And Runoff Water Quality From Pastures mittee -- Putting It All Together • Defoliation Impacts On Above And Belowground Pro- • Assessing Native Prairie Conditions In The Missouri duction In A Riparian Sedge Community Coteau Of South Dakota • Watershed Restoration In Afghanistan 8:30 AM-10:00 AM • Plant Community Composition Of Restored Wetlands In Biomass Production & Energy The Prairie Pothole Region • Which Is Best: Panicum virgatum Or Miscanthus × Gi- • Effects Of Different Levels Of Urbanization On The ganteus ? Microclimate And Vegetation Of Areas Adjacent To Small • Switchgrass: An Economically Viable And Environmen- Ephemeral Streams Of Southern Arizona tally Sustainable Feedstock For The Central USA • Camp Creek Paired Watershed Monitoring Project: The • Evaluation Of Warm Season Perennial Grasses For Bio- Response mass, Seasonal Distribution And Grazing Preference • Impacts Of Cattle Trampling On Streambank Integrity • Potential Of Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) As Bioen- 8:00 AM-5:00 PM ergy Feedstock (Authors present from 8:00-10:00 AM) 8:30 AM-10:00 AM Wildlife Posters Carbon Sequestration & Global Change • Breeding Chronology And Success Of Grasshopper Spar- • Rough Fescue Grassland Responses To Warming And rows And Eastern Meadowlarks On A Military Training Defoliation: A Preliminary Test Of Climate Change Landscape: Implications For Management • Rangeland Soil Sequestration Offset Program & Chicago • Comparing Bighorn Sheep Habitat Of Historically Climate Exchange

38 American Forage and Grassland Council and Society for Range Management TECHNICAL PROGRAM • Monetizing Carbon Credits For Rangeland • Impacts Of Simulated Herbivory On Small Honey Mes- • Carbon Sequestration Under Long-Term Switchgrass quite Plants Plots On Five Soils In The Upper Southeastern USA • Forage Productivity And Quality Dynamics In Southern- Pine Silvopasture Versus Open-Pasture 8:30 AM-10:00 AM Economics • Simulated Browsing Impacts On Aspen Suckers' Growth And Survival • The Importance Of Maintaining Flexible Grazing Strate- gies For Drought Management • Thinned Mature Deciduous Forest Silvopastures For Ap- palachia • The Pria Grazing Fee Formula: The Changing Face Of The Indices Thursday, January 31, 2008 • Long-Term Profitability Of Grazing A Range Site In Three Range Condition Classes 8:30 AM-12:00 PM • The Economic Impacts Of Sagebrush Steppe Wildfires Symposium: Effects Of Diurnal Variation In Wa- On An Eastern Oregon Ranch ter-Soluble Carbohydrates On Grazing And Animal Production 8:30 AM-10:00 AM This symposium will review the recent studies on diurnal Invasive Species Ii variation in water soluble carbohydrates, and the effects on animal preference, intake, and performance. Selection • The Importance Of Belowground Gaps In Roots Of of forages and recommendations on easily adapted man- Perennials In Sagebrush Steppe: Does The Belowground agement changes will be discussed. Neighborhood Matter? • Nonstructural Carbohydrate Cycles And Accumulation • Interspecific Interactions Between Black Henbane And Rates In Perennial Forages Three Native Grasses • Influence Of Soil Nitrogen Availability On The Relative • Genetic Selection For Water Soluble Carbohydrates Growth Rates Of Perennial And Invasive Annual Grasses • Water Soluble Carbohydrates Affects Dry Matter Digest- • An Invasive Annual Grass And Forb Respond Differen- ibility tially To Soil Nitrogen And Phosphorus • Preserving Water Soluble Carbohydrate In Hay And 8:30 AM-10:00 AM Silage Landscape Ecology • Matching Plant And Animal Processes To Alter Nutri- ent Supply And Performance Of Strip-Grazed Beef • Observations On Landscape Ecology In The Southern Cattle China Province Of Guizhou • Producer Experiences With Diurnal Changes In Forage • Targeting Cooperative Conservation Initiatives To Sup- Quality port Conservation And Military Training • Implementing Prairie And Sagebrush Ecosystem Restora- • Panel Discussion tion In Thunder Basin, Wyoming • Concluding Remarks • Using Hierarchy Theory To Determine The Appropriate Scale Of Management For Landscape Objectives 8:30 AM-12:00 PM Symposium: It’s All About The Land...Success In 8:30 AM-10:00 AM BLM Partnerships Public Policy BLM’s mission is to sustain the health, diversity and pro- • The Idaho Rangeland Resource Commission As A Solu- ductivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of tion To Subdivisions future generations. As the nation’s largest land manager, BLM is responsible for 258 million acres of public land, • Creating Incentives For Target Land Use Strategies: The of which 187 million are classified as rangelands. A key U.S. Farm Bill And Grasslands In The Great Plains component of BLM’s overall management strategy is pro- • An Evaluation Of Usda Practice Expenditures For Het- moting and sustaining partnerships focused on the proper erogeneity-Based Management In Western States management of rangelands and meeting the agency’s stew- • Public Priorities For Rangeland Management In The ardship responsibilities. The intent of this symposium is Great Basin to highlight the many successful BLM partnerships which have resulted in exemplary on-the-ground achievements 8:30 AM-10:00 AM representing multiple states with BLM-managed range- Silvopasture & Herbivory lands.

