35th Annual Arizona / Utah April 9, 2013 KCNEC/Carroll Arena, Orderville, UT April 10, 2013 Washington County Fairgrounds, Hurricane, UT April 11, 2013 West Desert Tour 7:30 AM Registration Utah Time (6:30 AM AZ time) AZ/UT RANGE LIVESTOCK SPONSORS SPONSORS Arizona Cattle Grower’s Association Beck Enterprises Boehring-Ingelheim Crop Protection Services AGU Diamond Mowers Dow Agro Sciences Dupont Granite Seed Company Intermountain Farmers Association Manna Pro Products LLC Powder River Ridley Block Operations Scholzens Products Co Inc. Utah Beef Council Utah Farm Bureau Federation Western AG Credit Wheatland Seed Zoetis Animal Health HOSTED BY The University of Arizona Utah State University Bureau of Land Management USDA Forest Service USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service 2 PROGRAM FUNDING ASSISTANCE BY Arizona Strip Grazing Board Dixie Conservation District Fredonia NRCD Kane County Conservation District Littlefield-Hurricane Valley NRCD Western Region Sustainable Agriculture- Research and Education Program (SARE) PROGRAM PROMOTIONAL ITEMS DONATED BY Sponsors and Cal Ranch Crop Protection Services AGU Dixie Gun & Fish Intermountain Farmers Association Rudger C. Atkin Ranches BE Beck Enterprises “You must be 18 years or older to be eligible to win the rifle” 3 AZ/UT RANGE LIVESTOCK PLANNING COMMITTEE PLANNING COMMITTEE Brandon Atkin Chad Horman John Ball Carolyn Iverson Roger Banner Larry Iverson Brandon Boshell Brian Monroe Jim Bowns Jeremy Peterson Raymond Brinkerhoff Clare Poulsen Barry Bundy John Reese Ed Bundy Justin Reeve Whit Bunting Rokelle Reeve Carl (Kim) Chapman Jacki Roaque Chad Reid Bob Sandberg Raymon Christensen Kyle Spencer Vicki Coombs Doug Tolleson Del Despain Rowdy Walch Carson Gubler LD Walker Rob Grumbles Dale ZoBell Doug Hansen Kip Hansen Matt Hargreaves Kevin Heaton Paul Hill We would like to express our sincere appreciation to those who have helped make this program possible. Proceedings by Karma Wood, Staff Assistant III, USU Proceedings edited by Dale ZoBell, USU Beef Extension Specialist Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture & Live Sciences, University of Arizona, Utah State University. The University of Arizona, Utah State University are equal opportunity, affirmative action institutions. They do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation in its programs and activities. 35th ANNUAL AZ/UT RANGE LIVESTOCK WORKSHOP 7:30 AM Registration 8:15 AM Welcome and Introductions 8:30 AM Endangered Plant Update, Lee Hughes, Retired BLM Ecologist 8:50 AM Remote Rangeland Monitoring, Greg Simonds, Open Range Consulting, President 9:10 AM Getting Every Dollar Out of Your Cull Cows and Bulls, Scott Jensen, University of Idaho Extension Faculty 9:30 AM Are You Throwing Away Your Vaccine Dollars?, Scott Jensen, University of Idaho Extension Faculty 9:50 AM Sponsor Introductions 10:00 AM Visit With Sponsors/Refreshment Break 10:15 AM History and Livestock Management of the Iverson Ranch, Brandon Iverson, Rancher 10:45 AM Legacy of 1862: Homestead Act and Land Grant College Act, Dr. Ross Peterson, Utah State University Professor Emeritus 11:30 AM Rabbit Bush Management: New Chemical Offers Hope For Control, Chad Reid, Utah State University Extension Faculty 12:00 PM Public Land Issues and Policies Facing Utah’s Farmers and Ranchers, Sterling Brown, Utah Farm Bureau Federation 12:30 PM Lunch 1:00 PM Musical Tribute, Doug Toleson 1:15 PM Why Bad Things Can Happen to Good Cattle, Dr. Richard Linhart, Pfizer Veterinarian 1:45 PM Proactive Permittee Range Monitoring, Lamar Smith, Retired University of Arizona Range Professor and Extension Specialist, Rancher and Consultant 2:30 PM Visit With Sponsors/Refreshment Break 2:50 PM Reduce Livestock Losses From Poisonous Plants, Zane Davis, USDA Poisonous Plant Lab Scientist 3:20 PM Panel Discussion: Environmental and Personal Hazards of Illegal Drugs Grown on Rangelands, John Ball, US Forest Service Special Agent, Panel with representation from Washington and Kane County Sheriff Departments, the Drug Enforcement Agency, the Forest Service and BLM Districts 4:15 PM Evaluations and Wrap Up 5 35th ANNUAL AZ/UT RANGE LIVESTOCK WORKSHOP April 11, FIELD TOUR Mohave Desert Plant Materials, Burn Rehab and Historic Iverson Ranch 9:00 AM Leave St. George BLM Office 9:20 AM Red Cliffs Preserve Turkey Farm Research Plots 11:00 AM Piute Tribe Fire Rehab near Gold Spike 12:30 PM Lunch – Iverson Ranch Headquarters 1:30 PM Tour Iverson Ranch 3:00 PM Head back to St. George 4:00 PM Return to BLM Office 6 A Special Tribute to Joy V. Atkin November 3, 1929 – January 22, 2013 Joy was born November 3, 1929, in Spokane, Washington, to Theodore VanderWeyst and Cuba Rae Berneck. Joy