Louisville, kentucky n January 26–31, 2008 39 TECHNICAL PROGRAM • Integrating Science And Management To Maintain Or • State-Of-The Art Methodologies To Monitor Behavior Restore Sagebrush Steppe In The Owhyee Uplands In Rangelands • Utah's Watershed Restoration Initiative • Man As A Super-Engineer In Semiarid Ecosystems: Past • A Collaborative Science-Based Program To Provide Na- Evidence And Future Role tive Plant Materials And Restoration Technology For The 8:30 AM-12:00 PM Great Basin Symposium: Restoration And Rehabilitation Of • The Foundation Of Bureau Of Land Management Part- Grazing lands nerships Fire has always played a role in the rangelands of the west. • Partnerships For Success In The BLM Wild Horse And But when the fire activity is out of the normal range of Burro Program variation, additional steps need to be taken to keep the • Restoring New Mexico's Landscapes natural system intact and functioning. Concerns about • Sustaining Working Landscapes Through Public, Private post fire threats to life and property, soil erosion, invasive And Non-Profit Partnerships species, and wildlife habitat all are important to sustaining the ranges America depends on. The symposium will • Where Did The Fish Go? A Big Return On A Small focus on the policy, issues, and on the ground treatments Investment that BLM implements to mitigate the negative post fire • The National Cooperative Soil Survey - A Partnership In impacts to the health of the land. Cooperative Soil Resource Inventory • Native Plant Materials For Sagebrush Steppe Restora- tion 8:30 AM-12:00 PM • Fire Rehabilitation Challenges And Successes In Utah Symposium: Livestock Management In Shrub- Dominated Semi-Arid Rangelands: A Comparison • Native Plants And Seeding Methods For The Great Basin Of Landscape Histories And Pattern Use In The • Post-Fire Land Management In Mohave And Mohave Mediterranean And Southwestern North America Transitional Communities Ruminants have a significant impact in rangeland ecosys- • The Great Basin Restoration Initiative: A Proactive Al- tems around the world. Their traditional intensive use has ternative To Fire Rehabilitation degraded the primeval forest cover but at the same time has increased productivity and biodiversity in the Mediter- 8:30 AM-12:00 PM ranean. Conversely, continuous livestock grazing in the Symposium: The Multi-Agency Oregon Pilot Proj- southern region of North America has had a net effect of ect: A Roadmap For Indicator-Based Rangeland degrading rangeland ecosystems by decreasing herbaceous Assessment vegetation, grass diversity, and increasing bare ground, erosion, and density of unwanted species. The symposium This symposium will provide an overview of The Multi- aims to bridge the knowledge in two similar regions of the Agency Oregon Pilot Project. The session will review world focusing on Landscape histories and their resulting criteria and indicator work of the Sustainable Rangelands spatial patterns and processes, and research methodologies Roundtable (SRR) as a catalyst for stakeholder support. that integrate rangelands ecological processes, livestock This cooperative conservation effort encouraged the fed- behavioral processes, and human decision-making to eral land management agencies to initiate a pilot project improve animal performance and rangelands biodiversity to assess compatibility of their respective rangeland as- and function. sessment protocols to improve comprehensive rangeland inventory and monitoring from coast to coast and border • An Eco-Historical Analysis Of Rangeland Ecosystems In to border. Agency speakers will discuss pilot project plans The Iberian Peninsula. Their Influence On Landscape And for the 50-million acre area, progress in terms of the NRCS Biodiversity National Resources Inventory and the FS Forest Inventory • Change In Landscape Pattern And Vegetation Succession and Analysis protocols, and anticipated outcomes across 13 In Response To Herder Settlement Oregon counties. SRR participants will provide additional • Landscape Histories, Livestock Management, And background information about the indicators selected for Mesquite Expansion In The Chihuahuan Desert Of New the pilot project and potential incorporation of pilot project Mexico data into SRR’s future efforts. The session will conclude with a panel discussion where questions will help shape • Effects Of Grazing Systems On Livestock Grazing Be- future work for SRR and the Multi-Agency Oregon Pilot havior In Shrub-Dominated Semi-Arid And Arid Range- Project team, potentially highlighting ties to rangeland eco- lands system services, market-based conservation incentives, and • Grazing, Landscape And Multiple Use Criteria For Man- biofuels issues. aging Mediterranean Shrubland • Future Plans For The Multi-Agency Project

40 American Forage and Grassland Council and Society for Range Management TECHNICAL PROGRAM • Multi-Agency Rangeland Assessment Pilot Project & • Social Influences On Mother-Offspring Distribution Of Cooperative Conservation: US Department Of Agriculture Beef Cattle Grazing Forested Rangelands And US Department Of The Interior Perspectives • Reshaping Behavioral Patterns Of Dairy Cows Through • History Of The Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable And Alternative Paddock Management: Effects On Grazing Introduction To The SRR Indicators Activities And Milk Yield • Origins Of The Multi-Agency Oregon Pilot Project • Measures Of Daily Distribution Patterns Of Cow Calf • The Selection Of Ecological Indicators For Development Pairs Using Global Positioning Systems On Both Cows Of A Consistent National Rangeland Inventory And Calves • Pilot Project Socio-Economic Indicators, Selection Pro- 8:30 AM-12:00 PM cess And Connection To Sustainability • Statistical Considerations For The Oregon Pilot Project Fire Ecology • A Comparison Of Patch Burn-Grazing And Continuous 8:00 AM-12:00 PM Grazing On Species Frequency Of Occurrence And Visual Range & Pasture Plants Obstruction In The Northern Tallgrass Prairie • Forage Production And Quality Of Legumes Seeded Into • Post Wildfire Seeding-Is It Worth Costs And Efforts Stands Of Eastern Gamagrass • Deriving Fire Regime Information For Contrasting Land • Relationship Of Sward Height And Herbage Mass For Use In A Semi-Arid African Savanna Using Landsat And Orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.), Smooth Bromegrass MODIS Satellite Time Series Data (Bromus inermis Leyss.), And Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) In A Pasture System • Recovery Of Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat Features In Wyoming Big Sagebrush Following Prescribed Fire • Potential Of Switchgrass For Seed Production During The First Growing Season In Mississippi • Reducing Fuel Load Of Key Cheatgrass (Bromus Tecto- rum L.) Dominated Range Sites By The Use Of Livestock • Changes On The Land: Integrating Rancher Knowledge Grazing Into State-And-Transition Models In Northwest Colorado • Vegetation Impacts Of The East Amarillo Complex Wildfires Of March 2006: Initial Assessment • Productivity And Persistence In Mississippi Of Chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) Cultivars Bred For High And Low • Recovery Of Hardwood Riparian Draws Following Sesquiterpene Lactones Wildfire In Southeastern Montana • Wet Thermal Accumulation Modelling Of Several Great Basin Species Germination 8:30 AM-12:00 PM • Influence Of Infrequent Heavy Defoliation On Herba- Water Quality & Hydrology ceous Biomass And Basal Cover Of Pinyon Juniper Under- • Trends In Surface-Water Quality Of An Intermittent story Cold-Desert Stream Performance Of Seeded, Hybrid, And Common Bermu- • Exploring Management Options For Increasing Corn dagrasses In The Northern Transition Zone Land On NY Farms Affected By Rising Corn Prices 8:30 AM-12:00 PM • Estimation Of Wetland Condition In The Prairie Pothole Region Via A Probabilistic Design Livestock Behavior • Water Quality Analysis Of Two Wyoming Basin Ecore- • Periodicities In Consumption Of Chemically Defended gions Using Wyoming's Stream Integrity Index Plants • Irrigated Agriculture Discharge Waiver • Juniper Consumption Does Not Cause Abortions Or Reduce Neonatal Viability In Boer-Cross Goats • First Year Soil And Runoff Response To Compaction After Mechanical Mastication Of Juniper Woodland • Using PEG To Increase Consumption Of Sericea Lespe- deza By Cattle • The Effect Of Irrigated Pasture Management On Water • Grazing Patterns Of Yearling Heifers In Juniper Wood- Quality lands When Supplemented Away From Water • Evaluation Of Flood Water Spreading Effects On Soil , • Effects Of Protein Supplementation On Juniper Con- Vegetation , Underground Water And Socio-Economic In sumption By Goats Arid And Sub-Arid Areas Of Iran • Social Interactions Of Hill-Climber And Bottom-Dweller • Management Intensive Grazing Improves Runoff Water Cows In Small And Large Herds Quality In Year-Round Grazing In Louisiana