lived in the Spokane and North Idaho area through age 9, during which time her parents divorced and Cuba married Bert Hall from Washington, Utah. At that time Bert was working on road construction in the Spokane and North Idaho area. Joy became a sister to Bert’s 5 daughters and 1 son. The family lived in North Idaho for three years and then moved to Washington, Utah. Joy attended and graduated from Dixie High School where she was Valedictorian of her high school class. Following high school Joy attended Dixie College where she met and married Rudger Clayton Atkin on March 10, 1948, in Washington, Utah. Their marriage was later solemnized in the St. George LDS Temple. Joy became Clayton’s partner in raising their four sons (Jerry, Brent, Doyle, and Troy) as she supported him in being a cattle rancher and in other business ventures. She kept the books, paid the bills, and helped Clayton in all he did. Joy served tirelessly in many church and public service assignments throughout her life. Joy quickly grew to love the ranching life; which was a good thing because she didn’t have another option. She and Clayton spent the first few years of their married lives living on the Strip on the old Childer’s homestead. She cooked and cared for the hired men, Clayton, and their young sons until Jerry was old enough to go to school, at which time they moved to town. Clayton continued to live at the ranch a week at a time, returning to town long enough for Joy to feed him a good meal, do the laundry and send him off the next morning. When she did get a chance to go to the ranch she loved to see full ponds and green grass. She often made time in her busy schedule to go to the strip during the monsoons so she could have the opportunity to watch ponds fill up. Clayton had a sharp eye for good cattle and taught Joy well. At the time she married Clayton the ranch was running Hereford cattle and she came to love that breed. When the market shifted towards other breeds, Joy was always quick to point out that Herefords were some of the best Strip cattle there ever were. Joy was always there when the calves were shipped in the fall and was often found leaning on the fence eyeing up the calves. She would later comment on the condition of the calves and what could be improved upon in the future. Joy was always an advocate for education. Not only did she love to learn new things herself, but she also enjoyed helping others to learn and grow in new ways. She was a strong supporter of the Arizona Strip Workshop and other groups such as D/ASIA where she was able to combine her love of the strip with the opportunity to help others learn. Rarely was there a workshop held that Joy was not in attendance. Above all, Joy cared for everyone she knew. She was quick to make new relationships and to be aware of any needs that she could fill. Her thoughts were always spent on how she could help someone improve. When she figured out what she could do, it was most often done quietly and in a way that others would not recognize the good she had done. She never needed praise or support in the good that she did. She loved and cared for others because it was who she was. She will be greatly missed by all who have known her. 7 Robin L. (Rob) Grumbles University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Faculty 1974-2013 Between the Grand Canyon and the Utah border lie five million acres of public land where, in the 1970s, ranchers and government agents clashed head-on over grazing rights and environmental impact statements. "There was a lot of angst on both sides, especially the ranchers," recalls Bob Sandberg, who was with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at the time. He contacted University of Arizona Cooperative Extension and asked for help. He sat down with Robin Grumbles, Mohave County Cooperative Extension Director and several others. They came up with a novel idea: What if we brought everyone to the table for a science-based workshop on the issues of grazing livestock on public land to improve knowledge, promote understanding and start developing productive relationships? Oh yeah, that'll work! The Arizona Strip was wild-west rangeland where cattle ranchers and BLM agents shared only heated arguments and intense emotions. Yet work it did. And still does 35 years later. The Arizona /Utah Range Livestock Workshop and Tour, introduced in 1978, was so successful it has continued every year since, reaching more than 7,000 participants. The two-day event brings ranchers, researchers, BLM agents, forest rangers, Cooperative Extension specialists, environmentalists and others together. "The workshops really catapulted us into the new age," said Whit Bunting, BLM range management director.