Louisville, kentucky n January 26–31, 2008 41 2008 Annual SRM/AFGC Meeting Chairs

Committees AFGC Co-chair SRM Co-chair General Meeting Ray Smith 859-257-3358 Deen Boe 540-363-0146 [email protected] [email protected]

Secretary Arleen Smith 859-257-1953 [email protected]

Program Garry Lacefield 270-365-7541 Ray Hunt 301-504-5278 [email protected] [email protected]

Local Arrangements Tom Keene 859-257-3144 Bob Bolton 202-452-7792 [email protected] [email protected] Kim Stine 817-509-3318 [email protected]

Volunteer Coordinator Steve Moore 5020-845-2811 [email protected]

Finance Bill Talley 270-365-6133 Ken Lackmann 941-729-6804 [email protected] [email protected]

Publicity Ken Johnson 270-487-6589 Doug Powell 202-785-6573 [email protected] [email protected] Leonard Jolley 301-504-2344 [email protected]

Host Activity Don Sorrell 859-572-2600 Sid Brantly 859-224-7314 [email protected] [email protected]

Student Activity Byron Sleugh 270-745-5968 Jill Epley 386-755-5100 ext105 [email protected] [email protected] Mark Kennedy [email protected] Dave Whittekiend [email protected]

Trade Show Phil Howell 270-737-3516 Pete Deal 352-338-9546 [email protected] [email protected] Peg Coniglio

AFGC/SRM Gary Pederson 770-228-7254 Dennis Phillippi 406-587-7792 Officers [email protected] [email protected] 2007-2008 AFGC President 2007-2008 SRM President

42 American Forage and Grassland Council and Society for Range Management Tuesday 1/29/08 Dance Entertainer Brad Alford A brief biography

Brad Alford is a Kentucky-born singer/songwriter/guitarist whose life has been totally focused on his passion for music. From early on, Brad knew what he would be doing with his life, playing his guitar and singing anywhere, anytime there was an audience, no matter how big or small. As he entered the club scene in the late 1980’s, it wasn’t long before success followed. Brad and his band became one of the most sought acts in Kentucky and Tennessee, then touring the club circuit all over the United States. By the 90’s, Brad had signed a management contract with David Lee Entertainment in Nashville. In 1995, Brad won the Jim Beam National Talent Search, gaining national recognition and being mentioned in several national publications, including Bill- board magazine and Country Music Weekly. In 1996 Brad’s debut album, Some Things Were Meant to Be, was released on Vision Records. The album was produced by Exile singer and front man J. P. Pennington, and through his help and the help of his wife, Suzie Pennington, who worked on promotion and artist development, Brad acquired many dedicated new fans. He was headlining shows and making numerous television and radio appearances. With the new millennium came Brad’s entrance into the business world. He used his local popularity to launch one of the most successful night clubs in the nation, the Cadillac Ranch, in Lexington, Kentucky. A couple of years later, he opened the Sterling Saloon in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, and went on to start a third club, B.A.’s Nashville Station in Winchester, Kentucky. All of Brad’s clubs are dedicated to promoting and maintaining quality music and entertainment. In 2006 Brad began recording his new album, Kiss Me Baby, which is due for release on the independent label Big Tone Records in the fall of 2007. The new album features songs that Brad has written through the past several years along with tracks recorded in his studio as well as in Nashville. Musicians on the album include a collaboration of session players and Brad’s stage band Saddletramp. Choosing not to co-write on this venture, Brad wanted to capture the essence of what he feels he and the band represent when playing the songs live. Kiss Me Baby is an energetic blend of country and Southern rock with a dash of pop. This self-produced album is destined to be remembered; however, Brad says, “That’s not important this time. I didn’t write these songs for radio. I just want to feel like this project is something that I will enjoy playing and listening to. Once you copy the album and it hits the shelves, you’re gonna have to live with it forever. In this day of technology, sometimes what you hear live is nothing like what you hear on the album, and it’s important to me that this album por- trays what we really are.” “I think it’s important not to change what you are but to pursue it musically. Sink or swim, you end up being what you were when you started, yourself.”

Louisville, kentucky n January 26–31, 2008 43 Wednesday 1/30/08 Banquet Entertainer Rich Hoag – Will Rogers Rich began his theatrical career at the age of 17 when asked to play the role of Baby John in the San Francisco Civic Light Opera production of West Side Story, starring Anna Maria Alberghetti. To the surprise of theatre cronies, he refused the offer, opting to play high school football instead.

Since then, however, Rich has performed in over 40 musical comedies, both amateur and professional, including The Music Man, Oklahoma, 1776, Cabaret, Company, Camelot, Hello Dolly, Carousel, The Sound of Music, I Do, I Do (with Karyl Lynn Burns) and yet another West Side Story (where he met his wife). He is equally adept at dramatic roles and has been featured in such plays as Dancing at Lughnasa, Prelude to a Kiss, Terra Nova, Mr. Roberts, Five Finger Exercise, The Mad Woman of Chailot, Fuddy Meers, Emma’s Child, The Man Who Came to Dinne, Ambition Facing West and To Kill a Mockingbird. Winner of numerous acting award, including an “Indy” Award for his portrayal of Will Rogers) currently touring the United States, Rich has shared the stage with such distinguished artists as Anthony Edwards, Howard McGillin, Lou Gossett, Jr., Ford Rainey, Kathleen Quinlin, Anthony Zerbe, Eric Stoltz and Michael Crawford.

Rich is also a professional show designer, and heads his own company, Paragon Entertainment. He has written and designed large-scale stage productions all over the world, including Las Vegas (co-writing EFX at the MGM Grand with star, Michael Crawford). Likewise, Rich has staged lavish attractions for major theme parks, world expositions, as well as productions in Branson, MO. and New York’s Radio City Music Hall.

A graduate of UCSB, Rich moved to Los Angeles in the early 80s to help establish the Landmark Entertainment Group, one of the largest thematic design and production companies in the industry. Rich was Vice President of Show Development there for thirteen years, resigning in 1994 to form his own company and return to the legitimate stage.

Rich lives in Santa Barbara, California with his wife, Ruth, a well- known artist.

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